A few months back, we learned of Microsoft’s new Windows Backup app. At the time it was only made available to users of Windows 11 signed up as Insiders on the Dev channel. Now this handy utility is making its way to Windows 10 as well. For now, it is included in the build pushed to […]
Remember the major privacy flaw that hit Windows 11’s Snipping Tool and Windows 10’s Snip and Sketch Tool? As earlier reported, the privacy flaw allowed attackers to retrieve sensitive information cropped out of screenshots. Up until now, the workaround to this was to use another image editor or ensure that you save the image you’re editing […]
Microsoft released security updates for Windows yesterday on the March 2023 Patch Day. Among the patched security updates, several of which are rated critical by Microsoft, is a security issue that is exploited actively in the wild. The issue was reported by Google’s Threat Analysis Group. The threat actor used “an unpatched security bypass in Microsoft’s SmartScreen security […]
Phil Spencer, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming has revealed during an interview with The Times that Microsoft wants to compete with Apple and Google in mobile app stores. It plans to create a rival service focusing on games. He also said that regulators support Microsoft’s idea of creating a third-party mobile app store, and why […]
Microsoft is incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot technology into its search engine Bing and its browser Edge. The company made the announcement at a press event on Tuesday at its Redmond headquarters in Washington. Bing and Edge will be powered by an upgraded version of the AI technology that’s the hallmark of ChatGPT, the conversational service developed by OpenAI that can […]
For the longest time, cybercriminals have been exploiting the macro feature in Office applications like Word and Excel to infect unsuspecting users’ PCs with malware. They typically do this by injecting malicious macro code into a legitimate Word or Excel document, then convincing users to enable macros to allegedly display the file properly. However, this […]
An update to Microsoft Defender has deleted a bunch of users’ shortcuts A recent update to Microsoft Defender has led some Windows users to lose shortcuts to their programs. The bizarre issue resulted in Windows icons and applications shortcuts being removed from the Taskbar and Start Menu without any warning. Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 users […]
This post may or may not have been written by ChatGPT Artificial intelligence projects have been pulling off some incredibly impressive feats lately, and in recent weeks, a couple of these efforts have really been blowing up and catching the public’s eye: OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which delivers text–based output, and Midjourney, which creates visual art pieces. […]
Microsoft is planning to create a WeChat-like “super app” Microsoft is reportedly considering turning its attention to an all-in-one “super app” that would see it challenging Apple and Google’s dominance in the mobile search space. According to reports by The Information, the app could combine shopping, messaging, web search, and news feeds, among potentially even more […]
The fact that big tech corporations milk your data isn’t exactly a secret nowadays. But what about Microsoft? Is Microsoft too responsible for collecting your data without your permission? Well, not technically, at least. Remember, whenever you accept to use any tech service or product for free, in most cases, you automatically sign away your […]
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