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Google I/O is just a week away, and that means it’s time for another Android Show event to unpack all the Android ecosystem highlights Google has in store.  Android Show: I/O Edition is set to kick off on YouTube and the Android website at 10AM PT / 1PM ET on Tuesday, May 12th.  Based on last year’s Android Show , we’re expecting this event to be fairly short, around half an hour or less, and include some key features of Android 17 along with a release window for it. The Android Show will also likely show off some updates to Gemini, particularly any features baked into Android, and may also include looks at Android XR and Aluminium OS, Google’s rumored PC version of Android .  Follow along here for all of the news and updates on Android Show: I/O Edition 2026. How to watch Google’s Android Show: I/O Edition today source https://www.theverge.com/tech/928624/android-show-2026-all-the-news-and-anno...

Hollywood actors and producers are standing behind a new AI licensing standard that will tell AI systems whether they'll need to pay to use a person's likeness, creative work, characters, and designs. With the Human Consent Standard, people can set terms for the use of their work or likeness, including giving AI systems full permission to use their content, allowing access with certain requirements, or restricting access entirely. The Human Consent Standard builds upon the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) Standard, which launched last year as a way for websites to signal how AI systems use their work. RSL Media , a nonprofit cofounded by Cate B … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/928534/rsl-media-human-consent-standard

Apple now lets you have encrypted RCS conversations with Android users through the Messages app on iOS. As part of iOS 26.5, which was released on Monday, Apple added support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging in beta, meaning that Apple and Google can't see your messages while they're sent. With iOS 26.5, you'll see a lock icon and a small "Encrypted" message at the top of the chat to note when you're having an encrypted conversation with an Android user and are on a carrier that supports the feature . Apple says that encryption will be on by default and "will be automatically enabled over time for new and existing RCS conversations." … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/928141/apple-ios-26-5-rcs-messages-iphone-google-android

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Netflix , accusing the company of turning its back on its promise to remain ad-free and safe for kids. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, claims Netflix has "opened Texans' data for inspection by the same Big Ad Tech community it once criticized for exploiting users in this same way." In the lawsuit, Paxton claims Netflix drove up subscriptions by promoting its platform as an "escape from Big Tech surveillance." But at the same time, Paxton alleges the streamer "built a behavior-surveillance program" in the background with addictive features, like autoplay, which automatically plays th … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/streaming/928071/texas-netflix-lawsuit-privacy

For the first time, Google says it has spotted and stopped a zero-day exploit developed with AI. According to a report from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), "prominent cyber crime threat actors" were planning to use the vulnerability for a "mass exploitation event" that would have allowed them to bypass two-factor authentication on an unnamed "open-source, web-based system administration tool." Google's researchers found hints in the Python script used for the exploit that indicated help from AI, like a "hallucinated CVSS score" and "structured, textbook" formatting consistent with LLM training data. The exploit takes advantage of … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/928007/google-ai-zero-day-exploit-stopped

If your baby monitor looks something like this, it’s probably a Meari. | Image: Meari A baby's eyes peer directly into the camera lens. A kid with a striped shirt looks up, then away. A boy in a policeman's costume, a gold star on his chest. A messy bedroom that reminds me of my own daughters, with an unmade bunk bed, a little girl's hat and headband, and Hello Kitty plastered on the wall. One thought repeats in my mind: I shouldn't be seeing this . No stranger should. But bad actors could've easily spied on all these locations - and a million more - because many of Meari Technology's Wi-Fi baby monitors and security cameras were absurdly insecure. If you had access to one of those cameras, you theoretically had access to t … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/926487/meari-technology-hack-baby-monitor-security-camera