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Some European carriers are already blocking Apple’s Private Relay feature on the iPhone

One of the major new iCloud features announced last year was Private Relay, which seamlessly sets up an encrypted VPN-like tunnel for all iPhone Safari traffic. Private Relay is currently available as an opt-in beta in iOS 15. Apple says that this feature means that no one in the chain — including Apple — knows who you are or what website you are browsing to. It seems carriers in Europe…
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Hands-on: PHNX’s Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro ultra-thin case lineup

Below we go hands-on with the super-sleek and ultra-thin PHNX case lineup for the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. 9to5Google readers can grab a PHNX case now for  for a limited time. Check out our hands-on with the PHNX Pixel 6 series case lineup from PHNX below: The company has made smartphone cases that have been designed specifically with minimalists in mind or just those that hate adding…
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15 years of iPhone: Rewatch the original Steve Jobs keynote announcing the iPhone

Believe or not, today marks 15 years since Steve Jobs took the stage to announce the first-ever iPhone. Jobs took the stage at the Macworld Conference at Moscone West in San Francisco to announce the iPhone, touting that it was a “widescreen iPod with touch controls,” a “revolutionary mobile phone,” and a “breakthrough Internet communicator.” Jobs announced the iPhone on January 9…
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Your phone’s volume button no longer works in the Google Home app after latest update

Following yesterday’s announcement of changes to Speaker Groups and Assistant device set-up, Google has started to update its devices and applications. The latest version of the Google Home app no longer lets you use a phone’s physical volume button on the Media screen/player.  Google on Thursday previewed how you will “no longer be able to change your Speaker Group volume using your…
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