Sometime around 6:30PM ET on May 6th, popular iOS apps from major companies like DoorDash, Spotify, TikTok, and Venmo suddenly starting crashing. The culprit didn’t remain a mystery for long. Developers on Twitter and GitHub quickly discovered the cause to be an issue with the software development kit (SDK) from ... Read More »
The “final” Windows 7 update, version KB4534310, apparently introduces a new bug that will require at least one more patch to remove. The bug is benign—all it does is cause your desktop’s wallpaper to turn black when you’ve set it to “Stretch”—but it’s still annoying. Luckily, Microsoft has a couple of ... Read More »
Microsoft has released optional cumulative updates for multiple versions of Windows 10, including one for Windows 10 version 1809 that fixes a Start menu problem when upgrading to this version. A week after October Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released the non-security update KB4520062 for Windows 10 version 1809. Microsoft highlights that it ... Read More »
Microsoft’s mega Patch Tuesday update also brought a fix for a several-week-old Cortana bug that was causing high CPU pain for Windows 10 version 1903 users. Microsoft last week finally acknowledged user complaints about the Cortana process SearchUI.exe causing abnormally high CPU usage. Complaints rolled in after users installed the KB4512941 update that Microsoft ... Read More »
A new bug which causes iPhone units to crash has been found. The worst thing about this bug is it lets another user freeze someone’s phone using an emoji message. This works with three-character combination messages, the white flag emoji, the number zero and a rainbow emoji. According to reports, ... Read More »
There’s no Nougat to be had this week for your Android device, but Shield Tablet users are getting some important patches that should improve their overall use and gaming experience. There’s also a strange case of missing Android dashboard numbers and hints the Galaxy S7 Edge may be on track ... Read More »
An estimated 80 percent of Android phones contain a recently discovered vulnerability that allows attackers to terminate connections and, if the connections aren’t encrypted, inject malicious code or content into the parties’ communications, researchers from mobile security firm Lookout said Monday.As Ars reported last Wednesday, the flaw first appeared in ... Read More »
About a week ago, we learned that most people on the Internet were open to attack thanks to a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) implementation flaw in Linux. Zhiyun Qian, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of California at Riverside, warned that it doesn’t take a tech genius ... Read More »
A new update is now available for popular third-party Twitter app Aeries, bringing a number of bug fixes and tweaks to the Windows 10 app. In particular, users should expect an improved discover search experience, some minor UI improvements and more. Improved discover search experience. Fixed an issue where you ... Read More »
Windows 10 is rolling towards its August 2 Anniversary Update and the company’s latest build, 14385, reflects that focus. Over the past few days, Microsoft has been pushing out bug fixes and some small feature updates like crazy — late last week we saw the release of 14383 and the ... Read More »
