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News archive: 2024

December

Wednesday, December 11th, 2024

12/11 : Are Your Word Documents Being Used to Train AI?

Friday, December 6th, 2024

12/06 : Google Play to Warn of Poor Quality Apps

Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

12/04 : X Boosted Elon Musk's Posts, Researchers Suggest

November

Friday, November 29th, 2024

11/29 : Windows Security Patches Won't Need Reboot

Thursday, November 28th, 2024

11/28 : What Happens to Chrome if the DOJ Breaks Up Google?

Wednesday, November 27th, 2024

11/27 : Gmail to Get Spam-Busting One-Off Addresses

Tuesday, November 26th, 2024

11/26 : Microsoft at 50: Can AI Keep It Relevant for PC Users?

Monday, November 25th, 2024

11/25 : Bizarre Google Search Risk Claim is Overhyped

Friday, November 22nd, 2024

11/22 : Google May Have to Sell Off Chrome

Thursday, November 21st, 2024

11/21 : Digital Wallets to Face Oversight Under New CFPB Rule

Wednesday, November 20th, 2024

11/20 : Google Will Take Control Of Your PC

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024

11/19 : Bioreactor Meat: Innovation or Controversy?

Monday, November 18th, 2024

11/18 : VideoProc Converter AI Review

Friday, November 15th, 2024

11/15 : Windows 10 Users May Face $30 Fee for Updates

Monday, November 11th, 2024

11/11 : Do Blackmailers Follow Through? (And What to Expect)
11/11 : Google Wallet Expands to Children

Friday, November 8th, 2024

11/08 : Someone Threatening to Post Video, Pics? Here's What to Do
11/08 : Google Fined $2.5 Trillion Trillion Trillion

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

11/06 : Being Blackmailed on Google Chat? Here's What to Do
11/06 : Running App Revealed World Leaders' Location

Monday, November 4th, 2024

11/04 : New AI Model Could Control Computers

Friday, November 1st, 2024

11/01 : 6G Data Could Be 4000 Times Faster

October

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024

10/30 : FTC Vows End to Free Trial and Subscription Scams

Monday, October 28th, 2024

10/28 : Android 15 Boosts Security, Theft Detection Lock

Friday, October 25th, 2024

10/25 : Win10 End-of-Life has Major Security Implications

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

10/23 : Smart Tech Tackles Dementia

Monday, October 21st, 2024

10/21 : Google Facing Breakup in US Court Case

Friday, October 18th, 2024

10/18 : Google Pays Price for App Store 'Monopoly'

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024

10/16 : Smart Glasses Bring Facial Recognition Concerns

Friday, October 11th, 2024

10/11 : Facebook Fined for Password Failure

Wednesday, October 9th, 2024

10/09 : Broadband Subsidy Program Ends But Debate Continues

Monday, October 7th, 2024

10/07 : Telegram Will Share User Data With Cops

Friday, October 4th, 2024

10/04 : New YouTube Channel - Update

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

10/02 : Necro Malware Infects 'Modified' Spotify, WhatsApp

September

Monday, September 30th, 2024

09/30 : Chrome Offers New Options on Browser Notifications

Friday, September 27th, 2024

09/27 : Infopackets to Launch YouTube Tech Support Pilot Program

Monday, September 23rd, 2024

09/23 : Windows File Explorer Can Remotely Access Android Phone

Friday, September 20th, 2024

09/20 : Scammers Frustrate Users into Giving Up their Gmail

Wednesday, September 18th, 2024

09/18 : Being Blackmailed on Instagram? Here's What to Do

Monday, September 16th, 2024

09/16 : Google Brings Back Archived Page Links

Friday, September 13th, 2024

09/13 : AI Songs Earn $12 Million in Royalty Scam

Wednesday, September 11th, 2024

09/11 : Android to Tackle Data Harvesting Scam Apps

Monday, September 9th, 2024

09/09 : Photo-Scraping Business Ignores $39M Privacy Fine

Friday, September 6th, 2024

09/06 : Google Reveals Election Security Efforts

Thursday, September 5th, 2024

09/05 : Windows Recall Not Uninstallable

Wednesday, September 4th, 2024

09/04 : Do Phone 'Drying' Videos Really Work?

