The Hot Take: Only expected as iPhone was as well....
Both Google and Uncle Sam warned that attackers have exploited a zero-day improper authorization bug in Pixel phones' cellular modems that can bypass permission checks and escalate privileges with no user interaction required. The hole has since been closed, provided that you update. Google disclosed the high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58704, on Tuesday - and, at the time, warned the security hole “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” In other words: miscreants found and exploited this bug before Google fixed the…
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The Hot Take: NICE, may buy flat out unlocked device to use with GrapheneOS.
After years of waiting, Google might finally listen to Pixel fans.
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The Hot Take: Lollipops and colors!
It's definitely not that Pixel 11 model you might be thinking of.
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The Hot Take: Apple to me is starting to look better and better I hate to say it.
It wouldn't be Google if it did not somehow try to hobble its Tensor-class chips. And, this unfortunate trend appears all set to continue with the upcoming Tensor G6 SoC, which is quite likely to sport a GPU that launched all the way back in 2021! A new leak indicates that the Google Tensor G6 chip will sport the PowerVR CXT-48-1536 GPU that debuted in 2021 As our readers would be well aware, we had ripped into Google a few months back for using generations-old ARM CPU cores within the Tensor G5 chip. Thankfully, as per recent leaks, Google…
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The Hot Take: Trying to prevent privacy or true bug? Hmmmmm
It's not your VPN app that needs to be blamed. It's Google.
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The Hot Take: GrapheneOS looks better more and more every day! Maybe I pay off my phone to move over to it now rather than later.
Sideloading on Android will get much harder for certain apps.
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