Neowin News Feed for: Prompts

Microsoft assures OneDrive backup prompts are still coming for Microsoft 365 apps

Sayan Sen — Fri, 16 May 2025 08:40:01 +0000

Microsoft has delayed the OneDrive prompts for Microsoft 365 apps but has confirmed it is still coming with some new additional details. Read more...

macOS Sequoia now prompts users to reauthorize screen recording app permissions monthly

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:00:02 +0000

After receiving user feedback, with the latest macOS Sequoia update, Apple is tweaking the frequency of pop-ups for reauthorizing permissions for screen recording apps from weekly to monthly. Read more...

ChatGPT was tricked into generating valid activation keys for Windows 95

Sayan Sen — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:30:02 +0000

OpenAI's ChatGPT was successfully tricked into generating valid activation keys for Windows 95. Although it refused at first, a revised prompt was able to trick the AI without the chatbot realizing. Read more...

Google Chrome will automatically block annoying website pop-ups soon

Usama Jawad — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:56:01 +0000

Google has highlighted several new machine learning-based capabilities coming to Chrome soon. These include autonomous blocking of permission prompts and automatic arrangement of the toolbar. Read more...

Twitter will give you a heads up before entering 'intense' conversations

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:08:01 +0000

The latest Twitter experiment is aiming to promote harmony among users on the app. It lays out three bullet points when entering heated conversations, which serve as a reminder to remain cool. Read more...

Firefox for Windows to offer prompts for updating plugins

John Callaham — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 03:56:32 +0000

Mozilla has announced that users of its Firefox web browser for Windows will now prompt its users to update their plugin software if they need such an update, such as Flash and Silverlight. Read more...

Firefox 2.0.0.10 Gaffe Prompts Quick Fix

Steven Parker — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:01:39 +0000

Bug hunter Kevin Han posted an issue that was later labeled as severe, the bug causes certain images in a web page to be poorly represented. The error concerns the representation of vector graphics using... Read more...

Net growth prompts privacy update

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:38:08 +0000

The world's leading industrialised nations have been forced to update privacy laws made obsolete by the huge volume of data moving around the net. Of particular concern to the 30 OECD states was the... Read more...

Vulnerability prompts forced upgrade for MSN Messenger users

Steven Parker — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:16:13 +0000

According to a message posted on February 9th at the MSN Messenger download site, all users on 6.1 and 6.2 are being forced to upgrade to the latest build or be 'blocked' from the service.... Read more...

Firefox Vulnerability Prompts Another Interim Release

Sat, 02 Oct 2004 05:33:07 +0000

The Mozilla Foundation has once again released an interim version of its popular Firefox browser. Firefox 0.10.1 addresses a new security vulnerability which could allow a hacker to delete files from a user's download directory.... Read more...

Share price collapse prompts new future for Eidos?

Sat, 22 May 2004 06:11:12 +0000

Despite a official denial that any takeover talks are in progress, speculation has once again emerged today that Eidos may be the target of a buyout bid, after its share price collapsed by almost a... Read more...

CD-burning software prompts patent suit

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:56:49 +0000

A small California storage company filed a patent suit late Friday against software maker Roxio and said the dispute will likely expand to cover other hardware and software companies involved with CD-ROMs. ... Read more...

Sun's low-cost strategy prompts free Java release

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:14:14 +0000

Sun is set to release a free version of its Java application server, as part of a drive to encourage users to move away from Microsoft. Sun Microsystems will release a free version of its... Read more...

Star Wars video prompts lawsuit

Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:18:38 +0000

A Canadian teenager has launched legal action against classmates who put a video of him online, saying that the publicity has left him mentally scarred. Ghyslain Raza became known as the "Star... Read more...

Hotfix available: Office 2000 Prompts You to Register

Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:28:50 +0000

SYMPTOMS When you start one of the Office 2000 programs that are listed at the beginning of this article after April 15, 2003, you may receive a prompt to register Office. This symptom may... Read more...