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Forgot that tune? Circle to Search now remembers your previous song searches

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out Song Search history to Circle to Search. Tapping on the new icon will open a page with your past searches, complete with song titles, thumbnails, and artist information. The feature is available on Android in the beta and stable channels. Finding out the name of a song or the artist behind it is as easy as bringing up Circle to Search and activating Song Search. But what if you want to listen to a song you previously searched for

I was wrong about robots.txt

Recently, I wrote an article about my journey in learning about robots.txt and its implications on the data rights in regards to what I write in my blog. I was confident that I wanted to ban all the crawlers from my website. Turned out there was an unintended consequence that I did not account for. My LinkedIn posts became broken# Ever since I changed my robots.txt file, I started seeing that my LinkedIn posts no longer had the preview of the article available. I was not sure what the issue wa

Transition to using 16 KB page sizes for Android apps and games

Get ready to upgrade your app's performance as Android embraces 16 KB memory page sizes Android’s transition to 16 KB Page size Posted by Mayank Jain – Product Manager and Jomo Fisher – Software Engineer Traditionally, Android has operated with the 4 KB memory page size. However many ARM CPUs (the most common processors for Android phones) support the larger 16 KB page size, offering improved performance gains. With Android 15, the Android operating system is page-size-agnostic, allowing devi

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YouTube’s Latest Update Shows That Online Monoculture Is Dead

Remember “Baby Shark Dance?” How about “Gangnam Style?” Those videos were among the most inescapable offerings of the YouTube canon, pumped into our lives by the last vestige of the internet monoculture: the Trending page. Now, a full decade since it was first introduced, YouTube announced it is ending its effort to inject top videos into everyone’s feeds, opting instead to highlight popular content in specific niches. In a blog post, the company admits that the internet ecosystem has changed c

I'm more proud of these 128 kilobytes than anything I've built since

No FOUT About It There were some hard choices to make immediately. The first thing we discarded was webfonts, as these were bytes we simply didn’t have to spend. font-family: -apple-system, ".SFNSText-Regular", "San Francisco", "Roboto", "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; Discarding webfonts and instead using the system font on the device had three benefits for us. First, it meant we didn’t have to worry about a flash-of-unstyled-text (FOUT). This happens when the browser renders the

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YouTube is killing its Trending page a decade after its debut

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is sunsetting its Trending page a decade after its launch. The company has urged users to rely on personalized recommendations and YouTube Charts to discover trending content. The Trending page and Trending Now list will be removed across all platforms on July 21. YouTube is pulling the plug on its Trending page, about a decade after its debut. The page and the Trending Now list will be removed across all platforms later this month, and the comp

YouTube’s ‘Trending’ section is about to disappear

YouTube is preparing to sunset the Trending section that shows users which videos are currently going viral on the platform. The Trending page and Trending Now list will be removed within the “next couple of weeks,” according to YouTube, with the platform shifting its attention toward expanding YouTube Charts, which rank top-performing content. YouTube is directing users to lean on personalized recommendations and YouTube Charts to explore new videos ahead of the Trending page’s removal. YouTub

VLLM: Easy, Fast, and Cheap LLM Serving with PagedAttention

GitHub | Documentation | Paper LLMs promise to fundamentally change how we use AI across all industries. However, actually serving these models is challenging and can be surprisingly slow even on expensive hardware. Today we are excited to introduce vLLM, an open-source library for fast LLM inference and serving. vLLM utilizes PagedAttention, our new attention algorithm that effectively manages attention keys and values. vLLM equipped with PagedAttention redefines the new state of the art in LL

Google expands Material 3 Expressive redesign to more Android settings

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR The latest Android System Intelligence app update brings Material 3 Expressive design changes to more Android settings. The build introduced revamped settings pages for Now Playing, At a Glance, Live Translate, Apps in Search, and Live Captions. These changes are live on devices running the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta update. After rolling out Material 3 Expressive design changes to several apps in recent weeks, Google is now shipping an update for the A

