Tag: microsoft

Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces if you allow it
Enviado por Fabio
Microsoft's OneDrive Photos appears to be yet another photo editor and viewer for Windows 11 that nobody asked for.

30/07/26 | hace 49 días | www.windowslatest.com

Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation
Enviado por Fabio
A public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is responsible for securing software.

01/06/26 | hace 108 días | tech.yahoo.com

How Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars
Enviado por Fabio
Inside the complacency and decisions that eroded trust in Azure—from a former Azure Core engineer.

09/04/26 | hace 161 días | isolveproblems.substack.com

Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash
Enviado por Fabio
Microsoft blocks the word Microslop on its Copilot Discord, bans users, and locks channels after backlash, showing tensions around its AI push

02/03/26 | hace 199 días | www.windowslatest.com

50 years ago, a young Bill Gates took on the 'software pirates'
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"Open Letter to Hobbyists," sparked a decade-long conflict between proprietary software interests and the burgeoning hacker community, ultimately paving the way for the modern open source movement.

01/02/26 | hace 228 días | thenewstack.io

Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch
Enviado por Fabio
The FBI served Microsoft a warrant requesting encryption recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of people involved in an alleged fraud case in Guam.

24/01/26 | hace 236 días | techcrunch.com

The Late Arrival of 16-bit CP/M
Enviado por Fabio
How CP/M 2.2’s Success Delayed the 8086 Port — and Whether It Really Mattered

07/01/26 | hace 253 días | nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com

Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License
Enviado por Fabio
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office worked with Jason Scott to do it.

22/11/25 | hace 299 días | arstechnica.com

This Microsoft Entra ID Vulnerability Could Have Been Catastrophic
Enviado por Fabio
A pair of flaws in Microsoft's Entra ID identity and access management system could have allowed an attacker to gain access to virtually all Azure customer accounts.

19/09/25 | hace 363 días | www.wired.com

Microsoft’s analog optical computer cracks two practical problems and shows AI promise
Enviado por Fabio
A Microsoft analog optical computer has solved two optimization problems and shown potential for AI workloads using less energy.

08/09/25 | hace 374 días | news.microsoft.com

Your Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward - gHacks Tech News
Enviado por Fabio
Microsoft Word documents will by default be saved to cloud storage going forward, and not to the local system.

28/08/25 | hace 385 días | www.ghacks.net

Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China
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Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain...

05/08/25 | hace 408 días | www.propublica.org