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17 Sep

Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft Copilot+ PCs

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In addition to these features, Copilot+ PCs have proven more than capable of running general business apps like Microsoft Office products, web browsers, and the like. Their benchmarks are outpacing Intel and AMD laptops at similar prices much of the time. Battery life is also great on Copilot+ PCs across the board, thanks to the lower power consumption required by ARM CPUs.So What’s the Catch? What Can’t They Do?There’s a tiny problem with the ARM world. For decades, Windows has been written and rewritten and rewritten again to run on x86 chips. Throw a new chip architecture into the mix…

11 Sep

Game Pass Standard is now available on Xbox

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The Xbox Game Pass Standard plan is starting today. Microsoft announced a revamp to its Game Pass subscription plans , introducing the Standard option alongside a price increase for the Ultimate tier. The Standard plan costs $15 a month, while Ultimate will run you $20 a month.The Standard subscription tier will offer the essential features of the Game Pass program: online multiplayer gaming, access to a large library of games, and discounts on select game purchases. The big difference between Standard and Ultimate is that Standard plan members will not be able to play some blockbuster releases, such as and…

05 Sep

Microsoft joins coalition to scrub revenge and deepfake porn from Bing

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Microsoft it has partnered with to help remove non-consensual intimate images — including deepfakes — from its Bing search engine.When a victim opens a "case" with StopNCII, the database creates a digital fingerprint, also called a "hash," of an intimate image or video stored on that individual's device without their needing to upload the file. The hash is then sent to participating industry partners, who can seek out matches for the original and remove them from their platform if it breaks their content policies. The process also applies to AI-generated deepfakes of a real person.Several other tech companies have agreed…

29 Aug

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard accused of ‘bad faith bargaining’ by Raven Software union workers

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Raven Software’s union — the first of its kind in the gaming industry — has hit another snag negotiating its collective bargaining agreement with Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, games journalist Stephen Totilo reported in his Game File newsletter. The union has filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), alleging chiefly that their employer refuses to bargain, or is not bargaining in good faith. The Raven workers succeeded in their union drive, joining the Communications Workers of America (CWA), over two years ago.The full complaints have not been made available to the public as of Wednesday.…

28 Aug

Xbox’s streaming app is coming to more Fire TV devices

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The Xbox August update is here, bringing with it . Perhaps the biggest news is that the Xbox streaming app is coming to more Fire TV devices. This means that more people will be able to access the wonderful world of Xbox Cloud Gaming.It was Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2nd Gen) and the Fire TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen), but now it’s available for the previous iterations of those devices, alongside the Fire TV Cube (3rd Gen.) Expanding the availability of cloud-gaming is never a bad thing. There’s the usual caveat, however, as a Game Pass subscription is required…

23 Aug

Microsoft will host a security conference after the CrowdStrike shutdown

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it will host a special conference in September to discuss the lessons and security measures the industry can take away from the CrowdStrike . The Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit is scheduled for September 10 at Microsoft’s Redmond, WA headquarters.The event will feature representatives from Microsoft, CrowdStrike and other cyber and computer security companies. The participants will explore changes in industry practices and the use of applications that can prevent future computer shutdowns. anonymously says one of the talking points of the conference will address the use of applications that rely more on Windows’ user mode instead of kernel mode.…

21 Aug

Microsoft’s latest accessible controllers include the Xbox Adaptive Joystick

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Xbox continues to impress with its accessibility accommodations for gamers with disabilities. Alongside some updates to the Xbox console lineup, Microsoft unveiled several new controllers on Wednesday to help more people experience the joy of frictionless gaming.The Xbox Adaptive Joystick fills what Microsoft called a widely expressed “need for an affordable, singular joystick” to use with other Xbox controllers. Designed for people with limited mobility, it has four customizable button inputs on the front, a standard thumbstick and two more mappable bumper and trigger-style buttons.You can plug the wired stick into the Xbox Adaptive Controller or the console. Alternatively, you…

16 Aug

OpenAI shut down an Iranian influence op that used ChatGPT to generate bogus news articles

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OpenAI said on Friday that it thwarted an Iranian influence campaign that used ChatGPT to generate fake news stories and social posts aimed at Americans. The company said it identified and banned accounts generating content for five websites (in English and Spanish) pretending to be news outlets, spreading “polarizing messages” on issues like the US presidential campaign, LGBTQ+ rights and the war in Gaza.The operation was identified as “Storm-2035,” part of a series of influence campaigns Microsoft identified last week as “connected with the Iranian government.” In addition to the news posts, it included “a dozen accounts on X and…

16 Aug

Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32’s partition size limit after nearly three decades

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Microsoft righted an age-old “wrong” (at least for those who geek out on disk formatting) earlier this week. With its latest Windows 11 Insider Canary Preview Build (via The Verge), the company increased the maximum FAT32 partition size limit from 32GB to 2TB when using the command line. The boost from the previous limit, which its creator thought would be limited to the lifespan of Windows NT 4.0, comes after 28 years.FAT32 isn’t widely used today. Even SD cards, the last holdout, have mostly moved to exFAT. (FAT32 has other limitations for the modern world, like a 4GB file size…

15 Aug

Configuring Azure Arc-Enabled Windows Servers with Azure VM Extensions

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Introduction In our final guide for the series we'll walk through the process of configuring Azure Arc-enabled Windows servers using an Azure VM extension. We'll cover essential steps like installing IIS and blocking the legacy Azure Log Analytics agent. Whether you're a system administrator new to Azure Arc or looking to refine your configuration, this post will provide valuable insights. Step-by-Step Guide Installing IIS Log into your Windows VM: Establish a Remote Desktop connection to your Windows VM. Open PowerShell ISE: Launch Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) with administrative privileges. Create the installation script: Paste the following script into…