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Windows 11 is getting a force quit option to close apps without the Task Manager
Microsoft is planning to add a force quit option to the Windows 11 taskbar. Similar to macOS, it will allow Windows users to finally force crashed apps and buggy ones directly from the taskbar without having to open Task Manager.We first saw this appear in some early...
HP rushes to fix bricked printers after faulty firmware update
HP is working to address a bad firmware update that has been bricking HP Office Jet printers worldwide since it was released earlier this month.While HP has yet to issue a public statement regarding these ongoing problems affecting a subset of its customer base, the...
Windows 11 is so broken that even Microsoft can’t fix it
Microsoft has just made a pretty remarkable admission, essentially conceding that it doesn’t have a solution for some Windows 11 problems.As Neowin reports, some people using Windows 11 and Windows 10 have found a bug which prevents the Start menu, Windows search bar...
Google faces allegations of unlawfull collection of sensitive health data
Google is facing a lawsuit accusing the company of unlawfully collecting sensitive health data related to abortion searches on third-party websites using Google's technology. Jane Doe, the anonymous plaintiff, seeks to have the case certified as a class...
ChatGPT Comes to Your iPhone With OpenAI’s New iOS App
OpenAI on Thursday dropped a ChatGPT app for iOS. The new app gives you a way to take OpenAI's AI chatbot on the go. The free app works on iPhones and iPads, supports voice input and syncs your history across devices. Like using ChatGPT on a computer, the iOS app can...
Microsoft Bing AI Chat Widgets: How to Get Them on iOS and Android
Microsoft launched artificial intelligence-powered search on Bing 100 days ago, celebrating the milestone with a few updates to the system this week. One of those is adding a chatbot widget for phone screens across both iOS and Android."We're launching a new Bing Chat...
Microsoft will take nearly a year to finish patching new 0-day Secure Boot bug
Earlier this week, Microsoft released a patch to fix a Secure Boot bypass bug used by the BlackLotus bootkit we reported on in March. The original vulnerability, CVE-2022-21894, was patched in January, but the new patch for CVE-2023-24932 addresses another actively...
Google’s answer to ChatGPT is now open to everyone in US, packing new features
At Wednesday's Google I/O conference, Google announced wide availability of its ChatGPT-like AI assistant, Bard, in over 180 countries with no waitlist. It also announced updates such as support for Japanese and Korean, visual responses to queries, integration with...
Capita warns customers they should assume data was stolen
Business process outsourcing firm Capita is warning customers to assume that their data was stolen in a cyberattack that affected its systems in early April.Almost six weeks after the attack was disclosed, Capita warned Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the...