Anti-Android discrimination is alive and well.

The core members of my friend group are turning 30 this summer. To celebrate, they wanted to do something big, loud, and expensive, which is fitting for their station in life—urbanite creative-industry types who are old enough to not be broken, but young enough to not yet have kids. So, after debating various bank-account-plundering European destinations, the Birthday Boys and Girls settled on a weeklong trip to Portugal to bless the end of their 20s. There are about a dozen people in the traveling party, which made the actual nuts-and-bolts planning of this getaway a daunting task. Naturally, not being…

Judge sets 2024 trial date in Trump’s classified documents criminal case

Former President Donald Trump could yet face additional trials in the coming year. A federal judge in Florida has scheduled a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents. The May 20, 2024, trial date, set Friday by US District Judge Aileen Cannon, is a compromise between a request from prosecutors to set the trial for this December and a bid by defense lawyers to schedule it after the 2024 presidential election. Republican presidential candidate former US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks June 10,…

DoorDash sued over accusations of charging iOS users more than Android users

The DoorDash logo displayed on an Apple iPhone. A class-action lawsuit against DoorDash is accusing the food delivery service of charging iPhone users more than customers who order via Android. It seems you could be paying for that blue message bubble in a way you didn’t even realize. Filed in the US District Court of Maryland, the case alleges that DoorDash engages in “deceptive, misleading, and fraudulent practices” by hiding unfair fees behind certain labels. Specifically, some DoorDash orders include an “expanded range” fee, potentially applied when a restaurant is outside the customer’s “normal delivery area.” The lawsuit claims DoorDash…

What Google I/O needs to fix most about Android is its reputation

What do my kid, the former editor-in-chief of Android Police, and the Mayor of New York City all have in common? There’s no way they would use an Android phone. Android phones are carrying serious baggage, and the situation is getting worse. When Google talks about adding features to Android at Google I/Omaybe first it should remove the stigma of using Android in the first place. It’s hard to be an Android fan these days. We get no respect, I tell you. No respect. This hasn’t always been … Haha, just kidding. Of course, it has. Android has …

iPhone hack lets you send secret texts to friends

Have you ever felt like someone is peering over your shoulder while sending private messages to your friends and family? Well, you won’t have to worry about those nosy people knowing what you’re sending out because Apple has a secret trick available on all iPhone models and it’s completely free to use. How can I protect my messages? CLICK TO GET KURT’S CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER The feature we’re talking about is known as Invisible Ink, and it allows iPhone users to send an iMessage with the …