In 2020 having two-factor authentication on your accounts won’t completely protect you from all risks, but it can help. Having codes sent to your phone via text message is better than nothing, but SIM swap attacks– where someone tricks your carrier into giving them a SIM card with your number — have shown the vulnerabilities …
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15 January
Dorsey: Twitter ‘will probably never’ add an edit button
No, Twitter will probably never add an edit button to modify your tweets. In a video interview with Wired published Tuesday, Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey answered a series of questions posted by users of the platform he helped create in 2006. And, of course, one of the questions was about the coveted button that would save so many headaches …
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15 January
Fitbit’s blood oxygen monitoring feature is here, but what about Apple Watch?
Fitbit has finally activated its blood oxygen monitoring feature on its Versa, Versa Lite, Versa 2, Ionic and Charge 3 wearables, after years of waiting, the company confirmed to CNET on Wednesday. While Apple still holds the largest smart watch market share, Fitbit (which Google has agreed to buy, in a deal expected to close this year) beat it to the punch …
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15 January
This 120
Forget hanging an old bedsheet on your wall or garage door. If you’re busting out the projector for an impromptu movie night, there’s a much better option: For a limited time, and while supplies last, the TaoTronics 120-inch 16:9 Projector Screen is just $17.99 with promo code YLHHMZX3. It normally runs $30, and it was $2 more last time around. …
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15 January
TikTok was downloaded more than Facebook and Messenger in 2019
For TikTok, 2019 closed with ominous news: Both the US Army and Navy banned it on the grounds of security concerns. But that doesn’t change the fact that 2019 was a slam dunk year for the Chinese social media app. With over 700 million downloads around the world, according to data firm Sensor Tower, it was the second most downloaded …
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15 January
Dual
Starting Wednesday, customers can save $50 on the Nubia Z20 dual-screen phone, which’ll now cost $499 in the US (£449 in the UK). The phone launched globally in October. The Nubia Z20 comes in diamond black and twilight blue. It features a bezel-less 6.42-inch FHD+ display with no notches, a 5.1-inch touch display on the back, triple cameras and up to …
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15 January
Huawei spending $26M to court developers to build apps for its phones, report says
After being banned from US networks in 2019, Huawei reportedly plans to spend £20 million (around $26 million) to entice developers to create apps for its new phones. While Android is open source and can be used by Huawei, the Chinese tech giant is barred from using Google services like the Play Store. The new investment, announced in London on …
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15 January
Bose is closing all retail locations in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan
Bose on Wednesday said it’s closing 119 store locations across North America, Europe, Australia and Japan in the coming months. The audio equipment company says the move is due to “the dramatic shift to online shopping.” Bose’s first US store opened in 1993. The company now says its products are increasingly being purchased online. “Originally, our retail stores gave people …
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15 January
Mozilla cuts 70 employees as it looks beyond Firefox priorities
Mozilla laid off about 70 employees Wednesday as part of an effort to preserve funding for its top new priorities like protecting privacy and fighting surveillance online. The nonprofit is best known for creating the Firefox web browser, but it also is expanding into new areas including password management, file sharing and private network connections while doubling down on its longstanding …
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15 January
US presses British officials to block Huawei from 5G network
US officials were in London on Monday in a last-ditch effort to persuade British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government not to allow Huawei equipment to be used on its 5G network. The delegation argued that there was no way the UK could reduce the security risks posed by Huawei having access to the network, Bloomberg reported, citing an unidentified person …
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