Apps

A zero-day vulnerability in WinRAR, a popular Windows shareware archiving tool, is being used by cybercriminals to steal traders’ funds. In June, cybersecurity firm Group-IB discovered the WinRAR ZIP file processing vulnerability. Hackers can hide malicious scripts in archive files disguised as “.jpg” images or “.txt” files to compromise target …

Since its launch in November 2021, Relume has bootstrapped instead of accepting investments in the current wave of generative AI breakthroughs, which has raised $14 billion in equity funding as of August. “We are focusing on building a product we can sell. Bootstrapping helps us build a better product, Relume …

Instagram Threads will launch one of its most requested features today: web access while logged in. The company says Threads users can post, view their feed, and interact with posts from the desktop at launch, but the experience won’t be identical to the mobile app. Web users cannot edit their …

Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, will display news links without headlines or descriptions. Fortune reports that the social network will display only the link and header image in posts. Musk said he made the decision “directly” in a Monday post. He said the change would “greatly improve the aesthetics.” This …

UK antitrust regulator confirms April decision to block $68.7BN Microsoft-Activision gaming mega-merger, rejecting Microsoft’s arguments that it should overturn its original prohibition due to developments. Microsoft’s restructured proposal was recently reviewed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which announced a new investigation today. The tech giant would not acquire …

Bluesky, a Twitter competitor, buckled after Elon Musk announced that X will only support mutes instead of “block” functions. Bluesky users experienced slow post loading and occasional error messages. Graphics and images loaded slowly. Additionally, the site’s status page reported a performance issue being investigated. The Bluesky team has not …

After testing with select users for a month, Tumblr is launching its new web browser. The new navigation interface moves Twitter’s navigation bar to the left, like X. The new look moves the compose button to the bottom left of the screen, like on X. The company says it made …

Twitch’s chat ban tools have been around for years, but the platform is about to let streamers control who can watch. In Twitch’s latest Patch Notes, its monthly product update show, the company announced that streamers could soon block banned users. If moderators or streamers enable it, banned users will …

Threads hasn’t launched a web version, but the app’s latest update highlights social media reposts. Meta changed two app reposts. First, the profile page now has a “Reposts” tab so users can quickly browse their reposts. Users can now view their liked posts in the settings page, the company announced …

Elon Musk plans to “soon” address the lack of transparency around “shadowbanning” on Twitter, which involves not banning a user but removing their content from public view. Musk apologized to X users for the delay and explained what’s preventing X from providing this data. Shadowbanning was a concern even in …