The modem is a critical component of your phone, and it uses complex code to help perform its functions. For example, Google's Pixel modem firmware has tens of megabytes of executable code written in ...

First look: Google is focusing directly on one of the least protected parts of modern smartphones: the cellular baseband. But the company is not trying to rewrite decades of modem firmware. Instead, ...

Google is bringing Rust code to Pixel phones starting with the Pixel 10 as a security measure to prevent malicious attacks on the modem used inside Pixel 10 devices. This injection of Rust code is ...

Google is integrating the Rust programming language into the Pixel 10’s modem firmware to mitigate memory-safety vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows. The shift allows the modem to block Remote ...

To protect the Pixel modem from zero-day attacks, Google focused on the DNS parser. As cellular features have migrated to data networks, DNS has become a core part of how phones work. Google explains ...

La actualización de Android 17 se expande a móviles más allá de los Pixel. Ya está disponible para estos 30 modelos de Oppo, Motorola y más. Hace ya un mes desde que Google empezó a actualizar sus ...

Microsoft and Linux are adding AI and Rust to their pipelines. Microsoft is leaning much harder into AI development than Linux. Both are expanding Rust, but neither OS will be fully Rust soon.

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Google has shared OTA files and factory images for its new Android 16 update, so that you don’t have to wait for it to arrive on your phone. You can install it ...