A look at the use of biometric surveillance tech in European soccer stadiums; 15,000+ cameras will monitor fans in eight stadiums at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar (Vas Panagiotopoulos/Wired)

Vas Panagiotopoulos / Wired:
A look at the use of biometric surveillance tech in European soccer stadiums; 15,000+ cameras will monitor fans in eight stadiums at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar  —  Stadiums around the world, including at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, are subjecting spectators to invasive biometric surveillance tech.

How to create appointment schedule in Google Calendar

Google Calendar offers a useful feature which makes sure that you never miss out on your important appointment. You can set up a block of appointments on your calendar that other people can reserve. For instance, bosses can invite their team members to reserve time during office hours each week. https://ift.tt/wa37Nqb

PitchBook: VCs raised $151B across Q1, Q2, and Q3 2022, exceeding any prior full-year cycle, concentrated among large funds at Sequoia, Lightspeed, and others (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal:
PitchBook: VCs raised $151B across Q1, Q2, and Q3 2022, exceeding any prior full-year cycle, concentrated among large funds at Sequoia, Lightspeed, and others  —  Limited partners who back venture funds still seek access to startups, which have outperformed other asset classes during recessions

How to translate text using iPhone camera: A quick guide

You can translate text directly from the camera or from an image. You can also translate the text in a screenshot of a website or app, as this feature works with images that are already on your phone. It is supported on all iOS devices running iOS 15 or above. Here’s how you can use the Translate app to understand texts in any language using your iPhone camera. https://ift.tt/KNzncJV

Hands-on with Netflix's Basic with Ads: while most shows have pre-roll ads, mid-roll ads are more unpredictable; many popular shows are locked to higher tiers (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Hands-on with Netflix's Basic with Ads: while most shows have pre-roll ads, mid-roll ads are more unpredictable; many popular shows are locked to higher tiers  —  Clicking into something on Netflix's new ads tier is a roll of the dice: you never know how many ads you might have to sit through.

Lenovo reports Q2 revenue down 4% YoY to $17.09B, above estimates, the first decline in 10 quarters as pandemic-fueled global PC demand weakens (Josh Ye/Reuters)

Josh Ye / Reuters:
Lenovo reports Q2 revenue down 4% YoY to $17.09B, above estimates, the first decline in 10 quarters as pandemic-fueled global PC demand weakens  —  China's Lenovo Group (0992.HK) reported its first revenue decline in 10 quarters as a pandemic-fuelled computer sales boom comes to an end …

Barcelona-based Lodgify, which offers SaaS tools for managing rental properties on Airbnb and other platforms, raised a $30M Series B led by Octopus Ventures (Fiona Alston/Tech.eu)

Fiona Alston / Tech.eu:
Barcelona-based Lodgify, which offers SaaS tools for managing rental properties on Airbnb and other platforms, raised a $30M Series B led by Octopus Ventures  —  The Spanish firm's one stop digital shop for hosts and property managers hopes to capture 80% of the short-term rental market by concentrating on SMEs

Patreon launches a native ad-free video hosting tool for creators, expanding on support for third-party players, available to a select group in beta (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Patreon launches a native ad-free video hosting tool for creators, expanding on support for third-party players, available to a select group in beta  —  The update marks a major shift in how creators on Patreon can share video content with fans.  Previously, creators had to upload videos …

WhatsApp Communities feature is here: Steps to set up and start using it

WhatsApp keeps testing several new features on its platform in the beta version of the app. Some of those features, after a long test run, have finally started arriving in the stable build and users on Android and iOS devices can get them by updating WhatsApp to its latest version. https://ift.tt/ByXmM5J

Preqin: Chinese VC deals fell 44% YoY in October to $62.1B, of which $7.9B went to semiconductor companies, up from $6.3B in 2021 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Preqin: Chinese VC deals fell 44% YoY in October to $62.1B, of which $7.9B went to semiconductor companies, up from $6.3B in 2021  —  Venture capital investments in China are falling sharply this year, making it one of the worst-performing countries globally after the Communist Party's crackdown …

Twitter cancels its Chirp developer conference, set for November 16, and says it is building "some things that we're excited to share with you soon" (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Twitter cancels its Chirp developer conference, set for November 16, and says it is building “some things that we're excited to share with you soon”  —  Twitter is canceling its developer-focused Chirp conference amid management transition, the company said late Thursday.

How to convert Apple Pages to PDF, Microsoft Word file

Pages also offers the ability to convert, export and save your document as a PDF, Word file or in any other format. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you convert an Apple Pages document to PDF or Word file on Mac, iPhone and iPad. https://ift.tt/Mre1WnX

How to enable WhatsApp security code notifications on Android, iOS and web

In an end-to-end encrypted chat, you can enable security notifications to get alerts whenever the security code for a contact's phone changes. Each device where you want to receive notifications needs to have the setting enabled. You can enable security code notifications for desktop, iOS, and Android devices. Here’s how you can do it. https://ift.tt/0DQYXzK

China's Zhengzhou industrial park, where Foxconn makes iPhones, begins a weeklong lockdown to counteract the "severe and complicated" spread of COVID-19 (Karen Hao/Wall Street Journal)

Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal:
China's Zhengzhou industrial park, where Foxconn makes iPhones, begins a weeklong lockdown to counteract the “severe and complicated” spread of COVID-19  —  HONG KONG—The industrial park where Foxconn Technology Group's iPhone assembly plant is struggling to maintain production amid …

Google plans to roll out parental controls for Assistant, including disabling features, restricting services, and setting downtimes hours, in the "coming weeks" (Jon Fingas/Engadget)

Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Google plans to roll out parental controls for Assistant, including disabling features, restricting services, and setting downtimes hours, in the “coming weeks”  —  Kids love to use smart speakers, but it's all too easy for things to go horribly wrong — including content that's decidedly not family-friendly.