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October 16, 2022
NEWS

WIRED

How to Use Passkeys in Google Chrome and Android

You don’t get an actual key. Instead, some kind of unlocking mechanism—typically facial recognition or fingerprint recognition, or just a PIN code—is used to prove you are who you say you are for the purposes of logging in.

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WIRED

Google’s Next-Gen Video Chat Tech Is Ready for the Real World

Plus: iPhones are calling the cops from roller coasters, Polestar has a new electric SUV, and Meta makes another big bet on VR. … 3D holographic projection of a person against black backdrop.

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NPR

Why did he suspect a COVID surge was coming? He followed the digital breadcrumbs

Over the course of the pandemic, social media sleuths, epidemiologists and health nerds alike began noticing an interesting trend in the review section for Yankee candles on Amazon. Whenever there was an influx of negative reviews citing no smell, …

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CNN

Elon Musk reverses course, says SpaceX will keep funding Ukraine Starlink service for free

US billionaire Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday that SpaceX will continue funding Starlink internet service in war-torn Ukraine, apparently reversing course after SpaceX asked the United States military to pick up the tab. SpaceX’s Starlink …

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