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Microsoft, Meta, and Spotify take Epic Games’s side and join forces against Apple

In a move that further intensifies scrutiny on Apple’s App Store practices, several tech giants have come together to challenge the company’s payment policies. Meta (formerly Facebook), Microsoft, Spotify, and Match Group have all filed legal petitions against Apple, joining Epic Games’ team in their ongoing lawsuit. The issue is Apple’s commission fees, reaching up […]

Xbox users can now ‘get annoyed by’ their friends by playing weird sounds via Discord soundboards

Get ready to hear the laughter (or maybe groans) as Xbox players can now hear soundboard audio from others in your Discord voice channel or call. Soundboards allow users to play pre-recorded audio clips or sound effects during conversations. This comes after Microsoft announced that the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox will be retired. A […]

Ivanti Releases Urgent Fix for Critical Sentry RCE Vulnerability

Ivanti has disclosed details of a critical remote code execution flaw impacting Standalone Sentry, urging customers to apply the fixes immediately to stay protected against potential cyber threats. Tracked as CVE-2023-41724, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.6. “An unauthenticated threat actor can execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of the appliance

Atlassian Releases Fixes for Over 2 Dozen Flaws, Including Critical Bamboo Bug

Atlassian has released patches for more than two dozen security flaws, including a critical bug impacting Bamboo Data Center and Server that could be exploited without requiring user interaction. Tracked as CVE-2024-1597, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. Described as an SQL injection flaw, it’s rooted in a dependency called org.postgresql:

The Not-so-True People-Search Network from China

It’s not unusual for the data brokers behind people-search websites to use pseudonyms in their day-to-day lives (you would, too). Some of these personal data purveyors even try to reinvent their online identities in a bid to hide their conflicts of interest. But it’s not every day you run across a US-focused people-search network based […]

Microsoft open sources Retina: A cloud-native container networking observability platform

The Microsoft Azure Container Networking team is excited to announce Retina, a cloud-native container networking observability platform that enables Kubernetes users, admins, and developers to visualize, observe, debug, and analyze Kubernetes’ workload traffic irrespective of Container Network Interface (CNI), operating system (OS), and cloud. We are excited to release Retina as an open-source repository that […]

Microsoft and NVIDIA partnership continues to deliver on the promise of AI

At NVIDIA GTC, Microsoft and NVIDIA are announcing new offerings across a breadth of solution areas from leading AI infrastructure to new platform integrations, and industry breakthroughs. Today’s news expands our long-standing collaboration, which has paved the way for revolutionary AI innovations that customers are now bringing to fruition. Microsoft and NVIDIA collaborate on Grace […]

Study showcases how Microsoft Dev Box impacts developer productivity

The need for innovation in local developer environments If you’ve been following our Microsoft Dev Box journey, you likely know how dev-optimized virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) can transform today’s developer workstation. Traditional, physical workstations are frequently hampered by complex environment setup, lost productivity from conflicting configurations, and a lack of scalability. Our goal in building […]