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WhatsApp now lets iOS and Android users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through its servers to obfuscate IP address metadata (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: WhatsApp now lets iOS and Android users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through its servers to obfuscate IP address metadata — WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy feature that helps Android and iOS users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through WhatsApp servers.

Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (November 8)

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use

Cruise is recalling 950 driverless cars after one of its vehicles ran over a pedestrian

Photo by Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of General Motors, says it is recalling 950 of its driverless vehicles in response to an October incident in which one of its robotaxis ran over a pedestrian. The recall, which was initiated by the company, will take the form of

Airbnb plans to revamp guest reviews, adding a new top-rated badge and tools to communicate more information about properties, as part of its winter update (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Airbnb plans to revamp guest reviews, adding a new top-rated badge and tools to communicate more information about properties, as part of its winter update — Airbnb has given hotels a run for their money with offerings that are often more flexible, sometimes cheaper, and more characterful …

GM is attracted to these new non-rare earth magnets for its EV motors

A Niron Magnetics employee takes quality measurements | Image: Sara Rubinstein for General Motors General Motors is eyeing a new type of magnet for its EV motors that’s less dependent on rare earth minerals from China. The automaker is forming a “strategic partnership” with Niron Magnetics, a Minnesota-based company that is developing magnetic technology based

Spotify’s free audiobook perk is now live for US Premium subscribers

Premium subscribers in the US can now access Spotify’s catalog of 200,000 audiobooks. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Spotify Premium subscribers in the US can now access the streaming platform’s on-demand catalog of over 200,000 audiobooks, alongside 15 hours of listening each month for free. Ten hours of additional listening can be

Grand Theft Auto VI’s first trailer will debut in December

Image: Rockstar It’s finally happening: Rockstar Games has officially revealed that the next chapter of the Grand Theft Auto franchise will get a trailer next month. Likely to be called GTA VI, the new game is expected to feature the series’ first female protagonist, influenced by Bonnie and Clyde. GTA VI will also reportedly be

Spotify now offers US paid subscribers access to 15 hours of free audiobooks per month, after launching the service in the UK and Australia on October 3 (Caitlin Huston/Hollywood Reporter)

Caitlin Huston / Hollywood Reporter: Spotify now offers US paid subscribers access to 15 hours of free audiobooks per month, after launching the service in the UK and Australia on October 3 — The podcast and music platform will offer U.S. paid subscribers 15 hours of free listening to audiobooks as it continues its rollout

Roblox reports Q3 bookings up 20% YoY to $839.5M, beating $822M est., $81.1M EBITDA, revenue up 38% YoY to $713.2M, and DAUs up 20% YoY to 70.2M; RBLX jumps 13% (Rob Golum/Bloomberg)

Rob Golum / Bloomberg: Roblox reports Q3 bookings up 20% YoY to $839.5M, beating $822M est., $81.1M EBITDA, revenue up 38% YoY to $713.2M, and DAUs up 20% YoY to 70.2M; RBLX jumps 13% — Roblox Corp., the video-game platform popular among teenagers, surged after posting third-quarter bookings and revenue that far exceeded Wall Street’s

La Brea season 3: Plot, cast, release window, and more

The sinkhole in Los Angeles continues to be more than just a geological anomaly. The prehistoric world of La Brea is set to return for its third season. From the La Brea season 3 possible release date to cast details, here’s everything we know about the upcoming episodes.

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE review: big display, fun colors, and four years of updates, but lackluster telephoto lens, sluggish portrait mode, and unlocked costs more (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy S23 FE review: big display, fun colors, and four years of updates, but lackluster telephoto lens, sluggish portrait mode, and unlocked costs more — There’s nothing wrong with the Galaxy S23 FE, but it feels like an uninspired collection of surplus components rather than one for the fans.

MìLà’s Soup Dumplings Review: Frozen, but Restaurant Fresh

These authentic Chinese meals are frozen raw for easy shipping and cooking. Your family will think you’ve opened a restaurant in your kitchen. (They make great gifts too.)

