You can use a VPN app to choose from a long list of virtual locations. (Sam Chapman for Engadget) Chances are that you're here because you've heard a virtual private network (VPN) can change your ...

If Microsoft Authenticator is showing the wrong location of the sign-in request, here is how you can fix the problem. It could happen due to a VPN or proxy, your OS’s location data being inaccurate, ...

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 brings back the expandable location indicator, a feature Google previously tested in Android 13 but never released. Tapping the new blue status bar icon opens a privacy dialog ...

Google is adding a new notifying dot in Android 16 QPR3 which tells you when an app is accessing your location. Back in 2021’s Android 12 release, Google added a new green dot to prominently notify ...

Emilee Rader receives funding from the National Science Foundation. If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you shop for ...

The former television producer Wendy Prior Fentress finds the most important background characters for films and shows. Over the past decade, Wendy Prior Fentress’s three-story, Dutch Colonial home ...

When planning for retirement, most investors concentrate on what to invest in—stocks, bonds, cash, and other assets. But an equally important, and often overlooked, decision is asset location—which ...

Microsoft Teams is adding a feature that could automatically share your work location with your organization when you connect to the office Wi-Fi. If an administrator enables the new feature, ...

Google giveth — and Google taketh away. If there’s one thing we’ve learned as Android-adoring animals over the years, it’s that you can’t ever fully count on Google to stick with something forever.

Instagram unveiled a new feature earlier this month, allowing users to share their real-time location with close friends. But the update sparked immediate backlash from Alabama's Attorney General ...

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

Users concerned about Instagram tracking their whereabouts can turn off the app’s location-sharing and Map features through in-app controls and phone settings. The map feature allows users to share ...