Google had made it easier to join the company's Advanced Protection Program, which is designed to stop the most sophisticated hackers from breaking into your Gmail account. Before you needed two security keys to enroll. Now you just need a smartphone.
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Google's Advanced Protection Expands to Phone-Only Users
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Google's Chrome to Phase Out Third-Party Cookies in 2 Years
Google wants to render cookies 'obsolete' in favor for other approaches that can better protect users' privacy without hurting the online ad industry. Other browsers, meanwhile, have been blocking third-party cookies by default.
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Google Phone App May Get Call Recording Feature
Decoding resources in the latest Google Phone app reveals assets suggesting call recording is coming to the dialer.
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Twitter Will 'Probably Never Do' an Edit Button
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Sonos Doesn't Care About Reusing Old Speakers, Bricks Them Instead
Old speakers and audio equipment are bricked and tossed in the trash, but environmentalists suggest Sonos should resell them instead. Sonos also prevents customers from reversing their decision to trade in devices.
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John Carmack to Step Down as Oculus CTO to Work on AI
Carmack has been a fixture at Facebook's Oculus Connect developer conferences, where he's championed VR technology. But now he says he wants to tackle the challenge of developing artificial general intelligence.
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DJI Drones to Warn They're Near by Sending Wi-Fi Signals to Phones
The leading drone vendor developed the system to address safety and privacy concerns. The US Federal Aviation Administration is also drafting a rule that'll require all consumer drones to offer 'remote identification,' or what's basically an electronic license plate.
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Google Explains Why the Pixel 4 Is Not a 5G Phone
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First Look: Google Pixel Buds
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Hands On With the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL
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Exclusive: iPhone Owners Not That Jazzed About Upgrading
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Huawei Mate 30 Line-Up Leaks
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Report: Budget iPhone Launching in 2020 With Touch ID
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Qualcomm Promises More 5G Phones, Better Range
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