How to screen calls on an iPhone

How to screen calls on an iPhone

Source: The Verge Life’s busy enough without wasting time on calls that are trying to scam you or sell to you. Unfortunately, stats from Hiya show that 28 percent of the calls you get are going to be suspected spam or fraud.  On an iPhone, you don’t have the option to have an AI assistant…

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The Verge’s 2024 in review

The Verge’s 2024 in review

Source: The Verge When you say “wearables,” people generally think of smartwatches. But 2024 was a relatively quiet year for smartwatches, during which iterative updates reigned supreme. That happens in a maturing category. In exchange for polished products, you lose out on the weird frenetic energy — and sometimes ludicrously bad ideas — found when…

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2025 will be the year of the smart lock

2025 will be the year of the smart lock

Source: The Verge The smart home in 2024 was a year for regrouping. After the initial excitement surrounding the new interoperability standard Matter — which is trying to make the smart home simpler and easier to use by allowing connected devices to work with any platform — momentum has stalled. As companies adjust to the…

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Senators rip into automakers for selling customer data and blocking right to repair

Senators rip into automakers for selling customer data and blocking right to repair

Source: The Verge A bipartisan group of senators is calling out the auto industry for its “hypocritical, profit-driven” opposition to national right-to-repair legislation, while also selling customer data to insurance companies and other third-party interests. In a letter sent to the CEOs of the top automakers, the trio of legislators — Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jeff…

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