Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website
The company confirmed to me that it is moving in a direction that other platforms have taken: converting users to the app. Reddit says that the test aims to find out if people like me—those…
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Microsoft releases emergency Windows 10 fix for blocked ESU updates
Support for Windows 10 officially ended October 14th, and since then most users should have already received Extended Security Updates (ESU) if they registered for them. However, for some, the ESU login window never appeared,…
Spyware maker NSO Group blocked from WhatsApp
A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp’s request for a permanent injunction blocking Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group from targeting the messaging app’s users. At the same time, the judge dramatically reduced the fine that…
Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping
AI startup Perplexity is crawling and scraping content from websites that have explicitly indicated they don’t want to be scraped, according to internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare. On Monday, Cloudflare published research saying it observed the…
Windows 11 24H2 now blocked on PCs running older AutoCAD software
The release of Windows 11 24H2 has been anything but flawless, and now another problem has surfaced. If you have a specific older version of Autodesk’s AutoCAD software installed on your computer, you’ll be blocked…
Windows 11 24H2 breaks audio and Auto HDR, update blocked on affected PCs
As we head towards the end of the year, the Windows 11 24H2 update from October is still causing trouble for users. Microsoft has confirmed two new problems, and according to Neowin, one of them…
The Windows 11 24H2 update is no longer blocked on these PCs
Over the past couple months, Microsoft blocked delivery of the Windows 11 24H2 update to all kinds of PCs that were incompatible or susceptible to crashes for one reason or another. In late November, we…
How To Call Someone Who Blocked Your Number On iPhone
It’s possible to call someone even if they’ve blocked your number on their iPhone, because the iOS blocking feature relies on your caller ID being visible… and you can hide that fairly easily. Whether it’s…