Windows 11 File Explorer: Microsoft Tests ‘Preloading’ to Fix Lagging Behavior
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft has introduced a controversial "preloading" feature in Windows 11 Build 26220 to reduce File Explorer launch latency by keeping the process permanently resident in RAM.The post Windows 11 File Explorer: Microsoft Tests ‘Preloading’ to Fix Laggin…
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Cloudflare outage exposes reliance on a handful of Internet companies
Jason Fuller / npr - NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Betsy Cooper, a cybersecurity expert at the Aspen Institute, about this week's major Internet outage and the world's reliance on a handful of web services companies.
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 7:20 pm / permalink 16130 / 4 stories in 3 months
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is shaping up to be a glorious return for Samus
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - I’ve always greatly appreciated the Metroid series for how much of a different flavour it brings to the Nintendo catalogue. With many of the Japanese gaming giant’s family-friendly franchises including colourful platformers like Mario and Kirby or fantast…
Back to Top / Friday, November 14, 2025, 9:20 am / permalink 15960 / 5 stories in 3 months
Apple TV outage hits launch of Vince Gilligan's 'Pluribus'
appleinsider - The premiere of Vince Gilligan's drama "Pluribus" on Apple TV on Thursday was unfortunately hit by an outage of Apple's servers, shortly after the first two episodes debuted.Apple TV show "Pluribus"Pluribus is the highly anticipated return of Vince Gillig…
Back to Top / Saturday, November 8, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 15800 / 4 stories in 3 months
Apple Brings Its App Store To the Web
BeauHD / slashdot - Apple has officially launched a web-based version of its App Store that lets users browse apps across all Apple devices through a redesigned interface. "There's no way to download apps from the App Store on the web, however," notes The Verge. "Apple just …
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Windows 11’s October Preview Update Has Task Manager Duplication Issue
Laurent Giret / thurrott - The optional October preview update for Windows 11 comes with an unexpected Task Manager duplication bug that may slow down PCs.The post Windows 11’s October Preview Update Has Task Manager Duplication Issue appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Is Live. Here’s what the difference is
Mike Pearl / gizmodo - Grokipedia exists. You can read it if you want.
Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 8:20 pm / permalink 15475 / 10 stories in 4 months
Researchers exploit OpenAI's Atlas by disguising prompts as URLs
Richard Speed / theregister - NeutralTrust shows how agentic browser can interpret bogus links as trusted user commands Researchers have found more attack vectors for OpenAI's new Atlas web browser – this time by disguising a potentially malicious prompt as an apparently harmless URL.…
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AWS says faulty automation caused major internet outage
Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - Downdetector recorded more than 11m user reports over Monday’s AWS-linked outage.Read more: AWS says faulty automation caused major internet outage
Back to Top / Friday, October 24, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 15375 / 6 stories in 4 months
Windows 11 Emergency Update Addresses Mouse and Keyboard Issues in Recovery Environment
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Microsoft released an emergency update for Windows 11 yesterday to address mouse and keyboard input issues in the Windows Recovery Environment.The post Windows 11 Emergency Update Addresses Mouse and Keyboard Issues in Recovery Environment appeared first …
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Google Has a Bed Bug Infestation in Its New York Offices
Zoë Schiffer / wired - Employees at the company’s Chelsea campus were told to stay home after exterminators found “credible evidence” of an infestation.
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YouTube is down worldwide with playback error
Mayank Parmar / bleepingcomputer - YouTube is currently facing a global outage, with users reporting playback errors on both the website and mobile apps. [...]
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A New Attack Lets Hackers Steal 2-Factor Authentication Codes From Android Phones
Dan Goodin, Ars Technica / wired - The malicious app required to make a “Pixnapping” attack work requires no permissions.
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End of Windows 10 support is the perfect time for the Windows 11 installer to fail
Richard Speed / theregister - Microsoft admits its media creation tool 'might not work as expected' Microsoft has broken its own Windows 11 media creation tool just as millions of users face a deadline to abandon Windows 10 — and with less than 24 hours until support officially ends.…
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Apple doubles its biggest bug bounty reward to $2 million
Mariella Moon / engadget - Apple is updating its Security Bounty program this November to offer some of the highest rewards in the industry. It has doubled its top award from $1 million to $2 million for the discovery of "exploit chains that can achieve similar goals as sophisticat…
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Apple Provides Fix for iMessage Activation Bug in iOS 26
Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple this week provided troubleshooting steps for iPhone owners who are unable to activate iMessage with a phone number in iOS 26.According to Apple, some customers might not be able to activate iMessage with a phone number if there is an inactive SIM or…
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The wait is over - Mac Studio M3 Ultra owners can now install macOS Tahoe
appleinsider - On Monday, Apple patched a bug that left Mac Studio M3 Ultra owners unable to install macOS Tahoe, ending weeks of frustration.Mac Studio get's an important updateWhen macOS Tahoe launched on September 15, 2025, it landed smoothly on most devices. MacBook…
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Apple's iOS 26.0.1, macOS 26.0.1, iPadOS 26.0.1 updates fix multiple issues
appleinsider - Apple has released updates for iOS 26.0.1, macOS Tahoe 26.0.1, and others with the patches fixing various issues in both operating systems.iPhones running iOS 26 - Image Credit: AppleTwo weeks after the initial milestone releases of iOS 26, iPadOS 16.0.1,…
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Apple Continues to Prepare iOS 26.0.1 With Multiple Bug Fixes Expected
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple is preparing to release iOS 26.0.1, according to a private account on X with a proven track record of sharing information about future iOS versions.The account initially said iOS 26.0.1 would have a build number of 23A350, but they now expect the up…
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10+ Hidden Features in iOS 26
Juli Clover / macrumors - There are over 200 changes and new features in iOS 26, including major additions like the Liquid Glass design overhaul. We've covered a lot of the more notable updates already, but there are also some smaller changes that you might have missed.Subscribe t…
Back to Top / Thursday, September 25, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 14867 / 8 stories in 5 months