So anyone (who pays the $8 per month) with a Twitter Blue subscription automagically get the ‘verified’ (blue checkmark) badge and we saw how well that is working with several people getting their accounts banned over the weekend for impersonating Elon Musk with their own ‘verified’ Twitter accounts. To combat this (and to add even more confusion) Twitter is going to roll out (after the US mid term elections are over) an ‘Official’ Badge from some ‘High Profile’ accounts. “Not all previously verified accounts will get the ‘Official’ label and the label is not available for purchase,” explained product manager Esther…
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A new malicious Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser botnet named ‘Cloud9’ is infecting systems across the world. Users are unknowingly installing this botnet via malicious extensions downloaded from outside the Chrome Web Store. More commonly, users are blinding installing an update to Adobe Flash Player via malicious and faske pop-up when visiting certain none-reputable sites. A reminder, In case you were not aware Adobe ended support for Flash Player nearly 2-years ago on December 30, 2020. Also, Google Chrome had its own built-in Flash Player support which did not require the user to install any plugins. The malicious Chrome…
We mentioned this around last month’s Patch Tuesday, but we mention it again: Microsoft Corporation 410,68 +5,48 +1,35% will “End of Service’ Windows 10 21H1 (May 2021 update) on December’s Patch Tuesday (December 13th). This means December will be the last time Microsoft will offer updates for the Window 10 21H1 build. This does not mean support for Windows 10 is ending or you need to install Windows 11 to continue getting updates. You may continue to use Windows 10 and get updates through October 2025. All you need to do is install the update for the latest Windows 10…
As if the Windows Search taskbar tip flyouts were not bad enough, Microsoft is reportedly testing advertising their own products/service via the Windows 11 Sign-out menu. Again this appears to be targeted to select groups of people who have the Windows Insiders Builds for Windows 11 installed. Microsoft sign-out ads (Albacore) I have on occasion while visiting Bing while using Chrome have gotten ‘an ad’ from Microsoft to use Microsoft Edge. To be honest this wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be when I saw the article come across my feed. There ‘ads’ are very subtle and blend…
Which is fine with Elon Musk if you are doing so as parody and you fully disclose on your Twitter account is parody and not affiliated with Musk. However, impersonating Elon Musk with your ‘verified’ twitter account will not be tolerated. Some American celebrities have had their Twitter accounts suspended or banned over the weekend for changing their name and image to impersonate Elon Musk. Before acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk said he was against lifetime suspensions, promising to reinstate banned users like Donald Trump. Now, Musk wrote that Twitter will permanently suspend account impersonators if they are not clearly labeled as parody….
While the new Twitter Blue is looking to roll-out as planed on Monday, November 7th, Verification Badges will not. At least not until after this coming Tuesday’s US Mid-term elections. The delay could possibly be longer if there ends up being a need for any special run-offs. The reported move to delay the rollout of verification badges comes just days before the U.S. midterm elections, with polls closing on November 8. The New York Times reports that the move was aimed at limiting the potential fallout of verified users impersonating political or other government figures, such as President Biden, or news outlets…
Rumor has it Chief Twit bit off a bit more then he could chew with the massive lay-offs on Friday. Seems, they have let some employees go that they hadn’t intended to or didn’t realized they needed to fulfil Musk’s grand plans to breathe new life into the 16-year old platform. Mere days after cutting its workforce in half, Twitter is asking some employees to return, according to Bloomberg. Citing two sources within the company, the outlet reports management at Twitter has come to the realization it either let some workers off by accident or without realizing their experience was essential to building…
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey who was in support of Elon Musk’s taking over Twitter blames himself for what has happened this past Friday. Jack Dorsey says he can “understand” if current and former Twitter employees blame him for the state of the company under Elon Musk. The co-founder and former CEO of Twitter took to the platform on Saturday to say he was to blame for the situation. “Folks at Twitter past and present are strong and resilient. They will always find a way no matter how difficult the moment,” Dorsey said on Saturday. “I realize many are angry with me. I own…
Today is Sunday, November 6th: time for the weekly roundup of the good, the bad and the ugly tech news of the week! Plus for those of you who observe Daylight saving time (something we don’t do here in Arizona) time to turn your clocks back an hour if you have forgotten to do so. The Good It is always a good thing when people can find new purposes for old technology. Nothing worse then having old computers end up in a landfill. It could be repurposing an old PC to run as a media center for a non-Smart TV…
It appears Chief Twit’s demands for the new Twitter Blue to be launched on Monday, November 7th are happening (sort of) . There has been some pre-launch testing happening on iOS. This testing has confirmed the new $7.99 USD price for Twitter Blue with the blue verification badge (or more like paid status symbol), however some of the other mentioned features are still ‘coming soon’. According to an in-app iOS notification viewed by TechCrunch, the upgraded Twitter Blue, starting at $7.99 per month, will add the blue verification checkmark previously reserved for accounts that applied through Twitter’s free verification process. Other…