Windows 10 bug breaks USB printing
If you’ve been unable to print to a USB printer with Windows 10, it’s not just you: Microsoft is currently wrestling with a bug under that exact scenario. Microsoft first acknowledged the […]
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This Windows 11 encryption bug may cause data damage
Microsoft is warning that Windows 11 is subject to a bug that can cause data damage under certain specialized conditions, including writing data to encrypted drives using BitLocker. Unfortunately, the fix is […]
Windows 11 printer bug blocks 22H2 upgrade, advanced features
If you’re a Windows 11 user whose been having problems with your printer’s more advanced features, Microsoft has some bad news: You may have to wait—on both your printer problems and the […]
Windows 11 2022 Update bug can slow file downloading by 40%
Downloading and even copying local files may be as much as 40 percent slower using Windows 11’s 2022 Update, a Microsoft program manager has confirmed. Ned Pyle, a principal program manager at […]
A rare AMD Radeon driver bug is breaking PCs. This fix revived mine
The carefully sequestered, rock-solid-reliable PC I use to test graphics cards became completely and utterly hosed this week. I couldn’t even get the system to boot into Windows repair mode to try […]
Nvidia crushes CPU-gobbling bug with new GeForce driver
Typically new graphics drivers are supposed to make your computer go, in the parlance of the common man, faster. But anyone who’s been a PC gamer long enough knows this isn’t always […]
Windows Defender finally squashes Firefox bug that ate CPUs for 5 years
Firefox has a reputation of being something of a resource hog, even among modern browsers. But it might not be entirely earned, because it looks like a CPU bug affecting Firefox users […]
Facebook fixes friend request bug that revealed viewing habits
Last Friday, Facebook users discovered a bug that shattered their illusions of privacy—on the mobile app, friend requests were being sent to any profile visited. For people engaged in the timeless habit […]
A Twitter bug is reviving deleted tweets and retweets
Oh, Twitter. What a trash fire. There’s now a Twitter bug that’s restoring deleted tweets and retweets. On May 8th, The Verge‘s senior reporter James Vincent deleted around 5,000 of his tweets. […]
AMD ‘Zenbleed’ bug lets hackers steal data from Ryzen CPUs
A new vulnerability has been discovered in AMD’s Zen 2 processors—one that allows data like passwords and encryption keys to be stolen from the CPU. Disclosed publicly this week by Google security […]
