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Apple says it spent “tens of thousands of hours” on the DMA App Store solution after Microsoft complains

Apple’s attempt to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) by opening its App Store is encountering significant challenges. The proposed changes, aimed at addressing concerns over Apple’s dominance in the mobile app market, face criticism from rivals and developers, raising questions about their effectiveness and compliance with the regulations. Apple will allow […]

Russian Hackers Target Ukraine with Disinformation and Credential-Harvesting Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new influence operation targeting Ukraine that leverages spam emails to propagate war-related disinformation. The activity has been linked to Russia-aligned threat actors by Slovak cybersecurity company ESET, which also identified a spear-phishing campaign aimed at a Ukrainian defense company in October 2023 and a European Union agency in November 2023

Microsoft clarifies that physical discs for Xbox are here to stay

Recent discussions have sparked questions about Microsoft’s commitment to physical discs for Xbox games. Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, recently addressed concerns surrounding the future of physical discs for Xbox games. He emphasized the company’s continued support for physical media, stating that their strategy does not hinge solely on everyone transitioning to digital purchases. […]

VMware Alert: Uninstall EAP Now – Critical Flaw Puts Active Directory at Risk

VMware is urging users to uninstall the deprecated Enhanced Authentication Plugin (EAP) following the discovery of a critical security flaw. Tracked as CVE-2024-22245 (CVSS score: 9.6), the vulnerability has been described as an arbitrary authentication relay bug. “A malicious actor could trick a target domain user with EAP installed in their web browser into requesting and relaying

Microsoft developing custom network hardware to reduce its reliance on NVIDIA

Microsoft is making strides towards greater independence and potential performance boosts in the AI hardware by developing a new network card specifically designed for its Maia AI server chip. This move has the potential to not only improve the performance of Maia but also reduce the company’s reliance on chip designer NVIDIA, who is doing […]

Microsoft announces the Power Automate plugin for Copilot in Windows

Along with the 16 new capabilities for Copilot in Windows, Microsoft today also announced the Power Automate plugin for Copilot in Windows. Power Automate on Windows allows users to automate repetitive tasks. With Power Automate plugin for Copilot in Windows, Microsoft is introducing automation features for Excel, PDF manipulation and file management. The following capabilities […]

Microsoft announces several new capabilities for Copilot in Windows

Microsoft today announced that Copilot in Windows is getting several new capabilities. In the latest Windows Insider build, Microsoft is now testing a new runtime for Copilot in Windows that will enable users to manage more settings via Copilot, including accessibility-focused settings, and use Power Automate Desktop through Copilot. Copilot in Windows now supports the […]

The world according to Hinton: Slowing AI down is not the answer

Eight months ago, Geoffrey Hinton, the esteemed professor emeritus at the University of Toronto who resigned his post at Google over concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) advances, stated in a speech at Collision 2023 that the world is “entering a period of huge uncertainty.” When he speaks, people listen, due in large part to the […]

VoltSchemer attacks use wireless chargers to inject voice commands, fry phones

A team of academic researchers show that a new set of attacks called ‘VoltSchemer’ can inject voice commands to manipulate a smartphone’s voice assistant through the magnetic field emitted by an off-the-shelf wireless charger. […]