Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google enables passkeys, a new FIDO Alliance-developed cryptographic keys solution that requires a preauthenticated device, for all accounts on major platforms  —  Google’s next step into a passwordless future is here with the announcement that passkeys — a new cryptographic keys solution … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: TSMC is in talks to spend between €7B and €10B to build a chip plant in Saxony, Germany, working with NXP, Bosch, Infineon, and the German government  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is in talks with partners to spend as much as €10 billion ($11 billion) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Google plans to change Chrome’s URL bar lock icon, introduced to show HTTPS, to a “variant of the tune icon”, saying HTTPS is now present on malicious websites  —  Google announced today that the lock icon, long thought to be a sign of website security and trustworthiness … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Conger / New York Times: Jack Dorsey has posted 59 times per day on average on Nostr since January 2023, often talking about crypto and open source while criticizing Elon Musk  —  The Twitter co-founder has posted prolifically on two new social networks, Nostr and Bluesky, which he also backed financially. Lees verder op Tech Meme