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The UK competition regulator has fined Meta £1.5 million for not properly disclosing the resignation of three key employees regarding the Giphy deal. Meta acquired Giphy in 2020 for $400 million, which was soon countered by the UK regulator, as it may disturb the competition among social media platforms and the local advertising market. While Facebook is fighting that, the regulator is fining and discouraging the deal. UK Fining Meta For Irregularities Facebook changing the name to Meta hasn’t changed anything much....

Microsoft Flight Simulator X, initial releases of this game date back to the 1970s, where the actual maker licensed it to Microsoft when even the Windows was not invented. With Bill Gates being astonished by the program, it was since then acquired, developed, and marketed as a video game rather than a simulation training program. And now, it supports Windows, macOS, and Xbox One to play. Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X to Launch Today Though it’s in for three decades, Microsoft has tuned it with more details and functionality to make it more appealing....

Noticing the issues faced by the users, Microsoft has rolled an out-of-band (OOB) update today. These special updates are aimed at addressing the problems raised by January 2022 Tuesday update. These include a range of problems from Virtual Machines start failures, VPN connectivity issues, spontaneous restarting of Windows Server Domain Controllers, and ReFS-formatted removable media failing to mount. The fixing updates are available in Microsoft Update Catalog to be manually installed....

Citing some internal sources, The Verge reported that Microsoft is testing a few causal games in its Teams app to let users play while in meetings. these may be aimed at easing the regular work by helping people take a causal gaming break. Microsoft is seen testing Solitaire, Connect 4, and Wordament initially, with more games expected later. All these are multiplayer games, so Teams users can play against their colleagues....

A Remote Access Trojan was found to be attacking governments and high-profile companies in Central Asia since 2017. This was technically detailed by security researchers from ESET along with Avast, after many other researchers. The RAT, named as Mikroceen by ESET, can plant backdoors and gain deep footholds into the network, which can be later used for data-stealing or other exploitations. Central Asian Countries as Target The targets of this RAT are popular telecommunications and gas industries, both private and public companies....

A Successful Crackdown Campaign This shows how hit the company’s crackdown is and aligns with the earlier reports from third-party stats – saying the same. In its report, Netflix wrote; “The cancel reaction was low, and while we’re still in the early stages of monetization, we’re seeing healthy conversion of borrower households into full paying Netflix memberships as well as the uptake of our extra member feature.” To counter and convert the illegal password-sharing practice, Netflix even introduced a Basic with an Ads tier for a slightly lower price than the regular Basic plan, while a new method for officially sharing passwords with someone outside the household – for a somewhat higher price....

A couple of months after launch, OnePlus 11 has gone through JerryRigEverything’s durability test – showing how reliable the device is. The entire video showed how easy it is to crack the back glass in bend test, while how weak the in-indisplay fingerprint sensor is. The only good thing here is that the device didn’t break apart like its predecessors. Thus, OnePlus has improved a bit with the 11 Series, but still has room for improvement....

OnePlus has long decided to open up about its new flagship in April this year, but this could potentially be postponed due to COVID-19 breakout. And while everyone anticipated that, rumors flow in to excite community, as always. A new leak from tipster Ishan Agarwal reveals Series 8 to have the following features; OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro Specifications:- Starting with OnePlus 8, the handset is about 6.55″ FHD+ display with 90Hz refresh rate....

After a month-long investigation, Oxfam Australia has officially disclosed the data breach incident affecting the PII of its donors. Earlier, it was reported that a hacker has put up a stolen database from Oxfam Australia for sale, which has details including their PII and some banking transactions of about 1.7 million people. Oxfam Australia Data Breach Oxfam Australia is a nonprofit organization having millions of volunteers, and raising funds for helping poor countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East....

While the early users of Android 11 rejoiced for receiving the update soon, they’re now aggrieved by several bugs. Users of Pixel 2, 3, 4, and even 4a users are reporting issues of black screen flickers, unable to see recent apps on swiping up and camera crashes after updating to Android 11. Though few have come up with regular troubleshooting tips, all are waiting for a patch from Google. Stable Android 11 on Pixel Phones Still Has Bugs Google has released the Android 11 to several phones and made the source code public earlier this month....

