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If you live in California, you may no longer need a wallet to store your physical identification cards. Apple announced last month that residents of the Golden State can now add their California driver’s license or state ID to Apple Wallet. If you need to show proof of your age or identity, you can quickly … Read more

Why is everyone so excited about the freshly-baked Private Internet Access VPN deal? Because it’s so enticing! PIA has cut down its prices with a machete, offering its 2-year plan with 2 free months at 83% off. Get ready for this – the VPN now costs $2.19/mo. This steal-deal VPN is at an all-time low … Read more

While the biometric-scanning Orb and the World network have their roots in crypto tokens, “crypto” wasn’t an oft-mentioned word during the event. Instead, Altman and Blania emphasized World’s blockchain service, digital asset management, and virtual communication tools. Blania claimed during the press briefing that, in the future, World hopes to build the “largest finance network” … Read more

In what might be the most surprising crossover of the year, turns out rap superstar Megan Thee Stallion and alien symbiote Venom (Tom Hardy) are besties. A promotional clip for the upcoming Venom: The Last Dance sees Venom video calling Megan and dishing out some slobbery roars. But Megan is unfazed, clapping back with some … Read more

New iPhones are here, but Apple Intelligence is MIA. The much-hyped AI features will start to ship with iOS 18.1 in October, and they’ll include things like notification summaries and generative AI-powered writing tools. It’s all pretty standard fare at this point, but more promising features will continue to roll out well into 2025 — … Read more

Days after 159 people accepted Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg’s offer of a six-month severance package to employees who wanted to leave, the company floated a new offer late on October 16 of a nine-month severance package to anybody who quit immediately. Employees had four hours to decide whether they wanted to take the deal. In … Read more

What you need to know Google detailed two new features arriving for NotebookLM, beginning with a “customize” button to guide the AI hosts in Audio Overviews. The other feature lets users listen to their generated audio files in the background while working elsewhere in the app. Google is also starting its pilot program for a … Read more

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android’s theft protection features can now be enabled through the Safety Center. Safety Center, i.e. the “Security & privacy” menu, is available on all devices running Android 14 or later. Previously, you had to dig through the huge list of Google settings to find the theft protection menu. Google … Read more

An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: A new ClickFix campaign is luring users to fraudulent Google Meet conference pages showing fake connectivity errors that deliver info-stealing malware for Windows and macOS operating systems. ClickFix is a social-engineering tactic that emerged in May, first reported by cybersecurity company Proofpoint, from a threat actor (TA571) … Read more

Apple is working behind the scenes to get ready to add new Apple Intelligence features to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15. We’ll get the first set in the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 updates, but Apple is preparing for the next batch, too. In backend code, MacRumors has discovered new references … Read more