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Google Discloses Measures to Defend Android Against Ransomware

Ransomware has become a major threat on desktop and notebook systems, but has been somewhat less of a danger on mobile devices.Even so Google...

Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ Handsets Debut With Larger Screens, Thin Bezels

Samsung introduced its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S8+ and the Galaxy S8, on March 29 with large displays with almost no bezels, powerful...

Google Continues to Make Strides in Improving Android Security

Last year saw solid improvement for Android security, according to Google's Android Security 2016 Year in Review report, which was released March 22. The...

Google Tells RSA Show Audience How it Secures a Billion Android Users

Here are your top news stories from eWEEK. Today's topics include Google's presentation at the RSA Conference on how the company maintains the security...

Samsung Note7 Full-Page Apology Ads Run in 3 Major U.S. Newspapers

A month after Samsung dropped the production of its Note7 flagship smartphones on Oct. 11, the company has run full-page ads in three major...

Google Patches 83 Android Flaws in November Update

Google on Nov. 7 released its November Android patches, which provide 83 fixes for vulnerabilities across three patch levels.Across the patch levels—a complete patch...

LG Rolling Out Android 7.0 Nougat OS to G5 Smartphones

LG has started rolling out the latest Android operating system—version 7.0 Nougat—to users of its 7-month-old LG G5 smartphones as the company works to...

AT&T Prepaid GoPhone Plans with AutoPay

AT&T GoPhone customers will now get 33 percent more high-speed data included in their prepaid wireless phone accounts at no extra charge if they...

Samsung Evaluating AI for Use in Future Products, Including Phones

Samsung, fresh from its recalled Galaxy Note7 smartphone disaster, is moving forward on its rumored plans for bringing artificial intelligence capabilities to some of...

Samsung: Some 85% of Note7 Phones Have Been Returned Under Recall

Some 85 percent of Samsung's troubled Galaxy Note7 smartphones have been returned since a massive recall in September and October due to battery fires...