Bugs and Issues Archives

Bugs and Issues

Firefox isn’t forcing AI — those popups are Link Previews, and here’s how to turn them off

Firefox users have been freaking out about surprise AI popups, but here’s the thing: the feature isn’t what it looks like, and the AI part is...

Dec 22, 2025 3 Min Read

Bugs and Issues

Microsoft Windows phone activation not working? It seems to have been killed

Microsoft’s decades-old Windows phone activation service seems to have been quietly killed off, and users aren’t happy about it. If you try calling the activation...

Dec 22, 2025 2 Min Read

Apps

WhatsApp chat headers start randomly spinning in bizarre new bug (or Easter Egg)

WhatsApp has a new trick up its sleeve, but it’s probably not one the developers meant to ship. Users are spotting a bizarre UI bug where chat headers (the...

Dec 19, 2025 2 Min Read

Bugs and Issues

Fortnite’s latest UI overhaul is getting slammed by players: “Genuinely bad”

Fortnite’s latest UI overhaul is landing with a thud, as fresh complaints pile up about clutter, lost personality, and slower navigation. One big thread on r/FortNiteBR captures the...

Dec 19, 2025 2 Min Read

Android

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 wreaks havoc on Chase, Microsoft Teams, and Outlook for Pixel users

It wouldn’t be a true Android beta release without banking apps breaking, but Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 seems to have hit corporate users just as hard on...

Dec 19, 2025 1 Min Read

Android

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 causes camera focus issues on some Pixel phones, especially at 50MP

As expected with early beta releases, Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 is introducing a few rough edges for Pixel users. One of the most disruptive issues reported so far affects...

Dec 19, 2025 2 Min Read

Apps

WhatsApp desktop app updated with RAM-guzzling web wrapper? Here’s what to do

WhatsApp’s controversial Windows update is now rolling out to more users, and the complaints are piling up fast. We first reported on the high RAM usage issues plaguing...

Dec 18, 2025 1 Min Read

Apps

Instagram GIFs go missing for some users again; Reels Auto-Scroll expands to wider audience

The Instagram community is facing a familiar headache, as the platform’s “missing GIFs” glitch has resurfaced to plague a fresh wave of accounts. While some users are...

Dec 18, 2025 2 Min Read

Apps

New Character AI update removes Persona PFPs from chat messages, brings flashing loading screen

Update 19/12/25 – 10:47 am (IST): So it turns out that the removal of profile pictures from chats was actually a bug, not an intended tweak. CharacterAI...

Dec 18, 2025 2 Min Read

Apps

r/ChatGPTJailbreak subreddit gets banned as X also prepares to ban jailbreaking

The walls are closing in on the AI “red teaming” community. This morning, Reddit officially pulled the plug on r/ChatGPTJailbreak, a massive community of over 229,000...

Dec 18, 2025 2 Min Read

Apps

The ‘ChatGPT messaged me first’ mystery is back (again)

ChatGPT is “messaging first” again, at least according to a fresh wave of user reports that claim the app is initiating brand-new chats without any prompt. It’s a...

Dec 17, 2025 2 Min Read

Apps

“Back to the future” moment: Facebook security alert sets deadline to Dec 31, 1969

A bizarre Facebook security prompt is popping up for some users with a deadline that’s already half a century in the rearview mirror. The alert tells people their account...

Dec 17, 2025 2 Min Read