Day: September 12, 2025

Small Businesses Face a New Threat: Pay Up or Be Flooded With Bad Reviews

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Scammers are extorting small businesses worldwide by threatening to flood their Google Maps profiles with fake one-star reviews or demanding payment to remove reviews already posted, according to The New York Times. Fraudsters target service businesses dependent on online ratings — movers, roofers, contractors — demanding hundreds of dollars per incident. The Times story documents Read more about Small Businesses Face a New Threat: Pay Up or Be Flooded With Bad Reviews[…]

Outlook out in North America, Microsoft scrambles for a fix

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Microsoft confirmed a major email service outage across North America that is stopping inboxes from filling up and may be hitting other apps when logging in. “We’re investigating an issue affecting a portion of infrastructure in North America, where users may be unable to access their mailbox via any Exchange Online connection method,” it stated Read more about Outlook out in North America, Microsoft scrambles for a fix[…]

Revanced looking for legal help from Spotify

Posted on by Robin Edgar

ReVanced has received a DMCA takedown notice from Spotify regarding the Unlock Premium patch. Spotify claims that The patch is a derivative of their copyrighted works, and It circumvents Spotify’s technological protection measures under DMCA 1201(a) (such as encryption and transfer key protocols). Find the full DMCA notice here. Their arguments They say the patch Read more about Revanced looking for legal help from Spotify[…]