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Microsoft Suffers Major Outage as U.S. CISA Confirms Actively Exploited Outlook Vulnerability

Nearly 130,000 people could not open Outlook on November 12 while a confirmed zero-day flaw continues to leak login data from the same program.

November 12, 20263 min read

Microsoft's November Windows 10 Patch Arrives With Fixes, Costs, and Another Nudge Toward Windows 11

Big Tech drops security updates for the OS it stopped supporting the way it used to, while businesses face rising fees and users get steered toward "cloud" accounts.

Nov 113 min

Happy Linux Day: Linux Offers Freedom from the Big Tech Companies That Are Selling Your Data and Spying on You

For more than five years, Jeff.pro has been showing "main-street Americans" ("We, the people"), how Linux gives them control that Microsoft, Google, and Apple do not

Oct 243 min

Judge Finds Google Illegally Locked Up Web Advertising, Rejects DOJ Plan to Force a Breakup

Google keeps its AdX exchange and must instead open auctions to rivals, share bid data, and accept six years of monitoring.

Sep 173 min

Senate Kills Clarity Act, Leaves Wall Street and Silicon Valley in Charge

A 49-50 cloture vote ends years of lobbying. Regulators, banks, and campaign season now write the rules.

Sep 152 min

Microsoft’s Giant September Patch Broke Remote Desktop, Excel, and USB Audio

A record security dump from Redmond left offices scrambling, then the company had to rush out emergency fixes.

Sep 153 min

Silicon Valley’s News Apps Stack the Deck with Political Bias: 68% Left, 5% Right

Apple, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo push left-leaning stories by the thousands while conservative outlets barely get a look as midterms near

Sep 103 min

Police Sound the Alarm on Meta’s Camera Glasses

Internal memos from New York to California treat Ray-Ban Meta glasses as a security risk that can film jails, officers, and patrol routines without anyone noticing.

Sep 83 min

Texas Republicans Turn Against Data Centers

Voters in red counties are forcing a harder look at Silicon Valley’s Texas expansion

Sep 43 min

Hackers Are Hijacking WordPress Sites Through a Popular Page Builder

A patched Elementor Pro bug is already being used to drop webshells and seize control of websites.

Sep 33 min

Major AI Chatbots Fail at Once as Users Report Widespread Errors

Big Tech’s favorite tools failed together. That should worry anyone who treats them like public utilities.

Sep 33 min

Home Depot’s Parking Lot Is Watching You

License-plate cameras at the store are feeding a national search network. The company says it’s about theft. The fine print says more.

Sep 13 min

Apple Kept Thunderbolt Locked. Volunteers Forced It Open on Linux

After years of reverse-engineering and zero help from Cupertino, a driver for M1, M2, and M3 Macs finally lands on the Linux kernel list

Aug 312 min