The Meta-owned messaging app WhatsApp has joined the growing legions of apps and services to support passkeys. Initially available to Android users, the passwordless authentication feature makes it possible to secure a WhatsApp account with face recognition, a fingerprint, or a PIN. It is a security feature that is billed as not only offering greater […]
These new iPads are expected to be processor refreshes of existing iPads, although the Apple Pencil could use magnetic tips. When we talk about tablets, the iPad dominates the conversation, even against the best Android tablets. In several regions across the world, the word “iPad” has become synonymous with “tablet,” and people refer to all tablets […]
Can one web browser spy on another? Hmmm! However, if you are using both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, Microsoft’s browser could be grabbing all of your browsing history from Chrome every time you launch it. If you decided to jump from Firefox to Chrome, from Edge to Firefox, from Opera to Edge or any […]
Imagine strolling down a busy city street and snapping a photo of a stranger then uploading it into a search engine that almost instantaneously identifies the person. This isn’t a hypothetical. It’s possible now, thanks to a website called PimEyes, considered one of the most powerful publicly available facial recognition tools online. On TikTok, PimEyes […]
Google Chrome 118 is now available. The new version of Google’s web browser addresses 20 security issues in the browser, one of which is rated critical, and also introduces new features and changes. Chrome users may check the installed version by loading chrome://settings/help in the browser’s address bar. Selecting Menu > Help > About Google […]
Google is retiring passwords and encouraging users to try passkeys What you need to know Google recently launched an open beta for passkeys on Workspace accounts. Starting today, the company is gently nudging users to try passkeys when signing in to their personal accounts. This means that passkeys will be the default method for logging in […]
While storage space is getting larger and larger on smartphones, you’d be surprised to see how fast it can fill up. The most recent phones have storage options starting at 64GB, and once you fill up your phone with apps, pictures, and even text messages, you’ll have a fraction of that. Something you might not […]
Lenovo announced a partnership with Esper Device Management this week that brings Esper’s custom Android operating system to some Lenovo PCs. The Lenovo ThinkCentre M70a 3rd Gen desktop is the first device that is classified by Lenovo as ready-to-run Esper Foundation for Android. The company plans to add support to three additional PCs, Lenovo ThinkCentre M70q, M90n-1 […]
WhatsApp is testing a new feature called “secret codes,” designed to simplify the process of searching for locked chats on user devices. It is currently available on the latest WhatsApp beta for Android.Previously, accessing locked chats required a two-swipe process and was hidden from the main chat list.Now, users can set a code when locking a […]
KEY TAKEAWAYS Google is making a series of changes to Gmail to root out spam for good. As part fo its plans, bulk emailers who send more than 5,000 messages per day will now be required to authenticate their emails in a move that the company believes will “close loopholes exploited by attackers that threaten […]
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