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Microsoft to make signing in easier with passkeys – here’s how it works

Microsoft to make signing in easier with passkeys – here’s how it works

Microsoft is on a crusade against passwords and they’ve scored a huge victory this week with the introduction of Passkeys for Microsoft consumer accounts. In the hopes that they can encourage users to abandon passwords, which are vulnerable, Microsoft has been working hard to make it easier to use alternative forms of sign-on credentials. According to the blog post announcing the launch, Microsoft has been introducing alternatives to passwords since the launch of Windows Hello in 2015. They claim that their monitoring has seen a 3,378% increase in password attacks since then. Windows users have also been able to use the Microsoft Authenticator app or FIDO security keys (small physical devices) alongside Windows Hello to access Microsoft websites and apps for some time, and in 2021 they introduced the option to delete your password altogether and switch permanently to an alternative sign-in method. What are Passkeys? Passkeys are a relatively new, more secure method of signing into a site or app. Microsoft’s blog post states that “Passkey access uses two unique keys, known as a …

Arne Slot’s first Liverpool signing ‘named’ as Virgil van Dijk request made

Arne Slot’s first Liverpool signing ‘named’ as Virgil van Dijk request made

Incoming Liverpool manager Arne Slot could turn to his Feyenoord connections for new signings in the summer, with one player already being linked. Liverpool are close to appointing Slot as Jurgen Klopp’s successor after reaching an agreement with the Dutch team. Klopp will depart in the summer after nine years in charge. The club settled on Slot after interest cooled in Sporting CP boss Ruben Amorim and earlier no.1 target Xabi Alonso ruled himself out of the job by revealing his intention to remain at Bayer Leverkusen. READ MORE: Arne Slot told to bring perfect midfielder with him to Liverpool READ MORE: Everything Jurgen Klopp has said about Arne Slot as Liverpool close in on successor With the summer transfer window set to open in June, Slot will already be thinking about how he could use Feyenoord to boost his squad for the 2024/25 season. Former Liverpool winger Ryan Babel believes that the existing Dutch players at Anfield will have to step up and play a big role this summer – and he hinted at …

Why Women Need to Use Caution Before Signing Up For Coaching

Why Women Need to Use Caution Before Signing Up For Coaching

You probably have a friend who either signed up for coaching or perhaps decided to become a life coach. Coaching is not new, but it has become especially popular since COVID-19. This could be due to women needing to stay home to homeschool, because of job loss, or requiring extra income. As someone who has practiced psychotherapy, who has been on the receiving end of therapy and coaching, and who has become a coach, I have a few things to share. Which to choose, why, and when Choose a coach when you feel energized and hopeful about the future—but you need some guidance, a guide on the side, someone who has bridged the path before you and can show you the way. Just think of the traditional coaches you have hired—the lean woman with the muscles, discipline, and resilience that make working out a cinch, the writing coach who has the map and expertise to get your book in a bookstore near you. You look for a coach when you see a person doing something …

Alex Kingston says she had concerns about signing up to ER

Alex Kingston says she had concerns about signing up to ER

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Alex Kingston has shared her initial concerns about signing up to the hit US medical drama ER. The 61-year-old British actor played straight-talking medic, Dr Elizabeth Corday for 12 years, relocating to Los Angeles to take the part. First airing in 1994, the show went on to run for 15 seasons and 331 episodes, before ending in 2009. But although Kingston accepted the role in the end, she said she remembers “seriously debating” whether the move would be worth it. “It was all really unexpected. I had not planned to go to Hollywood, I wasn’t interested or ambitious in that way at all,” she told The Times. The Other Boleyn Girl star was filming Croupier directed by Flash Gordan filmmaker Mike Hodges in Germany when she received the offer. “I remember seriously debating whether it was a good idea with [her Croupier co-star] Clive Owen. I said, ‘I’ve …

Reince Priebus on McDaniel: NBC should have ‘brought her in’ before signing contract

Reince Priebus on McDaniel: NBC should have ‘brought her in’ before signing contract

Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Reince Priebus said Sunday that NBC News’s management should have done a better job properly vetting former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel before deciding to hire her as a paid contributor. In a panel discussion on ABC News’s “This Week,” Priebus said that, as a paid contributor at ABC News, he was surprised to see that McDaniel, his RNC successor, had not been brought on the show ahead of time to see if she could part ways with some of her rehearsed talking points. “The case on Ronna that I find to be obvious for someone like me, who’s a contributor here, I’ve been at other places. I’ve never been hired without the management bringing me in, meeting with people, doing interviews where I wasn’t on a signed contract, finding out whether I could get off the talking points or not,” Priebus said when asked for his perspective on the controversy at NBC News surrounding McDaniel’s hiring and speedy firing after employee backlash. “The root of the problem is that …

17 LGBTQ-affirming ministers face church investigations for signing belief statement

17 LGBTQ-affirming ministers face church investigations for signing belief statement

(RNS) — The Rev. Carma Wood didn’t become LGBTQ-affirming overnight. Rather, she said, it was due to the Holy Spirit’s prompting over several decades, not to mention personal experience, study and Scripture. “I have found the primary emphases woven throughout biblical texts to reflect a radical inclusivity found perhaps most profoundly in the person and ministry of Jesus,” she told Religion News Service. Now, Indiana Ministries — a jurisdiction of the Christian movement known as Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) — is investigating Wood, a retired Church of God pastor living in Anderson, and 16 other ministers for signing a statement affirming LGTBQ inclusion. Depending on the findings, the ministers’ credentials could be withdrawn. “There is a strong biblical, theological, and ethical case for affirming same-sex partnerships, transgender identity and existence, and gender non-conformity as being fully compatible with Christian discipleship and the theological and doctrinal distinctives of the Church of God Reformation Movement,” said the statement, which was authored in part by Wood and has since gained more than 850 signatures. The Rev. Carma …

Apple Stops Signing iOS 17.3.1, Downgrading No Longer Available

Apple Stops Signing iOS 17.3.1, Downgrading No Longer Available

Apple today stopped signing iOS 17.3.1 preventing iPhone users from downgrading to that version of iOS. iOS 17.3.1 is no longer being signed following the March 5 release of iOS 17.4, an update that introduced app ecosystem changes in the EU, new emoji, and more. Apple routinely stops signing older versions of iOS, so it is not unusual that the iOS 17.3.1 update is no longer available. Apple prevents users from installing older versions of iOS to encourage customers to keep their operating systems up to date and to prevent downgrading to older, less secure versions of the ‌iPhone‌ operating system. iOS 17.4 is now the only publicly released version of iOS available. Popular Stories iPhone 16 Pro Expected Later This Year With These 10 New Features While the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are still around six months away from launching, there are already many rumors about the devices. Below, we have recapped new features and changes expected so far. These are some of the key changes rumored for the iPhone …