No sound in video calls? Here’s how to fix it
You’re in the middle of a video conference, everyone is waiting, but your microphone isn’t working? Or you can be heard, but all the other participants remain mute? Welcome to the club of Windows audio…
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New HomePod mini imminent? Major retailer calls current model ‘discontinued’
We’ve suspected for some time that Apple will soon release a new HomePod mini, but that launch came a step closer to reality this week with the discovery that a major retailer is already listing…
Satellites found exposing unencrypted data, including phone calls and some military comms
Security researchers have discovered that as many as half of all geostationary satellites in Earth’s orbit are carrying unencrypted sensitive consumer, corporate, and military information, making this data wide open to eavesdropping. The researchers at…
Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms
A new app offering to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell the data to AI companies is, unbelievably, the No. 2 app in Apple’s U.S. App Store’s…
Windows 11 supercharges Bluetooth quality in game chats & voice calls
According to a recent Windows blog post, you’ll no longer experience drops in Bluetooth audio quality on Windows 11 while also using voice. Microsoft will soon be rolling out a new feature called super wideband…
New York state cyber chief calls out Trump for cybersecurity cuts
During the first few months of the new Trump administration, the White House slashed cybersecurity budgets, staff, and initiatives. And some, including cybersecurity experts and legislators, are not happy about it. One of them is…
You can now answer phone calls on your Apple TV, but there’s a catch
Apple has been strengthening the ecosystem ties between iOS and tvOS in recent years. In 2023, the company introduced the FaceTime app on Apple TV, letting users video call their loved ones on the big…
Copilot is coming to cars — and so are Teams calls
What’s worse, being stuck in traffic or on another interminable Microsoft Teams call? ¿Por qué no los dos? Mercedes is teaming up with Microsoft to allow you to take Teams calls while on the go…
Pope Leo XIV warns AI is a threat to humanity and calls for a treaty
In a recent article, The Wall Street Journal drew attention to the fact that Pope Leo XIV considers artificial intelligence to be a threat to humanity. In a recent speech to a group of cardinals,…
New Android malware adds fake contacts to make scam calls look legit
At this point, I get so many spam calls that my blood pressure rises when numbers show up on my phone’s call screen. A new piece of Android malware seems to be designed around that…