Phone Safety

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  FBI Warns Texts Between Android And iPhone Could Be Targeted By Chinese Hackers, Shares Safety Tips

  FBI urged citizens to use encryption to secure their communications amid a massive Chinese cyberattack.

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  Google Introduces AI-Powered Safety Tools to Protect Users from Phone Call Scams and Malicious Apps

  Google introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) safety tools for Android devices on Wednesday. These tools are aimed at protecting users from phone call-based scams and malicious apps by monitoring the activity in real time. The first is Scam Detection in Phone by Google, which monitors conversation patterns to determine whether an incoming ...

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  PM Modi-Biden Phone Call Over Ukraine, Safety Of Hindus In Bangladesh

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today received a phone call from US President Joe Biden and discussed his recent Ukraine visit and the situation in Bangladesh among other things.

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  Google Could Add “Satellite SOS” Feature for Pixel Phones Soon

  Multiple Google Pixel phone users have spotted a new "Satellite SOS" option under the Safety & emergency option in the Settings section. It appears between Emergency SOS and Car Crash Detection options. However, taping on the Satellite SOS does not take any action currently.

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  China Satellite Launch Triggers Safety Warning In Taiwan Phones

  China on Tuesday successfully launched a satellite, state broadcaster CCTV said. "At 3:03 pm Beijing time on January 9, 2024, China successfully launched the Einstein Probe satellite," CCTV reported.

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  Google Expands Pixel’s Car Crash Detection to India: Here’s How to Enable the Feature

  Google Pixel phones have included Car Crash Detection since 2019, but the safety feature had been available in select regions only. Now, the search engine giant is expanding the feature to more countries, including India. Google has added India and four more nations to its list of supported regions for the Car Crash Detection feature on Pixel phone...

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  Google Pixel Feature Drop Rolls Out With Macro Focus for Video, Safety Check; Pixel Watch Gets Health Features

  Google Pixel and Pixel Watch owners are receiving the company's latest Pixel Feature Drop update. Owners of recent Pixel phones gain new emergency, safety and camera features, while Pixel Watch owners can take advantage of new health tracking functionality as part of the Pixel Feature Drop for June.

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  Google Pixel Phones Could Soon Be Used as Dashcams: All Details

  Google is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow phones to be used as dashcam recorders. The company mistakenly released a version of the Personal Safety update where this feature was spotted. The feature could be available for Pixel smartphones and other handsets such as the Nothing Phone 1.

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  Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, Galaxy Z Flip 5 to Offer Easier Battery Replacements: Report

  Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 batteries have been spotted on Korea's certification body. They are said to come with a pull tab that would make it easier to replace the battery or remove it for repair. The Galaxy Z Flip 5 is said to carry two batteries with model numbers EB-BF731ABY and EB-BF732ABY. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 could pack two b...

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  Delhi Police Shares Video Showing How Texting While Driving Can Be Dangerous

  Delhi Police, which often shares fun and innovative videos to spread awareness on various topics, shared an important road safety message.

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  Roblox CEO Says Policing Virtual World Is Like Shutting Down 'Speakeasies' as Firm Confronts Lawsuit

  Roblox CEO Morgan McGuire on Tuesday said finding dangerous content in the company's virtual world is nothing like spotting it in video, and likened moderating the virtual world to shutting down speakeasies, US prohibition-era bars hiding from law enforcement. The company is facing a lawsuit filed last week that alleges adult men on Roblox connecte...

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  As Putin Ups Nuclear Rhetoric, PM Modi Speaks With Ukraine's Zelensky: 10 Points

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on phone today and raised concerns over safety of nuclear installations in the east European nation that is battling Russian forces.

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  Here’s the Real Reason to Turn on Aeroplane Mode When You Fly

  Most airlines today expect flyers to put their phone on airplane mode in order to prevent them from causing an emergency. While governments around the globe have developed similar strategies and policies to prevent interference problems with aviation, electronic devices have been allowed to stay on in the EU since 2014. Here's why you should probab...

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  Britain Sets Out Roadmap for Self Driving Vehicle Usage by 2025, Announces Plans for New Laws, Funding

  Britain said on Friday it wanted a widespread rollout of self-driving vehicles on roads by 2025, announcing plans for new laws and GBP 100 million (roughly Rs. 1,000 crore) of funding. The government said it wanted to take advantage of the emerging market for autonomous vehicles, which it valued at 42 billion pounds and estimated could create 38,00...

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  Flight Delayed By 6 Hours Over A Message Spotted On Passenger's Phone

  A Mangaluru-Mumbai flight was delayed by six hours after a woman passenger raised an alarm about a suspicious text message received on the mobile phone of a fellow traveller.