Second Windows 10 update is now causing problems by hiding user profiles

“Windows 10 users are reporting that a second Windows update included in this month’s Patch Tuesday is causing problems. According to reports, a bug in the KB4532693 update is hiding user profiles and their respective data on some Windows 10 systems.”

February 17, 2020

Microsoft Issues Warning For Millions Of Windows 10 Users

“Microsoft continues to secretly offer Windows 10 free, and you can see why. Despite new attempts to overhaul Windows upgrades, the platform continues to anger users with poor quality updates and questionable transparency.”

February 16, 2020

Those RCS chat ‘hacks’ for Google Messages will stop working by the end of the month

“Before Google saved us all from the tyranny of the carriers, some enterprising folks worked out a sort of “hack” that enabled Google’s RCS/chat services, letting us all send messages with the futuristic protocol, even if we weren’t in one of the few supported markets.”

February 14, 2020

With Patch Tuesday arriving tomorrow, get Windows Automatic Update under control

“December was a remarkable patching month. For those of you who use Windows Update, there were few surprises. (Manual updaters had it rough, though.) If you’ve been following along, you’ve already installed the December updates. Great.”

January 14, 2020

The NFL Is Cracking Down on VPN Users

“For years VPNs have promoted their services as a way to watch content from outside their home market.”

January 13, 2020

Quickly Upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10 for Free With This PowerShell Script

“If you’re reading this, you probably know how to upgrade one version of Windows to another. Even though it’s an easy process, it’s still tedious and boring to watch Windows download and install, and then you have to spend more time moving through screens and tweaking settings. Meh.”

January 9, 2020

Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 Privacy Investigation With A $4 Billion Sting

“Windows 10 users have more than just updates that break things and critical security warnings to worry about. There’s also the small matter of user data privacy to consider.”

January 8, 2020

Google shutting down Xiaomi access to Assistant following Nest Hub picking up strangers’ camera feeds (Update: Xiaomi statement)

“So-called “smart” security cameras have had some pretty dumb security problems recently, but a recent report regarding a Xiaomi camera linked to a Google account is especially disturbing.”