Credit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority WhatsApp could allow you to enable third-party chats for specific platforms. That means you don’t have to accept chats from all rival messaging apps. A screenshot also suggests that third-party chats won’t be available outside Europe. WhatsApp will soon support other chat platforms, and an executive has already outlined
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority The vivo X Fold 3 is said to be the thinnest and lightest foldable phone, but it could bring top-tier specs. A tipster says the phone will offer a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, a 64MP 3x camera, water resistance, and more. A trusted leaker recently claimed that an
Read MoreMacworld Success often starts with organization, control, and execution. There’s no more proven system for achieving all three in your professional life than with the productivity apps and other tools found in Microsoft Office. To bolster your success, you can grab Microsoft Office 2021 for Mac or Windows for only $55.99 with code ENJOY20 through March
Read MoreIP Telecom raised €6m last year to fuel its acquisition goals and plans to double its revenue in 2024. Read more: IP Telecom goes for growth with Centrecom deal
Read MoreA homeless man “was taken into custody on suspicion of grand theft auto,” reports the Los Angeles Times, “after police said he tried to steal a Waymo self-driving car in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night.” The man entered and tried to operate a Waymo vehicle that had stopped to let out a passenger at
Read MoreThe members of Crew-8 are expected to dock with the ISS on 5 March, where they will relieve Crew-7 and conduct hundreds of scientific experiments aboard the space station. Read more: Lift off: NASA’s Crew-8 racing to ISS on SpaceX rocket
Read MoreWhite spruce are spreading in the high north, thanks to extra snow. That “Arctic greening” has serious climate implications.
Read MoreHaving saved a potential 250 patients in Ireland from severe complications related to urinary catheterisation, the UL spin-out has its eyes on the UK and US markets. Read more: Class Medical: A safety device to prevent catheterisation injuries
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Apple could be launching a lot of new hardware as soon as this week, but it could skip the launch event and do it through press releases. New products expected include revamps to the iPad Pro, iPad Air refresh with a new 12.9-inch model, new Apple Pencil and Magic
Read MorePsst! Hey kid! Want to reverse-engineer some iPhones? Well, did you know that modern iPhones use PCIe, and specifically, NVMe for their storage chips? And if so, have you ever wondered about sniffing those communications? Wonder no more, as this research team shows us how they tapped them with a flexible printed circuit (FPC) BGA
Read More“Apple faces a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the company holds an illegal monopoly over digital storage for its customers,” reports the Hill: The suit, filed Friday, claims “surgical” restraints prevent customers from effectively using any service except its iCloud storage system. iCloud is the only service that can host certain data from the company’s
Read MoreIf you’re using Windows 11, you may be very well aware of the Windows Hello feature. It’s a feature that gives you various sign-in options like fingerprint recognition, iris scan, security key, PIN, etc. People prefer PINs for signing in to their PCs instead of password logins. The one benefit of having a PIN for
Read MoreThe Washington Post shares some surprising news from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, a 44-year-old nonprofit which works on government energy policies and produces its own research and analysis. The group “has rated the pollution from vehicles for decades,” according to the article — but “says the winning car this year is
Read More[Punxatawny Phil]’s prognostications aside, winter isn’t over up here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the snow keeps falling. If you’re sick of shoveling the driveway and the walk and you don’t have a kid handy to rope into the job, relax — this rapidly assembled junkyard RC snowblower will do just as crappy a job
Read More“Reddit users have been reacting with deep gloom to the firm saying it plans to sell shares to the public…” the BBC recently reported: The company has said its plans are “exciting” and will offer the business opportunities for growth. However many users worry the move will fundamentally change the website… “When the most important
Read MoreIn 1970 an Oregon man discovered a body with “clear signs of foul play”. NPR reports that “The identity of the young woman remained a mystery — until Thursday.” State authorities identified the woman as Sandra Young, a teenager from Portland who went missing between 1968 and 1969. Her identity was discovered through advanced DNA
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Read MoreXcode 15 allows you to preview your iOS app’s user interface as you build it. Here’s how to use it to see how your app appears to users. Xcode [Apple] Xcode 15 introduced UI Previews which allow you to view what your user interface will look like as you build it in SwiftUI. In particular
Read MoreWho’d have thought that $30 doorbell cameras would end up being security liabilities? That’s the somewhat obvious conclusion reached by Consumer Reports after looking at some entry-level doorbell cameras available through the usual outfits and finding glaring security gaps which are totally not intentional in any way. All these cameras appear to be the same
Read MoreThe RFK Jr. campaign’s chatbot had previously affirmed Kennedy’s promotion of conspiracy theories, and appeared to circumvent OpenAI’s ban on political use.
Read MoreTaiwan doesn’t have parking meters, writes long-time Slashdot reader Badlands, “but rather roving armies of maids on electric scooters that cruise their area with their smartphone and take a pic of your license plate and timestamp it, leaving a receipt under your windshield wipers.” But now one city will try “smart parking” services — which
Read MoreImage: Google Google Drive for iOS now lets you filter searches using dropdown menus for File Type, Owners, and Last Modified, the company wrote on Friday in its Workspace Updates blog. The dropdown menus show up before and after a search, and relevant filter recommendations will show up as well as users type. Google says
Read MoreIn 1970 an Oregon man discovered a body with “clear signs of foul play”. NPR reports that “The identity of the young woman remained a mystery — until Thursday.” State authorities identified the woman as Sandra Young, a teenager from Portland who went missing between 1968 and 1969. Her identity was discovered through advanced DNA
Read MoreTaiwan doesn’t have parking meters, writes long-time Slashdot reader Badlands, “but rather roving armies of maids on electric scooters that cruise their area with their smartphone and take a pic of your license plate and timestamp it, leaving a receipt under your windshield wipers.” But now one city will try “smart parking” services — which
Read More“NASA said Friday it is shutting down a $2 billion satellite refueling project,” reports UPI, “after criticizing the project’s contractor for poor performance.” The agency in a statement said it will discontinue the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing 1 project after nearly a decade of work due to “continued technical, cost, and schedule challenges, and
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