Pretty much everyone understands that modern electronics receive regular updates, introducing new features or critical security patches for potential vulnerabilities. Everything from your smartphone ...

I’ve been covering Android since 2023, when I joined Android Police, mostly focusing on AI and everything around Pixel and Galaxy phones. I’ve got a bachelor’s in IT with a major in AI, so I naturally ...

Many newer cars allow owners to download software updates that can fix problems, improve performance, and even make some safety recall repairs. These “over-the-air” — or OTA — software updates have ...

Google is integrating the Rust programming language into the Pixel 10’s modem firmware to mitigate memory-safety vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows. The shift allows the modem to block Remote ...

Modern smartphone operating systems have myriad systems in place to improve security, but none of that helps when attackers target the modem. Google’s Project Zero team has shown it’s possible to get ...

Firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updates are essential for improving system quality, adding new features after initial release, fixing bugs and vulnerabilities, improving system performance, and reducing ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Critical update notifications are being sent to iPhone users Apple routinely recommends that ...

Following the last release in October, Google is rolling out a modem update for the original Pixel Watch released in 2022. This “additional March 2026 software update” just includes “bug fixes to ...

Qualcomm has announced the X105 modem, which is expected to be paired with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chipset. The new modem delivers 5G connectivity over satellite, faster download speeds, The X105 ...

A reported hardware failure affecting Apple's new in-house C1X 5G modem in the iPhone Air has surfaced online, marking the first known real-world incident involving the company's own baseband ...

The developer of the popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that hackers hijacked the software to deliver malicious updates to users over the course of several months in 2025. In a ...

The controversy around the Windows 11 January 2026 Update won't stop rolling in—and now, Microsoft is intentionally disabling support for legacy hardware, not simply breaking it on accident.