March 27, 2024
Via: The Hacker NewsA now-patched security flaw in the Microsoft Edge web browser could have been abused to install arbitrary extensions on users’ systems and carry out malicious actions. “This flaw could have allowed an attacker to exploit a private API, initially intended […]
Computing, Software & Applications
March 26, 2024
Via: TechSpotAs spotted by German tech site DeskModder, Microsoft has begun automatically installing a Copilot app on Windows 11. The new application doesn’t seem to have any functionality, and further investigation revealed that it has 0 bytes of data, suggesting that […]
Computing, Software & Applications
March 11, 2024
Via: TechSpotMicrosoft now offers detailed instructions on how to disable or even uninstall the native OneDrive application on Windows once and for all. Despite its previous efforts to encourage users to adopt its cloud storage solution – going so far as […]
Computing, Software & Applications
March 11, 2024
Via: Tech XploreA research team at Microsoft has designed an efficiency tool called TaskMatrix.AI that can be used to accomplish a wide variety of specific AI tasks. TaskMatrix.AI connects general-purpose foundation models like GPT-4, the model behind ChatGPT, with specialized models suitable […]
March 6, 2024
Via: GSMArena.comIn October of 2021 Microsoft unveiled Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) – a confusingly named feature that allowed Windows 11 to run Android apps. This worked on both x86-64 and ARM processors, even though most of Android runs on ARM […]
March 1, 2024
Via: TechradarIt looks like Microsoft is trying to unsubtly encourage Windows 10 users into upgrading to Windows 11, again. This isn’t the first instance of Microsoft trying to goad users into using Windows 11 or another of its products – recently, […]
February 27, 2024
Via: TechSpotMicrosoft dropped an update (KB5034765) for Windows 11 on February 13. The patch includes non-security improvements for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2. However, the update is also causing some unexpected issues for an unspecified number of users, so much so […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 15, 2024
Via: InfoWorldMicrosoft has made Visual Studio 2022 17.9 generally available, and introduced a preview of Visual Studio 2022 17.10. Visual Studio 17.9 adds AI-generated Git commits and enhances extensibility, while Visual Studio 17.10 brings AI-powered chat into the IDE. Announced February […]
February 9, 2024
Via: InfoWorldMicrosoft Fabric is an end-to-end, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for data analytics. It is built around a data lake called OneLake, and brings together new and existing components from Microsoft Power BI, Azure Synapse, and Azure Data Factory into a single […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 8, 2024
Via: The VergeWindows 11 will soon have a built-in sudo command designed for developers. Sudo, short for “superuser do,” is widely used on Unix-based operating systems like Linux and macOS to run programs with higher security privileges or as another user. It’s […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 2, 2024
Via: InfoWorldVisual Studio Code 1.86, the January 2024 release of Microsoft’s code editor, introduces a voice command, “Hey Code,” that starts a session with Copilot Chat. The new release also brings per-window zoom levels. Unveiled February 1, Visual Studio Code 1.86 […]
Computing, Software & Applications
January 31, 2024
Via: InfoWorldMicrosoft Visual Studio Code is a flexible, cross-platform editor that can be transformed into a full-blown IDE for most any language or workflow. Over the past few years, it has exploded in popularity. Thanks to Microsoft’s Python extension for Visual […]
Computing, Software & Applications
January 30, 2024
Via: TechSpotNone of this should come as a big surprise considering Microsoft first announced plans to deprecate WordPad back in September 2023. Still for some, it may be hard to see yet another piece of legacy software being phased out. WordPad […]
Computing, Software & Applications
January 24, 2024
Via: InfoWorldIf there’s any one tool a software developer needs, it’s an editor. An editor can be as simple as Notepad++, or as full-blown as the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE. But wouldn’t it be great if you could choose as much […]
January 19, 2024
Via: TechradarA new feature is coming to Windows 11 that will make transferring screenshots from your phone to your PC much easier. Thanks to testing being done by Microsoft, you should soon have the ability to access and edit your screenshots […]
Computing, Software & Applications
January 10, 2024
Via: TechradarDo you think the iconic Windows Notepad app lacks flashy features? Then don’t worry – Microsoft is integrating ChatGPT AI into Notepad for Windows 11. Microsoft’s newest all-purpose digital AI assistant, Windows Copilot, has been around for a little while […]
Computing, Software & Applications
January 9, 2024
Via: InfoWorldMicrosoft has published a beta release of its Fluid Framework 2.0, an upgrade to the company’s open source platform for building collaborative applications. Unveiled January 8, the Fluid Framework 2.0 beta features an intuitive programming model for developers to synchronize […]
January 3, 2024
Via: MashableThe new year brought bad news for the few people out there who are still using Windows 7 and 8. Steam has officially ended support for the decades-old operating systems. As of January 1, 2024, Steam has pulled support for […]
Computing, Software & Applications
January 2, 2024
Via: InfoWorldMicrosoft has enhanced its code coverage tools, adding new features to Microsoft.CodeCoverage and introducing dotnet-coverage. The enhancements include fresh report formats that integrate smoothly with tools such as ReportGenerator. Microsoft posted a bulletin about its enhanced code coverage tools on […]
Computing, Software & Applications
January 2, 2024
Via: InfoWorldMicrosoft announced that it will retire its Visual Studio 2013 IDE in April. The company is urging Visual Studio 2013 users to upgrade to Visual Studio 2022. In a blog post on January 2, 2024, Microsoft said that extended support […]