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Are passwords on the way out? Researchers are announcing two projects that will make passkeys easier for organizations to offer — and easier for everyone to use. Read more at @WIRED. #Passwords (flipboard.social)
 

Are passwords on the way out? Researchers are announcing two projects that will make passkeys easier for organizations to offer — and easier for everyone to use. Read more at @WIRED. #Passwords #Authentication #Cybersecurity #Passkeys #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/l-yryY

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Reporter Ash Parrish has come to have low expectations for the video games that tackle subjects like racism and discrimination. “Those stories never go beyond well-trodden depictions of ‘racism is (flipboard.social)
 

Reporter Ash Parrish has come to have low expectations for the video games that tackle subjects like racism and discrimination. “Those stories never go beyond well-trodden depictions of ‘racism is bad,’ and I tune them out like so much white noise,” Parrish writes. But the reporter found that “Metaphor: ReFantazio” goes beyond surface-level treatments of “tired fantasy tropes.” Read more from @theverge https://flip.it/.79umI
#Tech #VideoGames #Gaming #Fantasy #FantasyGames #Racism #Technology

#PCGaming

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Epic Games is now “financially sound,” CEO Tim Sweeney declared at the Unreal Fest conference earlier this week. This comes a year or so after the Fortnite maker laid off around 16% of its employees. (flipboard.social)
 

Epic Games is now “financially sound,” CEO Tim Sweeney declared at the Unreal Fest conference earlier this week. This comes a year or so after the Fortnite maker laid off around 16% of its employees. How’d they get to this point? Reigning in Epic’s epic spending was a key part. @theverge Verge has more: https://flip.it/Pkf4L3
#Tech #Gaming #VideoGames #Fortnite #Technology #EpicGames

#Games

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Two Harvard students took Meta’s commercially available Ray Ban smart glasses and built facial recognition software that automatically looks up someone’s face and identifies them, including personal (flipboard.social)
 

Two Harvard students took Meta’s commercially available Ray Ban smart glasses and built facial recognition software that automatically looks up someone’s face and identifies them, including personal information. Read it at @404mediaco@mastodon.social (Registration may be required). #Meta #SmartGlasses #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/WDXr7Z

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The FCC announced a $31.5 million settlement with T-Mobile over multiple data breaches that compromised the personal information of millions of U.S. consumers from 2021-2023. More from (flipboard.social)
 

The FCC announced a $31.5 million settlement with T-Mobile over multiple data breaches that compromised the personal information of millions of U.S. consumers from 2021-2023. More from @BleepingComputer@infosec.exchange. #FCC #TMobile #Cybersecurity #Tech https://flip.it/MGWkCJ

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The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined Meta with a $101.5 million penalty after investigating a 2019 security breach in which the company mistakenly stored users' passwords in plain text. Via (flipboard.social)
 

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined Meta with a $101.5 million penalty after investigating a 2019 security breach in which the company mistakenly stored users' passwords in plain text. Via @Engadget. #Meta #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/ZD45rD

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A group of independent security researchers were able to scan virtually any internet-connected Kia vehicle’s license plate and within seconds gain the ability to track that car’s location, unlock the (flipboard.social)
 

A group of independent security researchers were able to scan virtually any internet-connected Kia vehicle’s license plate and within seconds gain the ability to track that car’s location, unlock the car, honk its horn, or start its ignition at will. More from @WIRED (Subscription may be required). #Kia #Hack #Tech #Technology #Cybersecurity https://flip.it/2fswDC

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For people who love organization and color, and organization by color, there’s a game that you’re bound to love. It’s called “I Love Hue.” The game revolves around choosing a puzzle and arranging (flipboard.social)
 

For people who love organization and color, and organization by color, there’s a game that you’re bound to love. It’s called “I Love Hue.” The game revolves around choosing a puzzle and arranging blocks and color by shade. Too easy? It gets harder as you go. TechRadar tells us more: https://flip.it/xqbSi_
#Tech #Gaming #VideoGames #Games #Technology

#PCGaming

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Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, which makes the game Palworld. From @theverge. #Nintendo #Pokemon #IP #Patent #Pocketpair #Palworld #Tech (flipboard.social)
 

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, which makes the game Palworld. From @theverge. #Nintendo #Pokemon #IP #Patent #Pocketpair #Palworld #Tech #Technology https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/18/24248602/nintendo-pokemon-palworld-pocketpair-patent-infringement-lawsuit

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It might have seemed odd when LinkedIn launched three games last spring (Shouldn’t subscribers be working?). But games are everywhere — Apple News, Netflix, YouTube, The New York Times, for example — (flipboard.social)
 

It might have seemed odd when LinkedIn launched three games last spring (Shouldn’t subscribers be working?). But games are everywhere — Apple News, Netflix, YouTube, The New York Times, for example — so why not? @Techcrunch has more on the professional networking platform’s move into gaming and why these quick, once-a-day brain teasers are so fun. https://flip.it/gVDNhV
#Tech #Technology #Games #Gaming #LinkedIn #Work

#Games

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Apple has asked a federal court in San Francisco to drop its three-year-old case against spyware company NSO, citing worries about disclosing its own sensitive data during discovery. By @9to5mac. (flipboard.social)
 

Apple has asked a federal court in San Francisco to drop its three-year-old case against spyware company NSO, citing worries about disclosing its own sensitive data during discovery. By @9to5mac. #Apple #NSO #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology #Spyware https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/13/apple-wants-to-revoke-its-three-year-old-lawsuit-against-spyware-group/

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Games reviewer Ash Parrish was tired but knew she had a job to do: review Astro Bot by its release date. Parrish committed to playing two levels before going to bed. And, as so often happens in the (flipboard.social)
 

Games reviewer Ash Parrish was tired but knew she had a job to do: review Astro Bot by its release date. Parrish committed to playing two levels before going to bed. And, as so often happens in the gaming world, her face burned from smiling — five hours later. Read her report at @theverge. Spoiler: She liked it. https://flip.it/5DytGY
#Tech #Technology #Gaming #PlayStation #AstroBot #VideoGames

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