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DTrace
Microsoft included DTrace as a built-in tool in Windows Server 2025.
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| 2025 |
Android
Qualcomm potentially extends chipset support to eight years, though this commitment is limited to high-end chipsets.
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| 2024 |
Android
Google officially revealed the Android mascot's name as 'The Bot' in a blog post, ending years of it being unofficially called 'Bugdroid'.
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| 2024 |
Android
Samsung expanded Android device software support to six years, marking a substantial improvement in their approach to device longevity and sustainability.
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| December 12 2024 |
Android
Google announced Android XR, a new operating system developed in collaboration with Samsung and Qualcomm, designed to enhance extended reality (XR) experiences on devices like VR headsets and smart glasses, with a focus on supporting developers through tools like ARCore and Unity.
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| October 15 2024 |
Android
Google released Android 15, the latest version of the mobile operating system.
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| April 2024 |
Android
Reached 85% device support for Vulkan graphics support, with 77.6% supporting Vulkan 1.1 or higher, and 6.6% supporting Vulkan 1.3.
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| March 5 2024 |
Android
Microsoft announced the deprecation of Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), with support ending on March 5, 2025.
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| 2023 |
Earliest eligible virtual deadline first scheduling
Peter Zijlstra proposed replacing the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) in the Linux kernel with an Earliest Eligible Virtual Deadline First (EEVDF) process scheduler, aiming to remove the need for CFS 'latency nice' patches.
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| 2023 |
Android
Samsung further extended Android device software support from four to five years, continuing their commitment to longer device lifespans.
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| October 2023 |
AQuoSA
With the release of Linux Kernel 6.6, EDF (now known as EEVDF) was incorporated into the mainline Kernel as a replacement for the long-standing CFS scheduler.
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| October 4 2023 |
Android
Android 14 is released, continuing Google's annual Android release cycle.
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| 2022 |
Android
Qualcomm increased its support timeline for Android device manufacturers, providing a pathway for longer software support cycles.
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| 2022 |
Android
Samsung announced extended software support for Android devices from two to four years, significantly improving the longevity of their smartphones.
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| 2022 |
Android
A coalition of 40 U.S. state attorneys general filed a privacy lawsuit against Google, resulting in a USD 391 Million penalty negotiated with the Department of Justice over location tracking issues.
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| 2022 |
Android
Researcher Douglas Leith revealed that Android phones transmit communication-related data including phone and text message details to Google Play Services, with timestamps and identifiers, despite users disabling 'Usage and Diag' features, potentially violating GDPR regulations.
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| June 2022 |
Linux on Apple devices
Software developers Konrad Dybcio and Markuss Broks successfully ran Linux kernel 5.18 on an iPad Air 2, utilizing the Alpine Linux-based postmarketOS distribution and leveraging the checkm8 exploit from 2019.
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| 2021 |
Android
Journalists and researchers discovered Pegasus spyware capable of infecting Android smartphones without user interaction, able to exfiltrate data, track locations, and activate device cameras and microphones.
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| 2021 |
Android
Australian court concludes that Google broke consumer law, sanctioning the company approximately A$60 Million for misleading approximately 1.3 million Google account owners about location tracking settings.
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| 2021 |
Android
Users reported inability to dial emergency services due to bugs in Android and Microsoft Teams app, prompting both companies to release updates addressing the issue.
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| 2021 |
Android
An unofficial experimental port of Android was released for the RISC-V architecture.
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| 2021 |
Android
Researcher Douglas Leith demonstrated that Android devices send data to Google servers even when the phone is idle and no Google account is registered, with various applications like Chrome, Message, and Docs transmitting information.
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| June 2021 |
Android
At the Windows 11 announcement event, Microsoft showcased the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) to enable support for the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
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| April 2021 |
Android
Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Google's use of Java APIs was within the bounds of fair use, reversing the Federal Circuit Appeals Court ruling.
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| 2020 |
Android
Google launched the Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative to improve the security of Android and formed an Android security team, demonstrating a significant commitment to enhancing the operating system's protection mechanisms.
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| 2020 |
Android
The Which? watchdog reported that over a billion Android devices released in 2012 or earlier (40% of Android devices worldwide) were at risk of being hacked due to lack of security updates for Android versions below 7.0 in 2019.
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| 2020 |
Android
Google shut down Trusted Contacts and integrated its location-sharing feature into Google Maps.
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| October 2020 |
Android
Google removed several Android applications from Play Store after being informed by the International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC) about data collection rule violations.
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| August 5 2020 |
Android
Twitter published a blog post urging users to update their applications due to a security vulnerability in Android 8 (Oreo) and Android 9 (Pie) that allowed hackers to access direct messages by exploiting Android system permissions.
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| 2019 |
DTrace
Official DTrace for Fedora became available on GitHub.
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| 2019 |
Android
A privacy lawsuit regarding location tracking was filed in France, raising significant concerns about Android's data collection practices.
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| 2019 |
Android
Google was fined €50 Million by the French CNIL (National Commission on Informatics and Liberty) for insufficient user information transparency.
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| 2019 |
Android
Google discontinued the Daydream virtual reality platform.
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| December 2019 |
Android
Google stopped issuing licenses for new Android phone models to be sold in Turkey.
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| November 2019 |
Android
Google was fined 0.05 percent of its daily revenue by Turkey for not meeting competition authority requirements.
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| September 3 2019 |
Android
Android 10 was released, initially available only on Google Pixel phones.
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| August 22 2019 |
Android
Google announced that Android 'Q' would be officially branded as Android 10, ending the tradition of naming versions after desserts due to inclusivity concerns.
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| May 2019 |
Android
Android became entangled in the US-China trade war involving Huawei, leading Huawei to announce plans to develop an alternative operating system called Harmony OS.
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| May 2019 |
Android
Google introduces Project Mainline with Android 10 to simplify and expedite updates to core OS components through the Google Play Store.
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| May 2019 |
Android
Google officially replaced Java with Kotlin as its preferred language for Android app development.
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| March 11 2019 |
DTrace
Microsoft released a version of DTrace for Windows 10 insider builds.
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| January 6 2019 |
Android
Google began enforcing new policies to restrict app permissions and require apps to target a minimum Android API level.
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| 2018 |
Linux on Apple devices
Introduction of Macs with T2 chip, which can now run Linux distributions natively through the T2Linux project.
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| 2018 |
Android
Continued period of misleading location tracking practices for Android users in Australia.
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| 2018 |
Android
Norwegian security firm Promon discovered a serious Android security vulnerability that could allow hackers to steal login credentials, access messages, and track location across all Android versions, including Android 10. The exploit involved a bug in the multitasking system that could trick users into revealing security credentials and granting malicious app permissions.
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| October 8 2018 |
Android
Google announced new Google Play store requirements to limit over-sharing of sensitive information like call and text logs.
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| September 2018 |
DTrace
Microsoft announced they had ported DTrace from FreeBSD to Windows.
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| September 2018 |
Android
Google was fined US$17.4 million by Turkey's competition authority related to Android search engine investigations.
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| August 2018 |
Android
Android version 9.0 Pie was publicly released, marking a significant milestone in the Android operating system's development and sparking the creation of numerous custom Android distributions.
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| June 2018 |
Netfilter
The annual Netfilter developers workshop was held in Berlin, Germany, bringing together project members to discuss ongoing research and development efforts for the Linux packet alteration framework.
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