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WhatsApp guests can join calls by link, but only account holders can start them
Meta has added guest calling to WhatsApp: a person with no WhatsApp account can join a call from a link, in a web browser, without installing the app.
WhatsApp lets people join calls from a browser with no account, if the host approves
WhatsApp guests can now join 1:1 or group calls from a web browser without a WhatsApp account, according to Meta and Engadget.
Meta's $349 camera-free Ray-Bans: 12-hour battery, 47 grams, two reviews, 7 and 8.5 out of 10
Meta's Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses cost $349 and have no camera and no front-facing LED.
Smartphone shipments fell 20% to a 14-year Q3 low; Apple's share rose to 22%
Global smartphone shipments fell 20 percent year over year in the third quarter, the lowest Q3 total since 2012, according to Counterpoint Research.
Apple's $299 Apple TV 4K ships Nov. 13; 2021 models get Siri AI as a beta
Apple on Oct. 13 introduced a fourth-generation Apple TV 4K at $299 with an A19 chip, three far-field microphones and a remote that has a built-in speaker.
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra: $2,599, Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, ships Oct. 16
Microsoft priced the Surface Laptop Ultra at $2,599 on Wednesday, opened pre-orders the same day and set an Oct. 16 release.
Google's Playground builds browser games from text prompts, free for US adults
Google launched Playground on Oct. 7, a browser-based tool that generates playable 2D or 3D games from typed prompts, open to US users aged 18 and older.
Apple's smart home slate: LG-branded lock, doorbell, thermostat, cameras
Apple is co-developing a smart deadbolt, doorbell, thermostat and a set of security cameras with LG Electronics, and the products will reportedly carry LG's brand rather than Apple's, Bloomberg reported on Oct.
Google: a 'small handful' of Android apps need tuning on Intel Googlebooks
Three of the five Googlebooks announced so far run Intel Core 5 chips, and Google has now said some "complex" Android apps and games need developer tuning to run well on them.
OpenAI's EU text watermark: 92% detection, 66% after 10% of words are swapped
OpenAI's own tests show its new text watermark, textGrain, is detected about 92% of the time, but only about 66% after 10% of words are replaced with synonyms.
ChatGPT's ads were a name and a link. Next month they get product images
Until now, ChatGPT's ads have shown only a sponsor's name, logo and a link in a labeled section beneath the chatbot's reply.
Google: 'small handful' of Android apps need tuning on Intel Googlebooks, none named
Google said a "small handful of complex apps or games" need developer tuning to run well on Intel-based Googlebooks.
