Microsoft Says Recent Windows Update Didn’t Kill Your SSD Summary Microsoft has concluded that the August 2025 Windows security update (KB5063878, Windows 11 24H2) is not connected to recent social-media…
FTC Claims Gmail Filtering Republican Emails Threatens ‘American Freedoms’ – Slashdot Summary Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has sent a letter to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai accusing Google of…
Pentagon Halts Chinese Coders Affecting DOD Cloud Systems Summary The Department of Defense has halted a long-running Microsoft support arrangement — known internally as the “digital escorts” programme — after…
WhatsApp Fixes ‘Zero-Click’ Bug Used To Hack Apple Users With Spyware Summary WhatsApp has patched a vulnerability in its iOS and Mac apps (CVE-2025-55177) that was being chained with an…
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Content summary The Federal Communications Commission issued a Report and Order rejecting requests from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and…
Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs as Now ‘Externally Maintained’ Summary Linus Torvalds updated the kernel’s MAINTAINERS file to mark bcachefs as “externally maintained.” The change indicates he will not accept new…
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters found that Meta used names and likenesses of celebrities to create dozens of flirtatious, often sexually suggestive chatbots without consent.…
Battlefield 6 Dev Apologises For Requiring Secure Boot To Power Anti‑Cheat Tools Summary EA required Secure Boot for the Battlefield 6 PC open beta so its Javelin anti‑cheat tools can…
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban Summary Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has reiterated the company’s decision not to integrate generative AI into its browser, arguing such integration…
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations Summary Meta is introducing temporary restrictions to the behaviour of its AI chatbots for teenage users after…
