America’s Tesla divide, Apple and Google target tech stalkers, Ford’s EV losses: Tech news roundup
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America’s Tesla divide, Apple and Google target tech stalkers, Ford’s EV losses: Tech news roundup

The Android mascot Bugdroid is seen in front of the Apple logo
Illustration: Dado Ruvic (Reuters)

If someone slips a tracking device onto your person, your phone will now start telling you, regardless if you’re an Apple or Android user.

Apple devices have long alerted users if an Air Tag or similar Apple bluetooth device is located in their vicinity. And Android phones have had the ability to detect unknown bluetooth devices — Air Tag or not — since at least July. A new update allows gadgets from either manufacturer to be fully cross-functional.

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