Several flaws in Nvidia GPU driver technology could give bad actors the ability to create denial of service attacks and escalate their privileges. It is worth noting, the flaws are deemed high severity although users will need to have local access to the machine. Nvidia talks of one of the bugs that it seems the most problematic with a severity rating of 8.8 out of 10 despite the need for local access....
Don’t worry Office users on other platforms, Microsoft is not depriving you of new features. Instead, this preview update is focused on making fixes across core Office apps like Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint. Perhaps a bit of a boring update, then, but still one Insiders will want to get to ensure the best performance. For example, on Excel a fix allows the app to now correctly import a tab-delimited text file on Power Pivot....
“In one example, a method comprises: receiving a dead zone inflection point defining a boundary of a dead zone region and a playspace region within a normalized two-dimensional movement space, receiving a sensitivity inflection point within the playspace region of the normalized two-dimensional movement space, transforming the sensitivity inflection point to a transformed sensitivity inflection point using a sensitivity scaling function that comprises the dead zone inflection point, receiving position data representing a current position of the control stick, and transforming the current position to a transformed position using a mapping function comprising the dead zone inflection point and the transformed sensitivity inflection point,” reads the patent....
According to the Commission, Qualcomm unfairly repressed rivals by paying Apple to not by chips from other suppliers. The offence goes against Europe Union antitrust rules. While the company is accused of paying Apple, it has also been locked in a legal dispute with Cupertino. The partnership was once rosy when Apple agreed to exclusively use Qualcomm processors in iPhone and iPad devices. This collaboration was extended in 2013 and again in 2016 without a hitch....
1 Anti-DDoS system and raids2 Kaspersky Lab vs. Microsoft According to Bloomberg, the emails show that Kasperksy Lab has developed security technology for the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). In addition, Kaspersky has allegedly worked on joint projects with the spy agency. Inside the emails, from October 2009, Kaspersky outlines a project undertaken in secret in 2008 “per a big request on the Lubyanka side,” a reference to the FSB offices....
The Korean outlet claims that the company is working with LG Display on the device, which would make sense. In 2016, LG was showing off the tech, and Samsung is also very interested. However, while other foldable panels are in the works, few are as large as LG’s. “We know that LG Display has developed a 13-inch foldable panel and signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with Lenovo,” said an industry source to ET News....
Before continuing, it is worth pointing out accusation remains an important word here. Certainly, I expect the Silicon Six companies to hit back at this and the situation could rumble on. As we move closer to next week’s G7 summit in the United Kingdom, a report by the Fair Tax Foundation is pointing fingers at the companies. British Chancellor Rishi Sunak will appeal to world leaders at the summit to push through a new tax on tech companies following the report....
Over the past year, Xbox’s exclusive lineup has been hit with cancellations, including Scalebound and Fable Legends, while games like Crackdown 3 were delayed significantly. Campbell argues that Microsoft needs to act soon and that an acquisition is the most likely route. However, it’s questionable if such a purchase would help the company. Forbes’ Paul Tassi highlights several issues with this idea, including licensing deals. According to analyst Michael Patcher, publishers make more money from the PlayStation platform than Xbox....
A report from CNN suggests Russia is considering hitting back against those companies and may nationalize them or seize their assets. That means giant brands like Microsoft, Apple, Google, IBM, McDonald’s Coca-Cola, Ikea, Shell, BP and many more who have taken action against Russia. CNN cites a video that was published by the Kremlin and broadcast on state media in Russia: “We need to act decisively with those [companies] who are going to close their production,” said Putin....
Samsung is moving ahead of the competition with its latest advancements in GDDR6 and HBM2. In a press release today, the South Korean company confirmed its new GDDR6 memory chips are now in mass production. This has been a quick turnaround considering Samsung only announced the chips at CES earlier this month. As the market is fast moving, the company clearly wanted to ramp up to full production quickly. Samsung’s ability to swiftly move into mass production will harm its competition....
