Microsoft Edge 133 is now rolling out globally, and it ships with several improvements, including a new scareware blocker feature. In addition, Microsoft is updating the backend of the Downloads UI with performance improvements. […]
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Amazon doubles down on AI with a massive $100B spending plan for 2025
Amazon is joining other Big Tech companies by announcing huge AI spending plans for 2025. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Microsoft says attackers use exposed ASP.NET keys to deploy malware
Microsoft warns that attackers are deploying malware in ViewState code injection attacks using static ASP. NET machine keys found online. […]
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Critical RCE bug in Microsoft Outlook now exploited in attacks
CISA warned U.S. federal agencies on Thursday to secure their systems against ongoing attacks targeting a critical Microsoft Outlook remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. […]
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GitHub Copilot brings mockups to life by generating code from images
GitHub has announced a slew of updates for Copilot, while also giving a glimpse into a more agentic future for its AI-powered pair programmer. Among the notable updates includes a feature called Vision for Copilot, which allows users to attach a screenshot, photo, or diagram to a chat, with Copilot generating the interface, code, and…
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Microsoft script updates bootable media for BlackLotus bootkit fixes
Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to help Windows users and admins update bootable media so it utilizes the new “Windows UEFI CA 2023” certificate before the mitigations of the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit are enforced later this year. […]
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New Microsoft script updates Windows media with bootkit malware fixes
Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to help Windows users and admins update bootable media so it utilizes the new “Windows UEFI CA 2023” certificate before the mitigations of the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit are enforced later this year. […]
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CISA Adds Four Vulnerabilities to Catalog for Federal Enterprise
CISA adds four new vulnerabilities to its catalog, urging agencies to remediate risks. Learn about the latest exploits and how they impact enterprise security.
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Microsoft Will Remove the Free VPN That Comes With Windows Defender Soon
The feature will no longer be available starting Feb. 28. Microsoft wants to focus on “new areas that will better align to customer needs.”
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Microsoft kills off Defender ‘Privacy Protection’ VPN feature
Microsoft announced it is killing off its Privacy Protection VPN feature in the Microsoft Defender app at the end of the month to focus on other features. […]
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Microsoft is forming a new unit to study AI’s impacts
Microsoft says that it’s creating a new unit, the Advanced Planning Unit (APU), within its Microsoft AI business division that will help the company understand the societal, health, and work implications of AI the company hopes to build. Microsoft AI, which encompasses Microsoft’s Copilot, Bing, and Edge products, is becoming core to Microsoft’s growth strategy…
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Microsoft improves text contrast for all Windows Chromium browsers
Microsoft says it improved the contrast of text rendered in all Chromium-based web browsers on Windows, making it more readable on some displays. […]
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Microsoft signs massive carbon credit deal with reforestation startup Chestnut Carbon
The 25-year deal would enable Chestnut Carbon to reforest 60,000 acres of land across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Microsoft’s Copilot-focused Surface Pro and Laptop PCs ship with Snapdragon and Intel options
At an event in New York City on Thursday, Microsoft unveiled two additions to the Surface line of PCs. The new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop both arrive with Copilot+ PC certification. Announced in May 2024, the program aims to identify business-focused devices that are designed specifically for the company’s AI platform, Copilot. It’s a…
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Microsoft lifts Windows 11 update block for PCs with gaming issues
Microsoft has removed a safeguard hold that prevented devices with Auto HDR enabled from installing the Windows 11 2024 Update due to gaming issues. […]
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SoftBank in talks to invest as much as $25B in OpenAI, report says
SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI as part of a broader partnership that could see the Japanese conglomerate spend more than $40 billion on AI initiatives with the Microsoft-backed startup, according to Financial Times. The potential investment would make SoftBank OpenAI’s largest single backer, the report said, surpassing Microsoft…
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LinkedIn passes $2B in premium revenues in 12 months, with overall revenues up 9% on the year
LinkedIn, the social platform where people look for and talk about work, may be less visible in Microsoft’s earnings compared to the years when it was an independent company. But around earnings time, LinkedIn often reveals some figures that point to how it continues to grow. On Wednesday, as Microsoft reported its Q2 numbers, the…
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Microsoft brings a DeepSeek model to its cloud
Microsoft’s close partner and collaborator, OpenAI, might be suggesting that DeepSeek stole its IP and violated its terms of service. But Microsoft still wants DeepSeek’s shiny new models on its cloud platform. Microsoft today announced that R1, DeepSeek’s so-called reasoning model, is available on Azure AI Foundry service, Microsoft’s platform that brings together a number…
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DeepSeek Chatbot Beats OpenAI on App Store Leaderboard
The Chinese firm said training the model cost just $5.6 million. Alibaba Cloud followed with a new generative AI model, while Microsoft alleges DeepSeek ‘distilled’ OpenAI’s work.
