Starting September 2026, a silent update pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.
Google calls the new rule Android Developer Verification.
This starts with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand expanding worldwide in 2027 every app on certified Android phones must come from a developer who has registered their real identity with Google.
This covers apps from the Play Store, third-party stores, and sideloaded APKs.
Here’s what developers have to do: They sign up in Google’s new verification system, share their legal name, address, phone number, and ID, and pay a one-time $25 fee.
Apps from unverified developers will be blocked or come with big warnings and extra steps.
Google doing this to fight malware, the company says sideloaded apps are about 50 times more likely to contain bad software than Play Store apps.
Android is becoming a little more controlled with all of this changes
In light of the disrespect #Roblox has been showing towards small dev teams, the soon to drop Final Frontiers update of Retro Western will see all the new gamepasses be free to spawn. They don't deserve to profit off our hard work if this is how they thank their developers.
Starting in June 2026, Roblox will be introducing two new types of accounts: Roblox Kids for users ages 5 to 8 and Roblox Select for users ages 9 to 15.
Each account type will have limited access to certain features for safety.
🚨 WhatsApp’s “end-to-end encrypted” privacy is a total lie.
New class-action lawsuit just dropped: Meta secretly let employees, contractors like Accenture, and third parties read, intercept, and store your private messages WITHOUT consent.
All while marketing it as “only you and the recipient can read it.”
Zuck lied to billions. Your chats were never safe.
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The craziest thing ever happened on YouTube.
La7, an Italian television channel has used footage from Nvidia DLSS 5 Trailer and then sent a copyright strike to every YouTube video that supposedly used “their footage”, including Nvidia themselves.
Nvidia’s own DLSS 5 announcement video has now been taken down by La7 as you can see here.
Game owners and moderators can now read all chats sent in any server, regardless of age group. This new setting can be toggled by enabling the "Read-only chat for moderation" permission to roles with moderator status.