As part of World Password Day (yes, that's a thing), Google is hyping up its security achievements and sharing updates on its latest endeavors. The company revealed passkey adoption metrics for the first time and said they have been used more than one billion times by 400 million Google accounts. "Since launching, passkeys have proven to be faster than passwords, since they only require users to simply unlock their device using a fingerprint, face scan or pin to log in," Google wrote.
The company launched broad support for passkeys in 2022 and rolled them out across its services a year ago. Over the past 12 months, the technology has been adopted by Amazon, 1Password, Dashlane, Docusign and others, joining companies like eBay, PayPal and WhatsApp. Google boasted that the tech helped Kayak users sign in 50 percent faster and said Dashlane has seen a 70 percent increase in conversion with passkeys.
Google will soon be expanding passkeys to users at the highest risk of targeted attacks as part of its Advanced Protection Program (APP). That offering is aimed at individuals including campaign workers and candidates, journalists, human rights workers and others, according to the company.
"APP enrollment traditionally required the use of hardware security keys as a second factor, but users will soon have the option to enroll with any passkey in addition to using their hardware security keys," Google wrote. "This expanded passkey support will help reduce the barrier of entry to APP while still providing phishing resistant authentication... [and] is coming during a critical election year."
It's also expanding Cross-Account Protection to safeguard users on multiple platforms. That system lets Google share security notifications about suspicious event with non-Google apps and services. "This is a critical benefit since cybercriminals often use an initial entry point as a foothold to gain access to more of your information."
Google suggests creating a passkey for your account to benefit from the new protections. In the meantime, practice good password hygiene by using long passwords with a mix of characters, numbers and symbols, applying two-factor authentication (2FA), never recycling passwords and more. According to HIPAA, attackers can crack a simple 8-number password in just 37 seconds, but it takes 19 quadrillion years to break an 18-digit cypher with a mix of numbers, upper and lowercase letters and symbols.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/google-says-its-secure-entry-passkeys-have-been-used-a-billion-times-120001230.html?src=rss
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When it comes to taking care of our health, proactive action and a mindset of preparedness are always necessary. By taking the right precaution, and being prepared always, we can handle a medical emergency to the best of our ability. And the medical industry has been coming up with ingenious innovations, that are completely transforming the healthcare game. Designers have been coming up with new and improved, life-saving medical designs that not only boost medical care but also relieve some of the pressure from our tireless medical force. From an award-winning inflatable stretcher design to a copper jacket that can protect from diseases – these innovations are upping the medical arena.
1. Inflatable Stretcher
Dubbed the Inflatable Stretcher, and designed by Yu-Hsin Wu, a student of Taiwan’s Shih Chien University, this stretcher is a refreshing new upgraded version of the conventional stretcher. This stretcher carries patients from the site of the accident to the hospital in a safe and protected manner. The innovative stretcher cushions and protects the patient in the same way you would wrap someone or something in bubble wrap!
2. Cadence
Meet the Cadence concept design which is equipped with a pharmacy-grade pill sorting plate that makes it easier to organize pills, and place them where they belong. The tray is specially designed and features an opening for one day only, so you don’t accidentally place pills inside compartments that are already full. You could also simply pour the pills onto the tray, and then utilize the built-in spatula to move the exact number and kind towards the opening.
3. MedEasy
Called MedEasy, this thoughtful medicine box has been designed for the elderly. It functions as a dependable everyday companion for the older generation, as it helps them keep track of, manage, and stock their medicines. Loneliness is quite prevalent among senior citizens living alone, and this useful product aims to focus on their well-being and take better care of them, ensuring they don’t miss their medication or mix them up.
4. Withings Beamo
The Withings Beamo is a USB-shaped 4-in-1 multi-scope that keeps an eye on the vitals of your heart, and lungs, as well as temperature. Withings says that “Once, body temperature was the only health scan routinely taken at home. BeamO will revolutionize the measurement of the core vitals carried out during medical visits from the comfort of one’s own home. This crucial data will provide a vital overview of overall health or warning signs of potential areas of concern.”
5. The Ergostone Pebble
Called the Ergostone Pebble, this versatile and handy pouch is made using fine-grained sand from soapstone. The utilization of the natural mineral adds amazing heating and cooling properties to the pouch, which provides comfort to different parts of your body. The soapstone sand is tactile and placed inside the smooth shell of silicone, which allows the Pebble to gently conform to your body, while still offering heat or cold.
6. Full Metal Jacket
Meet the Full Metal Jacket by Vollebak! This jacket is built from germ-repelling metallic textiles. It utilizes a fabric with woven strands of copper, making it completely breathable, and flexible, and making sure it doesn’t make any sound as you move around. The jacket contains 11 kilometers of copper, and the apparel is strengthened by copper’s innate ability to kill any bacteria or virus that comes in contact with it.
7. Transcutaneous Oxygen Sensor
Designed by Deokhee Jeong, this wearable medical gadget helps patients suffering with any kind of disease related to peripheral capillaries like peripheral arterial disease (PAD). With such diseases, it is extremely important to take proactive action and be on your toes once it has been identified. This device keeps an eye on the earliest signs, by measuring the skin oxygen levels. The patch is wearable and is called the Transcutaneous Oxygen Sensor.
