Google has a fix for Android’s Linux bug. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

Google has addressed a Linux kernel bug recently discovered by one security firm that has left around 66 percent of Android devices vulnerable to attack. It has already made its patch available to Android partners, but devices running Android 5.0 and above don’t need it.

The 16GB OnePlus 2 is no longer available in some markets. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

OnePlus has decided to drop its entry-level OnePlus 2 in the U.S. and Europe, leaving only the 64GB model priced at $389. Customers in these markets just weren’t interested in the 16GB model, the Chinese startup says, so it is saving it for countries that are.

Update your One A9 today. Photo: HTC

Listen up, HTC One A9 owners! If you have an unlocked device, you’re about to get an over-the-air software update that brings Android’s latest security patch and some welcome bug fixes.

Samsung Pay has a big advantage over Apple Pay. Photo: Samsung

Samsung has long subscribed to the “If you can’t beat ’em, release a load of ads making fun of them” strategy when it comes to smartphone rival Apple.

In its latest ad, the South Korean tech company keeps this trend alive by recruiting comedian Hannibal Buress to show off Samsung Pay’s big advantage over Apple Pay.

And — you know what — as far as petty ads taking shots at your rivals go, this one actually isn’t bad.

Breaking news: There’s big money in search. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Android and iOS may be mortal enemies in some ways, but Google clearly realizes the value of having Apple’s hundreds of millions of customers use its search engine.

So much so, in fact, that in 2014 Google paid Apple a massive $1 billion to keep its search bar on the iPhone.