A Jury Hit Meta With a $375 Million Verdict. The Open Internet May Pay the Price. Meta's loss in a New Mexico "product design" case could also be a blow against Section 230, free speech, and online privacy. Reason · Mar 25
Facebook Guilty Plus: Trump declares victory over Iran again, Afroman trial reflections, and more... Reason · Mar 25
Meta Fined £310 Million: Jury Finds It Misled Users On Child Safety, Enabling Child Exploitation A New Mexico jury fines Meta £310 million for misleading users about safety and allowing harm to children on its platforms. International Business Times UK · Mar 25
Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users The Guardian - US · Mar 24
One jury nearly deadlocked, another deliberating: How trials in two states could reshape the future of social media Jurors in California and New Mexico are weighing up whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children using their platforms The Independent UK · Mar 24
The new Outlook finally learns how to search — Microsoft revamps "People" experience Microsoft is rolling out a unified search experience for the new Outlook, allowing users to find contacts across directories and personal accounts with simple keywords. Windows Central · Mar 24
Google, Meta Addiction Lawsuit Faces Jury Split After Week of Deliberations A jury remains divided in a landmark lawsuit against Google and Meta over social media addiction, delaying a verdict that could impact similar cases nationwide. International Business Times · Mar 24
Microsoft shuts down another Windows 11 registry hack — native NVMe SSD support has changed but Insiders still have options Microsoft has changed the Windows 11 nvmedisk.sys registry ID that unlocked native NVMe performance, ending a popular SSD speed trick for power users. Windows Central · Mar 24
X (Twitter) was down - Live updates as thousands report outages X (Twitter) appears to be suffering an outage. Tom’s Guide · Mar 23
Microsoft’s new Clipchamp ultimatum — Sync to OneDrive or lose your ability to edit A new update to Windows 11’s built-in video editor mandates OneDrive for all active projects, effectively ending local-only workflows. Windows Central · Mar 23
The Windows 11 March 2026 update was causing sign-in problems, but Microsoft has now fixed it Windows 11 March 2026 update breaks sign-ins for Teams, OneDrive, and more. Here's the fix and what Microsoft says about a patch. Windows Central · Mar 23
Windows 11's latest bug fix proves why the option to pause updates forever needed to arrive yesterday Microsoft’s emergency fix for the Windows 11 sign-in bug is here, but the damage to user trust remains. This latest bug shows why Microsoft needs to let people pause updates forever. Windows Central · Mar 23
Landmark trial in New Mexico to decide whether Meta misled users about children's safety risks Closing arguments are scheduled in a landmark trial where New Mexico prosecutors are accusing social media conglomerate Meta of misleading people about the safety of its platforms for children The Independent UK · Mar 23
Microsoft promises to speed up context menus, folder navigation, file transfers, and search on Windows 11 As part of Microsoft's big plan to address quality issues on Windows 11, the company has confirmed that it's working on fixing performance of menus, folders, and search in File Explorer. Windows Central · Mar 21
Windows Central · Mar 21 People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop Windows 11's mandatory Microsoft Account requirements during setup Microsoft's big sweeping set of improvements coming soon to Windows 11 don't address its controversial Microsoft account requirements, but that might soon change.
Tom’s Guide · Mar 20 Microsoft promises Windows 11 reset: new focus on performance, reliability and 'reducing unnecessary Copilot' AI Microsoft is promising to fix Windows 11, here's how.
Android Central · Mar 20 Ignored no more: Google Messages lets you mention friends to make sure you're heard Google Messages rolled out "mentions" to help users pierce the chaos in massive group chats on Android.
Android Central · Mar 20 Google Messages is getting the one feature I’ve actually wanted for years Google Messages now lets you share your live location in chats, making meetups easier.
The Independent UK · Mar 20 Jurors wade through daunting evidence in high-stakes Meta trial about social media risks to children A daunting stream of testimony and documentation has been presented in a New Mexico case that explores what Meta knew about the effects of its platforms on children
T3 · Mar 19 Alexa+ is finally available in the UK – and you can access it from today The wait is officially over
Windows Central · Mar 18 Swiftkey will soon require a Microsoft account — data to be moved to OneDrive Microsoft is killing standalone SwiftKey accounts on May 31, 2026. If you don't migrate your data to OneDrive soon, your personalized dictionary is as good as gone.
Windows Central · Mar 17 Microsoft 365 is paywalling most of Copilot in Office apps — what's changing? Microsoft is stripping Copilot Chat from Office sidebars for non-licensed users on April 15, 2026, rebranding the included version as "Copilot Chat (Basic)."
Windows Central · Mar 17 Microsoft's "most significant change to the Windows keyboard" in 30 years gets a slap in the face from a daring developer Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs ship with a dedicated Copilot key. This free app restores the lost Ctrl key and fixes Microsoft’s controversial change.
Evening Standard · Mar 16 LA tech trial must be turning point – Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s spokesperson The two defendants in the trial are Meta and Google-owned YouTube.
Windows Central · Mar 15 Copilot helped me find the problem my doctors missed — and that matters even more as Microsoft announces Copilot Health Microsoft just announced Copilot Health, a secure vault for your medical history and wearable data. While 67% of our readers say they aren't ready to hand over the keys to their health data, I have a different perspective.