Monthly Archives: May 2024

Microsoft supports DARPA’s AI cyber challenge, $150K worth of Azure credits up for grab

Microsoft announced its participation in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC). This can develop new solutions for safeguarding critical infrastructure from cyber threats by leveraging AI. AI can enhance cybersecurity through improved threat intelligence and automated remediation techniques. The AIxCC will bring together leading experts in AI and cybersecurity to develop such solutions. Microsoft will contribute by […]

Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview gets new security capabilities

Ahead of RSA Conference (RSAC), Microsoft today announced new updates for Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview that will help organizations to secure and govern generative AI apps. Microsoft also announced a new unified experience for the security analyst. As recently announced, Microsoft will also be integrating Microsoft Copilot for Security across its security product portfolio. […]

Google Maps Location Not Updating? Try These 5 Fixes

Is your Google Maps location not updating properly? This problem can cause significant disruptions in route tracking and navigation, especially if you’re on the move. It arises due to several reasons from failing to enable your location service to an inaccurate location. But I’ll show you how to fix it! 1. Enable Location Service First, […]

Microsoft is developing its own large language model with 500 billion parameters

Through its strong partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft already leverages one of the industry’s top large language models (LLMs). Beyond OpenAI’s offerings, Microsoft Research consistently releases smaller language models (SLMs) to stay competitive with AI startups and open-source projects. Now, The Information reports that Microsoft is creating its own in-house LLM, code-named MAI-1. While the Phi […]

Best AOL Downloader: 5 Powerful Apps

I dove deep to find the best AOL downloader apps. I tested over 20 of them to give you a list of the top five. Eager to check them out? Let’s get into it! Best AOL Downloader 1. YT Saver YT Saver is a powerful AOL downloader with a plethora of features, all wrapped in […]

What’s Microsoft Start’s new AI for more accurate monthly weather forecasts?

Research from Microsoft’s Weather team shows that AI models hold substantial potential for improving weather forecasts, particularly for shorter timeframes. This comes after last month, Microsoft Start’s new Weather Trends page started offering historical weather data. Their study compared five AI models trained on vast weather datasets to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) […]

Why Your VPN May Not Be As Secure As It Claims

Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. But new research suggests this is a dangerous assumption when connecting to a VPN via an untrusted network, because attackers on the same network could force a target’s traffic off of the protection provided by […]