Tech companies want to protect encryption. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac

Apple and Google have leant their names to an open letter taking aim at a controversial new anti-encryption bill, which demands that tech companies make their devices breakable at will.

“We write to express our deep concerns about well-intentioned but ultimately unworkable policies around encryption that would weaken the very defenses we need to protect us from people who want to cause economic and physical harm,” the letter opens.

In addition to Apple and Google, other tech giants which signed the missive include Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, and more.

The App Store continues to rule in revenue. Photo: Cult of Android

Google Play now sees more than twice as many downloads as Apple’s App Store, according to the latest data from App Annie — but it still can’t rake in anywhere near as much revenue.

Google is slowly but surely killing malware. Photo: Google

When malware rears its ugly head on Android, it gives the platform a bad image, so Google is trying its hardest to stamp it out.

In its Android Security 2015 Annual Report, the company reveals that it now scans more than 6 billion installed apps across 400 million devices every single day for malware.

Podcasts have arrived! Photo: Google

Six months after Google announced it is bringing podcast support to its Play Music app, it has finally landed… in the U.S. and Canada, at least.

Users can now subscribe to their favorite shows through Play Music on Android and on the web, and find new ones based on various topics, feelings, and activities.

Android N’s new Calculator shortcut. Screenshot: Android Police.

When you need a calculator quickly to work something out, having to unlock your phone, open the app drawer, and find the calculator app can be a pain. But not in Android N, where the Calculator app is just a couple of taps away, and available on the lock screen.