Month: February 2020
Microsoft Teams outage was caused by a really embarrassing oversight
Microsoft Teams suffered a lengthy and embarrassing outage yesterday, with the problem caused because Microsoft forgot to renew a security certificate (yes, you read that correctly). As The Verge reports, Teams was down for a period of around three hours on the morning of February 3. The downtime began at…
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Windows Core OS could change the way you get notifications
Another clue has popped up as to exactly how the still-not-officially-announced Windows Core OS is shaping up, in the form of a nugget of info regarding the notification system. You may recall that Windows Core OS is Microsoft’s big plan for the future of its operating system, turning it into…
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Online targeting needs tighter controls, UK data ethics body suggests
A UK government advisory body on AI and data ethics has recommended tighter controls on how platform giants can use ad targeting and content personalization. Concerns about the largely unregulated eyeball-grabbing targeting tactics of online platforms — be it via serving ‘personalized content’ or ‘microtargeted ads’ to individuals or groups…
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Apple TV Plus is coming to older LG OLED, NanoCell and UHD TVs
Think just because you bought your LG TV last year you were going to miss out on native access to the Apple TV Plus shows and Apple TV app? Think again. LG has announced that all of its OLED TVs from 2019 will be getting an over-the-air update that will…
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Your Google Photos backups could have been shared with a complete stranger
Google has confirmed that some people using its Takeout service to download a copy of their data last year had content from their Google Photos account shared with complete strangers by accident. As 9to5Google reports, the ‘technical issue’ happened from November 21to 25 2019, but Google is only now alerting…
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Google admits it sent private videos in Google Photos to strangers
Google is alerting some users of its Google Photos service that they’ve had their private videos sent to strangers by the search giant. Google’s Takeout service, that lets people download their data, was affected by a “technical issue” between November 21st and November 25th last year. It resulted in a…
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