Problematic August 2025 Windows update KB5063878 is taking on ever greater proportions. Microsoft confirmed (via Windows Latest) that “we’re aware of these reports and are investigating with our partners.” Microsoft is referring to reports from…
China has been the manufacturing juggernaut of the world for decades, thanks to low labor costs and a lot of business-friendly moves from the government. But now that the U.S. is apparently on a very…
Windows runs well, most of the time. But if the system suddenly starts acting up, important data disappears or programs no longer start properly, the cause is often not the technology itself, but the user.…
Google has released an important update for Chrome, fixing several vulnerabilities in new Chrome versions 138.0.7204.157/158 for Windows and macOS and 138.0.7204.157 for Linux. According to Google, one of the vulnerabilities is already being exploited…
Back in mid-May, a security researcher announced the discovery of an unencrypted database containing 184 million passwords. Found hosted on a website, the entries included major services like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple. They also…
Roku is spending $185 million to get into a business that most other streaming platforms have avoided. In early May, the company announced that it will acquire Frndly TV, the cheapest of all the live…
The current edition of GIMP (version 3.0.2) has a security vulnerability that could be exploited to inject malicious code. The developers released GIMP 3.0 back in March, then followed it up a week later with…
Well, it’s official: Apple is finally nixing support for its old Home architecture, meaning those relying on the previous version of Apple’s Home framework have some decisions to make. In a revision to a support…
The old saying that goes, “If you don’t know history, you’re bound to repeat it,” can be just as easily applied to PC builder history as to anything else. So, in the spirit of not…
For some years now, smartphones have had a built-in feature that protects against unauthorized access via USB. In iOS and Android, you get pop-ups that ask for confirmation when a data USB connection is established…