The Hidden, Awful Way That Climate Change Imperils Animals

As ocean temperatures climb, so do creatures’ metabolisms. If extra food isn’t available, they’ll starve.

Apple HomeKit Secure Video: Pros and Cons

Shopping for a security camera or video doorbell? Before you go all-in on Apple’s framework, there are some things to consider.

How a Scientist and Cartoonist Envision Living on the Moon and Mars

In A City on Mars, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith imagine what it would really be like to live in space: thrilling and absolutely grueling.

Every Game Should Let You Cross-Save

The ability to conveniently save your progress in a video game across multiple platforms—PCs, consoles, and handhelds—is a feature that should be ubiquitous.

The Golden Age Of Gadget Catalogs

Among Hackaday’s readership are likely to be many gadget enthusiasts who live for the latest electronics and who have obsessively followed gadget trends for most of their lives. You possess elite AliExpress-fu, and like the hipsters, you were into everything long before it was cool. It’s safe to say the Internet has revolutionized the world

Amazon cuts the price of an annual One Medical membership from $199 to $99 for Prime users, part of its plans to significantly expand its health care footprint (Caroline O’Donovan/Washington Post)

Caroline O’Donovan / Washington Post: Amazon cuts the price of an annual One Medical membership from $199 to $99 for Prime users, part of its plans to significantly expand its health care footprint — The tech giant will offer cheaper health care to Prime members via One Medical, a long-expected integration that could significantly expand

Microsoft offers politicians protection against deepfakes

Julia Nikhinson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images Amid growing concern that AI can make it easier to spread misinformation, Microsoft is offering its services, including a digital watermark identifying AI content, to help crack down on deepfakes and enhance cybersecurity ahead of several worldwide elections. In a blog post co-authored by Microsoft president Brad

Letters: Samsung, Qualcomm, and others oppose India’s plan to use ATSC 3.0 to bring live TV to phones, saying the hardware changes will add $30+ to each device (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)

Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: Letters: Samsung, Qualcomm, and others oppose India’s plan to use ATSC 3.0 to bring live TV to phones, saying the hardware changes will add $30+ to each device — Samsung and Qualcomm are among those opposing India’s choice of technology to bring live TV broadcasts on smartphones …

Exclusive: Your Xiaomi phone won’t get HyperOS updates if you unlock the bootloader

Credit: HyperOS Xiaomi has confirmed that it is blocking bootloader unlocking by default on HyperOS phones. The company says you’ll need to apply for permission to unlock your HyperOS device via its forum. MIUI and HyperOS phones won’t get HyperOS updates if you unlock them, though. Xiaomi recently launched the Xiaomi 14 series in China,

How San Francisco’s citizen surveillance culture, with incidents often posted to X, helped unravel the story of a bloody street attack, causing viral outrage (Lauren Smiley/Wired)

Lauren Smiley / Wired: How San Francisco’s citizen surveillance culture, with incidents often posted to X, helped unravel the story of a bloody street attack, causing viral outrage — When a homeless man attacked a former city official, footage of the onslaught became a rallying cry.

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE review: parts bin revisited

There’s nothing wrong with the Galaxy S23 FE, but it feels like an uninspired collection of surplus components rather than one for the fans. Continue reading…

Adobe’s site for stock images lists AI-generated images of the Israel-Palestine conflict, and some small outlets have used them without labeling them as AI (Matt Growcoot/PetaPixel)

Matt Growcoot / PetaPixel: Adobe’s site for stock images lists AI-generated images of the Israel-Palestine conflict, and some small outlets have used them without labeling them as AI — As fears rise over fake imagery generated by artificial intelligence flooding the internet, one of the world’s leading stock photo websites …

Ahead of the 2024 US election, Microsoft plans to offer a new free tool to help US politicians fight deepfakes by authenticating their videos and photos (Margi Murphy/Bloomberg)

Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: Ahead of the 2024 US election, Microsoft plans to offer a new free tool to help US politicians fight deepfakes by authenticating their videos and photos — – Tool offering comes as concerns grow over fake photos, videos — Microsoft says Russia is ‘huge’ cyber, disinformation threat

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