Have you ever gotten a new phone only to find out it’s locked to a specific carrier? This often happens when you purchase a subsidized phone from a carrier. The carrier locks the phone so you can’t ...

Google is giving Chromebook owners a new way to unlock their laptops, one that Windows users have been taking advantage of for over a year now. It's the ability to sign in to Chrome OS using a PIN ...

If you're looking for a more efficient way to lock and unlock your Chromebook screen, here's how to do that with the help of the developer channel and PIN unlock. Google is always experimenting with ...

The front door has gone digital! Ditch digging around for a key and unlock the door with a pin code or finger print instead.

There are a lot of great aspects of Chrome OS, however one of its worst “features” is the lockscreen. While it certainly does a great job keeping your Chromebook secure, entering in your full password ...

PIN unlock is a fairly secure method of locking down your phone, and in Android 14’s latest beta release, Google is making it a bit easier for Pixel users as they’ll no longer need to confirm unlock ...

Guess how long it would take a computer to brute-force an 8-number password. The answer: instantly. That's according to Hive Systems' Password Table, which shows how shockingly quick passwords of ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 will have an option to set a PIN to unlock your console when you turn it on. You can see the new “System Lock” option in a new video in the Nintendo Today app that’s actually ...

Today, 1Password announced a new “unlock with device” setting that auto-unlocks the app when you unlock your Mac. Here’s how ...