{"id":31191,"date":"2025-12-04T09:41:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=31191"},"modified":"2025-12-04T09:41:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:41:41","slug":"thursday-tech-headlines-04dec2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/thursday-tech-headlines-04dec2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Tech Headlines &#8211; 04DEC2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\nThursday Tech Headlines &#8211; 04DEC2025<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Every Thursday, we share some recent tech headlines that we found interesting (or disturbing) and hope that you will find of interest too. You get to pick and choose which ones interest you the most. So, click on the titles that pique your curiosity! We hope you will like our new Thursday Tech Headlines feature. If you do, please let us know!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Tech Headlines for Thursday, December 4, 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"header__title \"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/windows-11s-newest-bug-just-made-signing-in-so-much-harder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Windows 11\u2019s newest bug just made signing in so much harder<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/fbi-says-hackers-have-stolen-usd262-million-in-account-takeover-scams-in-2025-so-far-heres-how-you-can-stay-safe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FBI says hackers have stolen $262 million in account takeover scams in 2025 so far &#8211; here\u2019s how you can stay safe<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/microsoft\/windows-11\/nearly-1-billion-pcs-remain-on-windows-10-has-windows-11-adoption-hit-a-wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Nearly 1 billion PCs remain on Windows 10 \u2014 Has Windows 11 adoption hit a wall?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savingadvice.com\/articles\/2025\/11\/30\/10705877_protect-your-identity-the-little-known-federal-act-that-lets-you-freeze-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Protect Your Identity: The Little-Known Federal Act That Lets You Freeze It<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/windows\/microsoft-confirms-that-its-new-ai-agent-in-windows-11-hallucinates-like-every-other-chatbot-and-poses-security-risks-to-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Microsoft confirms that its new AI agent in Windows 11 hallucinates like every other chatbot and poses security risks to users<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/articles\/microsoft-wants-us-creating-our-own-ai-agents-is-anyone-actually-interested#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Microsoft Wants Us Creating Our Own AI Agents. Is Anyone Actually Interested?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/tech\/tech-news\/captcha-test-scam-money-data-1536833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Warning over \u2018clever\u2019 new scam that could see your money and data stolen<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/windows\/proving-truly-nothing-is-sacred-microsoft-has-included-the-copilot-ai-logo-on-this-years-ugly-windows-christmas-sweater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Proving truly nothing is sacred, Microsoft has included the Copilot AI logo on this year\u2019s ugly Windows Christmas sweater<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2035523\/how-to-dispose-old-hard-drives-safely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>How To Dispose Of Old Hard Drives (The Safe Way)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/a-fake-windows-update-screen-is-fooling-windows-users-into-installing-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A fake Windows Update screen is fooling Windows users into installing malware<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/the-commodore-64-is-back-on-the-production-line-for-the-first-time-in-30-years-and-i-want-it-even-if-it-makes-zero-sense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The Commodore 64 is back on the production line for the first time in 30 years \u2013 and I want it, even if it makes zero sense<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/not-fat-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Not a tech headline, but you can read this week&#8217;s essay, &#8220;Not Fat&#8230;Yet&#8221; here!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">That&#8217;s it for our Thursday Tech Headlines for this week. We hope you like our new feature and you found some of these articles interesting, thought-provoking, or maybe just plain weird.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Wait, before you go&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Please consider helping us continue our mission of providing free and low-cost computer and technical help, as well as keeping you up-to-date on the latest computer &amp; internet news. Our goal is to help you and to keep you safer on today&#8217;s wild west internet. 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