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A multi-year investigation of Alphabet’s Google in the European Union has resulted in a record $5 billion (€4.34 billion) fine for the search giant. At issue is the way Google requires device manufacturers to build Android software for phones and other devices in order to get access to the Play …

Armani has a reputation as a high-end fashion brand, and in this day and age, that means it has to be making a Wear OS device. And indeed, Armani is launching a new smartwatch running Google’s struggling wearable platform. This is a premium smartwatch with pricing at and above $300, …

Motorola already announced the Moto E5 Play, which is a regular but inexpensive Android phone. Now, there’s a new variant of the device that runs Google’s Android Go. This phone looks a lot like the regular Moto E5, but the specs have gotten a tweak to fit within the Android …

Google has become adept at gobbling up your online activities to build a profile of you. That’s how it serves ads, but it also affects the content you see on services like YouTube and traditional search. Browsers have private browsing modes to disassociate your actions with your profile, but that’s …

  For a few years after the iPhone reshaped smartphones, it looked like the venerable stylus was going the way of the dodo. Then, Samsung unearthed a latent love of the stylus in smartphone users with the Galaxy Note. The Note series has been using the same basic stylus technology …

OnePlus has managed to update its phones faster than the average purveyor of Android smartphones, but fans were disappointed to learn the company would not bring Google’s update-friendly Project Treble to its 2017 flagships, the OnePlus 5 and 5T. However, OnePlus had a change of heart and now says Treble …

Android tablets used to be a hot ticket item, but interest in tablets generally has waned. That hasn’t stopped Samsung from pumping out tablets at varying price points. We’ve been expecting a new premium Tab S device, and images of the purported Galaxy Tab S4 have now leaked. Surprise: it …

With advances in mobile photography, we’re all taking more photos than ever before. A lot of those photos are meant to be shared, but you traditionally want to choose which photos are shared. Some owners of Samsung phones say their devices have started spontaneously sending their photos to a random …

OnePlus has managed to build itself a nice little niche in the budget-flagship part of the market with phones like the new OnePlus 6. However, all its phones have been sold direct to consumers as unlocked devices. Now, CEO and co-founder Pete Lau says the Chinese company is looking into …

  It has been several years since Google’s last big makeover for Maps, though the company announced a new version at I/O back in May. The updated app popped up intermittently over the last few weeks, but now it’s rolling out to everyone. There are a few new features in …