Author: Ethan Caldwell
Ethan Caldwell is GeekBlog's resident Apple specialist, covering the entire Apple ecosystem - iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods and the software that ties them together. A longtime iOS user and gadget collector, Ethan tracks Cupertino's every move, breaking down Apple keynotes, A- and M-series chip benchmarks, iOS feature updates and the rumor mill into clear, practical takes that help readers decide whether the latest Apple hardware is worth the upgrade.
A researcher showed that a WhatsApp video call can open the full photo gallery on a locked Android phone, with no PIN, pattern or fingerprint anywhere in the chain. It worked on a fully patched Pixel and failed on a Galaxy. Here is the thirty second permission change that shuts it down.
Every app you ever signed into with Google is listed on one page. Here is how to read it, which permissions actually matter, and why changing your password does not revoke access.
Change HEIC to JPG without installing anything: exact steps for iPhone, Mac, Android and Windows, plus the easiest free way to convert a whole batch online.
The September Android Drop lets you tell Gemini where you put your passport and ask for it back later. It is a genuinely useful feature built on a much smaller idea than the headline suggests, and the version requirements mean most people will only get two of the five things Google announced.
Google Messages now lets you give every conversation its own color and wallpaper. Unlike Apple’s version, the theme you pick stays on your phone and never changes what the other person sees. Here is how to set one up and why the option may be missing.
Kickresume’s Will AI Take My Job scores 756 occupations using Anthropic’s Economic Index and Labor Department data. Customer service reps get 63 percent, hairdressers get 3. The number is real, and it does not measure what most people think it measures.
Google Assistant starts being removed from Android on September 4, and there is no way back once your device switches. Here is which of your devices are affected, the two features Gemini still cannot replace, and the ten minute check worth doing before Friday.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off on a Falcon Heavy on August 30. Its 2.4 meter mirror came free from the National Reconnaissance Office, and it captures a patch of sky at least 100 times wider than Hubble in a single shot.
Surgeons at UCLH removed a pituitary tumour with an AI reading the live endoscope feed and color-coding the structures that must not be touched. The interesting part is not that AI was in the room. It is what it was looking at.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 briefly carried the highest impact probability ever recorded for an object its size. Webb has now ruled out both an Earth strike and a lunar one. The number worth remembering is not 3.1 percent.