Google Play apps with >20M downloads depleted batteries and network bandwidth

Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Getty Images) Google Play has given the boot to 16 apps with more than 20 million combined installations after researchers detected malicious activity that could cause the Android devices they ran on to drain batteries faster and use more data than normal. The apps provided legitimate functions, including flashlight, camera, QR…

Apple’s AR/VR headset will scan your iris when you put it on

Enlarge / The report discusses how Apple’s upcoming headset will be different from the Meta Quest Pro pictured here. (credit: Kyle Orland) A new report in The Information revealed some new tidbits about Apple’s upcoming augmented and virtual reality headset. Among other things, the report details features that differentiate Apple’s headset from Meta’s just-announced Quest…