Microsoft’s and Amazon’s AI partnerships draw UK watchdog scrutiny
Britain’s competition watchdog said on Wednesday it was seeking comments on the AI partnerships between Microsoft and Mistral AI, as well as between Amazon and Anthropic.
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GitHub comments abused to push malware via Microsoft repo URLs
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 has taken over Sony’s PlayStation Store
Microsoft’s Xbox platform has effectively taken over its arch-console rival’s storefront, owing to its absolutely massive content investment strategy.
AI Computing Is on Pace to Consume More Energy Than India, Arm Says
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…
More ads are set to plague your Windows 11 PC, thanks to Microsoft
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…
Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in security lapse
Microsoft has resolved a security lapse that exposed internal company files and credentials to the open internet.
Microsoft fixes two Windows zero-days exploited in malware attacks
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.
Microsoft April 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 150 security flaws, 67 RCEs
Today is Microsoft’s April 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 150 flaws and sixty-seven remote code execution bugs.
Recent Windows updates break Microsoft Connected Cache delivery
Microsoft says Windows 10 updates released since the start of the year are breaking Microsoft Connected Cache (MCC) node discovery on enterprise networks.
German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
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…
Microsoft’s Security Chickens Have Come Home to Roost
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.
Microsoft reveals how much businesses will have to pay to keep using Windows 10 securely
Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 on October 14th, 2025, and you’ll need to pay yearly if you want to continue using the operating system securely. Microsoft will offer…
Exclusive: Microsoft to separate Teams and Office globally amid antitrust scrutiny
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products…
Linux Foundation Launches Valkey As A Redis Fork
Given the recent change by Redis to adopt dual source-available licensing for all their releases moving forward (Redis Source Available License v2 and Server Side Public License v1), the Linux…
CISA tags Microsoft SharePoint RCE bug as actively exploited
CISA warns that attackers are now exploiting a Microsoft SharePoint code injection vulnerability that can be chained with a critical privilege escalation flaw for pre-auth remote code execution attacks.