Much of the growth has been attributed to popularity in business, especially with AR. “2016 marked an important step for the AR and VR headset market with product finally arriving in end users’ hands and on their heads,” explained Ramon Llamas, research manager of the Augmented and Virtual Reality team at IDC. “While there was clear demand coming primarily from technology enthusiasts, what became readily apparent were the use cases for enterprise users across multiple verticals and for consumers with gaming and content consumption....

Previously, consumers had just two choices when it came to laptops. They could buy a thin and light laptop with integrated graphics, or a bulkier laptop with a dGPU. Thanks to this partnership, that may be a thing of the past. “The new product, which will be part of our 8th Gen Intel Core family, brings together our high-performing Intel Core H-series processor, second generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2) and a custom-to-Intel third-party discrete graphics chip from AMD’s Radeon Technologies Group* – all in a single processor package,” said Chris Walker, vice president of the client computing group at Intel....

Microsoft is looking to fix that with Windows 10 on ARM, but Intel has an alternate solution. At its keynote at Computex in Tapei, it announced its Low Power Display Technology. The tech can combine with a one watt panel by Sharp and Innolux to cut LCD power consumption by up to half. For the average user, that means an extra four to eight hours of battery life during local video playback....

A collaboration between HTC Vive and Intel could change that. At Computex Tapei today, the two announced they will be bringing WiGig to the headset. The accessory works in the 60 GHZ WiFi band using the 802.11 ad standard. This is important for two reasons: it enables latency of less than 7ms and lets multiple users share the same space. That means we could finally see manageable multiplayer experiences with the Vive....

Both were convicted following an investigation into Pavel Vrublevsky, a cybercriminal who was convicted on charges of running a major span network. Both were accused of sharing information about Russian cybercriminals with law enforcement agencies in the United States. Ruslan Stoyanoc is a senior executive for Kaspersky Lab, Russia’s largest cyber security firm. Sergei Mikhailov is a former deputy chief of the country’s leading anti-cybercrime unit. Both were sentenced harshly, receiving 22 years each despite protesting their innocence throughout....

Earlier this year, we reported on the prediction that the crypto market will retract. Many smaller coins will simply disappear while large currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum will survive. There are currently over 19,000 cryptocurrencies and the market cannot sustain them all. That decline is underway and ongoing. However, for an exchange like Kraken there is another threat. Following the collapse of FTX last month, investors are putting less faith in exchanges and are instead turning to their own personal wallets....

Microsoft Office has numerous little-known yet very cool features that take time and experience to find and apply. Are you intrigued? Well, you better be as we are about to show you some of the most interesting, useful, and well-hidden Microsoft Office features. After learning about those, you’ll earn a full right to put a ‘Microsoft expert’ in any resume you’d like. Citations Every student knows the struggles of getting all your quotation marks in place....

Call Links will sit under the CALLS tab, allowing users to easy access the feature and generate shareable links. When a link is created, the user can then share it with their contacts on WhatsApp. While there is no confirmation, it is possible users will also be able to share with contacts outside of WhatsApp. In a tweet to announce the feature, WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart says Call Links work for both audio and video calls....

For those not lucky enough to get a pre-order console or a launch day unit, Microsoft says it will take a long time for supply to reach demand. “I think we’ll continue to see supply shortages as we head into the post-holiday quarter, so Microsoft’s Q3, calendar Q1,” said Xbox chief financial officer Tim Stuart at the Jefferies Interactive Entertainment Virtual Conference (via Seeking Alpha). One of the interesting things about early demand is what it actually means for sales....

Of course, tracking employees is something many companies may do across a workforce. However, productivity score in Microsoft 365 tracks the activity of workers on an individual level. Microsoft says the features, which landed in 2019, allows customers to have “visibility into how your organization works.” It highlights information about how employees operate, including email use, connectivity uptime, and shows a percentage for productivity. Reports suggest the tool also allows admin to find more individual data by default....

