Surprise! A Windows BitLocker bug has returned to ruin your reboot — here's how to get around it

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 25H2, 24H2, and Windows 10 22H2 users are affected by a BitLocker Recovery bug that ...

Windows 10 and 11 update is pushing some users into BitLocker recovery

The October 2025 security update for Windows 11 25H2, Windows 11 24H2, and Windows 10 22H2 has reportedly forced some users into the BitLocker recovery screen ...

I know you're tired of constant Windows 1 1 bugs, and so am I, but here's another one - Microsoft confirms BitLocker recovery issue is happening again

It's barely been a week since Microsoft confirmed that it fixed a long-standing bug affecting Windows 10 and Windows 11 ...

Yikes! Windows 11 can lock you out of your files. Here’s how to avoid the nightmare

If you back up both your data and your encryption key, your files should remain safely accessible to you (and only you). Open ...
The New York Times

4 Easy Ways to Make Sure No One Can Read Your Text Messages

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Computer Weekly

Chat Control encryption plans delayed after EU states fail to agree

Europe-wide plans to require technology companies to monitor the contents of encrypted messages and emails have been delayed after diplomats were unable to agree on the proposals last night. A planned ...
The Daily Item

Northumberland County police departments to go to encrypted system, leaving scanner followers in dark

SUNBURY — Members of the public and journalists from Valley media groups across Northumberland County will no longer hear scanner traffic from county police departments after the system goes to an ...

How to switch your Windows 10 PC to Linux Mint - for free

You can even try out Mint on your PC first - without installing anything! - to make sure you like it. Just follow these simple steps.
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Gmail now lets you send end-to-end encrypted emails to anyone, even outside of Workspace

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is the gold standard for secure communication, ensuring that only the sender and the intended recipient can ever read a message. But for email, implementing it has always ...
Computerworld

UK government still wants Apple to break data encryption

The authoritarian, surveillance-loving UK Labour government remains deeply committed to magical thinking, slamming yet another encryption-busting “Technical Capability Notice” (TCN) on Apple, ...
Computer Weekly

Home Office issues new ‘backdoor’ order over Apple encryption

The government has reignited a row with Apple by issuing an order requiring the technology company to provide warranted access to encrypted data stored by British users on the supplier’s iCloud ...
TechCrunch

UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: Report

The U.K. government is still trying to gain access to encrypted iCloud data, according to the Financial Times, after British officials allegedly filed a new secret order demanding Apple build a ...