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Proton launches free and open-source Authenticator app to take on Google and Microsoft

techspot.com Kishalaya Kundu 2025-12-19 20:20:00

What just happened? Swiss technology company Proton has expanded its privacy-focused software lineup with the launch of Proton Authenticator, a free and open-source two-factor authentication app. Best known for its encrypted webmail service, Proton also offers a VPN, password manager, cloud storage, and an online document editor. Proton Authenticator is positioned as a privacy-focused alternative to authentication apps from Google, Microsoft, Authy, and Duo. It replaces legacy SMS-based verific

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Google Home is still a mess, but at least it’s fixed one of its most annoying camera issues

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-20 00:48:05

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google has released a number of bug fixes for the Home app. Nest Cam users should see fewer “no video available” errors. The company also fixed an issue where turning a camera on and off during a livestream would cause a “Camera Unavailable” error. Google Home has become a point of frustration for many users, especially recently, with numerous reports of declining reliability. Despite those issues, things should be getting at least a little better for

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Google is experimenting with machine learning-powered age-estimation tech in the US

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-20 02:05:39

Google is testing a machine learning-powered tech in the U.S. to determine the age of users and filter content across all its products accordingly. The company said it will consider data from Google accounts, including types of details users have searched for or categories of videos they have watched on YouTube, to determine the age. If the company’s tool decides that a user is under 18, they would get an email with details about how Google products might change for them. For these users, Goog

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Google is experimenting with machine-learning powered age estimation tech in the U.S.

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-20 20:05:39

Google is testing a machine-learning-powered tech in the U.S. to determine the age of users and filter content across all its products accordingly. The company said it will consider data from Google accounts, including types of details users have searched for or categories of videos they have watched on YouTube, to determine the age. If the company’s tool decides that a user is under 18, they would get an email with details about how Google products might change for them. For these users, Goog

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Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-21 10:00:00

Privacy-focused productivity tool company Proton released a new authenticator app today, allowing users to log in to services using dynamically generated two-factor authentication codes. The free app is available on all platforms starting today, including iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux. The app allows users to sync codes and accounts across devices. The company said that just like its other products, Proton Authenticator is open source and uses end-to-end encryption to protect user dat

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Anthropic Users Melt Down After Company Institutes New Rate Limits

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-21 14:31:42

Anthropic is changing its usage limits — and its fanbase is already pointing fingers. In a post on X, the OpenAI rival announced that it's introducing new weekly rate limits to paid subscribers after it says a small handful of users abused their privileges and, essentially, ruined it for everyone else. "Claude Code has seen unprecedented demand, especially as part of our Max plans," Anthropic explained, referencing its highest subscription tier that runs $100 to $200 per month, depending on us

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Spotify now requires face scans to access age-restricted content in the UK

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-22 00:07:40

Spotify is introducing new requirements to confirm the ages of users in the UK trying to access explicit content. The streaming platform is implementing a facial scan process in partnership with Yoti, which also provides its services to Instagram . UK Spotify users may be prompted to perform this age check when they try to view or listen to age-restricted content. This type of approach to checking ages can sometimes yield wrong results. If the facial scan based on a photo of the user determines

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Security Bite: iPhone users are more reckless online, new study finds

9to5mac.com Arin Waichulis 2025-12-22 15:28:19

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Dropbox is pulling the plug on its password manager

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-22 15:47:20

Dropbox is saying goodbye to its password manager after five years of service. This leaves current customers in a lurch, as the company has also announced that users only have a few months to extract all of their data. This discontinuation will happen in phases, but October 28 is the day Dropbox Passwords will be entirely shuttered. On August 28, the platform will become view-only in both the mobile app and browser extension. The autofill functionality also deactivates on that date. On Septemb

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Hackers target Python devs in phishing attacks using fake PyPI site

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-22 15:57:50

The Python Software Foundation warned users this week that threat actors are trying to steal their credentials in phishing attacks using a fake Python Package Index (PyPI) website. PyPI is a repository for Python packages, accessible at pypi.org, that offers a centralized platform for developers to distribute and install third-party software libraries. It hosts hundreds of thousands of packages and is the default source for Python's package management tools. "PyPI has not been hacked, but user

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Hackers actively exploit critical RCE in WordPress Alone theme

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-22 20:40:44

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the WordPress theme 'Alone,' to achieve remote code execution and perform a full site takeover. Wordfence is reporting the malicious activity, saying it has blocked over 120,000 exploitation attempts targeting its customers. The WordPress security firm also reports that the attacks started several days before public disclosure of the flaw, indicating that threat actors are monitoring changel

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Google is using AI age checks to lock down user accounts

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-22 20:20:43

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Google will soon cast an even wider net with its AI age estimation technology. After announcing plans to find and restrict underage users on YouTube, the company now says it will start detecting whether Google users based in the US are under 18. Age estimation is rolling out over the next few weeks and will only impact a “small set” of users to sta

