ChromiumOS is the open-source project that ChromeOS is based on. Aluminium sounds like the perfect codename for an operating ...

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Both operating systems introduce new designs, but the real story is what’s happening beneath with A.I. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the author of ...

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No, I’m not talking about iOS 26, where Apple is seemingly changing its mind about the extent of its “Liquid Glass” design language with every subsequent beta. There are some great new features in ...

The Google Pixel line will now be getting Android 16. Google’s new phone operating system is the most significant addition to the Pixel line to date. It boosts the operating system’s customizability, ...

Apple and Google both have smartphones that go along with their mobile operating systems, but which one is better overall?

If Google and Samsung want to take credit for a seven-year promise, they need to be held accountable for seven years of ...