Gemini is retiring Gems, and every custom agent you built now has a deadline
Google is shutting down Gemini’s Gems feature, and it has already picked a date. A notice now live inside the Gemini app confirms that Gems…
Google’s apps are starting to look like they actually belong on your iPhone
Google just gave two of its most used iPhone apps a design update that borrows directly from Apple’s own playbook. Google Photos and Google Health…
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 6 fixes six Pixel bugs that were crashing phones mid-task
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 6 is out for Pixel phones, and it fixes six bugs that were making some devices crash outright. The update covers…
How to actually pick a VPN for your phone instead of trusting the first best VPN list you find
Every VPN ranking on the internet lists the same five services in a slightly different order. NordVPN, ExpressVPN, Surfshark, Proton, and whichever one paid for…
Your phone is probably tracking you more than you think, and most of it is one toggle away
Your Android phone tracks you in a few specific, documented ways, and almost none of it requires a VPN or a third-party app to reduce.…
Everyone has a Focus mode on their phone. Almost nobody actually uses it right.
I set up a Focus mode on my iPhone a few months ago. My life felt very organized for exactly one week, and then I…
The cheapest way to actually watch everything without overpaying for streaming in 2026
Somewhere between the fourth password reset and the third “are you still watching” prompt, most people lose track of what they are actually paying for…
Clearing your cookies does nothing. Here is what is actually tracking you
I cleared my cookies religiously for years, treated incognito mode like a reset button, and assumed that combination meant sites had no idea who I…
Windows 11 has been quietly hiding these features in plain sight
I copied three things in a row last week out of habit, forgot I had already pasted the first one, and spent a full minute…
Microsoft just fixed two Windows flaws that attackers were already exploiting
Microsoft’s September 2026 Windows 11 security update shipped on September 8, and two of the fixes were already being used by attackers before the patch…