In what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private equity, video game maker Electronic Arts has agreed to be ...

Essentially the anti-Play Store, F-Droid is a volunteer-run catalog of free and open-source apps that are built from source, ...

The consortium that is buying the company includes Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake Partners and Affinity ...

Google just dropped a bombshell that could kill Android's openness forever. Starting in 2026, every single Android app must be tied to a Google-verified ...

Video games have always been filled with secrets waiting to be discovered. From hidden rooms in Super Mario Bros. to ...

Google's upcoming requirements to verify app developers threaten to 'end the F-Droid project and other free/open-source app ...

F-Droid has been around for about 15 years and is the largest source of free and open source software (FOSS) for Android.

It's the most expensive attempt to take a public company private. Under the terms of the deal announced Monday, the private ...

Google’s proposed developer registration rules could make sideloading far more difficult and put independent app stores at risk, sparking concerns that Android is moving closer to Apple’s locked-down ...

The creators of the alternative app store F-Droid say that the new developer review rules would make Google the gatekeeper ...

F-Droid has warned against Google's new developer verification rules, saying they could kill sideloading and alternative app stores.