Photo by S3studio/Getty Images Two-factor authentication (2FA) is one of the best and easiest ways to keep your online accounts secure. They work by issuing an authentication code on your phone when somebody tries to access the account; if that person doesn’t have the code, they …
Brief: CryptPad is an amazing open-source online suite for creating documents, spreadsheets, presentations, boards, and more. The best part is that all the documents are encrypted. Take a look at CryptPad in this week’s open source software highlight. Without a doubt, Google’s suite of online office …
Google has quietly enabled Assistant shortcuts that behave like Apple’s Siri counterparts. They’re limited to supporting apps and only launch certain pages. The feature appears to be automatically enabled on Google’s end. Google Assistant has routines to help you automate multiple actions, but do you miss …
The next time you use metered parking in a major city, Google doesn’t want you to have to physically pay at the meter. Google Maps is working to let users pay for street parking from inside the app. Drivers in Austin, Texas, in the United States, …
Brief: A step-by-step beginner’s tutorial showing how to install Google chrome in Arch, Manjaro and other Arch-based Linux distributions. Google Chrome is undeniably the most popular web browser. It is not open source software and this is why you won’t see it preinstalled in Linux distributions …
SARS-CoV-2, also known colloquially as just the coronavirus, has wreaked havoc across the world. Many countries shut down large parts of the economy in order to contain the spread of the virus. As countries reopen their economies, many health experts fear a “second wave”, ie. resurgence, …
Update 1 (08/31/2020 @ 01:20AM ET): Google Nearby Share is rolling out widely. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on August 4, 2020, is preserved below. Last year, we learned that Google was preparing a new file-sharing service for Android. This …
Apple and Google appear to be readying phase two of their COVID-19 contact-tracing system. As part of this final phase, you will be able to receive notifications about your exposure to COVID-19-positive people – without needing to use a separate app on your device. On Wednesday …
Stadia Pro members not only get up to 4K HDR video streaming and 5.1 sound, they also get free games each month as part of their subscription. Since launch, Pro members have received Destiny 2, Grid, Zombie Army 4, Serious Sam and many more games – …
Google offers augmented reality experiences, or 3D objects in AR, through Google Search. These can be anything from dinosaurs to shoes. They’re super fun to try. You just need a supported mobile device to access them. What are Google’s 3D objects in AR? At Google I/O …