Tag: Microsoft

August 31, 2023

Microsoft is retiring its Visual Studio for Mac IDE. The company advises developers on Mac to seek alternatives such as the C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code and other extensions that enable .NET development. Citing ongoing user feedback and […]

August 11, 2023

Microsoft is bringing generative AI to frontline field workers by integrating its Copilot AI assistant into its field services platform, streamlining workflows but also enabling supervisors to know what technicians are doing on the job. Copilot, first introduced in March, […]

July 20, 2023

It seems that AI companies including Microsoft, OpenAI, and Cohere are doing everything they can to find synthetic data with which to train their AI products. Citing the limited availability of “organic” human-generated data in the world wide web, these […]

July 12, 2023

Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to address a total of 132 new security flaws spanning its software, including six zero-day flaws that it said have been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 132 vulnerabilities, nine are rated Critical, 122 […]

July 11, 2023

A Microsoft Windows policy loophole has been observed being exploited primarily by native Chinese-speaking threat actors to forge signatures on kernel-mode drivers. “Actors are leveraging multiple open-source tools that alter the signing date of kernel mode drivers to load malicious […]

July 10, 2023

Microsoft has improved type and parameter name hints for the F# language in its Visual Studio IDE, adding return type hints while incorporating tooltips for all hints. In a blog post on July 5, Microsoft provided an overview of code […]

June 29, 2023

Clippy is back – sort of – and ready to help you out on the Windows 11 desktop, if you dare to install a new app (still in beta). Okay, so yes, this is an odd one, but you may […]

June 28, 2023

Microsoft’s AIM isn’t exactly a computer, at least in the traditional sense, as it doesn’t use bits or bytes to process data and make calculations. But it’s already shown potential for surpassing state-of-the art digital (silicon-based) technology or even the […]

June 22, 2023

If you’re experiencing sudden high CPU utilization in Windows 11, Microsoft might know what’s causing your problems. According to the Redmond, Washington-based software giant, a nasty bug in File Explorer affects Windows 11 21H2 and 22H2. Specifically, Microsoft says that […]

June 13, 2023

Recent Windows 11 insider preview builds have introduced Android file sharing and a new look for File Explorer. Microsoft and leaks have teased both updates for months. Insider update 2305.40000.4.0 enables file sharing in Windows Subsystem for Android, allowing Android […]

June 13, 2023

Microsoft with its experimental DeviceScript technology is extending its TypeScript language to tiny IoT devices. An open source project introduced by Microsoft Research in May, DeviceScript brings a TypeScript developer experience to low-resource, microcontroller-based devices, including the ESP32 and RP2040 […]

June 5, 2023

Microsoft is looking to drive its efforts towards AI-based products and services by entering a deal with AI and cloud computing startup CoreWeave. The deal is expected to help Microsoft optimize generative AI products such as ChatGPT. The deal is […]

May 25, 2023

Microsoft said that the hackers, codenamed Volt Typhoon, have been in operation since mid-2021. By exploiting vulnerabilities in internet-facing Fortinet FortiGuard devices that admins never patched, the attackers are able to extract credentials to a network’s Active Directory, and use […]

May 23, 2023

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella described the arrival of large language AI models like GPT-4 as “a Mosaic moment,” comparable to the arrival of the first graphical web browser. Unlike that original Mosaic moment, when Microsoft was late to the browser […]

May 19, 2023

Microsoft has announced a new 10-year partnership with Nvidia that will see PC games made by Bethesda and Xbox Game Studios make their way to Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service. The first GeForce Now releases will include Gears 5, […]

May 17, 2023

Microsoft-owned GitHub, which provides a code hosting platform for version control and collaboration, faced three disruptions in its services last week, following 13 such incidents in the past three months. “Last week, GitHub experienced several availability incidents, both long-running and […]

May 16, 2023

On June 13, when the June 2023 security update lands, the Windows 10 21H2 Home, Pro, Pro Education, and Pro Workstation editions will lose servicing and support, meaning they will stop receiving security and preview updates to protect against security […]

May 2, 2023

Microsoft has been working for years on custom silicon for the data center. Recently, we learned the company was making progress on developing a custom neural processing unit for its AI needs, as services like ChatGPT are notoriously expensive to […]

May 1, 2023

The big three cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft, Google) all reported earnings last week, and the word on every cloud executive’s lips was optimization. To wit, “Customers continue to evaluate ways to optimize their cloud spending in response to these tough […]

April 27, 2023

Microsoft confirmed this week that the current version of Windows 10 dubbed 22H2 – is the final version. The company encourages anyone who wants new feature updates to transition to Windows 11, which holds a minority of Windows market share […]