Friday, August 14, 2020
Trump orders ByteDance to divest interest in US TikTok operations within 90 days
Realme C12 Launching in India on August 18: All You Need to Know
Oracle and Salesforce are facing class action lawsuits, potentially worth €10B+, in the UK and the Netherlands over using cookie data without consumers' consent (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)
Oracle and Salesforce are facing class action lawsuits, potentially worth €10B+, in the UK and the Netherlands over using cookie data without consumers' consent — The use of third party cookies for ad tracking and targeting by data broker giants Oracle and Salesforce is the focus …
Trump issues executive order forcing ByteDance to sell or spin off its US TikTok business within 90 days (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
Trump issues executive order forcing ByteDance to sell or spin off its US TikTok business within 90 days — - President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday that will force China's ByteDance to sell or spin off its U.S. TikTok business within 90 days.
College students: 4 tips for choosing a computer to buy
How to Find, Add, and Share Independence Day Stickers on WhatsApp
Elon Musk says ’embarrassingly late’ two-factor is coming to Tesla app
Tesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged Friday that the company was ‘embarrassingly late’ rolling out a security layer known as two-factor authentication for its mobile app.
“Sorry, this is embarrassingly late. Two factor authentication via sms or authenticator app is going through final validation right now,” Musk wrote Friday in response to a question from a Twitter follower.
Musk said in April that the additional security layer was “coming soon.” He first mentioned that the company would add two-factor authentication back in May 2019. Tesla owners have stepped up their calls for two-factor authentication as the rest of the tech community has adopted the security feature.
Two-factor authentication — also known as two-step verification — combines something you know, like a password, with something you have, like your phone. This is a way to verify that the real account holder — or car owner — is logging in and not a hacker.
Some websites do this by sending you a code by text message. But hackers can intercept these. A more secure way of doing it is by sending a code through a phone app, often called an authenticator, which security experts prefer.
Beefing up the security on the Tesla mobile app is particularly pressing. The Tesla app is a critical tool for owners, giving them control over numerous functions on their vehicles.
When Bluetooth is enabled, the Tesla app allows drivers to use their phone as a key to Tesla’s newer vehicle models. The app also lets the user remotely lock and unlock the doors, trunk and frunk, turn on the HVAC system, monitor and control charging, locate the vehicle and schedule service — to name a few of the main capabilities.
These days, two-factor authentication is common and widely employed to stop hackers from using stolen passwords to break into users’ accounts. What’s unclear with Tesla is whether the two-factor tool will rely on SMS or a phone app. Musk said the final validation was for SMS “or” authenticator app, a statement that leaves that critical question unanswered.
Boston-based Duck Creek Technologies, a software provider for insurers, climbs 48% in trading debut after raising $405M in IPO, valuing the company at $5.2B (Crystal Tse/Bloomberg)
Boston-based Duck Creek Technologies, a software provider for insurers, climbs 48% in trading debut after raising $405M in IPO, valuing the company at $5.2B — Duck Creek Technologies Inc., a software provider for insurers, climbed 48% in its trading debut after raising $405 million …
The rumored Apple One subscription bundle looks like a frustrating jumble of à la carte offerings that is no different than the current situation (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
The rumored Apple One subscription bundle looks like a frustrating jumble of à la carte offerings that is no different than the current situation — A few big scoops from Mark Gurman yesterday that got lost in the shuffle a bit after Epic went to war against the App Store:
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Google Announces New Android 11-Based Wear OS Update for This Autumn
Apple's Famous '1984' Video Parodied by Fortnite Game Maker
The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Announced With November Release Date
Computer Scientist, Pixel Inventor Russel Kirsch Dies Aged 91
Apple, Google ban one of the most popular games in the world
Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide (New York Times)
New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...
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The first project we remember working on together was drawing scenes from the picture books that our mom brought with her when she immigrate...
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg : South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang that exposed ~33.7M accounts; ...