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Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-23 00:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. On July 25th, the UK became one of the first countries to widely implement age verification. Its Online Safety Act requires sites hosting porn and other content deemed “harmful” — including Reddit, Discord, Grindr, X, and Bluesky — to verify that users are over the age of 18. The early results have been chaotic. While many services have complied, so

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Adobe Photoshop new "Harmonize" tool uses AI to blend images with pro-level realism

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-23 05:35:00

The big picture: As generative AI reshapes creative workflows across industries, Adobe has rapidly evolved Photoshop to meet the growing demand for advanced AI tools. Complex editing tasks once reserved for professionals are now accessible to casual users. These changes in Photoshop also reflect a broader shift in software capabilities and how creativity could be redefined in an AI-augmented design landscape. At the heart of this release is Harmonize, a compositing feature that streamlines a pr

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5 browsers you should use instead of Chrome

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-23 20:00:23

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google Chrome dominates the browser market, holding an almost 70% market share globally, according to StatCounter. This widespread adoption is often attributed to its pre-installation on nearly every Android phone, leading to an effortless default for many users. Being a Google product also lends it a certain level of perceived trust – for better or worse. However, Chrome isn’t without its critics or its flaws. I’m not the biggest fan of the browser, as I thi

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YouTube makes it easy for TV users to skip to the best bits of videos

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-12-24 06:00:05

It seems YouTube is finally giving its TV app the AI feature that lets you skip to the most interesting parts of a video. Android Authority’s Mishaal Rahman reports that the Jump Ahead perk for YouTube Premium subscribers appeared on his Nvidia Shield TV yesterday, a feature that was previously exclusive to YouTube’s web and mobile platforms. Jump Ahead gives users an easy way to automatically get to the best bits of a video by using AI to analyze the most-watched segments that viewers typicall

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Here’s how ChatGPT’s upcoming ‘Study Together’ tool could enhance learning (Updated: Rolling out)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 08:10:10

Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority TL;DR OpenAI is working on a dedicated “Study Together” mode to help users grasp concepts better. Study Together is likely to help break down concepts into simpler terms and follow up with quizzes for more engaged learning. It is being tested with both free and paid users, suggesting non-paying users might also have access when it launches. Update, July 30, 2025 (03:10 AM ET): ChatGPT has officially announced Study Mode, which is available for free to logg

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The Tea App Data Breach: What Was Exposed and What We Know About the Class Action Lawsuit

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-24 04:12:00

Tea, a women's dating safety app that recently surged to the top of the free iOS App Store listings, suffered a major security breach last week. The company confirmed Friday that it "identified authorized access to one of our systems" that exposed thousands of user images. And now we know that DMs were accessed during the breach, too. Tea's preliminary findings from the end of last week showed the data breach exposed approximately 72,000 images: 13,000 images of selfies and photo identification

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The Tea App Data Breach: What Was Exposed and What to Know About the Class Action Lawsuit

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-24 08:44:05

Tea, a women's dating safety app that recently surged to the top of the free iOS App Store listings, suffered a major security breach last week. The company confirmed Friday that it "identified authorized access to one of our systems" that exposed thousands of user images. And now we know that DMs were accessed during the breach, too. Tea's preliminary findings from the end of last week showed the data breach exposed approximately 72,000 images: 13,000 images of selfies and photo identification

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Lovense was told its sex toy app leaked users’ emails and didn’t fix it

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-24 09:07:51

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Lovense, the maker of internet-connected sex toys, left user emails exposed for months — even after it became aware of the vulnerability. In a blog post spotted by TechCrunch and Bleeping Computer, security researcher BobDaHacker found that they could “turn any username into their email address,” which they could then use to take over someone’s acco

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Google is rolling out a fix for Home smart light voice control

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 20:02:29

TL;DR Google Home has been suffering from multiple connectivity issues going back about a week. Users have complained in particular about not being able to control smart lights via voice command. Google is currently deploying a fix for that smart light issue, but it sounds like others might remain. Google has a smart home problem. When you’ve got an entire household of smart devices all configured and running through Google Home, it’s no surprise that glitches will occasionally pop up. Any wh

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Crippling Google Home issues spark potential class action response

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 23:42:01

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A US law firm is investigating a possible class action against Google. The class action would be focused on the deteriorating performance of Home and Nest devices. Recently, users have reported that their smart home devices are increasingly misunderstanding commands or failing to respond. It’s been rough for Google Home users as of late. A growing number of them have been experiencing issues with their smart home devices, ranging from misheard comman

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YouTube Will Start Guessing Your Age

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-25 00:40:14

YouTube will no longer take your word for it when you enter your birthday. On Tuesday, the platform announced that it will be rolling out new age-estimation tools that will attempt to verify a person’s age based on a variety of indicators as part of an attempt to keep younger users from accessing more adult content and deliver “age-appropriate product experiences and protections.” According to YouTube, the age inference system, which will be used on a “small set of users in the US” in the comin

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People Are Becoming "Sloppers" Who Have to Ask AI Before They Do Anything

