Printer Issues Reappear In Windows 11 22H2

A few days ago, Microsoft released the new Windows 11 22H2 update. As per usual, the update caused many serious issues including BSOD on systems with intel SST drivers . Sadly the latest update is also plagued with troublesome Printer Issues . For those unaware, both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have faced a security vulnerability in the Windows print spooler service. As the name suggests, this service takes care of print jobs and related protocols on servers and client PCs....

January 17, 2026 · 4 min · 683 words · Tina Stemmer

Researchers Develop Superfast Light Device Based On Plasmonics For Future Computers

Researchers use Plasmonics to develop super-fast light device that can be used in optical computing The microscopic ultra-fast light emitting device can flash 90 billion times per second and could form the basis of optical computing. Researchers have now used Plasmonics, a branch of Physics, to develop a microscopic device which can flip light on and off at an amazing rate of 90 billion times per second. Basically, if we consider the case of our smartphone’s battery, it can power billions of transistors just by using electrons to flip on and off billions of times per second....

January 17, 2026 · 5 min · 858 words · Norma Gilpin

Roblox Blox Fruits Codes: Free Exp And In

Roblox Blox Fruits codes are undoubtedly the best way to get free EXP boosts, stat refunds, and in-game money. In this article, we are going to reveal all the codes we have for Roblox Blox Fruits . Don’t stop! Keep reading the article to find out all the latest codes for Roblox Blox Fruits. Blox Fruits is a Roblox-based game developed by mygame43. The game is inspired by the manga series One Piece....

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 552 words · Danae Rose

Shindo Life Codes: Free Spins & Exp (April 2022)

Redeeming Shindo Life codes are the most favorable way to level up your character and become the best fighter in Roblox Shindo Life. We have crafted a list of all the Shindo Life codes to provide you with all types of free rewards in the game. Keep reading the article, as you will find out all the latest codes for Shindo Life. Shindo Life is a Roblox-based game developed by RELL World....

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 537 words · Thomas Richardson

Singapore Stops Teachers From Using Zoom After Hackers Show Obscene Photos

Singapore has suspended the use of video-conferencing app, Zoom after hackers hijacked home-based online classes and showed obscene images to students. On Wednesday, schools in Singapore were closed as part of partial lockdown measures to control local transmissions of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As a result, some teachers are using video conferencing tools like Zoom for home-based learning. According to local media reports, one of the incidents saw hackers joining a virtual geography class with teenage girls and displaying offensive pictures on screens....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 375 words · Margaret Andrews

Somebody Just Hacked Selena Gomez’S Instagram And Posted Explicit Nsfw Images Of Justin Bieber

Unknown hackers hacked Selena Gomez’s Instagram and posted explicit and personal pictures of her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber This is not Fappenning 2.0 but something else is cooking in the world of hacking. Unknown hackers hacked into Selena Gomez’s Instagram on Monday afternoon. Soon after taking over the account, the hackers went on to post NSFW Justin Bieber photos with a caption calling Bieber “ lil shrimpy .” The only thing that can be deduced from the caption is that the hackers belong to the anti-Bieber camp....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 284 words · William Costa

Sony Is Acquiring Bungie For $3.6 Billion

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (“SIE”) on Monday welcomed Bungie in the PlayStation family, as it entered into an agreement to acquire the leading independent videogame developer. For those unaware, Bungie is the videogame developer behind two of gaming’s highly-acclaimed franchises, including Halo and Destiny. “We’ve had a strong partnership with Bungie since the inception of the Destiny franchise, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to officially welcome the studio to the PlayStation family....

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 481 words · Ray Chaves

Sony Xperia 5 Ii With Snapdragon 865 Processor Announced: Specifications & Pricing

Sony has recently announced its 2020 flagship offering namely Sony Xperia 5 II. This flagship smartphone packs a visually impressive OLED display; offers reliable and fast performance; and comes with a feature-packed triple camera setup. Similar to every other flagship smartphone the entire glass and metal construction of this smartphone looks and feels premium. Thanks to the 21:9 aspect ratio of the display the overall form-factor of the Sony Xperia 5 II is quite compact....

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 445 words · David Hartness

Sony’S Spider

Sony Interactive Entertainment and Insomniac Games on Thursday announced that it is bringing the critically acclaimed PlayStation action-blockbuster hit, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered to Windows PC this August. PlayStation Studios partner studio Nixxes Software has helped with porting of the action-adventure game to PC. Marvel’s Spider-Man, the open-world superhero game, was the first title to be launched on PlayStation 4 (PS4) in 2018. The game received praise for its narrative, characterization, combat, and web-swinging traversal mechanics making it one of the best-selling PS4 titles of all time....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 370 words · Deirdre Valley

Teamviewer Hacked: Hackers Accessed Corporate It Environment

TeamViewer, a prominent remote access software company, confirmed on Thursday that it detected “an irregularity” in its internal corporate IT environment on Wednesday. “On Wednesday, 26 June 2024, our security team detected an irregularity in TeamViewer’s internal corporate IT environment,” TeamViewer said in a statement on its Trust Center page. “We immediately activated our response team and procedures, started investigations together with a team of globally renowned cyber security experts and implemented necessary remediation measures....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 409 words · Omar Abbenante

