Clubhouse gets a protected profiles option

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Clubhouse gives users more protection over their profiles, restricting others from seeing their latest interactions on the app. The feature comes as a response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The company wants to ensure users feel safe having conversations on the app. Only your followers can see your user activity when you have the protected profile enabled. Any other user will have to ask permission to follow you. And the rooms, clubs, and replays you've joined won't be visible to the public, too. 

The company confirmed the feature on the website, saying it's meant to prevent users, especially Russians, from being harmed for speaking out against the war on the internet. This feature will also make users "less visible on Clubhouse in general." So, those who don't follow you won't see you online, and your profile won't be recommended to others in the app. Of course, Clubhouse wants to remind its users to be careful about what they put on their profiles and what they say in conversations.

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Android explores adding built-in Bluetooth tracker detection

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The rise in popularity of Bluetooth trackers has spawned an unfortunate side effect. Bad actors have found ways to use these devices to track others' movements without their knowledge. Companies like Apple and Tile try to combat these with apps, but as Engadget pointed out, you'll need to scan for these manually if you're on Android. And that process can take around 10 minutes to happen.

9to5Google says the Android team has begun working on a tracker detection feature built into Play services. The recent APK code references Tile trackers and "ATag" (possibly AirTags), hinting that Android users may ring these devices. The feature is said to be in early development, and it's uncertain if it gets publicly released. It will be helpful if the company decides to push through with it.

The Dyson Zone is a pair of headphones with an air purification system

Dyson is entering a new segment in the way they know best. The Dyson Zone is a pair of noise-cancelling headphones with built-in air purification, which courses through a magnetic face visor that kind of makes you look like a Mortal Kombat character. The headphones part is the newer segment that Dyson is entering, but let's dive into the air purifier aspect first. Dyson wants to make it easier to breathe in cleaner air, especially if you live in urban areas.

As The Verge pointed out, the Zone's air purification tech is basically a miniaturized version of the company's existing air filtration tech. It pulls in air through each earpiece using tiny compressors, which it then filters and pipes through that visor-like thing across the face. The visor isn't flush against your face. Instead, it sits a bit in front of it, so there's a gap where a bubble of clean air gathers, which is what you breathe in. When you need a face mask, an attachment works for this use case.

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Leaked memo claims Apple will no longer repair iPhones marked as missing

Apple Stores and authorized service providers will no longer repair iPhones that have been reported as missing through the GSMA device registry. According to an internal memo obtained by MacRumors, the company will require repair technicians to deny users repair if they receive notice that the device is marked missing in the MobileGenius or GSX systems.

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