How to listen to radio on iPhone for free

Gone are the days when people used to tune in to radio stations on their smartphones. These days with music streaming platforms, radio isn’t something that people use on phones. However, if you want to listen to radio on an iPhone, then there’s a way out. https://ift.tt/AvTU9oH

Police in Delhi, India, who use facial recognition to identify protesters, say they consider 80%+ accuracy a "positive" match, raising concerns among activists (Varsha Bansal/Wired)

Varsha Bansal / Wired:
Police in Delhi, India, who use facial recognition to identify protesters, say they consider 80%+ accuracy a “positive” match, raising concerns among activists  —  Police in India's capital say they only require an 80 percent accuracy rate for matches, raising new alarm bells for civil liberty advocates.

US researchers create novel 10-minute full-charge method for electric vehicles

One solution is to tailor the charging protocol in a way that optimises speed while avoiding damage for the many different types of battery designs currently used in vehicles. https://ift.tt/FlhIC2T

How to enable end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger

Nobody, including Facebook, can see or hear what is sent or said during this delivery. Your calls and messages in a conversation are further secured and protected with end-to-end encryption so that only you and the other person can see, hear, or read them. https://ift.tt/sKc5XET

The demand for AR beauty filters on Instagram remains high, despite evidence of harmful effects on users' mental health and Meta's efforts to ban some filters (Tate Ryan-Mosley/MIT Technology Review)

Tate Ryan-Mosley / MIT Technology Review:
The demand for AR beauty filters on Instagram remains high, despite evidence of harmful effects on users' mental health and Meta's efforts to ban some filters  —  Meta banned filters that “encourage plastic surgery,” but a massive demand for beauty augmentation on social media is complicating matters.

Elon Musk says price of FSD will rise from $12K to $15K in September when Tesla rolls out Beta 10.69.2, which lets drivers test new features on public roads (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk says price of FSD will rise from $12K to $15K in September when Tesla rolls out Beta 10.69.2, which lets drivers test new features on public roads  —  - Tesla plans a 25% price increase for its premium, driver assistance system marketed in the U.S. as the Full Self-Driving, or FSD, option.

NSO Group CEO is stepping down as the company restructures to focus on NATO countries; source: NSO is also cutting 100 posts out of its 750-strong workforce (Reuters)

Reuters:
NSO Group CEO is stepping down as the company restructures to focus on NATO countries; source: NSO is also cutting 100 posts out of its 750-strong workforce  —  Israeli spyware firm NSO Group said on Sunday its Chief Executive Shalev Hulio is stepping down with immediate effect …

A dad who sent Android photos of his baby's groin to a doctor says Google disabled his account and police probed him after Google flagged the photos as CSAM (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)

Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
A dad who sent Android photos of his baby's groin to a doctor says Google disabled his account and police probed him after Google flagged the photos as CSAM  —  Google has an automated tool to detect abusive images of children.  But the system can get it wrong, and the consequences are serious.

Chinese game makers, facing slowing domestic user growth and fewer game approvals amid the regulatory crackdown, are rushing into overseas markets like the US (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Chinese game makers, facing slowing domestic user growth and fewer game approvals amid the regulatory crackdown, are rushing into overseas markets like the US  —  With fewer titles approved and domestic user growth slowing, Tencent and its competitors are looking to expansion abroad

SoftBank CFO says the company sold a large part of its stake in Alibaba to "instantly show" investors its finances were solid after a $23B quarterly loss (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
SoftBank CFO says the company sold a large part of its stake in Alibaba to “instantly show” investors its finances were solid after a $23B quarterly loss  —  Yoshimitsu Goto says Japanese technology group wanted to ‘instantly show’ its finances were solid

Lloyd's of London will require insurer groups in its global marketplace to exclude state-backed hacks from stand-alone cyber insurance policies starting in 2023 (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal)

James Rundle / Wall Street Journal:
Lloyd's of London will require insurer groups in its global marketplace to exclude state-backed hacks from stand-alone cyber insurance policies starting in 2023  —  By 2023, insurer groups must add clauses to cyber policies excluding state-backed hacks that severely affect target nation's infrastructure, insurance marketplace says

An interview with NFT project Loot creator Dom Hofmann, who says it still has ~200 developers despite the project's market cap falling from $180M+ to under $6M (Casey Newton/The Verge)

Casey Newton / The Verge:
An interview with NFT project Loot creator Dom Hofmann, who says it still has ~200 developers despite the project's market cap falling from $180M+ to under $6M  —  Loot's Dom Hofmann on outlasting the hype cycle, public-domain video games, and why Creative Commons is the future

VLC media player banned in India: 6 Big reasons why there is likely no ban

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Apple supplier Foxconn to invest $300 million more in northern Vietnam

Apple supplier Foxconn has signed a $300 million memorandum of understanding with Vietnamese developer Kinh Bac City to expand its facility in the north of the country to diversify and boost production, state media said. https://ift.tt/aWlop3s

Britain sets out roadmap for self driving vehicle usage by 2025

Britain said on Friday it wanted a widespread rollout of self-driving vehicles on roads by 2025, announcing plans for new laws and 100 million pounds ($119.09 million) of funding. https://ift.tt/DayPGru