While the launch date remains unknown and Microsoft has yet to go official on Project Monarch Outlook, the company may have leaked an image of the client. The shot was included – either on purpose or accident – on a rundown of the latest Office Insider Preview. It is worth noting Microsoft is not discussing Project Monarch in the article, so still no official word on the “One Outlook” experience....

Users found that signing into their Microsoft Account kept rejecting the password. Other errors included two-factor authentication had failed, or the account could not be found at all. The authentication issue started early in the morning. I was personally unable to login to my Microsoft Account. This extended to Outlook, Xbox Live, and Skype, and others have confirmed that it also affected OneDrive. Indeed, it seems the problem was spread across all services that require a Microsoft Account to sign in....

Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) have sponsored the bill, which highlights concerns around facial recognition technology. If passed, new laws would give users the right to be notified when data is being collected from FR. Authorities will also seek independent testing of FR solutions to ensure they are consumer-friendly before being made available. “Consumers are increasingly concerned about how their data is being collected and used, including data collected through facial recognition technology,” Blunt says....

Two years on, not a whole lot has changed for the two companies. As Microsoft promised, it’s left LinkedIn largely to its own devices, with only a few key integrations. However, as ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley points out, integrating data graphs was a key goal. So far, progress on that front has been slow. According to Foley, the companies have made eight integrations in the two-year period. These include tools like Resume Assistant for Office 365, as well as backend additions like combining content filtering methods and profile targeting for Bing Ads....

Cervical cancer is a major killer in India, with 67,000 fatalities each year. Indeed, the country accounts for 25% of 260,000 yearly deaths from cervical cancer. Part of the problem is detections; if found early the cancer can be treated and/or prevented. Microsoft and SRL developed an AI-powered screening program that provides faster analysis. Through cytoanalysis, the companies reviewed 100,000 Pap smear samples each year. In a release, the company’s say 2% of the samples require further analysis because of abnormalities....

President Trump has failed to acknowledge Biden’s victory. Furthermore, he has stoked controversy by saying the election was rife with fraud and starting numerous lawsuits to halt the transition. Smith points out Microsoft also congratulated Trump on his presidential victory in 2016. “If we are to move forward as a nation, we must build new bridges to close the gaps that divide us,” Smith said over the weekend. “The peaceful transition of power has been an enduring and vital part of our democracy for over two centuries, and it remains so today,” Smith said in 2016....

Minit provides process mining solutions that function across any system and data source. The company’s “connectors” technology is used by various major enterprise brands like SAP, Oracle, and Salesforce. What Minit does is highlight where bottlenecks and inefficiencies occur in productivity, detailing the data on a chart. Algorithms work behind the scenes to evaluate the “order to cash” workflows of an organization. If a workflow process is slowing down is found, the software describes changes that will improve the process....

Initially launched in 2014, the app was an offspring of the HockeyApp service Microsoft acquired in 2014. Similar to Apple’s TestFlight service, the app provided developers with crash analytics and distribution data for applications on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. Microsoft continued to show love to HockeyApp, including a new bridge tool in 2016. The bridge allowed users to query raw HockeyApp data to gain insights, as well as exporting it to specific data stores....

1 Microsoft 365 Enterprise2 Microsoft 365 Business3 Three new apps for businesses Microsoft 365 will be offered in two bundles, Microsoft 365 Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Business. For Microsoft 365 Enterprise, two different plans are available, Microsoft 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5. According to Microsoft´s CVP Kirk Koenigsbauer, Microsoft 365 Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Business represent the new way Microsoft will address its customers from now on. Microsoft 365 Enterprise As its name suggests, Microsoft 365 Enterprise is designed for large organizations....

Dr. Gregory Moore is no stranger to the health tech sector having previously worked with Google. Whilst at Mountain View, he was the vice president of Google’s Cloud Healthcare and Live Sciences division. Lee welcomes Moore through the Microsoft Industry Blog, saying his experience will help Microsoft’s push towards more AI-powered health solutions: “Clearly, managing such partner-focused collaborative efforts is one of the most important things we need to get right, and that starts with choosing the right leader....