The Google Authenticator app has undergone its first facelift since 2017, making the jump from version 5.0 to 5.10. But the visual makeover — including a much-needed adaptation to newer phones’ aspect ratios — belies a major change that will make it easy for you to port your keys over to another phone.
Zoom acquired Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise
Zoom announced this morning that it has acquired Keybase, a startup with encryption expertise. It did not reveal the purchase price.
Google gives marketers data on the fastest-growing product searches
Google is giving retailers and marketers deeper insights into the fastest-growing product categories on Google Search.
Google Lens can now read other languages out loud, and scan text to your computer
For the past few years, Google Lens has been expanding its features in an attempt to be the computation camera for your phone. Sometimes it feels like an extension of Google’s camera-based AR applications, but it’s often more practical.
Facebook says it dismantles disinformation network tied to Iran’s state media
Iran’s state broadcaster has used hundreds of fake social media accounts to covertly spread pro-Iranian messaging online since at least 2011, targeting voters in countries including Britain and the United States, Facebook said on Tuesday.
Google and Gates Foundation to help spread digital payments in developing countries
For more than a decade, Kenyans from the bustling capital of Nairobi to far-flung farms have had access to a digital payments service that was ahead of its time. M-Pesa, introduced in 2007 by Vodafone and Kenya’s Safaricom mobile provider, lets users send and receive money on their mobile phones, providing bank-like services for millions who had relied on cash and informal networks.