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Passkeys are safer than passwords: they use public-key cryptography, cannot be reused or leaked in a server breach, and are tied to the real site, which blocks phishing.

The Pimax Crystal Pro costs $1,399, or $1,899 with the 60G AirLink kit; the kit alone is $599.

The all-electric Jaguar Type 01 grand tourer, unveiled in New York in October 2026, starts at $130,500 in the US and from £130,000 in the UK.

On October 6, 2026, ASOS app users in the UK received an unauthorised push notification from apparent hackers claiming to have compromised the retailer’s Snowflake data; ASOS says card details and passwords are not believed to be affected.

A firewall checks network traffic against a set of rules and blocks traffic from addresses, applications, or ports that are not allowed. It can be a hardware device or software built into your computer.

Synced passkeys, such as those in iCloud Keychain, carry over to your other devices; a thief still needs your fingerprint, face, or PIN, and you can remove the lost phone’s passkey from your account.

Finland’s Supervisory Agency ordered work halted at Google’s planned Muhos and Kajaani data centre sites after more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared, partly without a required environmental impact assessment.

A fire escape is an emergency exit, usually outdoor steel stairs or ladders on a building, that lets people get out when interior stairwells are blocked.

An FPGA is a chip whose logic can be programmed and reprogrammed after manufacturing, used for prototyping, telecom, automotive, aerospace and other specialized hardware.

A passkey is a password replacement based on FIDO standards. It is stored on your device or a security key, and you sign in with the same fingerprint, face scan, or PIN you use to unlock it.