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News archive: 2021

May

Thursday, May 13th, 2021

05/13 : 88% of iOS Users Reject Online Tracking

Wednesday, May 12th, 2021

05/12 : Windows Defender Bug Fills Hard Drive

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021

05/11 : Microsoft Ditches Windows 10X

Thursday, May 6th, 2021

05/06 : Google Criticized Over Misleading Gov't Ads

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

05/05 : Windows Update May Solve High CPU Usage Bug

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021

05/04 : EU Forces Web Hosts to Take Down Terror Content

Monday, May 3rd, 2021

05/03 : Being Blackmailed for Money on Facebook? Here's What to Do
05/03 : How to Fix: VMWare RDP Protocol Error Session Disconnected

April

Friday, April 30th, 2021

04/30 : Scammed by Wowser E Services? Here's What to Do

Thursday, April 29th, 2021

04/29 : Facebook Slammed For Teen Ad Targeting

Wednesday, April 28th, 2021

04/28 : Android Phones Hijacked For Ad Scam

Tuesday, April 27th, 2021

04/27 : Apple, Facebook Fight Over Ad Tracking

Monday, April 26th, 2021

04/26 : WinX DVD Ripper: Convert / Play DVDs on Windows 10

Thursday, April 22nd, 2021

04/22 : Relief On Hand From Endless Video Meetings

Wednesday, April 21st, 2021

04/21 : FCC: Please Check Your Internet Speed

Tuesday, April 20th, 2021

04/20 : Chrome Gets New Features

Thursday, April 15th, 2021

04/15 : Use of AI Could Be Banned or Restricted

Wednesday, April 14th, 2021

04/14 : Phones to Alert Pedestrians to 'Pay Attention'

Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

04/13 : Courts Divided Over Disabled Access to Websites

Friday, April 9th, 2021

04/09 : 500M Phone Numbers Exposed in Facebook Leak

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021

04/07 : Windows 10 21H1 Spring Update: Not Much to See

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

04/06 : US to Spend $100B to Expand Broadband

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

04/01 : Smartphone Not a Phone, Claims Samsung

March

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

03/31 : Optional Windows Update Fixes Host Of Problems

Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

03/30 : Major Apple Bug Threatens Browser Security

Monday, March 29th, 2021

03/29 : Someone Threatening to Post Video, Pics? Here's What to Do

Friday, March 26th, 2021

03/26 : Blackmailed on Google Hangouts? Here's What to Do

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

03/25 : YouTube to Produce Ads based on Image Recognition

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

03/24 : Computer Chips In Short Supply

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021

03/23 : Robocallers Fined $225M; May be Blocked by Carriers

Monday, March 22nd, 2021

03/22 : VideoProc Review

Thursday, March 18th, 2021

03/18 : How to Fix: Remove Chrome Reading List

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021

03/17 : $5B Lawsuit Advances Over Chrome Incognito Privacy

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

03/16 : India to Outlaw Bitcoin

Friday, March 12th, 2021

03/12 : Report Details Government Internet Shutdowns

Thursday, March 11th, 2021

03/11 : Canadian Broadband Among Most Affordable

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

03/09 : Google Maps May Have Ads

Monday, March 8th, 2021

03/08 : MS to Fix Broken Windows Update with New Rollout

Friday, March 5th, 2021

03/05 : Single Character Could Crash Windows PC

Thursday, March 4th, 2021

03/04 : Chrome Zero-Day Bug: Update Now

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021

03/03 : California Net Neutrality Law to Take Effect

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021

03/02 : Apple Suffers Malware Scare

February

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

02/25 : Proposed Law Would Bar State-Run Broadband

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021

02/23 : Report: Most Emails Contain 'Spy Pixel'

Thursday, February 18th, 2021

02/18 : Video Calls Skyrocket; Trend Expected to Continue

Wednesday, February 17th, 2021

02/17 : Phone AI Can Suggest Pics to Delete

Tuesday, February 16th, 2021

02/16 : Serious Windows Flaw: Hackers Can Remotely Crash PCs

Saturday, February 13th, 2021

02/13 : Why Indonesia Leads the World in VPN Users

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

02/10 : Hacker Tries to Poison Water Supply

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

02/09 : 3 Billion Online Pics Scraped for Face-Match Database

Thursday, February 4th, 2021

02/04 : Facebook: Let Us Track You to Help Businesses

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021

02/03 : iPhone Allows Facial Unlock While Wearing Mask

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021

02/02 : Hotmail, Outlook Email Limits Force $70/yr Fee

January

Thursday, January 28th, 2021

01/28 : Twitter Truth Seekers to Label 'Misleading' Posts

Wednesday, January 27th, 2021

01/27 : Google Says Cookie-Free Advertising Works

Tuesday, January 26th, 2021

01/26 : Ransomware Gets Doubly Dangerous

Thursday, January 21st, 2021

01/21 : Online Shopping Prices May Be Manipulated

Wednesday, January 20th, 2021

01/20 : Dating App 'Politics' Filter Turned Against Rioters

Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

01/19 : Google, Facebook Face News Fees

Thursday, January 14th, 2021

01/14 : WWW Creator Reenvisions How Personal Data is Stored

Wednesday, January 13th, 2021

01/13 : Samsung Program Repurposes Old Phones

Tuesday, January 12th, 2021

01/12 : 100M Users Still Using Windows 7

Monday, January 11th, 2021

01/11 : How to Fix: Disable Chrome 'Sign into Website' Notification

Friday, January 8th, 2021

01/08 : Chrome Defaults to Secure Website Version

Wednesday, January 6th, 2021

01/06 : Ticketmaster Fined $10M for Hacking Competitor

Tuesday, January 5th, 2021

01/05 : Chrome Security Software Bug Fixed
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