At least 11 popular apps are secretly giving your private data to Facebook

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. At least 11 popular apps are secretly giving your private data to Facebook June 25, 2025 According to a new report fromThe Wall Street Journal, at least 11 popular iOS apps are sending private user data toFacebook— regardless of whether the user has connected their Facebook account or even has a Facebook account in the first place. Some of the apps carry personal data, including health data which most would consider incredibly sensitive....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Sarah Johnson

AT&T Galaxy Note 5 Marshmallow update expected today, March 14 for the S6

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. AT&T Galaxy Note 5 Marshmallow update expected today, March 14 for the S6 June 23, 2025 According to a snippet of a chat exchange with anAT&Trep, theGalaxy Note 5update to Marshmallow should begin officially rolling out today and for theGalaxy S6on March 14. While we can’t guarantee the information is correct, if you’re on AT&T and have a Note 5 you might want to keep an eye out for an OTA update....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 258 words · Melanie Campbell

Check your apps: Android Trojan secretly signs you up for subscription payments

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Check your apps: Android Trojan secretly signs you up for subscription payments August 17, 2025 One of the most effective ways to “hack” someone isn’t to steal their information or take over their device. Social engineering is one of the easiest and sometimes most efficient ways to get people to do something for you. See also:The best security apps for Android that aren’t anti-virus apps...

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Destiny Wagner

Companies need to start flexing, fast.

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Companies need to start flexing, fast. July 01, 2025 Today is June 03, 2025. It’s just one day until Samsung is expected to unveil its second-generation foldable,the Galaxy Z Flip. The Z Flip will come almost a whole year after the originalGalaxy Foldwas meant to launch, so it’s acceptable to call this a second-generation product, or at least the second generation of Samsung’s foldable technology....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 454 words · Jennifer Ramos

Disney Plus: Every show and movie you can watch right now

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Disney Plus: Every show and movie you can watch right now July 08, 2025 Disney Plus is still a relatively young service (debuting in November 2019), but it’s quickly become one of the most popular streaming services in existence and continues to heat up as Disney brings itsservice to new markets. One big advantage for Disney Plus is that it has a massive library of content it can draw upon to fill its service immediately, while it continues to add newDisney Plus movies and TV showsto the mix....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 586 words · Christopher Miller

Download the colorful new HUAWEI P30 Pro wallpapers here

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Download the colorful new HUAWEI P30 Pro wallpapers here June 19, 2025 You may want a new smartphone but not want to spend the money to get one. If that’s you, a good tip is to make your current smartphone feel new by giving it a new paint job. An easy way to do that is to download the HUAWEI P30 Pro wallpapers below and make it feel like you own a P30!...

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Rachel Morgan

Drag and drop text between apps in multi-window mode [Diving into Android N]

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Drag and drop text between apps in multi-window mode [Diving into Android N] August 09, 2025 So we all know by now that one of the headlining features in the firstAndroid N developer previewismulti-window support.It’s not perfect in its current form (this is a developerpreview, after all), but it is a very promising start. For those unaware, multi-window mode allows for a more fluent multitasking experience throughout the entire operating system by making it possible to run two apps side-by-side at the same time....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Robyn Lynch

Droid Turbo 2 officially announced: what you need to know

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Droid Turbo 2 officially announced: what you need to know June 12, 2025 It wasn’t long ago thatMotorolabrought us its latest flagship, theMoto X Style (Pure Edition), alongside the mid-rangeMoto X Play. Both handsets offered solid specs and pricing, but neither were necessarily bleeding edge when it came to hardware. With today’s announcement of the Droid Turbo 2, the company now has a new Motorola handset that offers the very best specs you’ll find on the market....

July 15, 2025 · 5 min · 853 words · Margaret Brooks

Facebook Messenger gets codes and links for usernames

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook Messenger gets codes and links for usernames July 07, 2025 With ads coming toMessenger, Facebook is looking to make their popular chat service the most widely used messaging service on the planet. If the social giant is to be believed, there are already 900 million people using Messenger actively, so it’s no surprise that they’re attempting to pump up features and monetize it....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 325 words · Jerry Edwards

Google and MIT researchers demo their photo reflection removal algorithm

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google and MIT researchers demo their photo reflection removal algorithm July 10, 2025 I’m sure we have all witnessed those pesky reflections while trying to grab a photograph through a window, but those days may soon be behind us, thanks to research conducted by Google and MIT. The group presented a paper at Siggraph 2015 and has published a video demonstrating its algorithm for removing reflections from your pictures....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Eric Harris

Google Calendar on the desktop will get the Material Design facelift it needs

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Calendar on the desktop will get the Material Design facelift it needs July 24, 2025 Even thoughGoogleintroduced its Material Design language back in 2014, certain corners of the search giant, like theCalendardesktop client, have been largely untouched by the design language. That looks to change with an upcoming facelift that brings the client to the latter half of this decade....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 268 words · Jeffrey Delacruz

Google may be thinking about putting Android in your eyeball

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google may be thinking about putting Android in your eyeball August 06, 2025 For those of you who A) think that Google is a bit too invasive already and B) suffer from “Eye Scream” squeamishness, this article is probably going to be a tough read. Apatentfiled in 2014 has just been made public that reveals that Google wants to create a device that would be installed literally inside your eyeball....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Gabriela Garcia

Google Pixel 5a hits FCC, giving away some secrets (and raising some questions)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel 5a hits FCC, giving away some secrets (and raising some questions) August 06, 2025 AlthoughGooglehas confirmed its next A-series smartphone is absolutely on the way, the rumor mill has been pretty quiet about it recently. Although we’ve seen leaked renders and can infer some specs, there hasn’t been much news at all over the past few weeks related to the Google Pixel 5a....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Carla Gonzalez