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Meta suspends user accounts on Instagram and Threads that track celebrity private jets

Steve Bennett — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:40:01 +0000

Users who run these accounts have found that they have been suspended on Instagram and Threads today. Read more...

Microsoft has started suspending gamers who use Xbox emulators in retail mode

John Callaham — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has also reportedly flat out banned some gamers who have attempted to upload emulators on Xbox consoles set in retail mode. The use of emulators in developer mode is still allowed. Read more...

Latest Nvidia driver for Linux improves suspend reliability on systems that use UEFI

Paul Hill — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:58:01 +0000

Nvidia has released a new driver for Linux that fixes suspend and resume reliability. The version number is 525.85.05 and has a file size of 395.9 MB. Read on to learn what else the driver addresses. Read more...

CD Projekt Red suspends the sale of its games in Russia and Belarus

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:32:01 +0000

CD Projekt Red, the studio behind Cyberpunk 2077, has announced that it will suspend all forms of sales of its games in Russia and Belarus. It joins a slew of companies suspending services in Russia. Read more...

Twitter refuses to ban extremist accounts in Pakistan despite pressure from government [Update]

Usama Jawad — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 12:18:01 +0000

It appears that Twitter is refusing to ban allegedly extremist accounts in Pakistan, despite repeated requests from the government. The accounts in question belong to a religious political party. Read more...

Ubuntu bug allows anyone with physical access to bypass your lock screen

Paul Hill — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:20:02 +0000

A new bug has been uncovered in Ubuntu and possibly other Linux distributions in which an attacker with physical access to the computer can bypass the lock screen after suspending the machine. Read more...

Microsoft suspends cop's Xbox Live account for using a photo of an officer as a Gamerpic [Update]

Usama Jawad — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:18:02 +0000

Microsoft is receiving a considerable amount of public backlash after it suspended a cop's Xbox Live account for 24 hours for using a photo of a police officer holding a US flag as his Gamerpic. Read more...

Microsoft Asks Judge to Suspend Penalties

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:19:33 +0000

Microsoft asked a European Union judge Thursday to freeze a European Commission order forcing it to share technology with competitors, but a rival said the software giant used to provide such information freely. Microsoft Corp.... Read more...

EU suspend Microsoft sanctions

Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:46:47 +0000

The European Commission has suspended sanctions against Microsoft stemming from a ruling that the group had abused its dominant market position. The move came after the world's largest software company appealed against the decision at... Read more...

Israel to suspend Microsoft buys

Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:55:17 +0000

Israel became the latest government to embrace the open-source movement in software, saying this week that it would suspend purchases of Microsoft's productivity software and explore less costly, open-source alternatives. Though the full impact remains... Read more...