Series · Technology
Tech, Plainly
Four short explainers on the technology behind everyday apps and devices: what an API does, why two-factor authentication matters, what a chip's nanometre number means and why laptops slow down with age.
4 parts17 min in totalBy Kabir Sethi
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Part 1What an API is, explained without jargonThe quiet messenger behind every app that shows weather, maps or payments. - 2
Part 2How two-factor authentication keeps accounts safeA password alone is easy to steal. A second step makes a stolen password far less useful. - 3
Part 3What a chip's 'nanometre' number really meansA 3 nm chip doesn't have 3 nm parts. The number has become a name for a generation. - 4
Part 4Why laptops slow down as they get olderIt's rarely the processor wearing out. Storage, heat and heavier software are the usual culprits.
