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Several months after Meta brought WhatsApp passkey logins to Android, its doing the same on iOS. The company is rolling out the feature now, and it will be available to all users in the coming weeks. Passkeys are seen as a more secure login method as (for one thing) it mitigates the risk of scammers convincing users to share their SMS passcode. Instead, you can log in by verifying a passkey using facial recognition, biometrics or a PIN stored on Apples passkey manager. Passkeys work by securely storing an authentication credential on your device that pairs with one saved by the service you want to log into. To turn on passkeys for WhatsApp on iOS, go to the Account section of the apps Settings, and then tap Passkeys. Passkey verification will make logging back into WhatsApp easier and more secure. Were excited to launch this on WhatsApp and give users an added layer of security, Alice Newton-Rex, WhatsApps head of product, said in a statement.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/whatsapp-is-enabling-passkey-support-on-ios-182527962.html?src=rss
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The Biden administration is tackling the monumental task of making Americas industrial freight system more environmentally friendly. The White House said on Wednesday that it aims to have 30 percent of industrial truck sales produce zero emissions by 2030 and 100 percent by 2040. In addition to those non-binding targets, the White House is meeting on Wednesday with stakeholders from the commercial vehicle, shipping and infrastructure industries to help execute its agenda. The roundtable is designed to advance the Biden Administrations goal of supercharging the buildout of the infrastructure necessary to make a zero-emissions freight ecosystem a reality in the United States. Unsurprisingly, the freight industry uses a lot of energy and produces a lot of pollution to match. Bloomberg notes that the transportation sector emits about 29 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions, and freight (including shipping, trucking and trains) makes up about a third of that figure. So, you can ballpark that the American freight industry is responsible for roughly 10 percent of the countrys carbon emissions. As part of the election-year rollout, the Biden Administration plans to ask the public to comment on charging infrastructure for heavy-duty vehicles, signaling that the specifics of the plan arent yet finalized. The White House wants to avoid a fragmented industrial EV charging system without a universally agreed-upon standard. The industry has seemingly settled on Teslas NACS as the de facto choice in the lightweight consumer sector. Alongside the newly announced industrial goals, the Biden Administrations Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is opening up about $1 billion in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding to replace Class 6 and 7 vehicles (school buses, garbage trucks and delivery trucks) with electric equivalents. The IRA requires that at least $400 million of that funding goes to local communities hit the hardest by industrial pollution. The White House says 72 million Americans live near truck freight routes and bear the brunt of their short-term output. Sadly but unsurprisingly (given the nations history), people of color and those from low-income households are most likely to be heavily affected by high environmental toxin levels. The White Houses goals are admirable, given the urgency of the global climate crisis and the freight industrys role. However, one significant problem remains: These are voluntary, non-binding resolutions that could and, given public comments, almost certainly would be undone by a second Trump Administration, should the serial napper return to office next year. As with many other aspects of the nations and worlds future, US voters will decide the outcome this November.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-white-house-wants-a-zero-emission-freight-industry-by-2040-180401537.html?src=rss
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Parents throughout the country just breathed a sigh of relief at the prospect of allowing more screen time for their kids that doesnt revolve around some really loud and annoying YouTube dude. PBS just launched a new free ad-supported channel called PBS Retro, as reported by The Wrap. As the name suggests, this is a repository for all of your favorite edutainment classics from the 1980s, 1990s and beyond. The nostalgia is strong with this one. PBS Retro is available via The Roku Channel, which is a streaming service on smart TVs and, of course, Roku devices. The 24/7 channel airs all of the shows youre likely picturing right now, including Reading Rainbow and Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Youll also be able to introduce your kids to Thomas and Friends, Zoboomafoo and Kratt's Creatures, among others. Its a collection of old-school classics. This isnt the only PBS-adjacent channel available on Rokus platform. Its home to other ad-supported channels like PBS Antiques Roadshow, Antiques Road Trip, PBS Food, Julia Child and PBS Nature. There are also plenty of PBS-related channels available via subscription, including PBS Masterpiece, PBS Kids, PBS Living, PBS Documentaries and PBS America. Some of these are available on Hulu+ Live TV. PBS may become an even bigger fixture in the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) space in the future. The organization says it's in the early days of experimentation with a goal of making PBS content available in new places. It will continue to consider additional opportunities if these FAST channels increase revenue and brand awareness. In the meantime, Mister Rogers Neighborhood makes for some mighty fine ASMR.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/pbs-retro-is-a-new-fast-channel-playing-just-the-classics-173125500.html?src=rss
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