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Tech Popular Audacity audio app dubbed 'spyware' by users over policy changes from new owner Audacity under fire for a terms of service update Clarification of Privacy Policy · Discussion #1225 · audacity/audacity · GitHub A specific network name can completely disable Wi-Fi on your iPhone U.S. President Joe Biden to Direct FTC to Draft Right to Repair Rules Cybersecurity wakeup call as hackers ta...

Tech You should unplug your WD My Book Live immediately if you don't want to lose all your data Carrier caught injecting ‘SMS AD’ into Google verification code message Google Pay gains the ability to save and display COVID vaccination cards on Android (CW: Mention of suicide) Robinhood trading app hit with $70M penalty for 'misleading' customers A driver containing rootkit malware was certified by...

Tech Biden abandons Trump's plan to ban TikTok, calls for broader security review instead TikTok privacy policy now references 'faceprints and voiceprints' Razer sets its sights on saving the seven seas with smart robots Graphene could allow hard drives to hold 10 times more data Pirated games helped a malware campaign compromise 3.2 million PCs Fastly CDN Server Issue Brings Down Swathes of Websi...

Tech iPadOS limits iPad Pro power: apps only able to use up to 5 GB RAM each Have I Been Pwned teams up with the FBI to collect a lot more stolen passwords Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors The 'next generation' of Windows will be revealed on June 24 Gaming Team Liquid and Alienware launch international social good platform Far Cry 6 narrative director issue...

Tech Windows 10 has a built-in ransomware block, you just need to enable it The “Twitter Blue” subscription plan will cost you $3 monthly but you still won’t get editable tweets Oculus update set to enable impressive mixed reality capture on iPhone XS and later Spotify getting accessiblity improvements on iOS/Android including auto podcast transcription The engadget : Amazon is reportedly negotiat...

Tech This panda hungers for your Steam and Discord logins Microsoft yanks a dodgy AMD driver that is bricking some Windows 10 PCs Instagram users can now add pronouns to their profiles Wi-Fi vulnerabilities affect most devices, but the risk is small Your WiFi Just Became More Secure Thanks To The FragAttacks Project Gaming Apple vs Epic trial discusses Itch.io's "unspeakable" games Microsoft's Con...

Tech NY AG report finds 18 million FCC net neutrality comments were fake PlayStation invests in Discord and plans integration with PSN in 2022 Researchers find new CPU vulnerabilities and say fixes would kill performance If your CPU usage is inexplicably spiking, try installing this optional Windows 10 update Signal Shares the Instagram Ads Facebook Doesn't Want You to See AirTag stalking 'frighte...

Tech - Intel and TSMC say chip shortage could last until 2022 or beyond - Apple agrees to let Parler back on the App Store, citing improved moderation - Google says the only thing keeping Parler off the Play Store is Parler - The folks behind Brave Browser slam Google for its new tracking policy - Discord reverses decision to block iOS users from accessing any NSFW content - Watch out, crypto-mini...

Tech Apple admits that iMessage for Android was killed to keep its walled garden Tim Cook: Epic wants to turn the App Store into a 'flea market' Domino's Begins Autonomous Pizza Delivery Clubhouse user data gets exposed, CEO claims it wasn't a leak FBI arrest Texas man for attempting to blow up 'the internet' with C-4 Discord for iOS will block users from accessing all NSFW servers Report reveals...

Tech Snap has tested workaround to App Tracking Transparency; 95% effective Personal data from over 500M Facebook users leaked online Mark Zuckerberg's contact details included in Facebook leak You can now turn on Nvidia's excellent noise cancellation with any GeForce GPU AMD admits Ryzen 5000 CPU exploit could leave your PC open to hackers Working from home worth $30K a year to some, finds poll M...

Tech U.S. Carriers Fix SMS Routing Vulnerability That Let Hackers Hijack Texts New spyware on Android pretends to be a system update for your phone Apple Lobbies Against 'Right to Repair' Bill Over Privacy Concerns of Third Party Repair Shops Accessing User Data WWDC 2021 officially announced, iOS 15 expected Verizon 3G Network Will Shut Down End of 2022 Google Meet extending ‘unlimited’ video cal...

Topics Tech Cheaper, Ad-Supported HBO Max Subscription Launching in June Hackers hack at unhackable new chip for three months. Chip remains unhacked Nvidia's cryptocurrency mining limiter has been cracked, but it's not quite a farming frenzy yet AMD refuses to limit cryptocurrency mining: 'we will not be blocking any workload' White hat hacker investigation casts even more doubt on SMS-based 2FA m...

Topics Tech The SolarWinds Hack Gets Worse, But Offers A Tiny Bit Of Amusement Twitter addresses sharing 30% cut with Apple for Super Follow Not Very Uncarrier: T-Mobile Starts Selling Your Usage Data to Advertisers on April 26 Google Fi users won't have usage data shared by T-Mobile Researchers demonstrate new browser-based side-channel attack that affects Intel and M1 Macs Proposed 'Accessible,...

