The official "Bing Wallpaper app" does some nasty, malware-like things to Windows
Microsoft is back to exploiting not-so-nice tactics
Easy to guess, hard to believe: America's most common passwords
Old habits die hard
Mislabeled patch sends Windows Server 2022 admins on unwanted upgrade to 2025
No easy rollback or official downgrade path available
OpenAI transcription tool faces scrutiny over fabricated text in medical transcriptions
Healthcare embraces Whisper, despite warnings of hallucination risks
Nintendo Wii U consoles are dying due to memory-related issues, but there's a fix
Inexpensive memory chips seemingly sentenced the Wii U to an early death
Wikipedia is under assault: rogue users keep posting AI generated nonsense
Open platform + Open access to AI = Open season for mischief makers
Samsung bricked many Galaxy phones with boot-loop inducing update
Samsung's Korean support team can fix the glitch, but US support can't bother to pick up the phone
Europe fines Meta $106 million for storing user passwords in plaintext
Meta has been fined a number of times for violating the GDPR
Dramatic drone footage captures failed Chinese rocket landing
The next attempt is planned for November
Sky Glass customers fume as widespread outage leaves TVs non-functional for days
Hundreds have been staring at blank screens since Thursday
Sony shuts down Concord: Customers will be refunded, game goes offline September 6
Servers will be switched off on the game's two-week anniversary
Houston resident uses AirTag to reveal troubling truths about the city's recycling efforts
Yet another example of the creative ways this tracking device is being used
Sony-backed multiplayer shooter Concord has sold only a few thousand copies
Nobody wants to do a Freegunner's job anymore. Especially when it costs $40
Infosys under fire for keeping 2,000 job candidates in limbo for years
Worse, Infosys forced the would-be hires to go through weeks of unpaid training
CrowdStrike president accepts "Most Epic Fail" award at this year's Pwnies
Sentonas graciously accepted the award as a future reminder of just how wrong things can go
Intel Stability Issues - The Story So Far
Intel's CPU stability issues persist, with a microcode update expected in a few weeks. While TechSpot has covered various angles, hands-on testing remains pending, here's our take so far.
Nvidia driver update causes BSOD on older Windows PCs
Windows 10 users need to adjust their settings to avoid this problem
Intel faces possible class action lawsuit over crashing CPUs
This seemed inevitable
Can you manage your passwords? Survey shows many feel overwhelmed yet overconfident about it
Sharing and reusing passwords remain common practices, unfortunately
Retailer says Intel Raptor Lake CPU RMA returns are up to 4x of previous generations
Microcode patch coming in August, users should keep BIOS updated
Microsoft is working on tighter security measures for Windows after the CrowdStrike disaster
A hot potato: While still working with CrowdStrike to bring millions of botched PCs back online, Microsoft is also thinking about the future of Windows. The platform must evolve and innovate, enhancing resilience against the next faulty update coming from a third-party company.
CrowdStrike also broke Debian and Rocky Linux earlier this year – hackers are taking advantage of Friday's chaos
Can you trust CrowdStrike's software update procedures moving forward?
Testing reveals that some Nvidia AIB partners are using cheap thermal paste resulting in high GPU temperatures
Too hot to handle Igor's Lab investigated community feedback that some owners of GeForce RTX 40 series AIB cards are hitting hotspot temperatures of 100° C after a few months of operating within acceptable ranges. GPU hotspot temperature refers to the maximum temperature recorded in a specific area of a GPU, usually either on the GPU die itself or the voltage regulators (VRM).
Billions of URLs using Google's link shortener will stop working in 2025
A troublesome change for both users and developers
