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New program will provide Gemini AI coding assistance, Project IDX workspaces, and other new tools, training, and community resources for software developers.

Mobile Apps: Take for instance the app Boloji Pro, which has over one crore downloads on the Play Store and ranks 13th on the top grossing charts. On signing up, a user is bombarded with messages to chat from several accounts - all with womens names and with fairly explicit display pictures.

Sigma, a new Battle Royale (BR) shooter, became famous among lower-end Android users after its launch due to its close resemblance to Garena Free Fire and Free Fire MAX.

Garena launched its flagship battle royale game Free Fire in 2017, and it became an instant hit among fans.

SharkBot Android banking fraud malware has resurfaced on the official Google Play Store and pretends to be a file manager app.

5 Google Chrome Extensions are reportedly infected by malware that snoops on your browsing activities and is a privacy concern. Find their details here and uninstall them. Also, learn how the Google extension security scans work.

Google announced Data Safety section for Google Play marketplace apps similar to Apple’s Privacy Nutrition Labels. Section will summarize app’s privacy, security practices, including user data an app collects, shares. Developers must complete Data Safety form by end of July.

Starting today, Google is killing all call recording apps on the Play store. This means that all apps available on the Play Store that offer call recording feature will be blocked. But you still shouldn’t worry.

However, at the time of filing the article, most of the call recording apps were still listed on the Play Store.

Google announced banning all call recording apps from the Play store. The change to the Play Store policy will come into effect starting tomorrow, May 11.