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An ADB core maintainer proposed in Google IssueTracker #526109803 restricting adbd to bind only the WiFi interface, eliminating loopback connections on 127.0.0.1, following CVE-2026-0073, a bypass of Wireless ADB authentication. If shipped, it breaks on-device developer workflows built on Termux, plus Shizuku, libadb-android, App Manager and ShizuCallRecorder, along with ADB over VPN and Ethernet, and accessibility tooling depending on local ADB. 336 points on HN. The analysis is explicit that this is a discussion, not a decision. Watch the tracker; don't panic yet.
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Google dropped Gemma 4 and it's not incremental. The 31B dense model ranks #3 on Arena AI with an ELO of 1,452, scores 85.2% on MMLU Pro, 89.2% on AIME 2026, and 80.0% on LiveCodeBench v6. It outperforms models 20x its size. Under Apache 2.0. At $0.20 per run. Only Opus 4.6 an...
TechCrunch reports growth from 750M in February to near a billion, roughly 250M added in five months. Distribution beats benchmark parity. Google ships the model into Android, Search and Workspace surfaces no independent lab can reach.
Multiple sources report Google will unveil Gemini 4.0 (a major overhaul, not incremental), Android 17 with native agentic AI, and Android XR smart glasses. A separate 'The Android Show' runs May 12. One week from today, the competitive map could look different.
Google shipped a public preview of the Developer Knowledge API with a remote MCP server at developerknowledge.googleapis.com/mcp. Two tools: search_document (natural language queries) and get_document (full page retrieval) across Firebase, Android, Cloud, and all Google develo...
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26 as the first "agentic AI phone." Triple-agent architecture: Google Gemini opens apps in virtual background windows and navigates them autonomously (booking rides, ordering groceries), Perplexity handles web queries, and upgraded Bixby manages de...
- Source: IT Pro - Date: 2026-02-04 Google Cloud revenue hit $17.7B (up 48% YoY), 2026 CapEx planned at $175-185B. Announced "Universal Commerce Protocol" for agentic shopping. Google is quietly building the largest AI distribution moat through Android/Chrome/Search integration.
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