Google apologizes for Chromecast outage in email to users
Google is emailing Chromecast users today to apologize for an issue that’s been causing certain Chromecast models to fail when people try to cast to them. The company says that it’s working on a fix. Below is the text from the email, which some Verge staffers received, titled, “Important information
This new TikTok feature is designed to help specific users close the app
Summary TikTok is introducing a new meditation feature for users under the age of 16 to encourage them to stop using the app after 10pm with calming music. Additionally, parents can now set “Time Away” on TikTok to restrict their teen’s app usage during specific hours. TikTok has until early
Icarus Films: Liberation: The User’s Guide
Directed by Alexander Kuznetsov 80 minutes / ColorRussian / English subtitlesRelease: 2016Copyright: 2016 Residents at the Tinskoi Psychoneurological Institute in Siberia have modest dreams: to find love and have children-to live independently and pay their own bills. But many may never attain even these simple goals. LIBERATION: THE USER’S GUIDE
Top digital loan firm security slip-up puts data of 36 million users at risk
Indian loan company Vivifi has reportedly suffered a data breach 36 million files were left exposed These consisted primarily of personally identifiable information (PII) A leading digital lending app has apparently exposed sensitive customer data after a misconfigured Amazon AWS S3 was bucket left unsecured without authentication. Cybernews researchers discovered
Apple and Google adopt Gulf of America for US Maps users
Google Maps now officially shows the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America if you open the app in the US. In a blog post, Google said it rolled out the named change because the government has already updated the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which decides the "federal
Google is bragging about Gemini 2.0 Flash, but how does it compare to ChatGPT for casual AI chatbot users?
Google really wants you to know that Gemini 2.0 Flash is a big deal. It’s the first generally released member of the Gemini 2.0 family, and the company is hyping it up as faster, smarter, and more powerful than ever, hinting without outright claiming it should replace OpenAI’s ChatGPT in
Android users are losing access to Microsoft 365’s ‘free’ VPN
It has only been a little less than two years since Microsoft launched “privacy protection” on Android in the US. Like any other VPN, this Microsoft Defender app feature protects users’ privacy while they’re browsing the web, whether they’re on a secure connection or using public Wi-Fi. But now the
