We need to treat the software undergirding scientific research as a public good—and make investments accordingly.

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First launched in 2013, Chromecast was the go-to streaming device for those looking to convert their dumb TVs into smart ones. However, in 2024, Google finally bid adieu to its Chromecast streamer and ...

Google will start taking action on Android apps in the official Google Play store that have high background activity and cause excessive battery draining. Apps that exceed a "bad behavior threshold" ...

Following Apple's removal of ICEBlock from the App Store, an app used to report on the activity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, 404 Media reports that Google is also removing similar ...

A new Google app is here, but this time, the experience heads to Windows PCs to bring an intuitive search feature that allows users to directly type what they are looking for without going to a web ...

Google has mostly shied away from making its own native desktop apps — even going so far as to require users to continue loading up a web browser to use tools like ...

Google said Tuesday that it’s testing a new experimental search app for Windows that will search your PC as well as the web, applying Google Lens when needed. Google classified its new app as an ...

Google has so many products that it can be near-impossible to keep track. And yet, the company has rarely created desktop apps to go with those services. There are a handful, like Drive and Quick ...

PyApp seems to be taking the Python world by storm, providing long-awaited click-and-run Python distribution. For developers who need a little more versatility, there’s uv. Find these tools and more ...

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...