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| | | Google Is Tightening Up Chrome Extensions So You Can’t Install Them from Websites | | The Verge | Google is announcing some changes to the way it handles extensions in its Chrome browser. Starting today, newly published extensions will only be available in the Chrome Web Store. For years, web developers have been able to trigger installations of Chrome extensions from their own websites, or inline installation as Google calls it, but Google is phasing this method out. | | Journalists Got a Free USB Fan at the Trump-Kim Summit. They've Been Told Not To Plug It In. | | Mashable | While the world's eyes watch Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un meet in Singapore, the information security community is abuzz with concern. Journalists covering the event received goody bags containing a blue, innocent-looking mini USB fan. "Do not plug this in. Do not keep it," tweeted journalist Barton Gellman, who led coverage on the U.S. National Security Agency after receiving top secret documents from Edward Snowden. The risk is the device could be a covert method of installing malware onto the computers of journalists covering the summit. | | The Google Pixelbook Power Button Is Now a 2FA Token | | Naked Security | If you own a Google Pixelbook, intriguing news – it appears the power button can now double as an alternative to using U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) tokens for two-factor authentication (2FA). Given that the Pixelbook only has two USB-C ports, it’s not hard to see why Google might want to enable the feature for users who begrudge having to use one for a token. | | Twitter’s Best Reactions To E3 2018 (So Far) | | Nerdist | Here are just some of the funniest, smartest, and most intriguing reactions on Twitter from this year’s E3. Give these folks a follow if you’re a fan of live-tweeting and gamer gut reactions. |
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| | | How to Mention (@) Other Users in the New Gmail | | MakeUseOf | You’re probably already familiar with the concept of using the @ symbol to mention someone—it’s a feature that’s available in many other services, including Twitter, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Now here’s how to use it in Gmail. | | How to Delete a Header or Footer from a Single Page in Word | | How-To Geek | You can remove or make changes to headers or footers on any page in Microsoft Word. This is handy if, for example, you want to hide the header or footer on a specific page. The process is a bit different if you want to delete a header or footer on the first page of your document or on any other pages. Here’s how it works. |
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| | | Companies Eager to Expand Digital Business Learn Value of the Once-Obscure API | | CIO Journal | Once considered the duct tape of enterprise IT, the use of APIs has grown rapidly in recent years, as closed networks give way to open platforms. Microsoft Corp., less dependent on its Windows operating system, now relies on APIs to make its applications available on other platforms, such as Apple Inc.’s iOS. Similarly, companies increasingly are signing on to multiple cloud providers with diverse platforms and infrastructure, taking an a-la-carte approach to business software, rather than rely on a single tech vendor. Together these shifts are pushing the value of APIs to new highs. |
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| | | Old Gmail Routing Settings to Be Automatically Converted Starting July 11th | | G Suite Updates | In January 2017, Google announced some changes to the Gmail routing settings in the Admin console. These changes are now launching this month. Going forward, your remaining Sending routing, Receiving routing, Catch-all address, and Domain-level routing settings are read-only. These settings are still active, but in order to make changes, you need to click the CONVERT button next to the existing rule. |
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