<!–> NurPhoto/Getty Images Most web browser users install extensions – password managers, ad blockers, writing aids, and more. For the most part, those browser extensions don’t cause problems with the sites you visit. But now and then, they do. Take for example the news that YouTube was cracking down on ad blockers – cracking down […] More
<!–> SOPA Images/Contributor/Getty Images The Australian government is launching an investigation into an hours-long outage involving local telco Optus, which left millions without access to telephone and broadband services. More than 10 million customers, including 400,000 businesses, were affected by the service disruption that also brought down payment systems and resulted in transport delays. Local […] More
<!–> SOPA Images/Contributor/Getty Images On November 2, 2023, Cloudflare‘s customer-facing interfaces, including their website and APIs, along with logging and analytics, ceased functioning properly. That was bad. Over 7.5 million websites use Cloudflare, and 3,280 of the world’s 10,000 most popular websites depend on its content delivery network (CDN) services. The good news is that […] More
<!–> Nuthawut Somsuk/Getty Images Bitwarden–>, the password manager company, has been busy this year getting ready for passkeys with its acquisition of passwordless.dev, creating new passkey development tools, and carrying out research into passkey adoption. And the company is now rolling out passkey management tools to all its users, including those on its free plan. Also: What are passkeys? Experience the […] More
<!–> koiguo/Getty Images WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in the world, and users largely prefer it because, aside from being easy to use, it boasts strong privacy features. This summer, WhatsApp added a new privacy feature that lets users silence unknown callers. Now the messaging app has a new setting to hide your […] More
<!–> Image: Getty Images Google’s Play Store has been persistently threatened by malicious and insecure apps over the years, triggering alarm bells among many Android users. In response, the company is trying a new tactic to generate more trust with people looking for safe and reliable software. Also: The best antivirus software and apps right […] More
ZDNet Apple’s AirDrop has long been a quick and convenient way to wirelessly transfer photos, videos, notes, contacts, files, and other content to a nearby iPhone or iPad. In the past, though, you could use AirDrop only through Wi-Fi. But with iOS 17.1 on your phone, you can now use it to share items over […] More
<!–> TU IS/Getty Images A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack has been identified as the cause of an online service outage that affected several public healthcare institutions in Singapore. And the attacks are continuing, according to national healthtech agency Synapxe, which is responsible for the IT operations that support the country’s public healthcare network. This network […] More
