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recent Windows security update was so effective at preventing unauthorized
access that it even locked some pc owners have their own systems now that's
total protection the update affectionately referred to as
kb5012170 was released for Windows 10 and 11 two
weeks ago but after installing it and rebooting their pc some users were met
with a screen asking for their bitlocker recovery key a trivial annoyance for
members of the Windows elite enthusiast squad but many others who are using a
work device a family pc or who may have just lost their password are now being
punished for the crime of installing a security update well they should have
thought of that before buying a computer
microsoft has promised to fix the issue and provided instructions on how to find
your bitlocker key but now i'm living in fear that any Windows update i download
could hide a hilarious prank inside like
doesn't matter what you copied control the only pace
wojack memes voytec wojack i don't know what that is gotcha
anyways yeah that's good i'm not online enough to know last week we briefly
mentioned a flaw in how iOS handles vpns
which has persisted for more than two years but apple has now responded to
coverage of the issue by security researcher michael horowitz and others
by saying the behavior you are seeing is expected
okay never mind guys apple's got this is what jonathan horse would say got him
the flaw involves iOS continuing to send some data outside of the vpn connection
when a vpn is enabled apple said they
addressed this with an optional flag in 2019 but many vpn makers including
proton claim that the fix actually doesn't fix anything horowitz says one
of the only ways you can actually ensure your iOS device is using a vpn
connection properly is by setting one up on a secondary wi-fi router simple
classic apple simplicity the router is white it's very
minimal and sony is the target of a uk class
action lawsuit alleging that sony has overcharged nine million playstation
owners by as much as five billion british pounds not not each though not
each the suit led by self-described consumer rights champion alex neal
accused of sony of executing a genius plan to rip off this is my band-aid
motion rip-off anyone who has bought a playstation game
since 2016 by nefariously collecting the gaming industry's standard 30 cut of
console purchases oh evil it sounds a lot like epic's argument against apple's
app store commission although epic made pains to distinguish mobile devices from
traditional consoles this claim demands sony pay affected consumers between 67
and 562 pounds which i can't even lift
but i'd advise gamers from across the pond not to hold their breath a very
similar class action in california was just dismissed back in july but this is
the uk we're talking about things are different over there everybody calls
each other boppit and govna who knows what could happen
is it a gobble the judge has a gobble
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below and divert all power from shields to quick bits we're going in raw number
one apple has graciously added select m1
powered macbooks to the tech giant's self service repair program which will
allow users to buy and replace their own displays batteries and track pads and
more more even more than that as with apple's other products in the program
it's only really worth the price if you trade in your old parts and on top of
that you're almost certainly going to screw it up so what do you have against
the geniuses in the apple store anyway do you hate them do you hate jobs
american jobs don't use this program speaking of apple
microsoft is also upping the amount of ads in their mobile apps with users of
microsoft outlook's free service tier reporting ads that look like emails
popping up in their inbox using outlook was your first mistake
previously a feature called focused inbox prevented such ads but not anymore
it's the mobile ad gold rush if you will yes things will suck more for you the
end user but think about how much this is going to help the
economy would really love this the billionaires
would be so billionairy google is drawing fire for mistakenly
identifying photos of children taken by their parents to send to doctors for
diagnosis purposes as evidence of child abuse
stay with me here guys we're going deep google disabled the accounts of one
father in san francisco and another in houston who were subsequently
investigated by law enforcement just for trying to use telehealth services oh you
wanted to get that medical care for your kid without
sitting in that stupid waiting room for eight hours you should have thought of that before
having children before uploading your photos to your own google drive get a
flip phone stupid you're a dad clip studio paint became a popular
alternative to photoshop when adobe switched over from a standalone release
model to a subscription service but now
it's gone down the same dark path this timeline
fans of the photo editing software are revolting after the app's developer
celsus announced their own subscription model proving that when the subscription mafia
comes calling everyone has a price not us though floor plan is different
don't think about it there's stuff you can't see anywhere else and a new study
has found some promising evidence for an effective treatment for alzheimer's
disease researchers in switzerland found that sending weak electrical current
into the brain for 20 minutes a day four days in a row significantly improved
working and long-term memory in older patients and for young people it was
just thrilling this means we can keep grandma around longer she just needs a
little job once in a while in all seriousness though this is fantastic
news and we love your grandma and she loves
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