How To Reset Group Policy Settings In Windows 10

If you’re a power user of Windows 10, you must be knowing already that you can tweak default settings on your PC. While Microsoft applauds this flexibility, it could be daunting sometimes. Modifying the default settings improperly can lead to serious troubles. And if you’re facing this kind of issue or just not liking the changes made, here’s how to revert them safely. Follow the below steps to restore the modified policies to default using Group Policy Editor....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 421 words · Kylie Bruss

How To Speed Dial On Iphone (5 Best Ways)

Want to know how to speed dial on your iPhone? In this guide, I will share the best tips to speed-dial any contact on your iPhone. Speed dial, as the name suggests, is handy when you want to call someone urgently. Instead of navigating through the Contacts app or dialing their number, you can call them with a few taps of your finger. Best Ways to Speed Dial on iPhone Let us go through the various tricks one by one and make that important call right away....

December 22, 2025 · 4 min · 796 words · Carolyn Irvine

How To Switch To Windows 11 Beta From Dev Channel ?

Though Windows 11 packs several new features and visual refreshments, it’s still in testing mode. Microsoft has been releasing Dev builds in Windows Insider Program for over a month and is now launching the Beta channel. To the unknown, a Dev (developer) channel is a testing phase where the preliminary software builds are tried by developers and enthusiasts mostly. Since they’re initial versions, there will be many bugs to deal with, but it offers early insights into the software....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Briana Gray

How To Update Windows 11 With Installation Assistant

With each passing day, ensuring that the Windows system is up to date for excellent performance and security is essential. Fortunately, Windows allows a user to update the system in different ways, and using Windows Installation Assistant is a handy one. Whether you want to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 or update to the most recent available version of Windows 11 , Windows Installation Assistant is inevitable. Especially when the Windows update section stopped working at its utmost....

December 22, 2025 · 4 min · 713 words · Judy Hanners

Instagram Now Lets Users To Appeal For Disabled Accounts To Review Again

On the occasion of Safer Internet Day 2020, Instagram has many features to keep its community safe from predators. While already rolled a ton of features for reporting abusive content, users can now experience two new features that are crucial – Tracking your report and Appealing for your disabled account. With over a billion users and millions of monthly active users, Instagram should be dealing with a lot of crap every day....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Richard Jaffe

Instagram Started Verifying New Accounts With Video Selfies

To reduce the number of spam accounts forming up, Instagram started asking the new users to upload a video selfie, to make sure they’re real people. This verification is fairly robust and may help Instagram to fight back fake accounts. The platform assured that no facial recognition technology will be used against the recorded video selfies, and also they’ll be deleted after 30 days. Instagram’s New Form of Verification As more and more people are getting onto social media for propagating fake news or spamming others, the platforms are introducing new tools to counter them as much as they can....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Sean Joseph

Instagram To Soon Let Users Upload Posts From Browser

Instagram is bringing support to upload posts (photos/videos) in its web version as per leaks. Though many are using Instagram on mobile clients, it makes sense all its rivals are pushing browser mode on par with mobile clients. With this support, desktop users can upload, edit, apply filters, tag people, add locations and share them just like in the mobile version. Instagram Web to Get Add Post Support The Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform, Instagram, is a popular social media among youngsters....

December 22, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · William Alvarez

Intel Co

After inspiring a couple of generations and reforming the technology world, Gordon Moore, Intel’s co-founder, has died today at the age of 94. His work in the field of semiconductors has paved the path for modern-day computers, which have the processing speeds to do almost any work today! His prediction of the number of transistors on microchips doubling every two years is famously known as Moore’s Law. Leaving a Legacy Behind If you’re having a smartphone or a PC in your home, you should thank Gordon Moore for all his contributions to this technology space....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Bradford Egger

Law Firm That Blocked Access To The Pirate Bay Wins Prestigious Award

Synch, a law firm that fought against an ISP to make the Sweden court issue its first dynamic injunction, has now given an industry award for the win. It represented over a dozen movie companies in a case last year and succeeded to convince the court that directing ISP to block infringing sites like The Pirate Bay can limit the spread of piracy effectively. Winning Over Pirate Sites Indirectly Gone are those days when copyright holders are targeting individuals for accessing their content illegally....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Mercedes Heron

Mexican Oil Company Is Under Bitcoin Ransomware Attack

A Mexican oil company was under attack by ransomware that stopped administrative tasks on 11th November. The company came to know about the attack when its central systems couldn’t access information on its various computers across Mexico. The company was attacked using Ryuk ransomware! Image Credits – https://all-stocks.net/ At the time, someone from inside the company that it was Ryuk that the hackers used to breach the company’s servers. This was further corroborated by a Reuters report, which further added that the hackers asked the company for $5 million in Bitcoin within 48 hours ....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Linda Mccarthy

Microsoft Announced 2021 Commercial Preview Of Office 365 Ltsc For Windows And Mac

