WhatsApp adds passwordless chat backups to iOS and Android

WhatsApp is rolling out password-encrypted backups for iOS and Android devices, allowing users to encrypt their chat history using their fingerprint, face, or screen lock passcode. Access keys are a passwordless authentication method that allows users to log in using biometrics (such as facial recognition or fingerprints), PINs, or security patterns instead of traditional passwords….

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New frontier of AI-powered ‘teacher-less’ charter schools get mixed reviews from state officials

Artificial intelligence is perhaps the new border of childhood education, but the idea of ​​classrooms without a teacher received mixed criticism from state education officials. Uponde Academy, an institution based in Texas presenting itself as the first school with a virtual charter without tuition of the country for the classes of the 4th to the…

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Trump will act ‘imminently’ on banks’ cryptocurrency trading

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said he anticipated that President Donald Trump will quickly enact new cryptocurrency rules. Allaire said he “imminently” expects decrees from the new president, allowing banks to trade cryptocurrencies, offer cryptocurrency investments to wealthy clients and hold them in wallets, Reuters reported Monday (January 20). Trump has pledged to be a “crypto…

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