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Security experts aren't happy after Fortnite's creator, Epic Games, announced it would not go through Google Play.

There's both good news and bad news for Fortnite game lovers. Fortnite, one of the most popular games in the world right now, is coming to Android devices very soon, but players would not be able...

Android includes a system called App Preview Messages that ensures you receive messages from users, regardless of the app used to send the message. Here's how to disable this feature.

145 apps contained underlying executables for Windows systems.

After researchers found more than 100 Android apps infected by malicious Microsoft Windows executable files, the apps have been removed from Google Play.

Google recently removed 145 applications from Google Play after they were found to carry malicious Windows executables inside, Palo Alto Networks reveals. read more

Google has cracked down on apps that mine for cryptocurrency, banning them entirely from its official Google Play Store.

Following Apple's lead in banning cryptocurrency mining apps, Google has also updated its Play Store policy this week to ban apps that mine cryptocurrencies on users' devices in the background....

A wave of attacks is targeting Android devices with port 5555 open, likely in an attempt to ensnare them into a botnet, Trend Micro warns. read more

This could mean the end of free Android. In the meantime, Google plans to appeal.