Neowin News Feed for: Warning

Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption

Sayan Sen — Thu, 01 May 2025 18:12:01 +0000

Microsoft made a big change regarding BitLocker encryption on Windows 11 24H2 and apparently it is leading to users losing data. Read more...

Microsoft doesn't like you downloading Windows 10 even from official source anymore

Sayan Sen — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:30:02 +0000

Microsoft seems to not like it anymore it you want to download Windows 10, even if you do it from an official source. Read more...

Humane asks to stop using the AI Pin's charging case due to a potential fire safety risk

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 05:58:02 +0000

Humane has issued a warning for its AI Pin users, asking them to stop using its charging case after the company found some issues with the battery cells it imported from a third-party vendor. Read more...

Meta's “supreme court” warns Facebook, Instagram, and competitors ahead of global elections

Martin Hodás — Fri, 03 May 2024 18:16:01 +0000

Inaccurate enforcement by social media platforms and unequal investment in global election integrity efforts are a threat to election processes around the globe, Meta's Oversight Board warns. Read more...

Microsoft to warn if your Windows 11 PC doesn't meet system requirements for AI Explorer

Sayan Sen — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:58:01 +0000

Microsoft is looking to display a system requirements cautionary message on Windows 11 24H2 PCs for when such a PC fails to meet the requirements for the upcoming AI-powered File Explorer. Read more...

Tesla owners are driving with Apple Vision Pro, secretary of transportation doesn't like it

Martin Hodás — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:30:01 +0000

Owners of Apple Vision Pro have taken to the U.S. streets, occasionally wearing the headset in weird or even dangerous situations, such as in Tesla cars with Autopilot self-driving feature engaged. Read more...

Chinese groups caution investors not to be blinded by ChatGPT hype

Usama Jawad — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:24:01 +0000

Multiple analysts, news outlets, and tech executives have been warning investors in China not to blindly invest money into AI companies just because of the recent hype generated by ChatGPT. Read more...

Facebook bans NYU Ad Observatory's accounts for unauthorized data scraping

Usama Jawad — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 06:32:01 +0000

The NYU Ad Observatory project studies political ads on Facebook. Its access to the platform has now been shut down because it breached user privacy by scraping data, despite repeated warnings. Read more...

Google will now warn you when its search results are unreliable

Usama Jawad — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 03:38:01 +0000

Google realizes that its search results can be somewhat unreliable when there is breaking news or when stories are still developing. It will now begin notifying users when this happens. Read more...

Twitter will now warn users if they try to 'like' disputed tweets

Usama Jawad — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 05:52:01 +0000

Twitter has rolled out a new change that now warns users when they try to 'like' a misleading tweet. All disputed claims such as those by Donald Trump now encourage users to visit credible sources. Read more...

Twitter announces new labels for misleading COVID-19 posts

Paul Hill — Mon, 11 May 2020 20:16:01 +0000

Twitter is to start labelling misleading information about COVID-19. Depending on the level of harm the Tweet can cause it'll be labelled, come with an overlay warning, or be removed entirely. Read more...

Google ethics advisor says humanity needs to grow up in the face of AI

Paul Hill — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 10:20:01 +0000

De Kai, a professor at Hong Kong University, has issued a fresh warning over the dangers of artificial intelligence. De Kai sits on a council which advises on AI so his comments could be heeded. Read more...

Google warns Android device manufacturers against having more than two display cutouts

Usama Jawad — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 18:00:02 +0000

Google has announced that Android devices cannot have more than two display cutouts, and that notches can't be on the right or left edges. Furthermore, there can only be a single cutout on an edge. Read more...

This weird error message about 'My Little Pony' on Xbox One is a bug, fix inbound

Usama Jawad — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:32:01 +0000

For the past few hours, Xbox One owners have been seeing a weird error message on their console, referencing 'My Little Pony' and telling them to read the error description and weep. Read more...

Google updates security warnings after phishing scam makes the rounds on Gmail

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 May 2017 05:48:01 +0000

Google has made changes to Gmail's security systems to better protect users against phishing attempts. The new system offers warnings when clicking on suspicious links in an effort to keep you safe. Read more...

Microsoft finally starts removing non-compliant apps from the Windows Store

Usama Jawad — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 05:34:02 +0000

It appears that Microsoft has finally starting removing Windows Store apps which haven't been updated with age ratings as many developers have started reporting that their apps have been unpublished. Read more...

If your Windows Store app has not been updated with new age ratings, it will be removed soon

Usama Jawad — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has warned developers who haven't updated their apps with the new age rating system, cautioning them that if they don't comply, their apps will soon be removed from the Windows Store. Read more...

Apple tells developer to reclassify iOS game highlighting war-torn Gaza as 'news app'

Usama Jawad — Thu, 19 May 2016 10:04:01 +0000

Apple has issued a notice to a Palestinian indie game developer, asking him to re-categorize his game; which highlights the situation in Gaza, in the "News" or "Reference" section. Read more...

Samsung warns of lower profits, troubled year ahead

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:30:01 +0000

Samsung is warning its employees and investors that recent struggles it has faced in terms of profits and sales won't be ending anytime soon and that 2016 looks set to be a very uncertain year. Read more...

FBI issues confidential reports to US businesses warning them of destructive malware

Usama Jawad — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:12:01 +0000

The cyber attack on Sony last week by the hacking group #GOP has caused alarm among US businesses. The FBI has reportedly been sending 'flash' warnings to many companies regarding destructive malware. Read more...

