UK: Met police will let smart speaker users call them with device

Tweet The Metropolitan police is devising a new system that will allow residents of London to make calls to them via smart speakers. Internally, it said that this could be the beginning of the end for 999. Read more… Neowin
Read more...Tesla vehicles may soon automatically call a tow truck when they detect problems
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Tweet During Tesla’s earnings call for the fourth quarter of 2018, Elon Musk expressed interest in enabling the company’s cars to automatically call a tow truck when a problem is detected. Read more… Neowin
Read more...Google is removing apps from the Play Store that ask for Call Log and SMS permissions
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Tweet Google has announced that apps which access Call Logs or SMS without permission from the company will be removed over the next few weeks. Developers have been asked to modify their apps in some cases. Read more… Neowin
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s new $30 PC edition comes with battle royale and multiplayer
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Tweet Activision’s Call of Duty entry of this year Black Ops 4 can now be picked up for just $ 30 on PC. This new version lacks the co-op zombie mode but comes with multiplayer and battle royale modes. Read more… Neowin
Read more...Nokia and Qualcomm complete OTA 5G NR data call tests
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Tweet Nokia and Qualcomm have announced the successful completion of their tests of OTA 5G NR data calls. The achievement sets the firms up for making their products commercially available in early 2019. Read more… Neowin
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