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digitpatrox6 days ago
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WhatsApp Now Lets You Call Select Members of a Group Chat

WhatsApp is indisputably the most popular messaging app in the world. Chances are you use it to message friends and family around the world, and while the majority of communications are likely texts, you probably use the app for audio and video calls, too. (WhatsApp says two billion calls are made on the app every day.) The next time you…
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digitpatrox2 weeks ago
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Aloha’s iOS App Now Lets You Ban Cookie Pop-Ups Forever

If you use the internet, you’ve undoubtedly encountered a pop-up asking for your permission to use cookies. You’ve probably clicked yes without giving it a second thought, but it’s one of those points of friction that grates on the nerves when you’re just trying to do a little shopping or check the news. This week, Aloha Browser introduced a feature…
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digitpatrox2 weeks ago
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The December 2024 Pixel Drop Lets Gemini Remember Details About You

The December 2024 Pixel Drop is here. Credit: Google It’s Pixel Drop time again, and the December 2024 edition of Google’s regular phone and tablet upgrade series brings with it improvements to Gemini AI, photo sharing, instant messaging, device security, accessibility, and more. A smarter Gemini There’s a lot to cover, and given the way AI is dominating tech headlines…
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digitpatrox3 weeks ago
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GOG’s preservation program lets you keep playing games after they’re delisted

GOG has announced that even if games in its recently launched preservation program are delisted from its store, it will maintain compatibility with those games and offer players “a seamless experience and tech support for those titles.” The first games covered are Warcraft I and II, scheduled for delisting on December 13th. That promise extends to Windows changes that affect…
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digitpatroxNovember 21, 2024
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Rabbit now lets you teach the R1 to perform tasks for you

Rabbit is rolling out “teach mode” to its R1 devices, allowing you to create an AI agent that can perform tasks for you. The feature works by “learning” a task you demonstrate, such as retrieving updates from a content creator you follow, or helping you draft a post on social media. You can access the feature by logging into the…
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digitpatroxNovember 21, 2024
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This digital D&D watch lets you roll a fireball from your wrist

Dice hoarding is a common hobby among Dungeons and Dragons players, but I’m betting most won’t have a digital watch in their collection. Alongside displaying the time, day, and date, the Timestop D-20 includes all the dice-rolling features you need to play tabletop roleplaying games directly from your wrist at the push of a button. The watch allows the wearer…
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digitpatroxNovember 19, 2024
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Google now lets you manage all of your old Nest Cams from the Home app

Google now lets you manage Nest Cam IQ indoor and outdoor cameras — which were both released in 2017 — through a public preview in the Google Home app, meaning that you can now technically manage all Nest cams from as early as 2015 from the Home app instead of the Nest app. Google has been slowly making it possible…
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digitpatroxNovember 16, 2024
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WhatsApp now lets you save message drafts

WhatsApp dropped the most “I can’t believe this wasn’t already there” feature this week: message drafts. Now, WhatsApp lets you know if you have unsent messages typed up in chats so you know to get back to them later. To let you know about a draft, messages you’ve started writing will show a green and bold “Draft” word followed by…
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digitpatroxNovember 7, 2024
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Cisco bug lets hackers run commands as root on UWRB access points

Cisco has fixed a maximum severity vulnerability that allows attackers to run commands with root privileges on vulnerable Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) access points that provide connectivity for industrial wireless automation. Tracked as CVE-2024-20418, this security flaw was found in Cisco’s Unified Industrial Wireless Software’s web-based management interface. Unauthenticated threat actors can exploit it in low-complexity command injection attacks that…
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digitpatroxOctober 24, 2024
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This new AI jailbreaking technique lets hackers crack models in just three interactions

A new jailbreaking technique could be used by threat actors to gradually bypass safety guardrails in popular LLMs to draw them into generating harmful content, a new report warns. The ‘Deceptive Delight’ technique, exposed by researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, was able elicit unsafe responses from models in just three interactions. The approach involves embedding unsafe or restricted…
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