The source code for Android 15 is now available to developers

European privacy regulator, Data Protection Commission (DPC), has launched an inquiry into Google over its use of the personal data of users in the region, adding to the tech giant’s growing legal challenges. In a statement, DPC said that the inquiry focuses on whether Google complied with obligations under GDPR to conduct a Data Protection…

My fellow Android phone-owners, start your feature-seeking engines: Some significant new security strengtheners on are their way to your device(s) — and quite possibly already there and just waiting to be discovered. Surprise, surprise — eh? But oh, it be true: While we’ve been off gazing at grass and thinking about gibbons (or whatever it…

Apple will introduce new Macs and the first services within its Apple Intelligence collection next week. To protect cloud-based requests made through Apple Intelligence, it has put industry-beating security and privacy protecting transparency in place around cloud-based requests handled by its Private Cloud Compute (PCC) system. What that means is that Apple has pulled far ahead of the…

If you happen to be, or know, an open-source advocate who’s fallen into Apple IT management, here’s some welcome news: all-remote, open-source device management platform Fleet has introduced iOS device support to supplement its existing Mac, Windows, and Linux device management capabilities. This is, as regular readers will know I continue to insist, yet another sign of…

Generative AI is on track to transform entry-level roles across industries, with 64% of leaders expecting these positions to evolve from creation to review and refinement of outputs within the next three years. The percentage of managers holding a similar view stood at 71%, according to new research from the Capgemini Research Institute. The findings…

Along with iOS 18, Apple today is releasing macOS Sequoia, iPadOS 18, and the latest update to watchOS. (Apple Intelligence, which isn’t expected to begin to appear until next month, has gotten a lot of attention, but the pre-AI versions of these operating systems offer plenty of useful features and updates.) Focusing today on macOS Sequoia, should you upgrade…