A Canadian systems security consultant discovered that an Android TV box purchased from Amazon was pre-loaded with persistent, sophisticated malware baked into its firmware. The malware was discovered ...

Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necessarily ...

'The box was reaching out to many known, active malware addresses,' says Canadian systems administrator Daniel Milisic. When he's not battling bugs and robots in Helldivers 2, Michael is reporting on ...

AllWinner and RockChip might not be household names, but the two China-based companies power several wildly popular Android TV boxes that are sold on Amazon. These Android-powered television set-top ...

Which Android streaming box is best? Fans of the Android operating system on a smartphone will appreciate the ability to use that same interface on a TV streaming box. An Android streaming box gives ...

I tested everything from high-end, sleek Android boxes to mid-range and budget versions. Some boxes are powerful enough to double as a mini PC, while some have little processing power suitable for ...