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Loupdeck, which started as an Indiegogo project with its original Lightroom editing console, has been acquired by Logitech for an undisclosed “non-material” sum, the companies announced. “This acquisition augments Logitech’s product portfolio today and accelerates our software ambitions of enabling keyboards, mice and more to become smarter and contextually aware,” said Logitech G general manager Ujesh Desai in a statement. 

After launching an advanced editing console in 2019 (the Loupedeck CT), the company pivoted toward video streaming with the Loupedeck Live and Loupedeck Live S. Those offer an alternative to Elgato’s Stream Deck, used by content creators to add titles, picture-in-picture and more to live streams. Loupedeck also collaborated with Razer on its own creator product, the Stream Controller.

Buying Loupedeck gives Logitech the ability to deliver a “premium experience” for content creators including gamers, livestreamers and others, it said. At the same time, Logitech is promising more “seamless” usage for onboarding, presets and the coupling of Streamlabs apps and Loupedeck devices. For its part, Loupedeck said that joining Logitech will help it “exponentially” broaden its audience. 

In fact, Logitech acquired Streamlabs back in 2019 to get deeper into game streaming — one of a number of brand purchases it has made over the past few years. In 2016 it bought gaming peripheral company Saitek, in 2017 it purchased Astro, which makes headsets popular with gamers and streamers, and in 2018, Logitech aquired Blue Microphones.

How have those acquisitions worked out? Earlier this year Logitech retired the Blue branding, though it still manufactures most of the company’s original products like the Yeti and Snowball mics. Loupedeck’s products are nice but a bit expensive, so Logitech may be able to bring the price down while increasing manufacturing quality. In any case, “Loupedeck will continue supporting its customers and partners and will operate as usual for the foreseeable future,” the press release states.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/logitech-acquires-streaming-console-maker-loupedeck-081558711.html?src=rss 

The list of third-party apps that support passkey login on the iPhone has grown by one, thanks to TikTok. Users of the popular video-sharing service will now have the option to sign in with their passkey associated with their Apple ID, which means they can easily get into their account using Face or Touch ID. Passkeys are considered a safer option than password logins, since they’re comprised of a cryptographic key pair. 

One of the keys is a public key that’s associated with the website or service, while the other is a private key stored only in the user’s device. Services and apps like TikTok don’t have access to that private key, and users can’t copy it down or give it out, making passkeys resistant to data breaches and social engineering by bad actors. iOS devices authenticate users’ identity for logins using their biometric data before matching their private key with a service’s public one. 

To be able to use passkeys on TikTok for iPhones and iPads, their device must be running the latest version of iOS. Their iCloud Keychain must also be enabled, because Apple stores passkeys in its password management system. Finally, two-factor authentication must be switched on for their Apple ID. 

TikTok will start rolling out passkey support to certain regions in Asia, Africa, Australia and South America this month. The video sharing service said the feature will be available in other locations and on other operating systems over time, so it will most likely make its way to North America and to Android devices. TikTok users who get access to the login option can activate it by going to their Profile at the bottom of the app and then accessing Settings and privacy in the Menu. From there, they need to access the Account option and then tap iCloud passkey to see the setup screen.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-rolls-out-passkey-login-for-ios-devices-053212136.html?src=rss