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Microsoft investigates Microsoft 365 outage affecting users, admins
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing outage preventing users and admins from accessing some Microsoft 365 services and the admin center. […]
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Windows 11’s Start menu is getting iPhone and Android integration
Windows 11’s Start menu is getting a big update with full-fledged Android and iPhone integration. […]
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January Windows 10 preview update force installs new Outlook
Microsoft has started force-installing the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems for users who deploy this month’s KB5050081 non-security preview update. […]
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Windows 11 KB5050094 update fixes bugs causing audio issues
Microsoft has released the optional KB5050094 Preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 with 28 bug fixes and changes, including fixes for bugs causing audio playback issues on systems with USB audio device drivers. […]
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Microsoft probing whether DeepSeek improperly used OpenAI APIs
Just a few hours after David Sacks claimed DeepSeek used OpenAI’s models to train its own models, Bloomberg Law reports that Microsoft is investigating DeepSeek’s use of OpenAI’s application programming interface (API). According to security researchers working for Microsoft, the Chinese company behind the R1 reasoning model may have exfiltrated a large amount of data…
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Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok
President Donald Trump told reporters that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations, Bloomberg reports. Although Trump didn’t elaborate, he stated that “there’s great interest in TikTok” and that there will be “a lot of people bidding on it.” Microsoft and Oracle were in the running to acquire the ByteDance-owned app back in…
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Microsoft tests Edge Scareware Blocker to block tech support scams
Microsoft has started testing a new “scareware blocker” feature for the Edge web browser on Windows PCs, which uses machine learning (ML) to detect tech support scams. […]
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Helion raises $425M to help build a fusion reactor for Microsoft
Helion’s unorthodox approach to fusion power and relative secrecy has earned it plenty of fans — and critics. But don’t count its investors among the naysayers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Microsoft tests ‘scareware blocker’ for Edge that uses computer vision to detect scams
Microsoft is rolling out a new tool dubbed “scareware blocker,” which uses machine learning and computer vision to identify a very pervasive type of online scam. “Scareware” has blighted the web almost since its inception, often in the form of fake antivirus software that claims to have detected a non-existent threat on a user’s machine.…
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Microsoft: January Windows security updates break audio playback
Microsoft has confirmed that the January 2025 Windows security updates are breaking audio playback on some systems with external DACs (digital-to-analog converters). […]
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Windows 11 24H2 preview brings new taskbar features
Windows 11 taskbar is testing a new feature that helps you understand the current power state of your laptop’s battery, including showing the battery percentage directly on the taskbar. […]
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Microsoft Teams phishing attack alerts coming to everyone next month
Microsoft reminded Microsoft 365 admins that its new brand impersonation protection feature for Teams Chat will be available for all customers by mid-February 2025. […]
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Microsoft to deprecate WSUS driver synchronization in 90 days
Microsoft has reminded Windows administrators that driver synchronization in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) will be deprecated on April 18, 90 days from now. […]
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The EU wants to talk to US tech companies ahead of Germany’s upcoming election
The European Union will give tech and social media companies a “stress test” to see how they handle misinformation ahead of Germany’s election next month. European Commission officials have invited tech companies, including: X, Meta, Snap, TikTok, Google, Microsoft, and LinkedIn, to a meeting on January 31, according to multiple news outlets. During this meeting,…
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Hackers use Windows RID hijacking to create hidden admin account
A North Korean threat group has been using a technique called RID hijacking that tricks Windows into treating a low-privileged account as one with administrator permissions. […]
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Microsoft: Outdated Exchange servers fail to auto-mitigate security bugs
Microsoft says outdated Exchange servers cannot receive new emergency mitigation definitions because an Office Configuration Service certificate type is being deprecated. […]
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Microsoft’s head of venture has resigned