8. Wethm
Called Wethm this little device creates gentle vibrations of a train ride to slow your head down, and this is known as cardiovascular synchronization. This accessory is simple and yet effective as it uses soft and gentle sounds to lull our mind and body to sleep. This process provides us with a more peaceful and calmer state of sleep. Wethm utilizes soft buzzing to slowly wake you up, allowing you to feel fresh and recharged, ready to deal with the day!
9. Resilience Wheelchair
Dubbed the Resilience Wheelchair – this isn’t your ordinary wheelchair in the least. It transforms a conventional rugged motorized wheelchair into a rather elegant and classy chaise lounge. The wheelchair is available in choices of gray and chrome, which impart it with a sophisticated and refined touch. The chair is made from plastic and leather, providing you with utmost comfort, and a pretty pleasant tactile experience.
10. BHeart
Meet BHeart – the world’s first health tracker with an ‘endless battery’. Hearing the word endless with battery is really quite intriguing, and BHeart utilizes your own body movements to charge itself. This cuts down on your electricity bill and carbon emissions too. BHeart uses its patent-pending energy-harvesting technology to recharge itself using motion, body heat, and environmental light.
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In an email thread, CTO Kevin Scott wrote he was “very, very worried” about Google’s rapidly growing AI capabilities. He said he initially dismissed the company’s “game-playing stunts,” likely referring to Google’s AlphaGo models. The emails reference Gmail’s autocomplete features, which execs called “scary good.” Microsoft struggled to copy Google’s BERT-large, an AI model that deciphers the meaning and context of words in a sentence. It took the company six hours to replicate the model, while Google inched further ahead on more elaborate, bigger models.
Scott said Microsoft had “very smart” people on its machine-learning teams but their ambitions had been curbed and that their company was “multiple years behind the competition in terms of ML scale.” This all led to a billion-dollar push into OpenAI in 2019. It’s since invested $13 billion.
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LinkedIn, the career-centric social network, is getting into gaming. But the kind of earnest, word-based games your mom would let you play when you were a kid. LinkedIn describes them as “thinking-oriented games,” though the format will likely look familiar to fans of The New York Times Games app. You can only play each game once a day, and you can share your score with friends. And just maybe... strike up a conversation on how you can help each other with targeted SaaS projects. Yes, I have feelings about who hits me up on LinkedIn.
It appears to be directing users to “avoid in-app service fees.”
TikTok is allegedly violating Apple’s App Store rules, with the app allowing (even recommending) particular users to purchase its coins directly from its website. TikTok has apparently given some iOS users the option to “Try recharging on tiktok.com to avoid in-app service fees” — namely Apple’s 30 percent commission on purchases, which are more likely than not passed onto those users. It’s definitely not available to all users and seems to be there for TikTok users who have previously bought a large number of coins — the TikTok whales, if you will.
The Rabbit R1, a pocket-sized AI virtual assistant device, runs Android under the hood. Now early users have been able to tease out the R1 APK, install it on an Android phone and make it work — if not with all the features. If that’s the case, what’s the point in the $200 gadget?
In a statement sent to Android Authority, Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu, said the Rabbit R1 is “not an Android app.” He added the R1 ran on very bespoke AOSP (Android Open Source Project) build and lower-level firmware modifications, so a local bootleg APK won’t be able to access most R1 services. We’re wrapping up our own detailed review — stay tuned.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-microsofts-openai-partnership-was-born-from-google-ai-envy-111555445.html?src=rss
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The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at an unprecedented pace, and mastering the development of AI agents is becoming increasingly essential for professionals in the tech industry. Unlike simpler chatbots, AI agents are sophisticated systems capable of semi-autonomous functions such as data analysis, user interaction, and decision-making. This comprehensive guide will walk you […]
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Crunchyroll, like many other streaming services recently, is raising its subscription prices. The anime streaming service has announced its first price hike since it was acquired by Funimation in 2020. Subscribers in Argentina, Colombia, France, Portugal, the United States and select additional countries will now have to pay $12 for the Mega Fan tier, up $2 from $10. Meanwhile, the Ultimate Fan tier will now be $1 more expensive at $16 a month.
Both options give subscribers access to offline viewing and the Crunchyroll Game Vault, which contains a library of mobile games. The Mega Fan tier allows streaming on up to four devices at a time, while the Ultimate Fan tier allows streaming on up to six. People subscribed to the most expensive option also get a swag bag if they keep paying for the service for 12 consecutive months. The basic Fan Tier doesn't come with the perks these two have, but its price remains unchanged at $8 a month. Unfortunately, those who haven't decided whether to pay for a subscription yet can now only test the service out for seven days instead of 14 like before. But if they don't mind watching their anime with ads, they can still view more than 1,000 hours of content for free.
Sony's Funimation purchased Crunchyroll from WarnerMedia for $1.175 billion back in 2020, but it took a while before they were able to complete their transformation into a unified anime subscription service under the latter's name. Funimation didn't shut down its old app and website until April 2 this year after it moved its available titles to Crunchyroll's service.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/crunchyroll-announces-first-price-hike-since-funimation-purchase-104035825.html?src=rss
