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WhatsApp messaging app enhances mobile security with Android passkey support

10/23/202310/22/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The popular Meta-owned application announced that it will be adding this new support for Android devices. Meta-owned messaging app WhatsApp has announced that it has launched Android device passkey support, eliminating the requirement for two-factor authentication using SMS. Users will be able to use their fingerprints, face or a PIN to unlock their accounts on their devices. Until now, the two-factor authentication using SMS was the primary security method used by the messaging app. However, according to WhatsApp, it will be gradually rolling out the use of a passkey instead.…

Apple App Store not listed among compliant mobile marketplaces in China

10/09/202310/05/2023 Jesse Collins

The country listed the marketplaces that comply with its new regulations, but Apple’s wasn’t on it. China’s internet and online ecosystem regulator recently released a list of the names of the various mobile app store marketplaces that are compliant with its regulations, and Apple’s marketplace wasn’t on the list. The list comes as a strong signal that the regulator has started enforcing new rules it previously announced. The regulator had already announced that it had a number of new regulations for mobile application marketplaces, including the need to file business…

Mobile wallets see a decline in top-ups in some regions

08/14/202308/10/2023 Jennifer Goula

As popular as these digital payment methods have become, they are declining in the Bahamas. In the Bahamas, the use of mobile wallets has become commonplace, but over the first five months of the year, a declining trend was recorded in top-ups. The decline wasn’t a slight one, it was practically a freefall in the amount of money topped up. During the first five months of 2022, top ups to mobile wallets reached $38.4 million. During the same period in 2023, that figure reached only $7.1 million, a fraction of…

AI.com now points to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence project

08/11/202308/10/2023 Stephanie Beck

Though it had previously pointed to ChatGPT, it is now directing users to X.ai instead. AI.com website users seeking to use ChatGPT might be surprised to discover that the site now directs to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence project X.ai. It appears that OpenAI no longer has control of the domain, so it doesn’t direct to ChatGPT anymore. OpenAI had control over the AI.com domain starting in February 2023, but it looks as though that has entirely changed now as the site no longer redirects to their artificial intelligence. Instead, it…

Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and TomTom to develop Open Map to rival Google and Apple

08/01/202307/31/2023 Sam Lambert

The companies are working together to create free geographical data for developers to use. Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and TomTom have announced that they are collaborating on a jointly released open map dataset meant for developers to use with free geographical data. The purpose of the release is to throw a wrench into the duopoly currently held by Google and Apple Maps. The four companies founded the Overture Maps Foundation last year in December, when they decided to work together on the open map data project. They each bring their own…