Chris Young, Microsoft’s head of of business development and its venture unit, M12, resigned from his role on Wednesday, the company said. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI cracked when it hired Mustafa Suleyman, rival Marc Benioff says
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said that the two AI leaders, Sam Altman and Mustafa Suleyman do not care for each other. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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This Week in AI: OpenAI gains an invaluable infrastructure advantage
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. OpenAI is making gains at the expense of its chief rivals. On Tuesday, the company announced the Stargate Project, a new joint venture involving Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, Oracle, and others to build AI infrastructure for OpenAI in…
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Windows 11 24H2 now also offered to all eligible Windows 10 PCs
Microsoft says Windows 11 24H2 has entered the broad deployment phase and is now available to all seekers via Windows Update. […]
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Microsoft is no longer OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider
Microsoft was once the exclusive provider of data center infrastructure for OpenAI to train and run its AI models. No longer. As part of Stargate, OpenAI’s massive new AI infrastructure deal with SoftBank, Oracle, and others, Microsoft says it has signed a new agreement with OpenAI that gives it “right of first refusal” on new…
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Ransomware groups pose as fake tech support over Teams
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Sophos are tracking multiple clusters of hacking activity leveraging Microsoft 365 instances, Microsoft Teams and email bombing tactics to deliver ransomware. In new research released Tuesday, the company said it had identified at least two distinct clusters of hacking activity using the tactics to infect targets between November and December 2024.…
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‘Sneaky Log’ Microsoft Spoofing Scheme Sidesteps Two-Factor Security
The phishing-as-a-service kit from Sneaky Log creates fake authentication pages to farm account information, including two-factor security codes.
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Microsoft previews Game Assist in-game browser in Edge Stable
Microsoft has announced that Game Assist, its recently unveiled in-game browser, is now also available in preview for Microsoft Edge Stable users. […]
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Microsoft: Exchange 2016 and 2019 reach end of support in October
Microsoft has reminded admins that Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019 will reach the end of extended support in October and shared guidance for those who need to decommission outdated servers. […]
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Microsoft fixes Windows Server 2022 bug breaking device boot
Microsoft has fixed a bug that was causing some Windows Server 2022 systems with two or more NUMA nodes to fail to start up. […]
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Microsoft shares temp fix for Outlook crashing when writing emails
Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a known issue that causes classic Outlook to crash when writing, replying to, or forwarding an email. […]
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FTC says partnerships like Microsoft-OpenAI raise antitrust concerns
The Federal Trade Commission said in a staff report issued Friday that there are potential competitive issues in partnerships between big tech companies and generative AI developers — specifically, Microsoft’s backing of OpenAI and Amazon and Alphabet/Google’s partnerships with Anthropic. “The FTC’s report sheds light on how partnerships by big tech firms can create lock-in,…
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Microsoft removes Assassin’s Creed Windows 11 upgrade blocks
Earlier this week, Ubisoft released Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Assassin’s Creed Origins patches to fix Windows 11 24H2 compatibility issues that caused crashes, freezes, and audio problems. […]
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Microsoft fixes Office 365 apps crashing on Windows Server systems
Microsoft has fixed a known issue that caused Microsoft 365 applications and Classic Outlook to crash on Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019 systems. […]
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Microsoft starts force upgrading Windows 11 22H2, 23H3 devices
Microsoft has started the forced rollout of Windows 11 24H2 to eligible, non-managed systems running the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2. […]
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Microsoft catches Russian state-sponsored hackers shifting tactics to WhatsApp
The cat-and-mouse game between state-sponsored Russian hackers and one of the world’s biggest technology companies has continued into 2025. Microsoft’s threat intelligence team published research Thursday examining how a state-sponsored Russian threat actor group, known as Star Blizzard, has altered its longstanding attack strategies to target WhatsApp accounts. This attack vector is a significant change…