August

Friday, August 30th, 2024

08/30 : New Dumbphone Has Smart Branding

Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

08/28 : Ransomware Turns to Triple Threat

Monday, August 26th, 2024

08/26 : Banking Scam Bypasses iOS, Android App Store Vetting

Friday, August 23rd, 2024

08/23 : Google Warns of 2G SMS Scam

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

08/22 : Chrome Sharing Could Blur Sensitive Info

Wednesday, August 21st, 2024

08/21 : FTC Bans Fake Online Reviews

Tuesday, August 20th, 2024

08/20 : Google and Meta Accused of Teen Ad Targeting

Monday, August 19th, 2024

08/19 : Apple 'Distraction Control' Tool May Block Ads

Friday, August 16th, 2024

08/16 : Court: Google Has Search Monopoly

Thursday, August 15th, 2024

08/15 : Google Search Results Slammed In Studies

Wednesday, August 14th, 2024

08/14 : Android Malware Hidden For Years

Tuesday, August 13th, 2024

08/13 : Online Child Privacy Laws a Step Closer

Monday, August 12th, 2024

08/12 : Chrome Update to Kill Many Addons, including Blockers

Friday, August 2nd, 2024

08/02 : Tech Giants Tell Courts to Drop Spyware Loophole

July

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

07/31 : Apple Promotes Safari as Best Choice for Privacy

Monday, July 29th, 2024

07/29 : How to Fix: VMware OVA Import Failed (Virtualbox)

Friday, July 26th, 2024

07/26 : Google Won't Block Tracking Cookies After All

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

07/25 : Quantum Computing Could Be Reality Soon

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

07/24 : Google Cuts Back 'AI Overview' Search

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

07/23 : 10 Billion Password Leak Not What It Seems

Monday, July 22nd, 2024

07/22 : How to Fix: Error Exporting VM on Virtualbox (OVF) to VMware

Friday, July 19th, 2024

07/19 : Company Promises to Patch Win10 After End of Life

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

07/18 : Microsoft Says Customer Affected By Email Hack

Wednesday, July 17th, 2024

07/17 : How to Fix: 2024-01 Security Update for Windows 10 Fails to Install

Tuesday, July 16th, 2024

07/16 : Being Blackmailed on Snapchat? Here's What to Do

Monday, July 15th, 2024

07/15 : Android Gets Easier Health Checks

Wednesday, July 10th, 2024

07/10 : Meta AI Image Warnings Backfire

Monday, July 8th, 2024

07/08 : Scammers Could Send Emails 'From Microsoft'

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024

07/03 : No-Apps Phone Could Cost $799

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024

07/02 : Adobe Accused of Subscription Shadiness

June

Friday, June 28th, 2024

06/28 : How to Fix: Nonexistent host networking interface (Virtualbox)
06/28 : Outlook Users Warned Of Major Bug

Thursday, June 27th, 2024

06/27 : How to Fix: Disable Windows 11 Reboot on Update

Wednesday, June 26th, 2024

06/26 : MS Rethinks Windows 11 Constant Snooping AI Feature

Tuesday, June 25th, 2024

06/25 : How to Fix: Upgrade Win10 VM to 11 (MBR to GPT, VMware)

Monday, June 24th, 2024

06/24 : Windows Update a Must For Wi-Fi Threat

Wednesday, June 19th, 2024

06/19 : Google Maps Timeline Data May Disappear

Monday, June 17th, 2024

06/17 : Microsoft Reinstates Test Program For Windows 10

Friday, June 14th, 2024

06/14 : Background Data Company Suffers Massive Data Breach

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024

06/12 : Google Play 'Update' May Be Scam

Monday, June 10th, 2024

06/10 : YouTube Glitching Again For Adblocker Users

Friday, June 7th, 2024

06/07 : Google Search AI Says Eating Glue is OK

Wednesday, June 5th, 2024

06/05 : WinXP Lasts 10 Minutes Before Becoming Infected

Monday, June 3rd, 2024

06/03 : Nearly 1-in-10 Webpages Disappear in a Year

May

Friday, May 31st, 2024

05/31 : FBI Seizes Hacker Forum

Wednesday, May 29th, 2024

05/29 : TikTok Users Sue Over Ban

Monday, May 27th, 2024

05/27 : Study Claims Internet Use Boosts Wellbeing

Friday, May 24th, 2024

05/24 : FCC Closes Net Neutrality Loophole

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024

05/22 : New Laptop Memory Saves Space and Power

Friday, May 17th, 2024

05/17 : 'Dirty Stream' Floods Android With Malware

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

05/15 : 2.28 Million Rogue Apps Blocked By Google

Friday, May 10th, 2024

05/10 : FCC Revives Net Neutrality

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

05/08 : iPhone May Ditch Buttons

Monday, May 6th, 2024

05/06 : Some iPhone Users Could Bypass App Stores

Friday, May 3rd, 2024

05/03 : Windows Fix Breaks Some VPNs

Wednesday, May 1st, 2024

05/01 : Youtube to Block Apps that Block its Ads

April

Monday, April 29th, 2024

04/29 : Microsoft Tests 'Ads' In Start Menu

Friday, April 26th, 2024

04/26 : FCC Launches Broadband 'Nutrition Labels'

