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WhatsApp is introducing a passwordless way to instantly secure your chat backups. The messaging platform is launching passkey ...

Free software on your phone or tablet lets you scan, create, edit, annotate and even sign digitized documents on the go. By J. D. Biersdorfer I write the monthly Tech Tip column, which is devoted to ...

You don't need to wait for WhatsApp to enable passkey encryption. You can do it now by using a password or 64-digit key. In the app, go to Settings, then Chats, then Chat backup and then End-to-end ...

In the beginning, WhatsApp users could not protect their chat backups with encryption—while all communications were encrypted end-to-end, backups weren't afforded the same protection. Since 2021, ...

With Metroid Prime 4: Beyond finally around the corner, I’ve been reflecting on what it is about Retro Studios’ series that has stuck with me for over two decades now. The first Metroid Prime is an ...

In fall 2025, posts multiplied on social media expressing privacy concerns over a supposed piece of legislation by the European Union designed to combat the spread of child pornography. People claimed ...

The EX1 is a small desktop computer with an AMD Ryzen Hawk Point processor and a decent range of I/O and connectivity features including a USB4, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.0, and 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet ...

Microsoft is rewriting Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. Microsoft is rewriting Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...

Meta changed WhatsApp's Business API policy last week to prevent chatbots like ChatGPT from operating on the chat platform. WhatsApp will still let business customers use specialized AI products that ...

Being more judicious in which AI models we use for tasks could potentially save 31.9 terawatt-hours of energy this year alone – equivalent to the output of five nuclear reactors. Tiago da Silva Barros ...