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New UEFI Secure Boot flaw exposes systems to bootkits, patch now
A new UEFI Secure Boot bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-7344 that affects a Microsoft-signed application could be exploited to deploy bootkits even if Secure Boot protection is active. […]
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A CISA secure-by-design guru makes the case for the future of the initiative
One of the chief architects of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency campaign to get software developers to design their products with security in mind said he believes it could be one of the best tools the Trump administration has to counter China. Jack Cable, who is departing his role as senior technical adviser Thursday,…
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CISA shares guidance for Microsoft expanded logging capabilities
CISA shared guidance for government agencies and enterprises on using expanded cloud logs in their Microsoft 365 tenants as part of their forensic and compliance investigations. […]
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Microsoft ends support for Office apps on Windows 10 in October
Microsoft says it will drop support for Office apps in Windows 10 after the operating system reaches its end of support on October 14. […]
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Patch Tuesday: January 2025 Security Update Patches Exploited Elevation of Privilege Attacks
Microsoft’s monthly patches cover Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSPs, Git in Visual Studio, and more.
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Windows BitLocker bug triggers warnings on devices with TPMs
Microsoft is investigating a bug triggering security alerts on systems with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) processor after enabling BitLocker. […]
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Microsoft’s newest Copilot plan for business is pay-as-you-go
Microsoft is launching a pay-as-you-go plan for corporate customers that bundles together several, but not all, of the company’s existing AI-powered productivity features for Microsoft 365. The new plan, Copilot Chat — not to be confused with Microsoft’s Copilot Business Chat or GitHub Copilot Chat — is underpinned by OpenAI’s GPT-4o AI model and lets…
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January Windows updates may fail if Citrix SRA is installed
Microsoft is warning that the January 2025 Windows 11 and Windows 10 cumulative updates may fail if Citrix Session Recording Agent (SRA) version 2411 is installed on the device. […]
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Microsoft fixes 159 vulnerabilities in first Patch Tuesday of 2025
In its latest security update, Microsoft has addressed a total of 159 vulnerabilities, covering a broad spectrum of the tech giant’s products, including .NET, Visual Studio, Microsoft Excel, Windows components, and Azure services. The update covers several critical and high-severity flaws across various systems, impacting Windows Telephony Services, Active Directory Domain Services, Microsoft Excel and…
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Windows 10 KB5049981 update released with new BYOVD blocklist
Microsoft has released the KB5049981 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, which contains an updated Kernel driver blocklist to prevent Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks. […]
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Microsoft January 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 8 zero-days, 159 flaws
Today is Microsoft’s January 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 159 flaws, including eight zero-day vulnerabilities, with three actively exploited in attacks. […]
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Windows 11 KB5050009 & KB5050021 cumulative updates released
Microsoft has released the Windows 11 KB5050009 and KB5050021 cumulative updates for versions 24H2 and 23H2 to fix security vulnerabilities and issues. […]
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Microsoft 365 apps crash on Windows Server after Office update
Microsoft says a known issue is causing Classic Outlook and Microsoft 365 applications to crash on Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019 systems. […]
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Microsoft forms new internal dev-focused AI org
Microsoft has created a new engineering org aimed at accelerating AI infrastructure and software development within the company. According to Bloomberg, Jay Parikh, previously VP and global head of engineering at Meta, will lead the new division. He’ll report to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and oversee groups including the company’s AI platform and developer teams.…
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Microsoft: macOS bug lets hackers install malicious kernel drivers
Apple recently addressed a macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) and install malicious kernel drivers by loading third-party kernel extensions. […]
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Microsoft MFA outage blocking access to Microsoft 365 apps
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) outage that is blocking customers from accessing Microsoft 365 Office apps. […]
