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Simon Sharwood / The Register: Atlassian warns users to restrict internet access to its Confluence software, or disable it, in light of an unpatched critical RCE flaw actively under attack — CISA's suggested action is to take the thing offline until it can be fixed, Atlassian has added a possible defence Simon Sharwood / The Register: Atlassian warns users to restrict internet access to its Confluence software, or disable it, in light of an unpatched critical RCE flaw actively under attack …

Tumblr users who don’t want a specific post to be reblogged by others will now have the option to turn off the reblog setting. In a blog post, Tumblr says it will start rolling out reblog controls today on web and iOS, with Android to come soon. When composing a post, users can choose between two reblog options. One option allows anyone on the platform to reblog the post to their own blog. A new option will let users disable reblogs on that post, making it so nobody can reblog it. In the post, Tumblr says that the…

If you are bored of using Instagram and want to take a break then you can disable your Insta account on a temporary basis. Here is how. Social media applications are the best way to socialize without physically meeting people. Instagram is one such app where you can follow your friends and relatives and know about the latest happenings. Instagram is mostly used by youngsters and teens to share pictures, stories, and reels with their followers on the app.…

Google Discover is being used by many people these days. It’s an endless feed of news from various sources that are based on your interests. Google Discover also tends to include YouTube videos in the feed (as a separate card), and they do utilize an autoplay function. There is a way to change that, though. In this article, we’ll show you how to disable video autoplay in Google Discover on your Android smartphone.I, personally, tend to disable video autoplay almost everywhere. Instagram is probably the only app that has…

Last updated: May 25th, 2022 at 09:40 UTC+02:00 Are you frustrated by seeing unwanted news stories on Google Chrome’s home page on your Samsung phone or tablet? Well, there’s some good news for you. Google is working on removing Discover and Following feeds from the New Tab page on Chrome for Android. Currently, the New Tab page on Google Chrome for Android shows a search bar, frequently visited websites, and two content feeds. One is the Discover feed, which shows stories based on your page visits. The second is the…

Over the last several weeks, a flaw has emerged in iOS that means a handful of network names can actually disable Wi-Fi on your iPhone altogether. In the latest beta of iOS 14.7, which Apple released to developers and public beta users yesterday, Apple has seemingly fixed this bug. The bug in question first surfaced last month. Essentially, a security researcher discovered that certain network names can completely disable your iPhone’s ability to connect to Wi-Fi and use other networking features such as AirDrop.…

Samsung recently revealed that it can disable TV sets remotely if it found the units were stolen. It said it was introducing a new feature called Television Block Function to disable all Samsung TV sets acquired through illegal means. The feature has been activated in South Africa after several units were stolen from company warehouses during a wave of protests last month. The South Korean multinational said the TV Block Function is a security solution to ensure that television sets can only be used by those who have…

Reddit's ‘Open in app' pop-up that appears when you visit its mobile site can be quite annoying. Worst, the company deliberately does not allow users to remove the pop-up by tapping on a close button. It seems like the dialogue box might be helping the company, which is claimed to be “the front-page of the Internet”, to grow its app downloads and usage over time. Naturally, there are a large number of netizens who do not want to see the pop-up, which restricts access to the Reddit site when browsing from a…

Windows 10 users are complaining about getting repeated pop-ups with recommendations for switching the default browser and search engine on their machines. These pop-up are basically advertising Microsoft's own Chromium Edge browser and Bing search engine. The pop-ups are showing up on a Windows 10 system using its built-in notification centre. They serve as ads for the Bing search engine and details all the benefits of switching to it. For all those getting these pop-ups, there's fortunately a quick workaround to…

Firefox is bringing sponsored address bar suggestions to its browser with the latest 93.0 update. This means that Mozilla will offer content from partners based on your search queries, right in the address bar. These ad links will show up alongside all the usual search suggestions like browsing history, and could prove to be intrusive. The Web is filled with ads on every page, and the addition of these ads in the address bar may upset Firefox users. Mozilla is calling this feature Firefox Suggest and there is an easy way…