Apple’s Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats | TechCrunch
… As part of that effort, company executives will argue that they’re taking a more privacy-friendly approach than most other AI companies, Gurman said. …
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These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware | TechCrunch
… To enable Advanced Protection Mode on your Android device, go to Settings, then Security and Privacy, and under Other Settings, tap Advanced Protection, then tap Device Protection. …
Google adds Gemini-powered dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups | TechCrunch
… Google mentioned during the briefing that, as you can use the Rambler feature across all apps, it is like “reinventing the keyboard.” Loading the player… On privacy, Ben Greenwood, director of Android Core Experiences, said Google uses a combination of on-device and cloud-based processing and has “… …
Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
… Over the years, iOS and Android users have had clunky communications — Android users can’t use Apple’s proprietary iMessage, but Apple refused to support RCS messaging, a more sophisticated upgrade to decades-old SMS texting, since 2020. …
Google launches new Android security feature to help uncover spyware attacks | TechCrunch
… Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, the head of Amnesty’s Security Lab, told TechCrunch that Android’s technical limits “have made it difficult to deeply analyze system logs and files for signs of compromise, unlike with iOS.” “These limits have meant we've been unable to reliably detect known attacks against An… …
Google's Dreambeans, its weirdest-named AI tool to date, will turn your life into a cartoon | TechCrunch
… What about privacy protections? …
As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2026 | TechCrunch
… Privacy-focused browsers Brave Brave is among the more well-known privacy-first browsers , popular for its built-in ad and tracker blocking capabilities. …
Beyond Instagram: Introducing the next generation of social apps | TechCrunch
… You also have your own user profile that includes privacy controls that allow you to choose which of your friends can see more than your most recent month’s worth of photos. Retro: iOS / Android Cosmos Are you the creative type who’s sick of the AI slop on Pinterest? …
Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive "universal" AI interface | TechCrunch
… One challenge will be providing the context of a customer’s life to an AI assistant without making the people around the user uncomfortable or violating their privacy. Wearables like Meta’s existing glasses or the forthcoming Android spectacles don’t seem to have solved this problem. …
OpenAI is reportedly preparing legal action against Apple; it wouldn't be the first partner to feel burned | TechCrunch
… The friction between the two companies had been building for years at that point, thanks to the rollout of Google’s Android phone a year after the iPhone’s 2007 debut; after Google’s then-CEO Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple’s board in 2009, that rivalry only intensified. …
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