Background activity can drain your battery and use your mobile data without you seeing it happen. Apps refresh in the background to keep content updated, which helps you pick up where you left off.

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Apple on Thursday introduced a new set of App Review Guidelines for developers, which now specifically state that apps must disclose and obtain users’ permission before sharing personal data with ...

The standoff began in late September as lawmakers faced a deadline to fund the government by the start of a new fiscal year on Oct. 1. House Republicans passed a short-term funding measure on Sept. 19 ...

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Android backups currently support saving app data, but without per-app options. Google now appears to be working on individual toggles, letting you back up or exclude specific apps. The list sorts ...

The AI boom is visible from orbit. Satellite photos of New Carlisle, Indiana, show greenish splotches of farmland transformed into unmistakable industrial parks in less than a year’s time. There are ...

There are over a thousand planned or existing data centers across the US, according to a BI investigation. Major tech companies are racing to construct even more as the AI boom continues. But at what ...

Don’t miss Greg Joyce’s text messages from The Bronx and beyond — he’s giving Sports+ subscribers the inside buzz on the Yankees. Again good enough to be very good. But not great. Not historic. Not ...

Walmart-backed fintech OnePay plans to roll out cryptocurrency trading and custody features in its app by the end of the year. The service will let users buy, hold, and convert bitcoin and ether ...

U.S. lawmakers are under pressure to end the government shutdown as it enters its second full day. Congress could pass a temporary stopgap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR). This ...