News in the Technology category

Square: Last week’s outage was caused by DNS issue, not a cyberattack

Payment processing firm Square says a widespread outage that took down a large part of the company's infrastructure last week was caused by a DNS issue.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 11, 2023
- 11:21 AM
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Google rolls out Privacy Sandbox to use Chrome browsing history for ads

Google has started to roll out its new interest-based advertising platform called the Privacy Sandbox, shifting the tracking of user's interests from third-party cookies to the Chrome browser.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 09, 2023
- 02:59 PM
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Rogers internet outage affecting customers in Ontario, Canada

Rogers customers, primarily those located in Downtown Toronto and parts of Ontario, are reporting outages this week affecting their internet service. Some report being without internet for days, while others are experiencing intermittent disruptions and slowdowns when using their internet.
- Ax Sharma
- September 07, 2023
- 08:27 AM
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Yes, there's an npm package called @(-.-)/env and some others like it

Strangely named npm packages like -, @!-!/-, @(-.-)/env, and --hepl continue to exist on the internet's largest software registry. While not all of these may necessarily pose an obvious security risk, some were named before npm enforced naming guidelines and could potentially break tooling.
- Ax Sharma
- September 02, 2023
- 08:00 AM
- 0
MSI: Recent wave of Windows blue screens linked to MSI motherboards

MSI has officially confirmed the recent surge of blue screens of death (BSODs) encountered by Windows users after installing this week's optional preview updates is linked to some of its motherboard models.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 25, 2023
- 12:36 PM
- 0
US charges founders of Tornado Cash mixer used by Lazarus hackers

The U.S. Justice Department charged two Tornado Cash founders with helping criminals, including the notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group, launder over $1 billion worth of stolen cryptocurrency through their decentralized crypto mixing service.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 23, 2023
- 01:39 PM
- 0
Ongoing Duo outage causes Azure Auth authentication errors

Cisco-owned multi-factor authentication (MFA) provider Duo Security is investigating an ongoing outage that has been causing authentication failures and errors starting three hours ago.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 21, 2023
- 12:26 PM
- 0
Xiaomi's MIUI now flags Telegram as dangerous in China

Asian smartphone giant Xiaomi is now blocking Telegram from being installed on devices using its MIUI system and firmware interface.
- Mayank Parmar
- August 11, 2023
- 12:54 PM
- 0
Google News, Discover links showing 404 Not Found? Here's how to fix

It happens here and then when Google Discover news feed stories you click on, take you to a 404 (Not Found) page—despite being live and up at the time. Here's how you can still read your favorite stories, and even workaround the bug that has occasionally bothered some users in the past.
- Ax Sharma
- August 06, 2023
- 01:11 PM
- 0
Spotify down: music searches, pages, account signups not working

Spotify users are reporting the music streaming service to be down in the last hour. Spotify team is currently investigating the cause.
- Ax Sharma
- August 04, 2023
- 09:16 AM
- 0
Slack down: Outage causing connection errors, blurry images

Slack is investigating an ongoing incident preventing users from accessing the instant messaging platform and making shared images blurry for those already logged in.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 02, 2023
- 12:54 PM
- 0
Browser developers push back on Google's “web DRM” WEI API

Google's plans to introduce the Web Environment Integrity (WEI) API on Chrome has been met with fierce backlash from internet software developers, drawing criticism for limiting user freedom and undermining the core principles of the open web.
- Bill Toulas
- July 29, 2023
- 10:11 AM
- 4
Apple rejects new name 'X' for Twitter iOS app because... rules

Mr. Musk may have successfully pushed Twitter's new name and logo, 'X', and even made the vanity domain x.com redirect to the social media website, but that's not to say, the Mathematical double-struck letter will fit the bill everywhere. Apple's App Store can't accept Twitter iOS app's new name due to minimum character requirements
- Ax Sharma
- July 29, 2023
- 06:33 AM
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Amazon agrees to $25 million fine for Alexa children privacy violations

The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Amazon has agreed to pay a $25 million fine to settle alleged children's privacy laws violations related to the company's Alexa voice assistant service.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 21, 2023
- 08:02 AM
- 1
Meta confirms WhatsApp is down worldwide

WhatsApp, the globally renowned messaging app, unexpectedly went offline today, leaving its vast user base unable to send or receive messages.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 19, 2023
- 04:56 PM
- 0
Facebook behavioral ads banned by Norwegian privacy watchdog

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA), the country's data privacy watchdog, has banned behavioral advertising on Meta's Facebook and Instagram social networks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 19, 2023
- 08:12 AM
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Spotify reportedly makes users' private playlists public

In what is shaping up to be a widespread privacy controversy, Spotify has come under scrutiny following allegations by users that the music streaming service made their private playlists public without their consent.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 14, 2023
- 12:28 PM
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AMD releases Adrenalin 23.7.1 WHQL driver for Windows

After a long break, AMD has launched a new graphics driver, Adrenalin 23.7.1 WHQL (driver version 23.10.01.45).
- Mayank Parmar
- July 09, 2023
- 09:25 AM
- 0
Instagram's Threads to get Twitter-like hashtags support, edit button and more

Instagram's dedicated text-sharing app, Threads, is set to introduce many new features, including Twitter-style hashtags, an edit button, a trending page, and possibly even an automatic archiving function. Instagram's Head, Adam Mosseri, confirmed these upcoming features in a series of posts on Threads.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 09, 2023
- 04:58 AM
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Twitter now forces you to sign in to view tweets

Starting today, Twitter is no longer accessible on web and mobile apps if you don't have an account, forcing all users to log in if they want to get access to the platform.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 30, 2023
- 03:38 PM
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