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2025-02-24

Gmail will stop using SMS for two-factor authentication

Google is planning to end support for SMS-based two-factor authentication in Gmail, Forbes reports. Sending a code to your personal phone via text message has long been an option Google offered to verify your identity, but it has unavoidable security issues the company wants to address.


The goal is to "reduce the impact of rampant, global SMS abuse," Gmail spokesperson Ross Richendrfer tells Forbes, and the solution, at lea [...]

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2025-04-12

How to use the Apple Passwords app

Apple’s new Passwords app (introduced with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia) is a big leap forward in making password management simple and user-friendly for Apple users, even if it's not a [...]

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2025-05-30

The Gmail app can automatically summarize those long email threads

Gmail will now automatically show you a summary card for lengthy email threads if you check a Google Workspace account on the iOS or the Android app. The company introduced AI summaries last year when [...]

Match Score: 76.75

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2025-01-02

The 6 best Mint alternatives to replace the budgeting app that shut down

It's been almost one year since Intuit shut down the popular budgeting app Mint. I was a Mint user for many years; millions of other users like me enjoyed how easily Mint allowed us to track all [...]

Match Score: 72.38

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2025-02-28

The Morning After: Our verdict on the iPhone 16e

First up, an apology. In Tuesday’s newsletter, I laid out how to watch (and what to expect from) Amazon’s Alexa press event. But aside from unveiling what Alexa+ will be capable of, there was no s [...]

Match Score: 69.92

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2025-05-09

Light Phone III review: Minimalism stretched to the point of frustration

Like untold millions of smartphone users, I have a bit of a problem. I’ve been trying, with middling success, to be more mindful about how I use my phone. I’ll often uninstall various social media [...]

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2025-02-25

Google is ditching SMS - and will now use QR codes for Gmail account authentication

Google is ditching SMS authentication messages in favor of new QR codes. [...]

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2025-02-24

Google Doing Away With SMS Codes for Gmail Authentication

Codes sent via SMS messages will be replaced by QR codes sent to user's phones to verify Gmail accounts. [...]

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2025-03-04

Google Replacing SMS With QR Codes for Gmail Authentication

Instead of an SMS, a QR code will be sent to your phone to verify your Gmail account. [...]

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2025-05-22

A huge unsecured credential database discovery is a great reminder to change your passwords

Today's report by security expert Jeremiah Fowler of a massive unsecured database full of usernames and passwords shouldn't necessarily frighten you, but it should spur you to action. If you [...]

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