Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

A GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with a Microsoft repository, making the files appear trustworthy.

Microsoft’s Xbox platform has effectively taken over its arch-console rival’s storefront, owing to its absolutely massive content investment strategy.

AI’s voracious need for computing power is threatening to overwhelm energy sources, requiring the industry to change its approach to the technology, according to Arm Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas. Haas joins a growing number of people raising alarms about the toll AI could take on the world’s infrastructure.

It’s no secret that Windows 11 continues to endure a rocky reputation, despite efforts to improve the operating system since its launch almost three years ago. Sadly, though, recent Insider builds suggest Microsoft may also introduce some unwelcome changes to the OS to the future, including the addition of more ads.

Microsoft has resolved a security lapse that exposed internal company files and credentials to the open internet.

Microsoft has fixed two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities during the April 2024 Patch Tuesday, although the company failed to initially tag them as such.

Today is Microsoft’s April 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 150 flaws and sixty-seven remote code execution bugs.

Microsoft says Windows 10 updates released since the start of the year are breaking Microsoft Connected Cache (MCC) node discovery on enterprise networks.

Schleswig-Holstein is dumping Windows and Office for Linux and the popular open-source office suite, LibreOffice. The Schleswig-Holstein cabinet made this decision not because of Linux and LibreOffice’s technical superiority, but because it values “digital sovereignty.”

The US government’s public documentation of Microsoft’s shoddy cybersecurity practices, lax corporate culture and untruthfulness in public communications should come as no surprise to anyone.