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

04/24 : Microsoft Issues Mega-Security Patch

Monday, April 22nd, 2024

04/22 : 'Find My Device' Works Even if Phone is Off

Friday, April 19th, 2024

04/19 : Google May Charge for Some Search Results

Thursday, April 18th, 2024

04/18 : Microsoft Warns Of Gmail Spam Error

Monday, April 15th, 2024

04/15 : How to Fix: Locked out of ScreenConnect On-Prem v23.9+ (2024)

Friday, April 12th, 2024

04/12 : Florida Passes Age Restriction Rules for Internet

Thursday, April 11th, 2024

04/11 : YouTube Adds 'Jump Ahead' to Best Moments

Monday, April 8th, 2024

04/08 : Home Internet Subsidy Program Ending

Friday, April 5th, 2024

04/05 : Scammers Hijack Google Search AI Results

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024

04/03 : How to Fix: Revert Chrome UI and Right Click Menu (2024)

Monday, April 1st, 2024

04/01 : Apple 'Still Not Playing Fair' for In-App Fees

March

Friday, March 29th, 2024

03/29 : YouTube To Flag Up Misleading AI Clips

Thursday, March 28th, 2024

03/28 : Chrome Improves Real-Time Protection

Wednesday, March 27th, 2024

03/27 : How to Fix: Block HP 44.1.2402.1741 USB Update (Step by Step)

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024

03/26 : Google Pays $10 Million In Bug Bounties

Monday, March 25th, 2024

03/25 : 3D Wi-Fi Could Boost Capacity

Wednesday, March 20th, 2024

03/20 : Web Pioneer Foresees Big Tech Breakup

Monday, March 18th, 2024

03/18 : Security Experts Call for Ransomware Payment Ban

Friday, March 15th, 2024

03/15 : Google To Weed Out Low Quality Sites

Wednesday, March 13th, 2024

03/13 : Windows Bug Exploited For Six Months

Monday, March 11th, 2024

03/11 : Supreme Court Debates Site Moderation vs Censorship

Friday, March 8th, 2024

03/08 : Processor Breakthrough Could Double Speeds

Wednesday, March 6th, 2024

03/06 : Transparent Laptop Display Raises Eyebrows

Monday, March 4th, 2024

03/04 : Apple Updates 'Wet Phone Fix' Advice

Friday, March 1st, 2024

03/01 : Android Malware Targets Banking Apps

February

Monday, February 26th, 2024

02/26 : TikTok Accused of Fueling Addiction

Friday, February 23rd, 2024

02/23 : Patch Tuesday a Must Install This Month

Wednesday, February 21st, 2024

02/21 : Triple-Display Phones On Way

Monday, February 19th, 2024

02/19 : Fake LastPass Gets Vetted by App Store

Friday, February 16th, 2024

02/16 : Toothbrush Botnet Army Story Was Bogus

Wednesday, February 14th, 2024

02/14 : Google Ads Breached by Phone Carrier Scam

Monday, February 12th, 2024

02/12 : Liquid Metal Could Transform Computer Memory

Friday, February 9th, 2024

02/09 : Edge Imports Chrome Tabs Without Permission

Wednesday, February 7th, 2024

02/07 : German Train Company Seeks Windows 3.11 Experts

Monday, February 5th, 2024

02/05 : Windows 10 Support Deadline Raises Questions

Friday, February 2nd, 2024

02/02 : Apple Loopholes Could Quash Third-party App Stores

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

02/01 : New Error Correcting Could Reduce AI Hallucinations

January

Monday, January 29th, 2024

01/29 : 26 Billion User Records Compromised

Wednesday, January 24th, 2024

01/24 : Google Introduces "Circle" Searches

Monday, January 22nd, 2024

01/22 : YouTube Adblocker Controversy Continues

Friday, January 19th, 2024

01/19 : Apple to Allow Third Party App Stores

Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

01/17 : Windows Laptop Meets Android Tablet In New Hybrid

Monday, January 15th, 2024

01/15 : 23andMe Blames Victims for Information Hack

Friday, January 12th, 2024

01/12 : Chrome Starts Blocking Some Cookies

Wednesday, January 10th, 2024

01/10 : WhatsApp Change May Hit Google Storage

Monday, January 8th, 2024

01/08 : Gov't Tackles E-Waste, Discounts Smartphone Repairs

Friday, January 5th, 2024

01/05 : Apple Watch Ban Blocked

Thursday, January 4th, 2024

01/04 : Android To Give Battery Health Updates

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024

01/02 : Supercomputer May Unlock Secrets of The Brain
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