📰 Check out today's top technology news! 🌐 🔒 Google has announced a new algorithm that protects FIDO encryption from quantum computers. This breakthrough ensures your online security stays intact. 🔒 🤖 Are you using AI chatbots in your school or university? Share your experiences with us! 🎓 💰 The creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club plans to block OpenSea in a battle over payments. Find out more about this clash in the NFT world. 💥 🌍 The European Commission is assessing Qualcomm's bid to acquire Autotalks, an Israel-based chipmaker. Stay tuned for updates on this acquisition. 👀 Read more about these exciting tech stories here: 1️⃣ [Google's new algorithm](https://github.com/google/OpenSK/releases/tag/hybrid-pqc) 2️⃣ [ChatGPT in education](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/nyregion/are-you-using-chatgpt-in-your-school-or-university-we-want-to-hear-about-it.html) 3️⃣ [Bored Ape Yacht Club vs OpenSea](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/18/23837677/bayc-opensea-drops-support-creator-royalty-fees) 4️⃣ [Qualcomm's bid for Autotalks](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-to-assess-qualcomms-planned-takeover-of-israels-autotalks/articleshow/102834096.cms) #TechNews #OnlineSecurity #AIChatbots #NFTs #Acquisition #QuantumComputing

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Google announces new algorithm that makes FIDO encryption safe from quantum computers

The FIDO2 industry standard adopted five years ago provides the most secure known way to log in to websites because it doesn't rely on passwords and has the most secure form of built-in two-factor authentication. Like many existing security schemes today, though, FIDO faces an ominous if distant threat from quantum computing, which one day will cause the currently rock-solid cryptography the standard uses to completely crumble.

Over the past decade, mathematicians and engineers have scrambled to head off this cryptopocalypse with the advent of PQC—short for post-quantum cryptography—a class of encryption that uses algorithms resistant to quantum-computing attacks. This week, researchers from Google announced the release of the first implementation of quantum-resistant encryption for use in the type of security keys that are the basic building blocks of FIDO2.

The best known implementation of FIDO2 is the passwordless form of authentication: passkeys. So far, there are no known ways passkeys can be defeated in credential phishing attacks. Dozens of sites and services now allow users to log in using passkeys, which use cryptographic keys stored in security keys, smartphones, and other devices.

Are You Using ChatGPT in Your School or University? We Want to Hear About It.

We're asking educators and students how they are using new A.I. chatbots for teaching and coursework.

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Bored Ape Yacht Club creator to block OpenSea in fight over payments

Two of the biggest names in the NFT space are clashing over the future of how the tokens' creators get paid. Yuga Labs, the company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks, said today that it would block the ability to trade its newer NFTs on OpenSea by February 2024. The move is meant to protest OpenSea's decision to stop collecting royalties on behalf of NFT creators — a huge blow to Yuga's business.

One of the big promises of NFTs was that their original creator would get a cut every time they were resold. For companies like Yuga, which saw explosive prices on its Bored Ape collection for a time, those royalty fees added up to tens of millions of dollars (a blog post suggests the number was $35 million for Bored Apes alone just...

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The European Commission plans to make a regulatory assessment of Qualcomm's bid to acquire Israel-based fabless chipmaker Autotalks

The European Commission plans to make a regulatory assessment of Qualcomm's bid to acquire Israel-based fabless chipmaker Autotalks, first announced in May 2023. Qualcomm announced the planned takeover in May as the US company looks to expand its automotive-related business.

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