Gmail is making it easier to manage your newsletters and mailing lists on the web

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Gmail is rolling out a new “Manage subscriptions” page on its web client to help users easily declutter their inboxes. This page lists all your mailing lists, shows their email frequency, and provides a simple one-click unsubscribe button for each sender. The feature is gradually becoming available on the web and has been rolling out on the Android app since late April. Signing up for newsletters and mailing lists is a great way to stay up to date on

Beyond the Hook: A Technical Deep Dive into Modern Phishing Methodologies

A technical exploration of modern phishing tactics, from basic HTML pages to advanced MFA-bypassing techniques, with analysis of infrastructure setup and delivery methods used by phishers in 2025. Introduction In 2025, phishing is still the most prevalent kind of cyber attack on the planet. Indeed, 1.2% of the global email traffic is phishing. That's 3.4 billion emails each day, but only a low number results in a compromise since "only" 3% of employees would click on a malicious link. However,

History of Cycling Maps

Hi there, map-lovers! Available on this site is a complete history of cycling maps, including well over a hundred carefully-selected and restored extracts from the main providers of such maps. It has been created specifically and wholly for that purpose for the general public with an interest in such matters. it was first published in 2021 and is now much expanded. Included as individual pages are Introduction Development of Cycling individual pages on the various map publishers Sources and refe

Windows 11’s indicators for volume and brightness can soon be moved out of the way

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is testing a new feature in Windows 11 that will let you move hardware indicators pop-ups like volume and screen brightness to the top-left and top-center positions of a display. The customization feature is part of a new Dev Channel build of Windows 11 that also includes a new Recall homepage that lists the top three apps and websites you’ve used in a 24-hour period.

How fast are Linux pipes anyway?

2022-06-01 How fast are Linux pipes anyway? The challenge, and a slow first version # First of all, let’s start with measuring the performance of the fabled FizzBuzz program, following the rules laid down by the StackOverflow post: % ./fizzbuzz | pv >/dev/null 422GiB 0:00:16 [36.2GiB/s] pv is “pipe viewer”, a handy utility to measure the throughput of data flowing through a pipe. So fizzbuzz is producing output at a rate of 36GiB/s. fizzbuzz writes the output in blocks as big as the L2 cache,

Cloudflare CEO says people aren't checking AI chatbots' source links

Companies that develop generative AI always make it a point to say that they include links to websites in the answers that their chatbots generate for users. But Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has revealed to Axios that search traffic referrals keep plummeting. Publishers are facing an existential threat, he said, because people aren't clicking through those chatbot links and are relying more and more on AI summaries without digging deeper. Prince told Axios that 10 years ago, Google sent a publ

11 Best Planners: Weekly and Daily Notebooks and Accessories (2025)

There's nothing like the feeling of a brand-new planner. Whether it's the start of a new year or even just the month of June, we've found the best planners to deliver that satisfying rush of a fresh start and a blank page. The sensation of writing things down not only feels satisfying but helps improve retention, and paper planners give a sense of delight in a world that can feel bleak. A great planner will help you keep your life on track, but that means something different for everyone—do you

Google cloud and other internet services are reporting outages

A visitor walks past a Google Cloud sign at the booth of Google during the Hanover technology Fair (Hannover Messe) on April 22, 2024 in Hanover, northern Germany, with Norway as partner country. Google's cloud was suffering from global outages on Thursday, as were other cloud-based services. Users on social media reported that several major internet services were experiencing disruptions due to Google cloud platforms. "We are experiencing service issues with multiple GCP products," a status

Google may soon add AI Mode to the Chrome browser

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing adding AI Mode in the Chrome browser. A shortcut for AI Mode appears in the New Tab page search box. If you don’t meet the requirements, clicking the shortcut will take you to a page with a “Learn more” button. Last month, Google began experimenting with prominent AI Mode placement in the Google app. Now, the tech giant is experimenting with adding AI Mode to the Chrome browser. Spotted by Windows Report, Google appears to be testing AI

