Android wants to replace email verification codes with one-tap credentials

Google is working on a more streamlined way for app developers to authenticate users. The company has introduced a new ...

Google is making it dramatically easier to sign in to apps without OTP or link hassles

Google now lets Android apps verify your email in one tap, no OTP codes and no inbox hunting. Here's how the new Credential Manager API works.
The New York Times

Hershey’s Promises to Use Only Real Chocolate After Backlash

The change follows weeks of complaints from a grandson of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inventor and other vocal consumers. By Alice Callahan For weeks, Brad Reese, a grandson of the Reese’s Peanut ...
New York Post

Professor reveals the telltale sign students are using AI in their assignments

Move over em-dash, there’s a new AI giveaway. It’s hard to deny that AI is everywhere these days, and it’s no surprise that it’s making its way into classrooms. Since sneaky students are figuring out ...
TechCrunch

Reddit takes on the bots with new ‘human verification’ requirements for fishy behavior

Would-be Reddit competitor Digg just shut down because it couldn’t get a handle on the bots overrunning its site. On Wednesday, Reddit said it’s taking on the challenge itself. The company will begin ...
Mashable

Reddit addresses bot problems, ID verification

Reddit will verify if some users are human, but won't cross reference their ID with their Reddit account. Credit: Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images Reddit CEO Steve Huffman caused a stir when ...
Engadget

Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem

There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to ...
Ars Technica

How World ID wants to put a unique human identity on every AI agent

Over the last few months, tools like OpenClaw have shown what tech-savvy AI users can do by setting a virtual cadre of automated agents on a task. But that individual convenience can be a DDOS-level ...
WRIC

DMV pushes Virginia Mobile ID as more businesses, agencies test using it

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles says over 100,000 residents now use a mobile ID. The department said the more Virginians that use it, the more businesses and agencies ...
AOL

1 billion identity records exposed in ID verification data leak

Things like your name, home address, date of birth and even your Social Security number may have been sitting on the open internet. Researchers say an unprotected database tied to IDMerit, a company ...
Detroit Free Press

No REAL ID? TSA service can get you through security

In recent weeks, the combination of spring break travel and the month-long government shutdown have increased wait-times at airports across the nation, but even travelers without REAL ID can take ...
The Verge

‘Age Verification’ could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet

After Kansas suddenly invalidated hundreds of trans peoples’ licenses, experts warn the discrimination will extend to online spaces. After Kansas suddenly invalidated hundreds of trans peoples’ ...