According to Kuo, the VR/MR hardware is “the most complicated product Apple has ever designed”. Even so, he says it will finally be ready by January. It is worth noting any top analyst would not list a specific launch month without a good idea that the information is accurate. Even so, Apple could change this launch cycle for later. However, it does now seem the company will enter the MR/VR space in 2023....
The tracking allegedly comes from firms like Glassbox, an analytics firm that enables ‘session replay’ in apps. App Analyst found that Air Canada’s app was failing to mask passport and credit card data with its tracking solution, shortly after a data breach. Apple has now told TechCrunch it’s taking a hard stance on such behavior. Under existing guidelines, it’s forcing developers to either disclose the code to its users or remove it from their app....
1 Cortana and Alexa, Coming ‘Soon’2 Open to Developers3 Kinect Is Back4 Windows 10 Sets “This morning I got up, and I was reading the news, and I hear Bill Gates is talking about stock,” opened CEO Satya Nadella. “And he’s talking about the Apple stock, and I said ‘wow’. In the thirty years that at least I’ve known Bill, I’ve never seen him talk about stock. But today must be a new day for sure, when you hear Bill Gates talk about Apple stock....
Azure Arc Azure Arc is a Microsoft solution for hybrid cloud organizations that allows them to manage whole environments both in the cloud and on premises. It takes current resources and compiles them into a single Azure resource. At Build 2021, Microsoft announced two new features coming to Azure Arc; Azure App Services and Open Service Mesh (OSM): “Azure app services are now Azure Arc-enabled, joining previously announced Arc-enabled services such as Arc-enabled data services and Arc-enabled machine learning....
Launched in 2018, Azure Machine Learning is a platform that allows users to create analytic machine learning (ML)solutions in a cloud-based environment. The service offers a simple UI and is noted for being a powerful tool for customers. The machine learning platform merges Microsoft’s cloud technology through Azure with its analytic tools such as Cortana Intelligence. Looking at the new features, Microsoft is bringing managed endpoints in preview to Azure Machine Learning....
On Twitter yesterday, Clint Rutkas confirmed he is returning to Microsoft. His new role with the company is Program Manager on PowerToys, Windows 10 tools designed for power users. Rutkas was with Microsoft for years, including as Senior PM for the developer platform. In June he decided to move to Facebook as a Developer Advocate. The obvious question about Rutkas’ return to Microsoft is why the stint at Facebook was so short?...
In a statement this week, the DoJ says the attack left 3% of its mailboxes vulnerable. However, the department says it has no reason to believe any classified systems were breached during the hack. Still, the attack was potent enough to be given a rating of “major incident” under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act. The DoJ says “The Department will continue to notify the appropriate federal agencies, Congress, and the public as warranted....
“Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries. Furthermore, a blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, that are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.” Probably not! Sometimes, that’s what we see when we research Bitcoin and blockchain technology....
The three new tools are a Privacy Checkup tool, Off-Facebook Activity tool, and alerts for third-party logins. Let’s start with the Privacy Checkup, which is an update for an existing solution. Now, Facebook users can boost their profile security by having more control over how their personal information is shared. Facebook says it will send notifications to 2 billion users advising them to review their privacy settings. The network says the notification will roll out next month and will appear in the News Feed....
More specifically, the audio in the video is separate from the visuals, which were compiled by the researchers to match the audio. This lip-sync capability is a breakthrough because previous tests in this field have been less successful. Indeed, matching audio to a person speaking on video is tough. In most cases even the casual viewer would see something is not right. Researchers call this the uncanny valley, which is when human replicas look real but also creepy or unnatural....
1 Windows 10 Build 16353 Changelog2 Skip Ahead Explained The update is available only to Insiders who chose Skip Ahead in settings, with limited availability. The idea is to test Windows 10 Fall Creators Update releases and RS4 simultaneously. Windows 10 Build 16353 Changelog Thanks to this release, the version number of the two channels is now different, and that comes with the following additions: “When the Action Center is black (the default option) the ‘clear all’, ‘expand’/’collapse’, and ‘see more’ link text will now all use your accent color – making them pop more and improving discoverability....
Only regarding the design, the Japanese goes its own way as the “Fujitsu Win MR” is indeed a stylish and nice looking piece of hardware. To help you enjoy the full Windows Mixed Reality experience instantly, Fujitsu is also introducing a new laptop from its own FMV series. The “Fujitsu FMV LIFEBOOK AH-MR/B3” is powered by an Intel Core i7-8550U CPU and has a 15.6 inch HD display. There is no information about the GPU installed....
Google was working on the software side of things, stitching images together with a cloud-based solution it calls Jump. However, sources tell Variety that Google axed the project in late 2017. An IMAX earnings report describes a final contractual payment from Google regarding the camera, while a spokesperson confirms a pause. “We’ve currently paused the development of the Imax VR camera while we continue to review the viability of our pilot program,” they said to Variety....
Over the years, the number of Chrome extensions has grown and now there are some 180,000 available in the web store. While the majority of these are legitimate, extensions are a relatively easy way for bad actors to place malicious content onto machines. Google wants to overcome this problem with planned changes to security for Chrome extensions. The company says it is adding new security tools and making user privacy more robust....
Now Google has ramped up to the next level and is stoking the fire against Microsoft Edge. The company has disclosed an Edge security vulnerability before Microsoft has sent out a patch. This information comes from Google Project Zero, a division that is made up of a team of security analysts. The point of the team is to look for zero-day vulnerabilities. Google opened the division in 2015 and warns software providers of any vulnerabilities found in their products....
Taking screenshots from Google Street View, the company’s AI has been cropping and adjusting images to create professional looking content. Alphabet Inc. calls the deep learning system Creatism. According to Google, the advancement was achieved by breaking aesthetics down into multiple aspects, letting Creatism learn each individually from a set of professional examples. Each can then be optimized efficiently, with a “dramatic mask” tool to make lighting more striking. Google has published a full 1:1 comparison slideshow with all images created by Google Creatism and the original scenes from Google Street view on GitHub....
1 How to Add a Background Color2 How to Add a Word Background Image3 How to Add a Backrgound Image Texture in Word If you work in marketing or are creating a brochure, a Word background image can do a lot of the heavy lifting visually. Though they can risk looking tacky, a well thought out, subtle background image texture can bring a document to the next level. That said, you should bear in mind that when you add a color or background for a Word document it will apply globally....
1 How to Change Desktop Icon Size Using the Scroll Wheel2 How to Make Icons Smaller or Larger on the Desktop via Context Menu3 How to Change Desktop View Layout using Keyboard4 How to Change Taskbar Icon Size in Taskbar Settings5 Extra: How to Create a Desktop Shortcut6 Extra: How to Fix Missing Icons and Thumbnails You may want to make your desktop icons smaller so you can fit more on, or larger if your screen is a high resolution or you have poor eyesight....
This is because pressing the delete key doesn’t delete the entire selected table – only the content of the cells. If you select a paragraph as well as the table it will delete the whole thing, but you also lose your text. Thankfully, though, there are ways to consistently remove a table in Word without losing other content – you just need to know the right tricks. We’ll be covering two of those methods today – one that deletes it and one that cuts it so you can paste it into another document or program....
1 How to Double Space in Microsoft Word2 How to Double Space in Word Online3 Extra: How to Add Page Numbers in Word4 Extra: How to Remove or Clear Formatting in Word A “Double spaced” document is a text with approximately twice the amount of vertical space between lines when compared to a standard document. In other words, there’s a full blank line between each row of text that an editor can write in....
