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The company explains, "NordWhisper uses web tunnel technology to operate differently from traditional VPN protocols like OpenVPN or WireGuard, which can be blocked due to their identifiable traffic patterns. By mimicking regular web traffic, NordWhisper avoids detection by network filters, ensuring reliable access on restricted networks while maintaining strong encryption and security standards."
Due to the nature of how this new protocol operates, it isn't expected to win any connection-speed races, but it should provide a "smoother and more consistent browsing experience" while trying to connect in certain environments. Airports, cafes, offices, and schools are notorious for utilizing these restrictive network filters which NordWhisper was created to evade.
As for now, Nord plans to gradually roll out the new protocol with initial support for Windows, Android, and Linux. More platforms are expected to be added in the future. No official release date has been given, but once it's available users can enable NordWhisper under connection settings in the NordVPN app.
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 Building on its Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Grand Canyon S camper van, Hymer has introduced a special edition that better supports the needs of work-from-anywhere roamers. The new van wraps nomads in warm, homey comfort trickled down from the incomparable Venture S motorhome and equips them with a robust 5G connectivity suite and smart home-level control, seamlessly blending the worlds of work, play and just plain everyday living.
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Tesla will introduce a paid autonomous ride-hailing service in Austin, Elon Musk said during an earnings call discussing the automaker's financial results for 2024. As TechCrunch reports, he said the company will use cars with no human driver behind the wheel and with the unsupervised version of its Full Self-Driving software, which Tesla has yet to release. The service will launch with the company's internal fleet in Austin this June before expanding to other locations in the US. And then next year, Tesla owners will be able to add their cars to the fleet whenever they want, kind of like how people can list and unlist their properties on Airbnb, Musk said. He explained that the automaker wants to iron out any kinks first, such as making sure billing works well and that the robotaxis will stop at the right spot when they're ordered.
Since the plan is to allow vehicle owners to add their Teslas to the company's robotaxi fleet, the automaker is also planning to release its unsupervised FSD software in California and other regions in the US before the year ends. Knowing Musk's tendency to overpromise on timelines, though we'd take that announcement with a (huge) grain of salt.
Musk has been talking about robotaxis for a while now and said back in 2019 that Tesla will "have over a million robotaxis on the road" within a year. When he launched the Cybercab in 2024, he said he envisions a future wherein people own several robotaxis that they can then earn money from through a ridesharing network. It's worth noting that Waymo started offering fully auton
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President Trump had sued Meta and other tech firms in 2021, arguing that he had been wrongfully censored by them. Meta also reported revenue and profit growth for the fourth quarter.
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 Epic Games is planning to pay the Apple fees that EU developers incur when distributing their apps through the ?Epic Games? Store, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney told The Verge today.
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