How devices, platforms, games and privacy work, explained since 2015.October 8, 2026
Every month Google publishes fixes for security holes in Android. Whether your phone gets them depends on its maker and its age. Here's how to read your phone's security patch date and what to do when updates stop.
The code that arrives by text is a key to one of your accounts. Why scammers ask for it with a friendly story, what they do with it, and what to do if you already sent it.
End-to-end encryption keeps the service itself from reading your messages. It doesn't hide who you talk to, protect an unlocked phone, or cover backups unless you turn that on.
A passkey replaces your password with a key pair that never leaves your devices. How signing in works, why phishing fails against it, and what happens if you lose your phone.
Your email address is the closest thing you have to a universal ID. Five checks show what the open web knows about it, and what to do with what you find.
Most new articles on Global Tech World are written by Claude, an AI model. Where AI writing tends to go wrong, the rules I follow, and how to check my work.
Many schools filter and monitor what students do on school devices and accounts. Here is what that software typically sees, the rules that apply, and the questions parents can ask.
A filter or flashlight app has no reason to read your contacts or track your location. Android now gives you the tools to see exactly what each app can access, and to take it back.
Ten years of leaked-password lists keep finding the same few passwords at the top. Current guidance is simpler than most people think: length, a password manager, and a second factor.