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Microsoft accuses group of developing tool to abuse its AI service in new lawsuit
Microsoft has taken legal action against a group the company claims intentionally developed and used tools to bypass the safety guardrails of its cloud AI products. According to a complaint filed by the company in December in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a group of unnamed 10 defendants allegedly used…
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Microsoft to force install new Outlook on Windows 10 PCs in February
Microsoft will force install the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems starting with next month’s security update. […]
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Microsoft fixes OneDrive bug causing macOS app freezes
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing macOS applications to freeze when opening or saving files in OneDrive. […]
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Microsoft fixes bug causing Outlook freezes when copying text
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing the classic Outlook email client to stop responding when copying text with the CTRL+C keyboard shortcut. […]
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Microsoft moves to disrupt hacking-as-a-service scheme that’s bypassing AI safety measures
Microsoft is petitioning a Virginia court to seize software and shut down internet infrastructure that they allege is being used by a group of foreign cybercriminals to bypass safety guidelines for generative AI systems. In a filing with the Eastern District Court of Virginia, Microsoft brought a lawsuit against ten individuals for using stolen credentials…
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Microsoft rolls back its Bing Image Creator model after users complain of degraded quality
Ahead of the holidays, Microsoft said it was upgrading the AI model behind Bing Image Creator, the AI-powered image editing tool built into the company’s Bing search engine. Microsoft promised that the new model — the latest version of OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 model, code-named “PR16” — would allow users to create images “twice as fast…
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Microsoft backs its $3B AI push in India with public and private sector deals
Microsoft announced a sweeping series of artificial intelligence partnerships across India’s core sectors on Wednesday, a day after pledging to invest $3 billion in the country over the next two years as it intensifies competition with rivals Google and Amazon. The tech giant’s chief executive Satya Nadella (pictured above) unveiled agreements with five major organizations…
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Microsoft to pump $3 billion into cloud and AI push in India
Microsoft plans to invest an additional $3 billion to expand capacity for its artificial intelligence and cloud Azure services in India, the software giant’s chief executive said Tuesday. The software giant, among the top cloud and AI providers in India, is already seeing many of its clients in the South Asian market use its newest…
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Microsoft Bing shows misleading Google-like page for ‘Google’ searches
Microsoft Bing is displaying what is being categorized as a misleading Google-esque search page when users search for Google, making it look you are on the competing search engine. […]
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Microsoft may have scrapped Windows 11’s dynamic wallpapers feature
Microsoft has many good ideas for Windows 11 that often do not ship, and one of them was “Dynamic Wallpapers,” which, as the name suggests, could have made the wallpaper dynamic, similar to third-party tools like Lively Wallpaper. […]
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Windows 10 users urged to upgrade to avoid “security fiasco”
Cybersecurity firm ESET is urging Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 or Linux to avoid a “security fiasco” as the 10-year-old operating system nears the end of support in October 2025. […]
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Microsoft to spend $80 billion in FY’25 on data centers for AI
Microsoft has earmarked $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to build data centers designed to handle artificial intelligence workloads, according to a company blog post. Specifically, the tech giant plans to build out AI-enabled data centers “to train AI models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications around the world.” Of that $80 billion allocation, more than…
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This Trusted App Helps Sluggish PCs Work Faster
CCleaner speeds up sluggish PCs by clearing junk files, fixing registry issues, and optimizing performance.
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What Is Patch Tuesday? Microsoft’s Monthly Update Explained
Patch Tuesday is Microsoft’s monthly update day for fixing vulnerabilities. Learn its purpose, benefits, and how it enhances system security.
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Windows 11 Media Update Bug Stops Security Updates
Microsoft advises users not to install recent security updates using physical media. The company is working on a fix.
