TikTok is letting users know that the social media app will be temporarily unavailable due to the upcoming U.S. ban taking effect on Sunday. Users logging on were met with a pop-up message reading “Important update from TikTok,” advising that the soon-to-be-implemented U.S. law would “force us to make our services temporarily unavailable. We’re working…
With the Supreme Court’s move Friday to uphold a ban on video sharing app TikTok, the social media app could be shut down as soon as Sunday. There’s still some uncertainty about TikTok’s future after the court denied parent company ByteDance’s argument that a ban on the app infringes on users’ free speech. That’s because…
Hundreds of Citibank customers reported receiving fraud alerts and difficulties accessing their accounts on Wednesday. According to Down Detector, a service that tracks outages, hundreds of Citibank users began flagging issues around 9 a.m. ET. Citibank was “aware of the issue and are working to fix it,” the bank wrote on X in response to…
Thousands of Meta application users across the country reported issues with apps like Instagram and Facebook on Wednesday afternoon. Many users also reported issues with WhatsApp. “We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps,” wrote Meta in a statement to X. “We’re working to get things back to…
Federal authorities announced hackers in China have stolen “customer call records data” of an unknown number of Americans, but encrypted messaging could be the first line of defense for people in the U.S. to secure their communications amid this cyber threat. The “cyber espionage campaign” was announced by the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…
A Russian court is demanding that Google pay $20 decillion American dollars after several of the country’s TV channels and media outlets were blocked from YouTube, according to multiple reports. The fine, which is 20 with 33 zeros attached, is a 37-digit figure. The excessive number comes from a Moscow court that imposed it after…
Apple users were reporting issues downloading apps in the App Store on Wednesday morning. About 3,500 people reported issues with app downloads on computers and cellphones as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to DownDetector, a website that tracks website and network outages. The issue seemed to begin at about 7:30 a.m. Arizona time. San Francisco,…
Question: I recently rented a home and used several of my streaming accounts on their TV and forgot to log out. Do I need to change all my passwords? Answer: If you’ve stayed in a rental home, hotel room or AirBnB that provides streaming options, you’ve likely seen accounts from previous guests still logged in….
The phone wasn’t working. Power and cell service had been out for a couple of days after Hurricane Helene, and Jeff Twersky was trying − again − to see if he could get a connection. Twersky, 69, a retired trial lawyer, was with his wife, family and friends in Weaverville, North Carolina, just outside Asheville,…