One of the most effective ways to stop your online accounts from being hacked is to turn on two-factor authentication. The security measure, often known as 2FA or multifactor authentication, requires you to enter a numerical code in addition to your username and password. So even if someone gets your password, they can’t break into your account without… Continue reading Google’s Authenticator App Now Lets You Sync 2FA Codes Across Devices
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12 Best Mobile Game Controllers (2023): iPhone or Android
There are several other mobile controllers we tested that just missed out on a place above, plus a few that we are keen to test soon. Turtle Beach Recon Cloud for $80: Here is another Xbox-branded controller that supports Xbox Cloud Gaming and Remote Play and comes with one free month of Game Pass Ultimate.… Continue reading 12 Best Mobile Game Controllers (2023): iPhone or Android
Intel Let Google Cloud Hack Its New Secure Chips and Found 10 Bugs
Google Cloud and Intel released results today from a nine-month audit of Intel’s new hardware security product: Trust Domain Extensions (TDX). The analysis revealed 10 confirmed vulnerabilities, including two that researchers at both companies flagged as significant, as well as five findings that led to proactive changes to further harden TDX’s defenses. The review and… Continue reading Intel Let Google Cloud Hack Its New Secure Chips and Found 10 Bugs
Forget Cars, Green Hydrogen Will Supercharge Crops
But perhaps hydrogen’s greatest potential lies in its ability to store energy for rainy days. While fossil fuels are stores of energy from prehistoric sunlight, hydrogen can be used to store the solar energy of the previous 12 hours. “You need green hydrogen to continue to increase the amount of renewable power,” says Mowill. Once… Continue reading Forget Cars, Green Hydrogen Will Supercharge Crops
Inside U2’s Boundary-Breaking Immersive Vegas Show
When U2 launched its Zoo TV tour in 1991, it revolutionized live music. Over the course of 157 shows, the tour—which was in support of their album Achtung Baby—was almost an embarrassment of overwhelming sights and sounds, with cutting-edge visuals (for the time), a lighting system that was encased partially in Soviet-era Trabant cars, and a… Continue reading Inside U2’s Boundary-Breaking Immersive Vegas Show
Best Hiking Boots (2023): Walking Shoes, Trails, Backpacking
In the traditional world of hiking boots, practicality is king, with solid ankle support and a nice bit of leather keeping your feet dry and ankles intact as you head for the hills. Things are changing fast, though, with the modern technology found in running shoes being co-opted into walking boots and trail shoes, helping… Continue reading Best Hiking Boots (2023): Walking Shoes, Trails, Backpacking
Researchers Argue Black Holes Will Destroy All Quantum States
Intriguingly, this kind of decoherence will occur anywhere there is a horizon that only allows information to travel in one direction, creating the potential for causality paradoxes. The edge of the known universe, called the cosmological horizon, is another example. Or consider the “Rindler horizon,” which forms behind an observer who continuously accelerates and approaches… Continue reading Researchers Argue Black Holes Will Destroy All Quantum States
Gear News This Week: Get Ready for a Folding Pixel Phone
The tech industry is about as leaky as a submarine made of Swiss cheese. The latest untimely reveal comes courtesy of CNBC, which reports that internal documents from Google indicate the company is about to announce a folding phone. Word is, Google plans to debut a foldable Pixel handset at its upcoming IO developer event on… Continue reading Gear News This Week: Get Ready for a Folding Pixel Phone
The Supreme Court Preserves Abortion Pill Access—Temporarily
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that would have banned the abortion pill mifepristone. The action means that the drug will remain available and legal under status quo regulations until the case works its way through the appeals process, which could take months. The court’s ultimate ruling could be… Continue reading The Supreme Court Preserves Abortion Pill Access—Temporarily
Imgur Just Banned Porn
Imgur is doing a purge. Effective May 15, the site will scrub pornographic images, along with other inactive content that is not linked to an account, from its archive. The popular image, GIF, and meme service is encouraging people to save images if they don’t want them to vanish from the web forever. But the change… Continue reading Imgur Just Banned Porn