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Microsoft issues urgent dev warning to update .NET installer link
Microsoft is forcing .NET developers to quickly update their apps and developer pipelines so they do not use ‘azureedge.net’ domains to install .NET components, as the domain will soon be unavailable due to the bankruptcy and imminent shutdown of CDN provider Edgio. […]
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Microsoft and OpenAI have a financial definition of AGI: report
Microsoft and OpenAI have a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) based on the startup’s profits, according to a new report from The Information. And by this definition, OpenAI is many years away from reaching it. The two companies reportedly signed an agreement last year stating OpenAI has only achieved AGI when…
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Windows 11 installation media bug causes security update failures
Microsoft is warning of an issue when using a media support to install Windows 11, version 24H2, that causes the operating system to not accept further security updates. […]
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Five lesser known Task Manager features in Windows 11
Windows 11 is far from perfect, but it does make Task Manager significantly better. In this article, we’re going to take a closer look at some of our favourite Task Manager features. […]
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Protect 3 Devices With This Maximum Security Software
Trend Micro guards desktop and mobile devices from ransomware, phishing schemes, spam, and more for one year.
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Microsoft fixes bug behind random Office 365 deactivation errors
Microsoft has rolled out a fix for a known issue that causes random “Product Deactivated” errors for customers using Microsoft 365 Office apps. […]
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Microsoft 365 users hit by random product deactivation errors
Microsoft is investigating a known issue randomly triggering “Product Deactivated” errors for customers using Microsoft 365 Office apps. […]
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Windows 11 24H2 upgrades blocked on some PCs due to audio issues
Microsoft has added another Windows 11 24H2 upgrade block for systems with Dirac audio improvement software due to compatibility issues breaking sound output. […]
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Microsoft says Auto HDR causes game freezes on Windows 11 24H2
Microsoft is now blocking Windows 11 24H2 upgrades on systems with Auto HDR enabled due to a compatibility issue that causes game freezes. […]
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Microsoft bought nearly 500,000 Nvidia Hopper chips this year
Microsoft bought more than twice as many Nvidia Hopper chips this year than any of its biggest rivals. The tech giant bought 485,000 Nvidia Hopper chips across 2024 according to reporting from the Financial Times, which cited data from tech consultancy Omdia. To compare, Meta bought 224,000 of the same, flagship Nvidia chip this year.…
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Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions target devs, crypto community
Malicious Visual Studio Code extensions were discovered on the VSCode marketplace that download heavily obfuscated PowerShell payloads to target developers and cryptocurrency projects in supply chain attacks. […]
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CISA orders federal agencies to secure Microsoft 365 tenants
CISA has issued this year’s first binding operational directive (BOD 25-01), ordering federal civilian agencies to secure their Microsoft 365 cloud environments by implementing a list of required configuration baselines. […]
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Microsoft debuts Phi-4, a new generative AI model, in research preview
Microsoft has announced the newest addition to its Phi family of generative AI models. Called Phi-4, the model is improved in several areas over its predecessors, Microsoft claims — in particular math problem solving. That’s partly the result of improved training data quality. Phi-4 is available in very limited access as of Thursday night: only…
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Google Launches Gemini 2.0 with Autonomous Tool Linking
Gemini 2.0 Flash is available now, with other model sizes coming in January. It adds multilingual voice output, image output, and some trendy “agentic” capabilities.
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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches One Actively Exploited Vulnerability, Among Others
December marked a quiet month with 70 vulnerabilities patched, plus updates from outside of Microsoft.
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Microsoft lifts Windows 11 24H2 block on PCs with USB scanners
Microsoft has lifted a compatibility block preventing Windows 11 24H2 upgrades after fixing a bug causing USB connection issues to some scanners. […]
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Turla living off other cybercriminals’ tools in order to attack Ukrainian targets
A Russian nation-state threat actor has been observed leveraging tools from other cybercriminal groups to compromise targets in Ukraine, a recent report by Microsoft Threat Intelligence disclosed. This clandestine approach, which is the second time in as many weeks that Microsoft has highlighted the group’s effort, shows how Turla uses a wide range of attack…
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Top Tech Conferences & Events to Add to Your Calendar in 2025
A great way to stay current with the latest technology trends and innovations is by attending conferences. Read and bookmark our tech events guide.