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Trump’s tariffs just blocked by major court ruling — here’s what it means for you
Those of you who were concerned about tariffs affecting the cost of your electronics may be in luck. A 3-judge panel at the Court of International Trade in New York has ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by imposing severe tariffs on imports, effectively declaring them illegal. Congress usually approves tariffs, but Trump has previously declared that the…
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Apple blocked over $9 billion in App Store fraud in five years
Apple says it blocked over $9 billion in fraudulent App Store transactions over the last five years, with over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent sanctions prevented in 2024 alone. The company’s annual App Store fraud analysis also shows that Apple identified almost 4.7 million stolen credit cards and blocked over 1.6 million accounts from making transactions again. The App Store…
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App Store stopped $2 billion in fraud, blocked 2 million risky apps in 2024 – Computerworld
Those commitments should, logically, extend to discipline against developers. Apple says that in order to prevent fraud, it terminated over 146,000 developer accounts last year. It also blocked 139,000 developer enrollments. Why are tens of thousands of attempts to overcome App Store security taking place? It could be the sheer number of people using the store, which is currently serving…
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Intune flaw pushed Windows 11 upgrades on blocked devices
Microsoft has blamed a “code issue” for Windows 11 being offered to devices that weren’t supposed to have it after a flaw in a device management tool. Reports suggest that Intune, Microsoft’s software for managing enterprise devices, had a “latent code issue” that upgraded devices despite policies that should have blocked that from happening. In a post for admins, Microsoft…
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Tor Browser 14.5 Can Help You Fix Blocked Relay Connections
Summary Tor Browser 14.5 includes updates to the Connection Assist feature, and brings the feature to Android for the first time. The update also adds support for more languages and fixes bugs. Tor Browser is designed to bypass internet censorship on the network or internet service provider (ISP) level, but some of its workarounds can be complicated. The Connection Assist…
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Google blocked over 5 billion ads in 2024 amid rise in AI-powered scams
Google blocked 5.1 billion ads and suspended more than 39.2 million advertiser accounts in 2024, according to its 2024 Ads Safety Report released this week. The company says the increasing enforcement activity is caused by the growing threat of AI-generated content, impersonation scams, and abuse of its ad platform. In particular, Google highlighted the use of generative AI tools to create deepfake…
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Grok AI blocked results saying Musk and Trump “spread misinformation”
Grok, Elon Musk’s ChatGPT competitor, temporarily refused to respond with “sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation,” according to xAI’s head of engineering, Igor Babuschkin. After Grok users noticed that the chatbot had been given instructions to not respond with those results, Babuschkin blamed an unnamed, ex-OpenAI employee at xAI for updating Grok’s system prompt without approval. In response…
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Google blocked 2.36 million risky Android apps from Play Store in 2024
Google blocked 2.3 million Android app submissions to the Play Store in 2024 due to violations of its policies that made them potentially risky for users. In addition, 158,000 developer accounts were banned for attempting to publish harmful apps like malware and spyware on Android’s official app store. In comparison, Google blocked 2,280,000 risky apps in 2023 and 1,500,000 apps in…
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Docker Desktop blocked on Macs due to false malware alert
Docker is warning that Docker Desktop is not starting on macOS due to malware warnings after some files were signed with an incorrect code-signing certificate. The first reports of the malware alerts surfaced on January 7, 2025, when macOS users received an unexpected ‘Malware Blocked’ message preventing them from opening the Docker containers management app. “Malware Blocked. “com.docker.vmnetd” was not…
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Windows 11 24H2 upgrades blocked on some PCs due to audio issues
Microsoft has added another Windows 11 24H2 upgrade block for systems with Dirac audio improvement software due to compatibility issues breaking sound output. This known issue only affects PCs with cridspapo.dll, and it causes applications to stop detecting audio devices connected to affected devices. “The incompatibility relates to the software component cridspapo.dll, which is part of these devices’ audio processing…
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