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Here’s Why Microsoft Is Ditching Passwords for New Accounts

6May

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Here’s Why Microsoft Is Ditching Passwords for New Accounts

Microsoft is taking another big step toward eliminating passwords with a "passwordless by default" setting for new accounts. New users will be prompted to set up passkeys when creating their Microsoft logins, leaving passwords behind. The company has had passwordless sign-in options for Windows 11 and Microsoft accounts for several years, and in 2024 expanded passkey support across Windows, Android, and iOS. This is a big change, but not one without reason. In fact, it may make Microsoft accounts more secure, and render many scammers' phishing tactics obsolete. The benefits of passkeysPasskeys are not only easier to use than passwords combined with other forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) like SMS codes and authenticator apps—they're also more secure. Passkeys are cryptographically g...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex-trafficking trial: All the info you need to know – National

6May

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex-trafficking trial: All the info you need to know – National

For more than two decades, Sean “Diddy” Combs was known as one of hip-hop’s biggest entrepreneurs, making hits for top talent like Notorious B.I.G. and creating a business empire that included Bad Boy Records, a fashion brand, a TV network, deals with liquor companies and a key role in reality TV show Making The Band. But now, U.S. prosecutors allege that for 20 years, behind the scenes, Diddy was coercing and abusing women with help from a network of associates who helped silence victims through blackmail and violence.Diddy has pleaded not guilty and denied all of the allegations. Jury selection for his trial begins on Monday, May 5 at a federal courthouse in Manhattan with testimony set to follow the week of May 12.Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the trial. Story cont...

How disrupted brain activity affects cognitive function in Parkinson`s patients

6May

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How disrupted brain activity affects cognitive function in Parkinson`s patients

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have in a new study unravelled how disrupted brain activity impacts cognitive functions in Parkinson’s patients. The study focussed on altered reward processing in Parkinson’s patients to decode why Parkinson’s patients lack motivation and have impaired decision-making. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder mainly causing shaky limbs, muscle stiffness, and slow movements. However, some Parkinson’s patients also manifest symptoms such as a lack of motivation or disability in experiencing pleasure, attributed to a lack of dopamine hormone. Commonly known as the ‘feel-good’ hormone, dopamine is generally produced when performing a pleasurable task or receiving a reward. Lack of dopamine in individuals with Par...

Kota Factory star Mayur More on Black, White & Gray: ‘I didn’t read the script`

6May

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Kota Factory star Mayur More on Black, White & Gray: ‘I didn’t read the script`

Would you believe it if we told you that Mayur More, who played the meek and clumsy IIT aspirant Vaibhav Pandey in Kota Factory, has never watched his own show? The actor confesses that apart from the first season, he has never dared to watch any of his work. “I get too critical about my work, wondering what I could have done better. It’s an unwanted pressure,” shares More, who is seen in Pushkar Mahabal’s directorial series Black, White & Gray — Love Kills. The series follows journalist Daniel Gary, who sets out to uncover four murders linked to an elusive young man — played by More — from an economically disadvantaged background. As Daniel investigates, he exposes a web of corruption, patriarchy, and societal divides, blurring the lines between guilt and innocence. In conversation wi...

NDP choose Vancouver MP Don Davies as interim leader

6May

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NDP choose Vancouver MP Don Davies as interim leader

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal NDP has selected Vancouver-Kingsway MP Don Davies to serve as the party’s interim leader. It comes as the party gears up to hold a leadership contest to replace Jagmeet Singh, who announced plans to step down following the New Democrats’ poor showing in the April 28 federal election.In a statement, the party said the NDP’s Federal Council had made the decision in consultation with its reduced caucus. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. “While the recent election results were not what we hoped for, our co...

Trump threatens tariffs on movies, but experts say it may not be so simple – National

5May

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Trump threatens tariffs on movies, but experts say it may not be so simple – National

The film and streaming industry is the latest area of focus for U.S. President Donald Trump and his tariff strategy, but experts say there are many challenges to imposing tariffs on production companies. What has Trump said about the film industry? Leading up to the election, Trump campaigned on reviving domestic manufacturing and production in the United States. Story continues below advertisement On Sunday night, Trump took to social media saying, “The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Na...

Premier Danielle Smith giving live address on Alberta’s ‘path forward’ with Ottawa

5May

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Premier Danielle Smith giving live address on Alberta’s ‘path forward’ with Ottawa

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 5, 2025 4:28 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will deliver a livestreamed address Monday afternoon to outline the province’s path forward with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government. Smith has said she will be looking to strike a “What’s Next” panel to poll Albertans on issues they want to see addressed after last week’s federal election. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. ...

The New Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 Are $50 Off Right Now

5May

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The New Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 Are $50 Off Right Now

We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 might've made headlines for their heart-rate monitoring feature, but that's actually their worst feature. These new earbuds, which came out in February, compete against the AirPods Pro 2, since they're normally the same price. Right now, though, you can get Beats' Powerbeats Pro 2 for $199.95 (originally $249.99) after their first major discount, according to price-tracking tools. Beats waited five years to upgrade the Powerbeats Pro. For those who waited patiently for the new version (and now for a good discount), they'll be rewarded with great workout earbuds, according to Beth Skwarecki's review, for under $200. ...

Study finds brain abnormalities common to insomnia, anxiety, depression

5May

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Study finds brain abnormalities common to insomnia, anxiety, depression

A new study has found three brain abnormalities common to insomnia, anxiety and depression -- and one of them is a smaller thalamus in the brain, which is linked to attention and memory problems. The other two are -- a weaker connectivity which hampers communication between brain regions and a reduced area of the cerebral cortex, a form of brain damage also impacting memory and language. Insomnia, or having trouble falling or staying asleep, has been studied to increase the risk of mental disorders, including anxiety and depression. "In addition, some abnormalities are unique to each disorder. For example, the severity of insomnia appears to be more closely related to smaller volumes in the brain areas associated with reward," author Elleke Tissink, from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam...

Trump wants non-U.S. movies to face 100% tariff. Who could it impact?

5May

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Trump wants non-U.S. movies to face 100% tariff. Who could it impact?

President Donald Trump is opening a new salvo in his tariff war, targeting films made outside the U.S. In a post Sunday night on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he has authorized the Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to slap a 100 per cent tariff “on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.”“The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” he wrote, complaining that other countries “are offering all sorts of incentives to draw” filmmakers and studios away from the U.S. “This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!”It wasn’t immediately clear how any such tariff on international productions coul...