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Discord shifts to age prediction for suspicious accounts
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 15/02/2026
» Discord has announced a shift in its age verification strategy, moving toward an "age prediction" system that targets only suspicious accounts rather than requiring all users to undergo facial scans or submit identity documents.
Discord to mandate face scans or ID for adult content access
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 11/02/2026
» Discord, a popular communication platform where people can talk and hang out using text, voice, and video, said it will require users to verify their age through facial scanning or ID checks to access adult content, with the new measures set to roll out globally from March as part of stronger protections for minors.
Discord plans auto-restart feature to tackle high RAM usage
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 22/12/2025
» Discord has acknowledged that its desktop application can consume nearly 4GB of RAM, leading the company to test a new "Auto Restart" feature to mitigate performance degradation for Windows users.
Microsoft plans Remote Attestation system to prevent game cheating
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 07/12/2025
» Microsoft is advancing its measures to combat computer game cheating with a new system known as Remote Attestation, designed to verify a player's boot process and transmit confirmation data to Azure servers upon every startup. The feature is set to make its debut in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, utilising security technologies including Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, and Virtualization-based Security (VBS).
We know they know we know about privacy
Life, James Hein, Published on 03/12/2025
» Strap in, because today I'm covering what is going to be happening over the next few months to get even more data about you and what you are doing on the internet. Let's start with the recent exposure of around 3.5 billion phone numbers from WhatsApp, the private platform.
Google warns new AI-powered malware thinks and rewrites its own code
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 17/11/2025
» The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has released a report detailing a significant shift in cybersecurity, noting that hackers are no longer just using AI for assistance or writing code but are integrating it into malware.
Microsoft November Patch fixes critical Zero-Day flaw
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 16/11/2025
» Microsoft has released its November Patch Update, addressing a total of 63 security vulnerabilities, including one critical Zero-Day flaw that is actively being exploited. The update, identified as KB5068861 (OS Builds 26200.7171 and 26100.7171), contains fixes for four vulnerabilities classified as Critical, with the remainder falling under the Important category or affecting only specific parts of the system. Users are strongly urged to update immediately to mitigate the risk of compromise.
Small amounts of big flavour
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 06/06/2025
» In a traditional city like York in the UK, it is surprising to find that one of the most innovative restaurants is one with Asian sprinklings.
X remains an influential platform
Life, James Hein, Published on 24/04/2024
» How influential is Twitter/X? Some will remember a while back when Elon Musk gave his opinion on Disney. I won't repeat it here but it was very direct. Up until recently, Disney hadn't posted anything on X but about a week before you read this, they were back with a gold checkmark. These cost about US$10,000 (368,000 baht), which while not expensive for Disney, indicates how they see X as a platform for communicating to all those potentially interested in all things Disney. Elon Musk is still supporting people like Gina Carano in suing Disney for what they did to her and others based allegedly on their political and religious views.
Fact checkers get it wrong
Life, James Hein, Published on 13/09/2023
» First off, I have some follow-up news on an earlier story. The Australian fact checking group I mentioned being paid by Meta has been suspended for providing a series of "false" fact checks that turned out to be actually true. As I pointed out, many of the so-called fact checkers don't have any experience in the field they are apparently providing the check for. This will be particularly true in any politically charged area.