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Phoronix ·
Following the Windows Subsystem for Linux 3.0.2 release with support for running WSL2 now on very large servers and also experimental sparse VHD storage support, Microsoft has now released a new version of the WSL2 Linux kernel as their...
TechSpot ·
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Windows and Devices boss Pavan Davuluri, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will all be attending the event. Microsoft's latest teaser includes images of the Surface Laptop Ultra, and the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box...
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Four dated Microsoft changes between July and February will decide what your estate costs next year, says Johan Lamberts, MD of Ascent Technology.
The Register ·
Microsoft has updated the lifecycle of an Azure instance, without offering any information on how long it takes for an instance type to expire. Redmond’s “enhanced lifecycle” landed in late September in a post that explains the four...
GeekWire ·
(LinkedIn Photo) — Ravi Vedula , a corporate vice president at Microsoft , is leaving the company after 26 years. Vedula, who is based in the Seattle area, led an organization of more than 1,000 people that runs the data and analytics...
darkreading ·
Not quite an EDR-killer, but the proof-of-concept cyber technique creates a silent virus detection gap while service runs normally, no exploit required.
Ghacks Technology News ·
Microsoft has confirmed that KB5124010, the September 22, 2026 preview update for Windows 11 , can crash some games, media players, and productivity applications that rely on AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding. The company added the...
Gizmodo ·
We thought Microsoft was preparing a wild laptop.
Forrester Blog ·
Microsoft is steadily repositioning Fabric from a unified analytics platform into a governed context layer for enterprise AI. An agent answering a revenue question needs to know which measure applies, how customers and transactions...
Ubuntu security notices · · Medium severity
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly perform Reverse Map Table (RMP) checks when the IOMMU accessed certain host buffers. A local attacker with hypervisor access could possibly use this to trigger an out-of-bounds...
The Register ·
Microsoft is adding two extra file types to its Outlook block list to strengthen security. The file types are .msix and .msixbundle, used for Windows application packages and bundles. The change affects New Outlook for Windows and...
TechRadar · · Medium severity
Microsoft Exchange flaw allows hackers to read mailboxes across an organization, so patch now
The Register ·
Microsoft is very keen for Outlook users to ditch the classic version in favor of the new one, and a search bug isn't helping the old client's cause. Results can fail to update after mailbox items are moved or changed, with Microsoft's...
TechRadar ·
Meta and Microsoft want to stop their employees using Claude
MacRumors ·
Microsoft is set to drop OneDrive support for iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, which will remove the cloud storage app's compatibility with several older iPhones and one iPad model. The loss of support for iOS 18 will impact the iPhone XR, iPhone...
Ubuntu security notices · · Medium severity
It was discovered that the i.MX clock driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain memory allocation failure conditions, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to...
BleepingComputer · · Medium severity
Over the weekend, Japanese publishing giant Nikkei disclosed that unknown attackers recently breached two employee email accounts and used one to send thousands of phishing emails.
TechRadar ·
Alex Blake has been fooling around with computers since the early 1990s, and since that time he's learned a thing or two about tech. No more than two things, though. As well as TechRadar, Alex writes for iMore, Digital Trends and...
PYMNTS.com ·
Microsoft and Meta each reduced their internal use of Anthropic ’s Claude by encouraging employees to use their company’s own, in-house artificial intelligence tools , The Information reported Monday (Oct. Microsoft was on track to...
TechRadar · · Medium severity
Rahim Amir is a UAE-based tech writer who enjoys building PCs as much as he enjoys writing about them. He has been professionally writing about PC hardware since 2023, focusing on buyer’s guides, hardware reviews, and sponsored content...
GeekWire ·
Pedram Rezaei, a 20-year Microsoft veteran, is joining Amazon Web Services as a distinguished engineer. (Amazon Photo) A longtime Microsoft engineering leader who was previously a Copilot chief technology officer is joining Amazon Web...
The Hacker News · · Medium severity
Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates to address a high-severity flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-96940,...
TechRadar · · Medium severity
Hackers hijacked Microsoft's X account for a scam featuring everyone's least-favorite tech mascot Clippy
Ubuntu security notices · · Medium severity
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - Network file system (NFS) server daemon; - IPv6...
TechSpot ·
Advanced Shader Delivery, or ASD, distributes compiled shaders from the cloud instead of having each player's PC compile them locally before play. Microsoft says that can reduce the process from "several minutes" to "just a few...
BleepingComputer · · Medium severity
Microsoft confirmed over the weekend that some games and applications using AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding will crash after installing the September 2026 KB5124010 Windows 11 preview update.
TechRadar ·
How I think Microsoft's campaign to fix Windows 11 is going after 6 months
Help Net Security · · Critical severity
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 16-year-old researcher breaks into Microsoft analytics service with access to 17 trillion rows of data A flaw in Titan, an internal...
DQ : Latest Posts ·
Cybersecurity is moving past protecting devices, networks, and apps in isolation. It's now about protecting how the business runs across all of them. Every new cloud service, vendor, and AI agent businesses add creates business value,...
The Hacker News ·
A new China-nexus cyber espionage group known as TA419 has been attributed to multiple credential phishing campaigns targeting artificial intelligence (AI) experts working for U.S. think tanks, universities, and legal sector...
Slashdot ·
Politico EU reports: The European Commission has rolled out an alternative to Microsoft Teams — but officials using it aren't impressed, with one describing the tool as "absolute shit." The Commission introduced Element Pro over the...
Ghacks Technology News ·
Microsoft is rolling out Excel Canvas, a Copilot feature that turns workbook data into a report with visualizations, metrics, and insights, according to the company. The rollout in Microsoft Excel continues through October, and the...
Gizmodo ·
The EU executive branch implemented a non-US-made backup to Teams. One staffer called it "absolute sh*t".
Slashdot ·
Longtime Slashdot submitter theodp writes: GeekWire reports that the University of Washington has moved its Global Innovation Exchange {GIX) program to Microsoft's campus in a rent-free deal (UW News release). GIX, an institute...
Computerworld ·
Thanks to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which allows users to run Linux distributions in Windows, it is possible to switch seamlessly between Linux and Windows apps. Microsoft has announced that it is adding support for Linux...
Slashdot ·
The European Commission has rolled out Element Pro as a self-hosted "sovereign back-up" to Microsoft Teams and the reviews aren't great. Politico reported that several officials questioned its usefulness and usability, with one calling...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News · · Critical severity
The company’s latest report previews how AI is changing threat activity, including by automating ransomware attacks.
AppleInsider ·
Apple is working on a fix for Exchange access in its Mac apps as Microsoft retires the connection they rely on. Apple plans Mac Mail fix as Microsoft phases out EWS The disruption concerns work or school accounts hosted through...
Infosecurity Magazine · · Medium severity
Microsoft has warned that threat actors have gained the advantage over defenders by using AI to enhance the speed and scale of attacks
Engadget ·
We'll definitely hear about the NVIDIA RTX Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra, but what else?
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