iOS 14.5 to allow Apple Watch owners to unlock iPhones even with face masks on

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Apple iPhone users—especially those whose unit has no other biometric security option other than Face ID—have been left to key in their passcode when they open their devices while wearing masks. While it's a more tedious problem than anything else, it is still an inconvenience. Apple has a provisional solution coming out. The new iOS 14.5 beta update will let Apple iPhone users who also have an Apple Watch quickly authenticate and unlock their phones with the wearable.

This feature is already available on the Mac, but now iPhone users will get access to the function, too. It will require that you have wrist detection enabled on your Apple Watch because you need an unlocked Apple Watch nearby, "on your wrist, unlocked, and protected by a passcode."

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Apple now has an iCloud password extension for Chrome

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It's now possible for Windows Chrome users to access strong Safari passwords on its browser. Apple just launched a new iCloud Passwords extension for Chrome. This extension was launched alongside iCloud for Windows version 12.0, which adds the "passwords" item to the list of available services. If you select that option, it will prompt you to download the extension.

As the description states, if you use Safari to generate strong passwords for websites automatically, you can access these passwords on Chrome, too. And if you create passwords in Chrome for Windows, these will sync with iCloud so you can use them on Apple devices also. 

Source: Engadget

'Justice League' Snyder Cut is coming to Crave on Mar. 18

Source: Warner Bros.

Since we don't have HBO Max, Zack Snyder's Justice League will be coming to Crave instead. It'll also arrive on March 18 on the streaming service. The Synder cut, as it is known, is the full version made by the director. Joss Whedon completed the film released in theatres after Synder had to leave because of a family emergency. Whedon had to cut out many of Snyder's content to fit into a two-hour running time, so fans were clamouring to see the full version. And we finally get to see it soon.

Source: CBR

Microsoft Translator now supports Inuktitut

Microsoft recently added the dialect Inuktitut to Microsoft Translator. The addition will let you translate over 70 languages to and from Inuktitut, the primary dialect of the Inuktut language.

Approximately 40,000 Inuit speak Inuktitut across Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland in Canada. Seventy percent of the residents of Nunavut use Inuktitut. Microsoft worked with the Government of Nunavut for this initiative. Inuktitut speakers volunteered their time to validate and test translations.

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