Tesla Recalls Nearly 5,00,000 Electric Cars Over Safety Concerns

Elon Musk-owned Tesla is recalling nearly 500,000 electric vehicles sold in the past few years over engineering issues related to rear-view cameras and front trunk that may increase the risk of a crash. The recall includes all Model 3 units sold between 2017 and 2020, as well as select Model S cars. The announcement was made by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Thursday after it was notified by Tesla on December 21....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 408 words · Tamar Wright

This Windows 11 Mobile Concept Is Truly Fascinating

Lumia 650 was the last Windows 10 Mobile phone from Microsoft, which was released in 2016. In October 2017, the Redmond giant announced it was discontinuing support for Windows 10 Mobile citing its low market share and the resultant lack of third-party software for the platform. Microsoft further crushed all hopes of seeing an alternative to Android and iOS when it ended support for Windows 10 Mobile on January 14, 2020, thereby ending support for its smartphone OS....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 298 words · Olga Wallace

Tiktok Could Incur Over $6 Billion Loss For Ban In India

Last week, the Government of India had announced a ban on 59 Chinese mobile applications , which included TikTok, UC Browser, CamScanner, SHAREit, WeChat, and more, citing these apps “are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order”. “The Ministry of Information Technology has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India,” the Ministry of Electronics and IT had said in a statement dated June 29, 2020....

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 488 words · Charles Cobb

Uber Gets Hacked Yet Again

Uber Technologies Inc., the popular ride-hailing company, has suffered yet another data breach after a threat actor released employee email addresses, IT asset information, and corporate reports online stolen from a third-party vendor. The threat actor named “UberLeaks” on early Saturday morning leaked sensitive company information that claimed to have been stolen from Uber and Uber Eats and leaked on a hacking forum known as BreachForums. This leaked data includes numerous archives claiming to be source code related to the mobile device management platforms (MDM) used by Uber, the company’s food delivery service Uber Eats and third-party vendor services....

January 17, 2026 · 4 min · 768 words · Roger Alvarado

Using The Pirate Bay And Kickass Torrents Streaming Service Will Get You Hacked!!!

The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents users may be at risk with Torrents Time Plugin After its launch last week, Torrents-Time streaming service made The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents one the world’s largest streaming sites. But the honeymoon is short-lived as a security researcher has discovered several vulnerabilities in the plugin that streams the content to the torrent lovers. According to the developer, Andrew Sampson , the Torrents Time browser plugin that allows users to stream multimedia torrents in real time inside their browser is plagued by various security issues that range from XSS to MitM attacks....

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 587 words · Daniel Lint

Vivid Toy’S ‘Cayla’ Talking Doll Vulnerable To Hacking Says Security Researcher

Security researcher Ken Munro discovers vulnerability in Vivid Toy’s talking Doll ‘Cayla’ Cayla Security researcher Ken Munro discovers vulnerability in Vivid Toy’s talking Doll ‘Cayla’ Vivid Toy’s best seller talking doll ‘Cayla’ has vulnerabilities which can be exploited by potential hackers to make the talking doll say what they want remotely. The vulnerability was discovered by security researcher Ken Munro, from Pen Test Partners. Munro, who has given a one on one to BBC’s Tech Tent program and will feature in today’s edition, discovered a vulnerability in Cayla’s software which allows for it to be hacked, and essentially say any number of things....

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 436 words · Andrew Damico

What Is Pure Proof Of Stake?

The Proof of Stake consensus model first appeared in 2012, as an alternative to the energy-hungry inefficiency of Bitcoin’s Proof of Work. Since Proof of Stake first appeared, many projects have adopted it both in its purest form and further expanded on the concept with innovations such Delegated Proof of Stake. Nevertheless, despite the various adaptations to the pure Proof of Stake consensus, many projects continue to adopt it without attempting to change the core model as it was first proposed back in 2012....

January 17, 2026 · 4 min · 844 words · Frederick Myers

Whatsapp Spyware Attack

In a landmark decision, a U.S. federal jury in California on Tuesday ordered Israeli spyware firm NSO Group to pay nearly $168 million in punitive damages to Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of WhatsApp. Besides this, the company will also have to pay $444,719 in compensatory damages to Meta for the significant efforts its WhatsApp engineers made to block the attack vectors. This ruling stems from NSO Group’s use of Pegasus spyware to hack approximately 1,400 WhatsApp users over two weeks between April and May 2019....

January 17, 2026 · 3 min · 431 words · Marjorie Gertz

Win

Last month, Kali Linux 2020.3 was released and with this update, Win-KeX (Windows + Kali Desktop EXperience) was also introduced. For those unaware, Win-KeX is a graphical desktop environment for Kali Linux running in Windows Subsystem for Linux ( WSL 2 ). It looks to run a persistent-session graphical user interface (GUI) on a Windows 10 computer and improve functionality and user experience. Now, Offensive Security has released Win-KeX Version 2....

January 17, 2026 · 2 min · 338 words · Genevieve Benson

Windows 10 Kb4550945 Update Has Serious Problems [Working Fixes]

Soon after the issues caused by the faulty Windows 10 KB4549951 cumulative update , Microsoft released the Windows 10 KB4550945 update to fix the problems caused by the previous update. As you might have guessed by now, the new update also comes with many new problems. Thankfully, this update does fix some problems caused by the KB4549951 update. In this article, we have shared the problems addressed by the Windows 10 KB4550945 update accompanied by the problems that it causes....

January 17, 2026 · 6 min · 1078 words · Steven Bowman