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The coronavirus pandemic has normalized remote work and hangouts across the World, millions of people around the world have realized that a lot can be achieved with little or no physical presence needed. In October this year three major tech companies, Dropbox, Twitter and Square announced that they would be letting employees work remotely forever and many companies have followed suit by going either full time or part time remote. This is not only because of the dangers of the virus but also because of the flexibility, increased productivity and save of cost. A report by BBC showed that remote work has increased the productivity of workers by 13% and this shows that remote work whether full time or part time is here to stay especially in the Tech Eco-system.

The transition into remote working comes with a lot of exchanged face-to-face virtual meetups through any of the video conferencing applications like Zoom, Teams etc and unlike with physical meetings where one would have to “dress up” to work, many people do not put in effort into their looks.
It is with this in mind that the cosmetic giant, L’Oreal launched “Signature Faces” to provide virtual cosmetic enhancement and provide a solution which is similar to real time camera filtering used by influencers and models for selfie and video content.
The Line “Signature Faces” comes with 3 themes and 10 products; the “Volumizing Capsules”, “Plump shot” and “Fire Match” themes and comprises of a digital beauty routine and a detailed tutorial on how to use the virtual make up line.
The new software which is compatible with Snapchat, Instagram, Google Duo and video conferencing platforms like Skype, zoom, Google Hangouts etc. can be used to add 10 products across the three themed “Looks” to “break the boundaries of classical makeup [and]sign your digital look with confidence and audacity” the company says
This debut by L’Oreal is similar to the acquisition of AI Modiface two years back that led to a Facebook partnership which allowed users to try on make-up virtually, including products sold by Maybelline, NYX, Girgio Armani, Yves Saint, Urban Decay and Laurent.

If you are currently in possession of an older Android phone, it might be time for an upgrade as Android Police has reported that Android Users with phones running versions of Android prior to 7.1.1 Nougat will be cut off from a huge section of the internet starting in 2021.

This is because the cross-signing agreement between the Certificate authority, Let’s Encrypt and fellow certificate authority IdenTrust will expire on the 1st of September, 2021 and there are currently no plans for renewal. The Mozilla-partnered non-profit, Let’s Encrypt, plans to stop default cross-signing for IdenTrust ‘s root certificate, DST Root X3 as they plan to switch over to solely using their own ISRG Root X1 root come January 11th of 2021.

This transition is set to be a very significant shift because as much as one-third of all web domains rely on the organization’s certificate and since older software will not trust Let’s Encrypt’s root certificate, this could “introduce some compatibility woes’’ as put by Let’s Encrypt lead developer Jacob Hoffman-Andrews.

Jacob went further to explain that ‘’Some software that hasn’t been updated since 2016 (approximately when our root was accepted to many root programs) still doesn’t trust our root certificate, ISRG Root X1, most notably this includes versions of Android prior to 7.1.1 that means those older versions of Android will no longer trust certificates issued by Let’s Encrypt.’’

Recent data from Google’s Android development Suite revealed that roughly 34% of Android devices still run a version older than 7.1, what this means is that millions of users worldwide will potentially be cut off from a large portion of the secure worldwide web come 2021 so this may be a good time to start searching for a new android phone to purchase ahead of 2021.

The only workaround that might prove useful for users of older versions of Android phones would be to install Firefox since the browser is depending on its own certificate store which includes Let’s Encrypt’s root but using this as a quick fix will still not be an absolute solution because that will still not keep applications from breaking neither will it ensure that other web activities that need to be carried out outside and beyond the Firefox browser will function so the best fix is to take advantage of holiday promos currently taking place and get a new and current android device to avoid any inconveniences that may arise from Let’s Encrypt transition.

Source: Tech Sight Now