Passkeys use the WebAuthn standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium, and they serve to replace passwords with cryptographic key pairs – a public key that can be shared and a private key that is not – that allow users to sign into accounts. Also: The 6 best password managers WebAuthn is supported by Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Edge. WebAuthn passkeys also work with biometric systems like Apple’s Face ID and Microsoft’s Windows Hello feature....

According to Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), since late 2019 it’s been disrupting phishing campaigns run by a network of Russian hacker subcontractors who’ve been targeting YouTubers with “highly customized” phishing emails and cookie-stealing malware. The main goal of the group has been to hijack YouTube accounts to live-stream scams that offer free cryptocurrency in exchange for an initial contribution. The group’s other main revenue source was selling hijacked YouTube channels from $3 to $4,000 depending on how many subscribers a channel has....

Opposition to their third-party cookie solution was strong from the start, which eventually resulted in Google shutting down the FLoC project and replacing it with “Google Topics.” For example, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called FLoC a “terrible idea,” while many browsers and website administrators refused to support the technology, citing privacy and security issues. Want to know more about Google FLoC and the backlash it received? Read the full article below....

The most important feature of the new update is likely to be the addition of support for iOS reactions to the full public release of the app. After having been in beta for over a month, the compatibility feature will take the iOS reactions that were previously translated on Android devices to simple text and instead convert them into native Emoji most closely representing the reaction’s sentiment, including 👍, 😍, 😂, 😮, 😥, 😡, and 👎....

With the move, Google is rolling out Chrome Enterprise Recommended Contact Center stacks that will be sold by partner vendors as well as CDW. In the big picture, Google’s Chrome OS Enterprise reflects the reality that contact center stacks are a hot market. Zoom is buying Five9 to play in the contact center space. Cisco’s WebEx is also a key contact center player. These cloud contact center efforts became critical as service agents moved to remote work....

Shanks-Markovina is an Australian YouTuber who makes videos that satirise and provide commentary on the country’s politics. Shanks-Markovina, along with his producer Kristo Langker, were sued by Barilaro three months ago, with the deputy premier accusing them of making content that defamed him and framed him as a corrupt politician. The content in question, a video entitled bruz and another called Secret Dictatorship, were published in September and October last year....

Xiaomi Smart Camera Streams Other People’s Feeds The Xiaomi privacy issue was first reported by a user on Reddit, an open discussion forum. The Xiaomi Mijia camera owner was able to intermittently see random people’s homes when trying to stream content from his camera to a Google Nest hub. The user could see stills of unfamiliar living rooms, a man asleep on a chair and even an infant in a cradle....

Dean describes Pathways as a “next-generation AI architecture” that “will enable us to train a single model to do thousands or millions of things.” Pathways can remove the limits of an AI model’s capacity to respond to information from just one sense and allow it to respond to multiple senses, such as text, images and speech. SEE: Even computer experts think ending human oversight of AI is a very bad idea “Pathways could enable multimodal models that encompass vision, auditory, and language understanding simultaneously,” Dean explains....

The announcement from DroneDeploy, which will acquire New Zealand-based Rocos, is part of a larger pattern of automation, AI, and computer vision technologies converging in construction, a pervasive global industry that hasn’t had a major technology reboot in a very long time. The reason for the rush to make human construction workers stronger, faster, and smarter and to leverage automation toward greater efficiency is related to the disquieting fact that productivity in construction has actually fallen in half since the 1960s....

The company, however, promised it would reveal new products on Monday, July 25. There are a total of six products that use GaNPrime’s charging tech, including a USB Power Strip and a portable power bank, three different wall adapters, and a charging station that looks like it does everything you’d want from a charger. There are three products available to buy starting right now, with the remaining three charging products available to preorder today, but shipments not starting until sometime in the third quarter....

Red Hat is releasing both of these betas at once because while RHEL 9 includes the newest features, there are not a lot of practical differences between the two RHEL distros. Eric Hendricks, RHEL’s operations advocate, added that some companies prefer sticking to the tried and true. In any case, RHEL 8 will continue to be fully supported with new features until May 2024. Afterward, RHEL 8 goes into maintenance support mode....

While there’s an increasingly heated debate in Congress concerning where and how tax dollars should be spent in the future, there’s a clear paper trail showing where your dollars went during the past year. Using data directly from the US government, Data Lab and USAspending.gov have broken down the major federal government expenditures by category in 2021 (the smallest categories are not pictured but can be found here). The chart below reveals where the majority of your income taxes are spent:...

This time, software vulnerabilities affect one of the choice CMS platforms called Magento. Magento is a popular CMS platform owned by Adobe, that is similar to WooCommerce and CMS market leader WordPress. Magento allows the creation of digital content, like other CMS platforms, but is different in that it is referred to as an open-source e-commerce platform (and includes the Magento Marketplace.) As for the vulnerability, it affects the open community project ‘fork’ OpenMage LTS that will continue to provide long-term support as well as PCI compliance for Magento 1....

Dorm spaces are notorious for their cramped quarters, but with this 43-inch model, you can still have your 4K UHD picture on a screen larger than 32-inches. It comes with Dolby Vision HDR and HDR10 to make sure you get top-quality imaging, too. Because it’s a Google TV, you’ll get a smart Chromecast home screen to pull up your favorite shows while you’re working on papers as background noise or just relaxing....

For an alternative, you may consider buying a Mr.Coffee mug warmer for $11.99. While it lacks the smarts of the Ember and you can’t set a specific heating temperature, the mug warmer gets the job done if you’re just wanting to reheat your coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. Beneath the surface, the Ember Smart Mug 2 is more than just a cup that warms up your drinks. Through the Ember companion app (available on iOS and Android), you can manually adjust the temperature of your beverage to the T....

Sounds good, right? Unfortunately, the devil is in the details when it comes to balance transfers or “convenience” checks. While having the ability to write yourself a check for any amount might sound ideal, doing so means taking on more debt. Worse, balance transfer checks tend to tack on fees that make borrowing this money especially expensive. Keep reading to learn more about how they work and the pitfalls to avoid....

Also: The best noise-canceling headphones you can buy As the name suggests, ANC works to actively cancel out the ambient noise that interferes with what you hear from the sound coming from headphones themselves. It can be great for locking in and blocking out. Noise-canceling earbuds or headphones can help drown out distraction, but have you ever wondered how they actually work? Are you listening to them or are they listening to you?...

Ransomware is one of today’s most prolific and vicious digital threats. Ransomware families including Locky, WannaCry, NotPetya, and Cerber plague consumers and businesses alike, locking up infected systems and demanding payment in return for decryption keys, which may or may not return access to encrypted files. Ransomware as a service (RaaS) is also now a standalone and popular criminal business. Operators can purchase access to ransomware for use in their campaigns, whether they are targeting the general public en masse or going after ‘Big Game’ enterprise companies....

Also: These states pay the most for the worst internet Types & speeds of internet connections High-speed internet providers There are four main types of high-speed internet: Cable uses coaxial cables, like cable television, and costs an average of $58 per month. DSL uses the same wires as traditional phone lines and costs an average of $43 per month.Fiber is a newer technology that requires fiber cables to be installed and costs an average of $56 per month....

The Qatari government monitors the internet in Qatar. This has led to restrictions that the 2 leading internet service providers — Vodafone and Ooredoo — have put in place. Unfortunately, this situation affects Qatar’s access to social media websites and VoIP services. Luckily, there’s a simple solution to get around this — a virtual private network. A VPN is a simple app that encrypts your traffic so your ISP can’t see your activity....