Monthly Archives: June 2024

Microsoft Issues Patches for 51 Flaws, Including Critical MSMQ Vulnerability

Microsoft has released security updates to address 51 flaws as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for June 2024. Of the 51 vulnerabilities, one is rated Critical and 50 are rated Important. This is in addition to 17 vulnerabilities resolved in the Chromium-based Edge browser over the past month. None of the security flaws have […]

Elon Musk withdraws lawsuit against OpenAI

Elon Musk has withdrawn his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco Superior Court in February and sought to prove that the company Musk co-founded in 2015 had violated its founding mission of developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) “for the benefit of humanity.” Musk’s attorneys filed a […]

OpenAI to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to extend Azure AI platform

Oracle today announced that it is partnering with Microsoft and OpenAI to extend the Microsoft Azure Al platform to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This will allow OpenAI to take advantage of the additional compute capacity available from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Highlights of OCI: “The race to build the world’s greatest large language model is on, and it […]

Patch Tuesday, June 2024 “Recall” Edition

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, a relatively light Patch Tuesday this month for Windows users. The software giant also responded to a torrent of negative feedback on a new feature of Redmond’s flagship operating system that constantly takes screenshots of whatever users are doing […]

Microsoft strengthens Outlook security, retires legacy features

Microsoft today announced changes to Outlook consumer experience to deliver a modern and secure email experience for its users. First, from September 16th, Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, Live.com email users will need to move to Modern Authentication methods in their email application. After this date, Microsoft will no longer allow users to have just Basic Auth where they […]