Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

The streaming giant Netflix has launched a worldwide test of “Shuffle Play,” a feature for indecisive subscribers that starts streaming a random title based on their viewing history or playlists, Variety Reports. The idea, of course, is to provide yet another way to encourage Netflix users...

Google Chrome will warn users when submitting insecure forms that deliver information via HTTP connections on HTTPS websites starting with version 86. These “mixed forms” (forms on HTTPS sites that do not submit on HTTPS) are a risk to users’ security and privacy. Information submitted on...

Brown-Forman, one of the largest U.S. companies in the spirits and wine business, suffered a cyber attack. The intruders allegedly copied 1TB of confidential data; they plan on selling to the highest bidder the most important info and leak the rest. The company, which is...

The social media giant Facebook appears to flipping the switch on integrating the chat systems for Instagram and Messenger, via TheVerge. The new feature will be rolling on both iOS and Android devices. Users are getting noticed an update screen popped up in Instagram’s mobile...

Apple on Thursday removed Epic Games’ Fortnite from its App Store after the company implemented its own in-app payment system. The upshot was Epic bypassed Apple’s 30% cut. Enter lawsuit. Apple’s 30% cut, which looked like a deal when first instituted, has been under scrutiny...

Intel Thursday announced details of forthcoming chips for compute, graphics, and artificial intelligence in its first architectural roadmap presentation since 2018.  Intel’s Raja Koduri, the company’s chief architect, told reporters that the spirit of the company’s engineers is high despite a couple weeks of grueling press coverage...

The privacy-focus instant messaging app Signal is rolling out a new feature i.e Message Requests. With message requests, when someone who isn’t in your contacts starts a new chat with you or adds you to a group, you can quickly see more info before accepting...

The microblogging site Twitter rolled out a moderation feature that would allow its users to limit how many people can reply to their tweets, giving account-holders more control over conversations on their page. All accounts, including those of elected officials, can now select the people...

Google is going to let you use Chrome apps for a little while longer, as the company on Monday announced an extension to its planned timeline to end support for the software. Google cites “feedback from our customers and partners” in making these changes. The Chrome Web...

China’s Great Firewall“is now blocking HTTPS connections set up via the new TLS 1.3 encryption protocol and which use ESNI (Encrypted Server Name Indication),” reports ZDNet: The block has been in place for more than a week, according to a joint report authored by three organizations tracking...

U.S. chipmaker Intel suffered a data breach in which classified and confidential documents have been uploaded to a public file sharing service. The cache of secret information is 20GB large and comes from an unknown source. It was announced as the first part in a...

Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in The Official Facebook Chat Plugin, a WordPress plugin installed on over 80,000 sites. This flaw made it possible for low-level authenticated attackers to connect their own Facebook Messenger account to any site running the vulnerable plugin and engage...

A hacker has published today a list of plaintext usernames and passwords, along with IP addresses for more than 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers, ZDNet Reports ZDNet, which obtained a copy of this list with the help of threat intelligence firm KELA, verified its authenticity...

The push-to-talk app, Zello, has disclosed a data breach that revealed user’s email addresses and hashed passwords after discovering unauthorized activity on their systems, via BleepingComputer Zello is a mobile service with 140 million users that allows first responders, hospitality services, transportation, and family and...

Apple is now the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, passing Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco. Apple shares closed up 10.47% Friday, giving it a market valuation of $1.84 trillion. Saudi Aramco, which had been the most valuable publicly listed company since its...