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-25 05:12:05

Power users of OpenAI's ultrapopular AI chatbot ChatGPT have picked up a brand new nickname, and it's unflattering. As spotted by media critic and writer Rusty Foster on his excellent Today in Tabs newsletter, people who constantly use ChatGPT to do virtually anything have garnered the moniker of "sloppers." (And no, we're not talking about a cheeseburger that's smothered in a red or green chile.) "A friend of mine has coined the word 'Sloppers' for people who are using ChatGPT to do everythin

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Retroid Pocket Flip 2 owners are spotting the return of a familiar problem (Update: Response)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-25 10:15:34

Nick Fernandez / Android Authority TL;DR Retroid Pocket Flip 2 users are reporting early hinge cracks, sometimes just weeks after purchase. Users claim the cracks appeared even though they’ve handled the device carefully. The first Flip model had similar problems, and the Flip 2’s redesigned hinge was meant to address them. Update, July 29, 2025 (14:15 PM ET): Retroid acknowledged the hinge cracking issue in a Reddit post shortly after we published the article below. Affected Pocket Flip 2 u

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YouTube is turning over age verification to AI

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-25 10:56:34

YouTube will start using machine learning to determine whether viewers should be on a teen account. The company said it plans to start using this AI application on a subset of US users in the coming weeks for a trial before rolling it out to the rest of the market. The tool will assess user behaviors including the types of videos being searched for, the categories of videos watched and how long the account has existed. When an account is deemed by machine learning to belong to a teen, YouTube wi

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Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 15:20:42

Smart home device maker Futurehome is forcing its customers’ hands by suddenly requiring a subscription for basic functionality of its products. Launched in 2016, Futurehome’s Smarthub is marketed as a central hub for controlling Internet-connected devices in smart homes. For years, the Norwegian company sold its products, which also include smart thermostats, smart lighting, and smart fire and carbon monoxide alarms, for a one-time fee that included access to its companion app and cloud platfo

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YouTube will identify and restrict minors’ accounts with AI

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-25 15:48:50

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. YouTube will soon begin using AI-powered age estimation technology to figure out which users are under the age of 18. Starting August 13th, YouTube will detect underage users in the US based on their activity and the age of their account, allowing the platform to automatically apply restrictions. These accounts will get the same protections YouTube

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YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-25 14:00:00

YouTube on Tuesday announced it’s beginning to roll out age-estimation technology in the U.S. to identify teen users in order to provide a more age-appropriate experience. The company says it will use a variety of signals to determine the users’ possible age, regardless of what the user entered as their birthday when they signed up for an account. When YouTube identifies a user as a teen, it introduces new protections and experiences, which include disabling personalized advertising, safeguards

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Tea app disables DMs after second data breach exposed over a million private messages

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-12-25 14:28:47

Last week, the dating safety app Tea experienced a data breach, exposing 72,000 sensitive images containing selfies and photo IDs for account verification, as well as images from posts and messages. The personal data was reportedly shared by users on 4chan. As now reported by 404 Media, a second security issue exposed more user data, prompting the app to disable its direct messaging feature on Tuesday afternoon. Earlier this week, 404 Media received a tip from independent security researcher K

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Latest Tech News

Proton launches free and open-source Authenticator app to take on Google and Microsoft

Google Home is still a mess, but at least it’s fixed one of its most annoying camera issues

Google is experimenting with machine learning-powered age-estimation tech in the US

Google is experimenting with machine-learning powered age estimation tech in the U.S.

Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication

Anthropic Users Melt Down After Company Institutes New Rate Limits

Spotify now requires face scans to access age-restricted content in the UK

Security Bite: iPhone users are more reckless online, new study finds

Dropbox is pulling the plug on its password manager

Hackers target Python devs in phishing attacks using fake PyPI site

Hackers actively exploit critical RCE in WordPress Alone theme

Google is using AI age checks to lock down user accounts

Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet

Adobe Photoshop new "Harmonize" tool uses AI to blend images with pro-level realism

5 browsers you should use instead of Chrome

YouTube makes it easy for TV users to skip to the best bits of videos

Here’s how ChatGPT’s upcoming ‘Study Together’ tool could enhance learning (Updated: Rolling out)

The Tea App Data Breach: What Was Exposed and What We Know About the Class Action Lawsuit

The Tea App Data Breach: What Was Exposed and What to Know About the Class Action Lawsuit

Lovense was told its sex toy app leaked users’ emails and didn’t fix it

Google is rolling out a fix for Home smart light voice control

Crippling Google Home issues spark potential class action response

YouTube Will Start Guessing Your Age

People Are Becoming "Sloppers" Who Have to Ask AI Before They Do Anything

Retroid Pocket Flip 2 owners are spotting the return of a familiar problem (Update: Response)

YouTube is turning over age verification to AI

Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access

YouTube will identify and restrict minors’ accounts with AI

YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections

Tea app disables DMs after second data breach exposed over a million private messages

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