Perhaps the most striking of them is SharePoint Home Sites, a new landing page that employees can use to share relevant content. It takes a similar role as the previous Communication Sites, but shows official company news by default and integrates Microsoft Search. As usual, it’s backed up by improvements to the ever-important SharePoint Server, though they aren’t anything mind-blowing. Azure Stack support is coming to Server 2016 and 2019, while Azure SQL Database Managed Instance support will be exclusive to the latter....
Firstly, Microsoft is addressing user feedback. One-on-one interviews are common, but sometimes you want multiple executives keyed into a call. The latest version makes that possible, adding group call functionality. With it comes a refined UI, as well as a chat interface. While you wouldn’t always expect to need text chat over voice calls, it can be vital for providing instructions and information the candidate can look back on. In that vein, document uploads have made their way to the service, meaning employers can provide information and candidates can attach sample work....
During its Xbox One X launch on Sunday, Microsoft dropped other significant news. The company announced Minecraft is adopting cross-play on Xbox One, PC, mobile, VR, and Nintendo Switch. Essentially, players across all these platforms can interact and play with each other. Minecraft is the second best-selling game ever and still a smash hit, so surely getting in on the action is worth it. Not for Sony it seems, as the company’s PlayStation 4 is conspicuous by its absence from Minecraft cross-play....
According to mods on Stack Overflow, the ban was put in place because ChatGPT makes it too easy for users to generate AI responses and essentially spam the site with responses. Many of these answers look helpful but end up being incorrect. Mods say the ban is currently temporary but a final ruling will eventually be made about the ongoing support of OpenAI’s chatbot: “The primary problem is that while the answers which ChatGPT produces have a high rate of being incorrect, they typically look like they might be good and the answers are very easy to produce,” claim the mods....
Availability for the powerful 2-in-1 has expanded to include 17 new markets. In total, the Surface Book 2 15-inch is now available in all major markets where Microsoft sells Surface products. Starting today, customers in the following markets can pre-order the device: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The 13-inch variant has already arrived in all those markets and a few more on top....
Just like any other ARM-based PC, the Pro X supports ARM and ARM64 apps, as well as emulated 32-Intel (x86) apps. However, it does not support 64-bit Intel applications. We reported previously how the Microsoft Store was not flagging which apps are not compatible with the device, a situation Microsoft has only partially remedied. Without support for 64-bit Intel apps, the Surface Pro X is a limited experience. Microsoft is working to change the situation by working on x64 emulation for Windows 10 on ARM....
While not as expansive as version 7.0, SwiftKey on Android does score some decent features here. For example, the ability to share calendar events directly from the virtual keyboard. Other new features include a tool to insert the address of a current location for direct sharing. However, this feature is only available in the United States and India at the moment. Finally, Microsoft has added the ability to long press to delete Double-Word predictions....
There are plenty of useful and free Windows apps if you want to write. The most obvious choices would be Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Both are tried and tested and packed with tons of features, most of which you will never even need. However, they might not be the best choice if you are a college student that needs to write a lot of essays and academic assignments. In that case, you need not just a powerful word processor, but also an app that is will help you with stuff like spelling, style, and grammar, and which is also free of any distractions....
Apps and Services to Get Your Student Life Together We have put together a list of useful apps that you can use to make your academic life organized and enjoyable. Evernote As the name suggests, it is a note-taking app. It helps you keep your digital life organized. You can use it to: organize your files; take snippets and clippings; and, of course, take notes. Not surprisingly, note-taking is the key focus and the greatest strength of this app....
According to Evanina, China has been messaging thousands of LinkedIn members. U.S. law enforcement contacted Microsoft about the matter and called on LinkedIn to adopt similar policies to Twitter and Facebook. “I recently saw that Twitter is canceling, I don’t know, millions of fake accounts, and our request would be maybe LinkedIn could go ahead and be part of that,” he said. Other U.S. officials say that China has been contacting experts in supercomputing, nuclear energy, nanotechnology and more....
