GamingNews

Apple Music finally arrives on Xbox consoles

October 12, 2022
It seems like Microsoft just can’t stop confirming Xbox partnerships this week. On Tuesday, Xbox Cloud Gaming support for Meta Quest 2 and some new Chromebooks was announced. Now, Microsoft has linked up with Apple to finally offer an Apple Music app on Xbox consoles. As spotted by Eurogamer, you can snag the app on an Xbox One or Xbox Series X/S console by searching for it on consoles, or…
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MobileNews

Google introduces passwordless authentication to Chrome and Android with passkeys 

October 12, 2022
Did you miss a session from MetaBeat 2022? Head over to the on-demand library for all of our featured sessions here. Password-based security is an oxymoron. With over 15 billion exposed credentials leaked on the dark web, and 54% of security incidents caused by credential theft, passwords simply aren’t effective at keeping out threat actors.  Passwords’ widespread exploitability has led to…
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MobileNews

iOS VPN apps have another flaw, shows new research: excluding many Apple apps

October 12, 2022
A security researcher back in August found a significant flaw in iOS VPN apps, and a second researcher has now demonstrated another major issue. The first problem was that opening a VPN app should close all existing connections, but didn’t. The second is that many Apple apps send private data outside the VPN tunnel, including Health (above) and Wallet … How iOS VPN apps (are supposed to)…
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MobileNews

Google begins adding passkey support in Android and Chrome

October 12, 2022
Google has begun rolling out initial passkey support for Android and Chrome. In a blog post published Wednesday, the company said web admins can start integrating the technology into their websites through the WebAuthn API. Similarly, developers can download the latest…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla’s new energy app gives you range advice and more

October 12, 2022
Tesla has updated its in-car energy app to give a comparison between real energy use and the projected range, and it even gives you range advice to get closer to the optimal range. Range calculations are difficult regardless of the type of powertrain – electric or internal combustion engine. There are just so many factors that can affect the efficiency of a vehicle on a road that it is hard to…
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