Germany probes Microsoft’s market power
Microsoft is the latest tech giant to be caught in the cross-hairs of Germany’s antitrust authority. The Federal Cartel Office (FCO), aka the Bundeskartellamt, has announced it’s opened a proceeding…
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Microsoft releases emergency updates to address cropped screengrab privacy flaws
Following the discovery of serious vulnerabilities in the Snipping Tool app for Windows 11 and Snip & Sketch in Windows 10, Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to plug the security…
Microsoft reportedly orders AI chatbot rivals to stop using Bing’s search data
Microsoft has warned some Bing-powered search engines that it will revoke access to the company’s search index if they continue to use it as the foundation for their AI tools,…
Winners and Losers: The Steam Deck sees its first sale as Microsoft drops its AI ethics team
Valve celebrated the Steam Deck’s first birthday with the news that the handheld gaming PC would be included in the company’s Steam Spring Sale. We were highly impressed with the…
Microsoft announces Copilot: the AI-powered future of Office documents
Microsoft is announcing a new AI-powered Copilot for its Microsoft 365 apps and services today, designed to assist people with generating documents, emails, presentations, and much more. The Copilot, powered…
Microsoft Outlook Warning: Critical New Email Exploit Triggers Automatically—Update Now
Microsoft has confirmed that a critical Outlook vulnerability, rated at 9.8 out of a maximum 10, is known to have already been exploited in the wild. If you think that…
Microsoft March 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 2 zero-days, 83 flaws
Today is Microsoft’s March 2023 Patch Tuesday, and security updates fix two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 83 flaws. Nine vulnerabilities have been classified as ‘Critical’ for…
Microsoft fixes Outlook zero-day used by Russian hackers since April 2022
Microsoft has patched an Outlook zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-23397) exploited by a hacking group linked to Russia’s military intelligence service GRU to target European organizations. The security vulnerability was exploited in…
Microsoft finally fixes Windows 11 slow file copy issues over SMB
Microsoft has finally addressed a known issue causing significant performance hits when copying large files over SMB after installing the Windows 11 2022 update.
Microsoft is showing new full-page ads asking you to set Edge as the default browser
We already know that Microsoft has become more aggressive with marketing its Edge browser, going as far as to show banner ads on the Chrome download website, reminding you that…
Microsoft’s Plan To Infuse AI And ChatGPT Into Everything
Microsoft has big plans for artificial intelligence (AI), and it’s becoming clear that it believes that ChatGPT – and natural language technology in general – will play a big part.
ChatGPT is being used to automatically write emails: Microsoft, Salesforce and TikTok creators are hopping on the trend
Artificial intelligence chatbots are already being used to write custom email pitches. This shows how AI such as ChatGPT may soon play a significant role in business, with companies such…
Microsoft just got paranoid again and you may need to laugh (or weep)
Why, just the other day Microsoft tried to tease me into moving up the line for the new AI-powered Bing chat by suggesting I make Microsoft my default everything. I…
Microsoft’s new AI chatbot has been saying some ‘crazy and unhinged things’
Microsoft said it had worked to make sure the vilest underbelly of the internet would not appear in answers, and yet, somehow, its chatbot still got pretty ugly fast.
Oh dear, Windows 12 might have just been leaked…by Microsoft and Intel
While there have been rumors abound about a possible WIndows 12 release, this latest leak seems to be the most concrete evidence we have yet of the new OS’s existence….