The internet reacts to the CrowdStrike IT disaster that crashed computers worldwide
Botched update already has a fix, but it's not so easy to deploy across enterprise systems
Billions of URLs using Google's link shortener will stop working in 2025
A troublesome change for both users and developers
Chrome will start showing full-page warnings for "risky" downloads soon
Chrome wants to know why you want to download a potentially risky file
Costs associated with ransomware attacks are skyrocketing
Ransomware attacks cost both time and money
Mozilla introduces experimental API in Firefox to help advertisers without tracking users
Facepalm: The latest release of the Firefox web browser brought a new feature designed to please both privacy-conscious users and advertisers. However, it is bound to do the opposite, pinning one more controversy onto Mozilla's stated mission to take back the web from Big Tech.
Experts worry about the future of database tech after Oracle's disappointing MySQL release
The American giant is seemingly more interested in selling its own cloud gear
Apple, Nvidia, and others trained their AI on YouTube content without user consent or knowledge
Just another case in a long line of IP theft by Big AI
Which country has the highest percentage of their population online?
Hint: there is one country that has a 99.9% Internet penetration.
Chrome proves to be the fastest browser, but is it the best?
Chrome beat five other browsers in tests using three benchmark tools
Spotify is adding two-factor authentication to everyone
A security update gradually rolling out to music streaming fans
The EU targets X with potential massive fines for deceptive verification practices
Europe has a real problem with X
What just happened? Elon Musk's X platform is once again in trouble in Europe. The European Union Commission says that the platform is a hotbed of misinformation and illegal content, its transparency and accountability requirements are inadequate, and the blue tick verification system is deceptive. As such, the service could face a fine reaching into the millions of dollars.
Google is opening its dark web reports to all users free of charge
Improved privacy for everyone, starting in a few weeks
Why you should be suspicious of that verified Amazon customer review
There's a good chance someone was paid to write it
FTC study reveals widespread use of dark patterns by subscription websites and apps
"Are you really, really sure you want to unsubscribe?"
Google achieves 50 Gbps fiber speeds on a live network
The search giant argues you'll need these blistering speeds sooner or later
What just happened? In a recent field test conducted jointly with Nokia, Google's experimental fiber broadband arm GFiber Labs achieved a mind-boggling 41.89 gigabits per second download speed on a live Google Fiber network in Kansas City.
NATO funds project to reroute internet via satellites if undersea cables are cut
The cables are likely targets in the event of a military crisis
Selfie-based authentication is on the rise, alarming security experts
It's convenient, but the data can be misused
X struggles to grow daily active users amid stiff competition from Meta's Threads
Musk's actions haven't helped
YouTube unveils AI-powered tool to cleanly remove copyrighted music
Less time fighting claims, more time creating fresh content
US universities miss the mark with outdated P2P file sharing warnings about Napster and Limewire
For today's students, those turn-of-the-century systems are ancient history
A record 10 billion passwords were just posted to a popular hacking forum
Hackers can do a lot of damage with this database
Cloudflare offers one-click solution to block AI bots
Why it matters: There is a growing consensus that generative AI has the potential to make the open web much worse than it was before. Currently all big tech corporations and AI startups rely on scraping all the original content they can off the web to train their AI models. The problem is that an overwhelming majority of websites isn't cool with that, nor have they given permission for such. But hey, just ask Microsoft AI CEO, who believes content on the open web is "freeware."
Ransomware gang freely hands over decryption key after Indonesia attack, requests public donations as thanks
Don't be ungrateful!
WTF?! The cybercriminal group that infected Indonesia's Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) with a strain of malware has freely released the decryption key to the government and apologized. The hackers think that this act of generosity shouldn't go unrewarded, though, and are asking for public donations that can be deposited into a crypto account.
Almost half of all web traffic is bots, and they are mostly malicious in nature
AI algorithms are making everything worse for companies, content creators, and users