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How to use two-factor authentication on popular PC gaming platforms

Feb19
by on February 19, 2019 at 4:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an easy-to-implement method of protection for online accounts. If you’ve never used it before for one reason or another, when it’s enabled, you must produce evidence to verify your identity before you can log in. Usually this means a platform requires you to enter a code sent to you through other means. This can be especially important for something like a gaming platform or store. Given what they’re used for, these…

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How to use two-factor authentication on popular PC gaming platforms

Feb19
by on February 19, 2019 at 4:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an easy-to-implement method of protection for online accounts. If you’ve never used it before for one reason or another, when it’s enabled, you must produce evidence to verify your identity before you can log in. Usually this means a platform requires you to enter a code sent to you through other means. This can be especially important for something like a gaming platform or store. Given what they’re used for, these…

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Why French unicorn BlaBlaCar still believes in ‘done is better than perfect’

Feb19
by on February 19, 2019 at 3:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Fundamentals


For our ongoing series Fundamentals, we’re looking at different companies worldwide and the basic principles they were built on. This time: ride-sharing service BlaBlaCar. Yes, the name sounds a little goofy, but BlaBlaCar is anything but. The company has been around since 2006 and is one of France’s few unicorns — a startup valued at over $1 billion. The ride-sharing service is now available in 22 countries. The platform has 70 million users, including eight million active drivers. The premise is simple: drivers who are about to make a long distance trip — let’s say, from Amsterdam to Paris —…

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This $20 course shows you how to shoot amazing videos right on your DLSR

Feb19
by on February 19, 2019 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


As an accomplished director and cinematographer, Jessica Dimmock knows all the tricks for shooting quality video that can be both visually compelling and tell a story. Now, you can take advantage of her reservoir of knowledge with the Use Your Photography Skills to Master Videography course. By getting in now, you can lock in all this training for almost 80 percent off, just $19.99 from TNW Deals.

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EU’s proposed upload filters suck and Youtube’s ‘child pornography’ snafu shows why

Feb19
by on February 19, 2019 at 2:02 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


YouTube just backtracked its inexplicable decision to delete three popular Pokémon Go channels — Trainer Tips, Mystic7, and Marksman — for violating the platform’s rules against sexualizing minors. All the channels were completely innocent of any wrongdoing and the incident raises serious questions about automated review of content — something that needs to be answered ahead of the EU‘s upcoming Copyright Reform. In case anyone at @TeamYouTube is taking notes on today’s mishap, CP stands for Combat Points. I’m on board with fighting back against inappropriate content, but your algorithm needs a lesson in CONTEXT. Also, just to reiterate, MANUAL…

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