PUBG has banned a player for using illicit tricks in the game. This caused the victim to roar in the community asking for help, but PUBG denied lifting the ban as they firmly believe he cheated. The makers have even made a video explaining the cheater’s method and asked the community to be aware of such tricks. PUBG has grown into one of the best Battle Royale games very soon. The game’s been played among millions spread across tens of countries....

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have linked a relatively new ransomware gang called “Ransom Cartel” – to the now defunct REvil gang. They analyzed the TTPs including the encryption scheme, double extortion tactics, and a leak site – all of which resemble Ravil procedures. While the new gang doesn’t have the level of obfuscation that REvil maintained in its code, it exploits the Windows Data Protection API as a new vector....

A few days before the Unpacked event, Samsung rolled out it’s latest One UI 5 beta based on Android 13 to Galaxy S22 series in select countries. Interested users can proceed to download and experience, keeping in mind the risk of running a beta version. Besides the simple UI upgrade, the new OS brings a handful of improvements to security and productivity from Android 13. Android 13 Based One UI 5 Beta Over time, Samsung is improving at offering software updates to its devices....

After confirming last month, Telegram is now rolling out the Stories feature to its platform, with a catch. Though everyone can view Stories, the ability to post them is reserved only for Premium users. Further, they can set viewing restrictions to some, all or specific contact while also making the published Stories disappear within hours or a day. This feature is available in the side menu instead of cooking in the top bar as other instant messengers....

One of the grand torrenting sites, The Pirate Bay, is back with its original .org domain after a month. It’s been facing a lot of downtimes in recent weeks, and there’s also a change of nameservers we’ve noticed. But now, the site is accessible from its old domain, with changes nameservers and few alterations to the public site. Other than this, the registrar and registrant were of the same as the past....

Famous torrent site The Pirate Bay has just formed a new dark web site, or to say, modified its current hard-memorizing onion link to an easy-rememberable one. Well, the reason for this switch isn’t clear yet, but it’s attractive. The Pirate Bay, an infamous site for most and the highly targeted site for Governments. Users flock around Pirate Bay to get links and downloads of copyrighted content for free. This makes it be involved in illegal business and is subjected to many allegations periodically....

A coder named augustgl has reverse-engineered TikTok’s Android app’s source code and published it on the GitHub repository . He did this to prove that TikTok is spyware, and even forked it repeatedly and published it repeatedly. While TikTok has used DMCA notices to takedown them across GitHub, it’s unknown whether it’s exploited or not yet. TikTok’s Source Code Published on GitHub TikTok has been the target for many in terms of security....

No one can deny the fact that TikTok is addictive and also great for spending your free time watching videos. But one of the things that can ruin the whole experience for users is the lag they face with the app. Users have complained about TikTok lagging on their Android and iPhone while trying to watch videos. Various factors can cause TikTok to lag, such as slow internet, corrupted cache, low device storage, outdated apps, etc....

WASHINGTON, December 8, 2025 – President Donald Trump announced Monday that Nvidia can resume sales of its H200 AI chips to approved commercial customers in China, contingent on the U.S. government receiving a 25% cut of the revenue—a measure extending to AMD, Intel, and other American chipmakers as part of a fragile trade detente with Beijing. The policy follows a late-October meeting in South Korea between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, where China pledged to end retaliatory actions against U....

WASHINGTON, December 22, 2025 – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing federal agencies to challenge state-level artificial intelligence laws and withhold infrastructure funding from non-compliant states, seeking to impose a single national standard to accelerate U.S. AI development in competition with China. The order empowers the attorney general to file lawsuits against states with regulations deemed obstructive to “United States’ global A.I. dominance.” It also authorizes withholding federal broadband and other grants from jurisdictions maintaining such rules....