An unknown number of iPhone users have been reporting that their alarms may go off on time, but without making a sound, so it's not their fault they're late at all. Your iPhone may think you need a lie-in Maybe Apple's latest earnings are going to be so bad that the company is experimenting with making people sleep in and miss the call. Or possibly iPhone users are letting their alarms vibrate instead of make sounds. While there are long-standing threads on the Apple support forums...
Instagram is back online following a two-hour outage that hit users worldwide. DownDetector, a site that monitors online outages, reported issues around 2pm ET that dissipated around 4pm ET.
Something is up with Apple ID this weekend. As reported by 9to5Mac, Apple users started complaining online last night that they’d been logged out of their Apple IDs on all of their devices without explanation. Upon trying to log back in, some say they were locked out of their accounts despite entering the correct details, and had to reset their passwords. Engadget has reached out to Apple for more information. I was mid FaceTime with @milesabovetech and my Apple account got locked and signed out...
Overnight, a notable portion of iCloud users were getting logged out of their accounts across all of their devices, and the only way back in was to perform a password reset. Web-based iCloud login page The log-outs weren't -- or aren't, it's not clear yet -- happening on one particular class of device. And, if you were impacted, it's across nearly all of your devices including HomePods, Apple TV hardware, iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One AppleInsider staffer said that whatever the cause of...
Last week, journalist co-op 404 Media reported on Spy Pet, a site that was mining billions of Discord messages from nearly 620 million users and selling access to that data for as little as $5. After investigating the matter, Discord has announced that the accounts connected to that repository have been banned and the company is considering legal action. According to an April 26 404 Media story, Spy Pet had been trawling roughly 14,000 Discord servers for a few months now, collecting tons of...
Remember iTunes? Although it was discontinued years ago on macOS, the Windows version lives on to this day. And if you’re one of the people who still has iTunes installed on your PC, there’s an update available with an important security patch. more
A substance user readily put his foot in it with police when a pal pulled out a sock and appeared to do a drug deal in Sunderland city centre. Wayne MacLeod, 40, who was not involved in the apparent illegal transaction, later shocked an officer by merrily admitting, “I’ve got drugs, too”. MacLeod, of Esplanade West, near the University of Sunderland, was part of a group being watched by an undercover team in Market Square at 11.30am on Friday, March 8, a court heard. They were confronted after...
Social media users fell for AI-generated photos that appeared to show celebrities attending the Met Gala 2024. [Read More]
This has been made possible thanks to a recent donation of more than £1,100 from Kettering town councillor Keli Watts – part of the North Northamptonshire Council Councillor Empowerment Fund. The new greenhouse, installed at Teamwork Trust’s Kettering centre, has empowered service users - autistic adults, people with learning disabilities and individuals with mental health needs – to plant their first vegetables and herbs. The funding has also equipped the charity with new gardening tools,...
Major streaming services such as Netflix and Disney Plus saw a drop in MAU and downloads. A report says there was a 4% aggregate decline across all video streaming services last month.
The long-awaited annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report is out, and it’s made very clear that users continue to be a problem in phishing attacks.
Across social media, iPhone users have reported waking up to the scary realization that they had missed their alarm.