Topics Tech LastPass analytics code raises questions about potential security issues Instagram Live Now Supports Up to 4 People Simultaneously Apple ID held hostage when Apple Card payment failed Apple confirms it does not hold your Apple ID hostage due to missed Apple Card payment Google Says It Soon Won’t Track Your Browsing Anymore LinkedIn will stop collecting IDFA data on iOS due to Apple's A...

Topics Tech Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Told Staff Facebook Needs to 'Inflict Pain' on Apple Over Privacy Dispute NZXT is recalling 32,000 H1 PC cases in the US Apple fixes bug that let users begin macOS Big Sur installation without enough space available First Apple Silicon optimized malware discovered in the wild Windows Defender vulnerability finally patched after 12 years LastPass free restrict...

Topics Tech That Slack email you just got asking to reset your password is legit, not a scam Researcher Breaches Systems of Over 35 Companies, Including Apple, Microsoft, and PayPal Epic's new MetaHuman tool is pure uncanny valley Google apps on iOS are showing sign-in warning given lack of updates Gaming Terraria creator cancels Stadia port after being locked out of Google account E3 2021 Is Bein...

Topics Tech - Robinhood app controversy grows, with likely motive revealed - Google salvaged Robinhood’s one-star rating by deleting nearly 100,000 negative reviews - More Than a Dozen Apps With 'Misleading or Flat-Out Inaccurate' Privacy Labels Found on App Store - iOS 14.5 adds support for unlocking your iPhone with Apple Watch while wearing a face mask - NZXT halts sale of H1 PC case for second...

Topics Tech Twitter launches new 'Birdwatch' initiative to combat misinformation iOS 14.4 Patches Two Vulnerabilities That May Have Been Actively Exploited Google apps won't have to show iOS 'Allow tracking' prompt Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says Apple's Privacy Changes are Self-Serving and Anti-Competitive Disney+ Pulls Peter Pan, Dumbo, Aristocats From Kids-Only Profiles Over Racist Stereotype...

Topics Tech Tom Cruise Buys COVID-Robots To Patrol Mission Impossible Set – Report Twitter plans for presidential transition; interactive Parler map of Capitol videos Microsoft Investigating Windows 10 Exploit That Can Easily Corrupt Your Hard Drive Parler website back online; rioters banned from dating apps Steve Jobs to Be Memorialized in National Garden of American Heroes Brave is the first bro...

Topics Tech Roku Acquires Rights to Quibi Content for Less Than $100 Million Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account over 'risk of further' violence Parler app and website go offline; CEO blames Apple, Google 70TB of Parler users' data leaked by security researchers Samsung will update older Galaxy phones to convert them into baby monitors, security devices Medical study suggests iPhone 12 wi...

Topics Tech Over 100 million PCs still run Windows 7 a year after Microsoft ended support The Mandalorian Is 2020's Most Pirated Show Nvidia Announcing "Latest Innovations In Gaming" Next Week During CES Verizon Again Delays Plans to Shut Down 3G Network False election info will earn a channel strike on YouTube Tesla CEO Elon Musk Bumps Jeff Bezos To Become The Richest Person On Earth Gaming Epic...

Topics Tech FCC chairman Ajit Pai to resign next month after controversial four years under President Trump Salesforce to acquire Slack in $27.7 billion deal Uber and Postmates are now one and the same. Remote control of iPhones via WiFi was massive security fail Apple announces best App Store apps and games of 2020 Google Play Store lists best Android apps and games of 2020 Comcast to enforce 1.2...

Topics Tech - Deeper look at Apple’s recent server outage reveals potential Mac privacy concerns - United States military has been purchasing user location data from apps with millions of downloads - Twitter’s disappearing tweets, called Fleets, are now available for everyone - Following Apple TV+ exclusivity backlash, the holiday Peanuts specials will also air on PBS - Google is getting into digi...

Topics Tech - Solid, the privacy project created by web inventor, takes 1st step - The EU may be looking into breaking end-to-end encrypted chats - Everything Apple announced during its November event - Google moves from hero to zero as it announces the end of free high-quality storage on Google Photos Gaming - Capcom hit by ransomware attack, is reportedly being extorted for $11 million - Sony ex...

Topics Tech - Sony is paying almost one billion dollars to acquire some anime - Apple TV app coming to Xbox One, Series X, and Series S next week - THERE IS A RASPBERRY PI 400 HIDDEN IN THIS KEYBOARD Gaming - PS5 faceplate company is forced to cancel orders following a complaint from Sony - PlayStation 5: Launch Day Ordering Update – PlayStation. Blog - Sony re-confirms PS5 won't support SSD stora...