Microsoft: Indian banks could be at "major risk" if they don't ditch Windows XP

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:54:40 +0000

Microsoft India sent out a press release this week saying that banks there that are still using Windows XP could be at risk if they don't ditch the OS before the April 8th support cut-off date. Read more...

Apple to offer early earthquake warnings in Japanese iOS 5

Denis Wong — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:10:26 +0000

Apple will include built-in earthquake warning notifications in iOS 5 for Japanese users, following the devastating Tohoku earthquake that devastated parts of Japan in March. Read more...

ARIN warns that IPv4 addresses will be depleted in 2 years

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:35:01 +0000

The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) board of trustees has decided to start contacting the CEOs of IPv4 block holders advising them that IPv4 addresses will be depleted within the next 2 years and... Read more...

Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerability Warning Issued

Steven Parker — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:33 +0000

The flaw focuses on IE's inline frames, often used for serving ads, which typically come from a different domain than content that appears on the same Web page. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8... Read more...

Greeting card malware warning

Steven Parker — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:48:12 +0000

If you receive an email that claims to be a greeting card sent by Hallmark be very wary of opening it. Security experts are warning of a scam in which a surfer receives an email... Read more...

Warning on stealthy Windows rootkit

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:48:39 +0000

Security experts are warning about a stealthy Windows rootkit that steals login details for online bank accounts. In the last month, the malicious program has racked up about 5,000 victims - most of whom are... Read more...

Apple kicks off Leopard month with Boot Camp warning

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:28:55 +0000

Apple Inc. kicked off the month in which it plans to launch its new Mac OS X 10.5, "Leopard," OS by reminding users that the beta license for Boot Camp -- the utility that runs... Read more...

Symantec sends bogus warning of full-scale Internet meltdown

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:27:38 +0000

On Friday at around 8:40 p.m. EDT, Symantec Corporation sent an e-mail with the subject "DeepSight Increased ThreatCon from 1 to 4 Alert" to enterprise customers of Symantec's DeepSight advanced alert system. ThreatCon uses a... Read more...

Web safety warning for children

Tom Warren — Mon, 14 May 2007 13:43:16 +0000

More than half of children in the UK using the internet have had an "unwanted experience", a poll suggests. The NSPCC found 50.4% of 2,053 children had experienced problems such as bullying, being threatened... Read more...

Vehicle warning system trialed

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:29:13 +0000

A German research project on show at hi-tech trade fair Cebit envisions a peer-to-peer network for vehicles on a road passing road condition data back and forth. Cars or bikes experiencing problems would be able... Read more...

Analyst sounds AMD cash-flow warning

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:03:17 +0000

A US analyst has expressed "increasing concerns" that AMD is heading toward a cash-flow crisis even a shareholders' ears prick to whispers that a private equity company is looking to buy a stake in the... Read more...

Microsoft issues warning to VLK customers over WGA fail

Steven Parker — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:15:07 +0000

Phil Liu of Microsoft has reported problems with the Windows Genuine Advantage authentication method for Volume License Key (VLK) customers and a temporary work-around. "Just a heads up on an issue related to (Volume) VLK... Read more...

Microsoft Dismisses PowerPoint Zero-Day Warning

Steven Parker — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:09:01 +0000

Microsoft is pouring cold water on a warning from anti-virus vendor Trend Micro that a new PowerPoint zero-day attack is under way. The Trend Micro warning, first issued Aug. 19, said that a specially crafted... Read more...

Analyst Predicts Intel Price War, Profit Warning

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:30:13 +0000

LONDON — Reading the runes on the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics numbers for April, Bruce Diesen, analyst at Handelsbanken Capital Markets, predicted a profits warning would soon be forthcoming from Intel Corp. where he said... Read more...

Microsoft Rocked by New IE Zero-Day Flaw Warning

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:27:25 +0000

Barely two weeks after shipping an Internet Explorer security makeover to cover a wave of drive-by malware downloads, Microsoft is scrambling to address the public disclosure of a new zero-day vulnerability that could be used... Read more...

F-Secure Issues Warning on XP SP2 WMF Vulnerability

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:30:46 +0000

Antivirusand security experts F-Secure have issued a warning to users of MicrosoftWindows XP that includes fully patched Service Pack 2 machines. The exploit iscarried out via WMF files carrying a zero-day WMF exploit detected asW32/PFV-Exploit... Read more...

Sun Aims to Bolster Disaster Warning Systems

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:15:31 +0000

Sun Microsystems announced a project on Wednesday to build out disaster warning systems in countries around the world. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based server company said it has teamed with the Pacific... Read more...

Microsoft Sino-Indian Deal Sounds Warning Bell

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:44:38 +0000

European firms need to wake up to the "warning bell" being sounded by the globalisation of the software and services industries, industry experts have warned. Analyst firm Gartner said that Microsoft's recent creation of a... Read more...

Warning over fake Windows update

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:37:27 +0000

Users are being warned to watch out for a fake Microsoft security update. Circulating as an e-mail the fake message points people at a bogus website that claims to host critical security updates. But anyone... Read more...

Froogle/Gmail Hack Warning

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:55:22 +0000

Thanks to Aviran on BPN An Israeli hacker has uncovered a flaw in Froogle, Google's price-comparison service, which could allow access to users' Gmail accounts. Nir Goldshlager, who discovered the flaw, warned... Read more...