Google will soon switch on two-factor authentication by default

Google is going to enroll people in two-factor authentication by default, starting to start enrolling customers in the process if their accounts are “appropriately configured” once enabled, they will receive a prompt on their smartphone to verify that an attempted login with their Google account is legitimate.

Billboard Teams Up With Twitter to Create Chart for Most-Tweeted Songs

Billboard is publishing a ranking of the most popular songs in the U.S. based on Twitter conversations, updating the chart everyday and writing stories and video around the data. The chart is called the Billboard Hot Trending Powered by Twitter, and advertisers can pay to sponsor the chart.

BMW CEO Sees Semiconductor Investment Wave Easing Supply Crunch

BMW AG expects the global shortage of semiconductors to be resolved as companies and governments zero-in on the issue, forcing carmakers to curtail production just as demand picks up in major economies that are easing pandemic restrictions. The European Commission plans to double the bloc’s chip production to at least 20% of world supply by 2030.