Microsoft has announced the first commercial preview of their MS Office LTSC for both Windows and macOS. This package is meant for industrial devices that aren’t connected to the internet or don’t support feature updates, so are cooked up with inbuilt features for a span of 5 years. Microsoft also said the commercial previews for SharePoint and Project Server are in line. MS Office LTSC and Office 2021 For the unknown, Microsoft makes a range of Office 365 packs for typical needs....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Tanya Spurlock

Microsoft Ceo: Xbox Cloud Gaming Is Streamed By 10 Million People

In the third-quarter earnings report of Microsoft, CEO Satya Nadella said their Xbox Cloud Gaming is streamed by over 10 million people. This is a significant stat considering the service is only a paid subscription and has 10 million people steaming games within it. Although, Microsoft didn’t specify how it’d count a stream, and whether it includes the users from a $1 trial of the Game Pass it offers. Booming Xbox Cloud Gaming Noting that many are interested in online gaming but had unsupported hardware, Microsoft launched its cloud gaming service – Xbox Cloud Gaming back in November 2019....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Natividad Boyer

Microsoft Is Ending Support For Onedrive On Windows 7, 8 And 8.1

Microsoft announced ending support for OneDrive on Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1, on January 1st next year. OneDrive users on these versions will no longer be able to sync their files to the cloud and use the OneDrive web app for that. This decision is made to push users to upgrade their systems to Windows 10 and Windows 11 soon – where Microsoft is putting significant resources to develop....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Kasey Dincher

Microsoft Revamped Windows 11 Shutdown Box And Winre Ui

After revamping the legacy icons of regular Windows apps, Microsoft is now testing WinUI designs for shutdown UI and WinRE boxes in Windows 11. The shutdown UI ditches the Windows logo and is simpler now. Microsoft may also add the Mica background to align it with the current modern design in Windows 11. Also, the Wireless Recovery Environment is slightly revamped. Design Changes to Windows 11 Apps Just when we’re getting bored with the Wireless OS, Microsoft announced Windows 11 with rejuvenated designs all over....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Gloria Mcclure

Microsoft Says About 92% Vulnerable Exchange Servers Are Patched Worldwide

Citing the latest statistics from RiskIQ, Microsoft has just revealed that about 92% of vulnerable Exchange servers around the world have been updated with the latest patches. This is a good improvement of 43% from the last week, as the admins are taking the warning seriously. Although, patched systems are advised to scan for attacks . Rapid Patching of Microsoft Exchange Servers As the attacks against vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers happening rapidly , system admins are advised to apply the patch immediately to avoid falling for the hacks....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 259 words · Thomas Halsey

Miui 12 Stable Update Is Official For Indian Redmi Note 8 Pro Users

After being in testing phase for a while, Xiaomi’s MIUI 12 global stable update is coming to the Indian Redmi Note 8 Pro users. while many have been using the pilot program till date, they can now upgrade to the stable OS based on Android 10. Though the new stable update doesn’t bring any new features, it’s free from bugs. MIUI 12 Global Stable Update For Redmi Note 8 Pro Xiaomi India has earlier announced the launch of MIUI 12 coming to Indian users soon....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 246 words · Dawn Tosten

Nb65 Hackers Reportedly Stole Credit Card Data Of Qiwi Clients

NB65, a hacking group that’s targeting various Russian organizations recently, has just announced QIWI as its latest victim. QIWI is a Russian payments company that’s widely used in the CIS countries. NB65 claimed to have encrypted their SQL databases and Tele2Pay boxes and shut down their Hyper-V clusters. Also, they claim to have stolen the credit card details of millions of QIWI’s clients. Hacking Russia’s Largest Payment Ever since the war between Ukraine and Russia broke out, many started extending a hand to Ukraine in this struggle....

December 22, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · Jerry Gray

Netflix Lost 13% Of Its Loyal Customers In Q1 2022

Netflix is Losing Loyal Fans Also, the report noted that the number of Netflix account cancellations has risen over the past two years , as the OTT platform is failing to retain customers for a longer time. And the reasons could be many. The rise of rivals OTTs like Disney+, Discovery+, Paramount+, HBO Max, etc have eaten up the Netflix’s lion’s share and been engaging their viewers with good content. This led most users to feel that Netflix’s content is not a “must-see” type, thus skipping it....

December 22, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Patricia Thomas

Netflix Makes Password Sharing Legal With ‘Sub

Knowing that it’s almost impossible to stop people from sharing accounts, Netflix came up with a plan to add more users to a single account in a better way. And this is by adding up to two sub-accounts to standard or premium accounts for an additional price of $2-$3. Netflix started testing this new scheme in Peru, Costa Rica, and Chile, where it forms sub-accounts with all the personalized stuff transferred with a single click....

December 22, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Irving Lyles

New Data Stealing Technique: Hack Sensitive Data From Your Screen’S Brightness

Data stealing has many forms. Hackers use a wide range of techniques to steal sensitive data from users and sell them in underground forums for money. As the white hats are defending against every new technique of black hats, they invent new methods to steal data. And here’s a new technique unveiled by researchers that could potentially steal data from computer screen’s brightness! We have come a long way. We’ve seen data being stolen from general password hacks, account compromising, malware attacks by phishing ....

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Kenneth Turner