Google hasn’t significantly tweaked Authenticator on Android for years (Android Police notes the last big upgrade was in 2017), but it’s about to get a much-needed refresh. The company is rolling out ...

Your Google Authenticator one-time codes are no longer trapped if you lose the device that stores them. An update to Authenticator for Android and iOS now stores backups of codes in your Google ...

While they may not be the all-in-one solution some had envisioned, QR codes are still very popular. It’s easy to understand why, too — just point your camera or scanner at a QR code, and you’re ...

What is a QR code? A QR code (short for Quick Response code) is a two-dimensional barcode that can be read by your smartphone camera. QR codes provide quick access to product information, promotions ...

You can move Google Authenticator to a new phone so that your new device can gain an additional level of security through two-step authentication. You can set up two-step authentication using the ...

As smartphones have become more and more ubiquitous, so have QR codes. These maze-looking squares are a type of matrix bar code that contains data — usually, QR codes point to a website or open a ...

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If it seems like QR codes are everywhere these days, that's because, well, they are. Thanks to a surge in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, these scannable codes are being used by businesses ...

The Quick Response code (or QR code) was introduced in 1994, but it never really took off in the US until decades later when the pandemic created a need for a quick, easy, and (most importantly) touch ...