Technology – Page 11

HP rushes to fix bricked printers after faulty firmware update

HP is working to address a bad firmware update that has been bricking HP Office Jet printers worldwide since it was released earlier this month. […]

19 May

ASUS routers knocked offline worldwide by bad security update

ASUS has apologized to its customers for a server-side security maintenance error that has caused a wide range of impacted router models to lose network connectivity. […]

16 May

GitHub reveals reason behind last week’s string of outages

GitHub’s Chief Security Officer and SVP of Engineering shared more details today on a string of outages that hit the code hosting platform last week. […]

10 May

YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos. […]

10 May

Surprise! Coldplay lyrics hidden in Kingston SSD firmware

What has firmware got to do with pop rock, you ask? That’s the question that crossed a security researcher’s mind as he analyzed Kingston’s firmware and stumbled upon the lyrics of a popular Coldplay song buried deep within it. […]

06 May

Twitter says ‘security incident’ exposed private Circle tweets

Twitter disclosed that a ‘security incident’ caused private tweets sent to Twitter Circles to show publicly to users outside of the Circle. […]

05 May

Z-Library eBook site disrupted again by FBI domain seizures

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continues to disrupt the world’s largest shadow eBook library, Z-Library, by seizing more domains used by the platform. […]

02 May

Apple and Google team up to fight Bluetooth tracker stalking

Apple and Google have joined forces to push for the adoption of new industry standards designed to put a stop to stalking via Bluetooth-enabled location-tracking devices. […]

02 May

PornHub blocked in Utah over SB287 age-verification law

Adult media creation company MindGeek has blocked access to its websites in Utah, including PornHub, Brazzers, RedTube, YouPorn, and Reality Kings, in response to a new law requiring sites to verify if a visitor from the state is 18 or older. […]

01 May

Twitter bug let legacy verified accounts see blue check in their profile

A silly Twitter bug allowed previously-verified accounts to add their legacy ‘Blue Check’ back to their profile for free. […]

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