Safari gets the iOS 26 treatment with new Liquid Glass interface

Today, Apple unveiled a new Safari interface for iOS 26, bringing its new UI to the system browser. Here’s what it looks like. Edge-to-edge pages, floating controls, and a more immersive experience With iOS 26, Apple intends to maintain Safari’s familiar elements while introducing a more fluid and unobtrusive design. Web pages now extend edge to edge, reaching all the way to the bottom of the screen to maximize usable space. The tab bar has been redesigned to float above the webpage, surfacin

RFK Jr. promptly cancels vaccine advisory meeting, pulls flu shot campaign

Just days after anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became the country's top health official, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already pulled back some of its efforts to protect Americans with safe, lifesaving vaccines. The agency has indefinitely postponed a public meeting of its vaccine advisory committee and killed a campaign promoting seasonal flu shots. Last weekend, a Washington Post columnist noted on Bluesky that the CDC's effective "Wild to Mild" seasonal flu

Google Contacts app looks a little different now, here’s what changed

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Google has rolled out a few changes to the Contacts app. There’s now a card that says how many contacts are in your Google Account and a “last sync” status. A “Google Contacts sync settings” option takes you to a page where you can turn off/on syncing. Google has released an update to the Contacts app for Android that makes a few small, but notable changes. Your current backup and sync status are now more prominent, and there’s a new way to access the

Did Samsung just cancel the fancy 3-in-1 charger it showed off at Unpacked?

TL;DR Samsung has pulled the product page for its recently announced three-in-one wireless charger. This suggests that the Galaxy maker may have canceled the accessory, but we’ve asked the company for more information. Samsung quietly announced a new three-in-one wireless charger alongside the Galaxy S25 phones last month. The company didn’t offer many details at the time, but it now looks like this product has vanished. SammyGuru noticed that Samsung recently pulled the official product page

Lynx Browser: The Land That Time Revived (2022)

"If you don't perceive using the Internet in the 2020s to be a constant fight, you have absolutely no online privacy whatsoever." Lynx browser, browsing the post Cyber Freedom: No Gain Without Pain, from my Neocities site Backlit. It might look scarily primitive at first glance, but Lynx browser - a product as old as the World Wide Web itself - could not be more of a friend. And neither could it be more relevant amid the surveillance dystopia of the 2020s. If you find it hard to keep up with t

Microsoft fixes Power Pages zero-day bug exploited in attacks

Microsoft has issued a security bulletin for a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in Power Pages, which hackers exploited as a zero-day in attacks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-24989, is an improper access control problem impacting Power Pages, allowing unauthorized actors to elevate their privileges over a network and bypass user registration controls. Microsoft says it has addressed the risk at the service level and notified impacted customers accordingly, enclosing instruct

KubeVPN: Revolutionizing Kubernetes Local Development

KubeVPN 中文 | English | Wiki KubeVPN offers a Cloud-Native Dev Environment that seamlessly connects to your Kubernetes cluster network. Gain access to the Kubernetes cluster network effortlessly using service names or Pod IP/Service IP. Facilitate the interception of inbound traffic from remote Kubernetes cluster services to your local PC through a service mesh and more. For instance, you have the flexibility to run your Kubernetes pod within a local Docker container, ensuring an identical en

Build your own SQLite in Rust, Part 5: Evaluating queries

In the previous posts, we've explored the SQLite file format and built a simple SQL parser. It's time to put these pieces together and implement a query evaluator! In this post, we'll lay the groundwork for evaluating SQL queries and build a query evaluator that can handle basic SELECT statements. While our initial implementation won't support filtering, sorting, grouping, or joins yet, it will give us the foundation to add these features in future posts. As usual, the complete source code for

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