WhatsApp Is Adding End-to-End Encryption to Backups
The popular messaging app has had end-to-end encryption for five years, but now backups will also be securely stored.
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SumUp POS Acquires Customer Loyalty Startup Fivestars
The deal is reportedly worth $371 million and could see SumUp making waves in the POS market of the United States soon.
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Microsoft Is Shutting Down LinkedIn for China
The company will replace it with a job listing app — called InJobs — that will not offer the social media features.
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Study: Collaboration Is Still a Problem for Remote Teams
A new study found that teams are still struggling to figure out how to navigate the remote work shift in a productive way.
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Game Platform Roblox Is Cracking Down on VPN Use
Can you use Roblox with a VPN if you play it safe? Roblox's new guidelines leave some wiggle room.
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Amazon Will Allow Employees to Work From Home Indefinitely
However, the decision is up to directors, and employees must be able to attend meetings at the office on a day's notice.
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1Password Launches New Feature to Promote Safe Sharing
The name feature -- whimsically dubbed Psst! -- allows users to share data like passwords securely with anyone.
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Study: Remote Work Leads to Increased Cybersecurity Risk
A new study find business owners are having trouble mitigating the cybersecurity risk of employees working from home.
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Twitch Confirms Enormous Data Breach As Sensitive Data Appears Online
The video-game streaming giant says its security teams are ‘working with urgency’ to find out more about the incident.
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Ally.io Acquisition by Microsoft Reminds Us Remote Working is Here to Stay
The objective tracking platform will become an integral part of Microsoft's Viva software.
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Microsoft Teams Update Introduces Quiet Time Feature
The latest addition to the web conferencing platform looks to remove distractions and let users unwind outside work hours.
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What Should Your Business Do When Facebook Goes Down?
When social media goes offline, the link to your customers can be severed. We share what to do when you can't rely on social.
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Google Will Not Launch Mobile-First Bank Account Service ‘Plex’
A Google executive who championed the Plex bank account project left the company in April.
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Turns Out Zoom Is Not Acquiring Five9 After All
It would have been an all-stock deal valued at around $14.7 billion, but that valuation has dropped.
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Microsoft Teams Update Lets Users Hide Their Own Face
The new update will let users hide their own video feeds from themselves, but not other participants.
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Study: 91.5% of All Malware Arrives Over HTTPS-Encrypted Connections
Across Q2 2021, malware passed through encryption nine out of ten times. It's a dramatic increase over the previous quarter.
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Dropbox Chief Says 40 Hour Week Is ‘Thing Of The Past’
CEO Drew Houston thinks the pandemic is an opportunity to ‘completely reimagine’ how we work.
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iOS Features Offer ‘False Sense of Privacy,’ Says Former Apple Engineer
A new study shows that Apple's App Tracking Transparency features won't stop apps from tracking your activity.
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Bots Are Impersonating Twitter Users for PayPal and Venmo Scams
Internet scam bots are cloning Twitter accounts to steal small donations at scale. Here's how to spot the scam.
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Cloudflare Launches Two New Email Security Tools
The tools are free and will work with top email providers like Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo.
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California Law Makes Amazon Disclose Worker Productivity Algorithms
The law goes into effect starting January 1st, and aims to protect workers from poor safety practices.
