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4chan is down: Hack suspicions grow as commenters turn Downdetector website into an alternate forum

Fast Company Tech

(Downdetector is a platform that monitors online services and internet-related issues, and is essentially a crowd-sourced outage reporting tool.) Fast Company has reached out to 4chan for comment and did not hear back immediately. The outage was first reported on Downdetector at around 9:57 p.m.

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Elon Musk blames X outages on “massive cyberattack”

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After DownDetector reported that tens of thousands of users globally experienced repeated X (formerly Twitter) outages, Elon Musk confirmed the issues are due to an ongoing cyberattack on the platform. Read full article Comments There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X," Musk wrote on X. "We

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Windows 11 updates are accidentally getting rid of Copilot, at least for now

Ars Technica

Microsoft says it is "working on a resolution to address the issue" but that users who want to get Copilot back can reinstall the app from the Microsoft Store and repin it to the taskbar, the same process you use to install Copilot on PCs where it has been removed. Read full article Comments

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Handful of users claim new Nvidia GPUs are melting power cables again

Ars Technica

Partly in response to the 4090 issues, the 12VHPWR connector was replaced by an updated standard called 12V-2x6 , which uses the same cables and is pin-compatible with 12VHPWR, but which tweaked the connector to ensure that power is only actually delivered if the connectors are firmly seated. Read full article Comments

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Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data

Ars Technica

Google recently changed the way it stored timeline data to improve privacy , but the company now confirms that a "technical issue" resulted in many users losing their timeline history altogether, and there might not be any way to recover it. Read full article Comments Google has been investigating the problem, and the news isn't good.

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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

.orgSource

I was interested to hear Allison’s comments on managing an organization specifically for women across such a broad canvas. The post <strong>International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE</strong> appeared first on.orgSource.

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When software updates actually improve—instead of ruin—our favorite devices

Ars Technica

Weve all seen software updates render gadgets absolutely horrible: Printers have nearly become a four-letter word as the industry infamously issues updates that brick third-party ink and scanning capabilities. Read full article Comments On the other hand, there are times when software updates enrich the capabilities of smart gadgets.

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