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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: 65.71

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2025-02-28

The Morning After: Our verdict on the iPhone 16e

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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 [...]

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2025-06-17

Why SMS two-factor authentication codes aren't safe and what to use instead

A million two-factor authentication codes sent via SMS passed through an obscure third-party company. Here's how it happened and why it's a problem. [...]

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2025-09-01

Google says reports of a major Gmail security issue are 'entirely false'

Google is officially debunking a series of reports that claimed Gmail has been hit with a "major" security issue in recent days. "We want to reassure our users that Gmail’s protection [...]

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2025-09-11

Gmail will now filter your purchases into a new tab

Google is rolling out an update for Gmail on mobile and the web that will make it easier to track emails for your deliveries. The most prominent change you'll see is a new Purchases tab, where Gm [...]

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2025-08-25

Google tests QR code verification for text messages

Google is changing the way you confirm if contacts are legit. The company has begun rolling out a QR code to verify that the person you're communicating with is, in fact, who they say they are, 9 [...]

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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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