Rather than using qubits the traditional way, Microsoft’s plans hinge on an elusive particle known as the Majorana fermion. By weaving them together, it seeks to make stable qubits with far lower error rates than its competitors. Microsoft’s Director of Quantum computing says the company is “all-in” on building its computer, and that it’s “one of the biggest disruptive bets we have made as a company”. https://youtu.be/doNNClTTYwE A Multi-Billion Dollar Bet Julie Love took the job of overseeing the efforts just over a year ago, and says Microsoft is making advancements every day....

“Chrome is draining your battery faster,” a Windows Action Center notification once read. “Switch to Microsoft Edge for up to 36% more browsing time.” Now, though, Google’s problems are also Microsoft’s. Edge is switching from its own engine to Chromium and thus inheriting underlying bugs, performance issues, and other niggles. As spotted by Windows Latest, Redmond engineers are now suggesting solutions to battery issues on the Chromium Gerrit. “The current behavior is that the media content is added to the general HTTP cache during acquisition and playback,” writes Microsoft’s Shawn Pickett in a bug filing....

Speaking to VentureBeat, Kipman was eager to address how Windows Mixed Reality fits into the wider Windows 10 ecosystem. Considering Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform concept, Kipman stresses mixed reality fits into the Universal idea. “There is one operating system. It’s Windows 10 and we love it. What I do want to differentiate is how that one operating system evolves into the future. As a matter of fact, in all your machines, on October 17, you’re going to download this version of the OS....

Reduction Before the 2019 agreement, 600 resellers were on the Marketplace. Once the companies entered the partnership, the number was cut to just seven. Tip of the day: Windows Update downloads can often be frustrating because they are several gigabytes in size and can slow down your internet connection. That means your device may work with reduced performance while the update is downloading. In our guide we show you how to limit bandwidth for Windows Update downloads, so they won’t bother you again....

In response, two Los Angeles residents have filed a class action lawsuit. Stefan Bogdanovich and Dakota Speas accuse Apple of slowing down older models when new ones come out, strongly encouraging an upgrade. Both are owners of the iPhone 7 and older iPhones and believe they should have been informed. According to Wilshire Law, Apple “breached the implied contracts it made with Plaintiffs and Class Members by purposefully slowing down older iPhone models when new models come out and by failing to properly disclose that at the time of that the parties entered into an agreement....

Along with the software, Apple is also reportedly planning accompanying hardware. So, for macOS Ventura there will be new MacBook Pro models, both 14-inch and 16-inch variants. It is mostly expected that changes will be incremental, although they will get the new M2 Pro and M2 Pro Max CPUs, the update for Apple’s current generation M2 processor. As for iPadOS 16, it will support Apple’s launch of the iPad Pro....

This of course includes Microsoft’s own Lumia smartphones, which were discontinued last year. At the moment, a quick look through the AT&T store still shows some Windows Phone handsets. These are not new though and a refurbished “Certified Like-New” products. While the company no longer sells Windows Phone on its website, customers still have ways to grab an AT&T networks Windows handset. For example, Microsoft still sells the locked Lumia 950 on the network through the Microsoft Store....

For the unfamiliar, JSON-LD is linked data format that lets web developers create structured data on their site for reading by search engines. Unlike other methods, admins don’t have to change HTML content, meaning greater flexibility. “JSON-LD makes defining links and relationships between data and entities between the data present on your pages easy because it supports nested data,” explains the Bing team. “However, with the wide array of possibilities that comes with JSON-LD, the webmasters should be very alert as to not put invalid and incorrect information in the markup....

New regulations have been introduced that mandates carriers to perform the scans. According to the government, the change will see cases of fraud reduced. However, critics have argued the changes are merely a data collection program. Introduced in September, the new rules are no in effect. Facial recognition technology will be used by companies. The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has not said which companies will be providing the tech....

Businesses hire data scientists to perform a bulk of work related to artificial intelligence, improve their overall performance, and come up with new product ideas. In today’s article, we’ll go over some great data science use cases that many businesses are currently using. Anomaly Detection Anomaly detection helps identify steep downswings and upswings in sales data, as they occur. Building an automated anomaly detection system can help a company quickly address problems and opportunities that affect its bottom line....

An EU funded app by the OPERANDO project hopes to address that. PlusPrivacy presents a single dashboard from which users can manage privacy settings for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more. There’s even a one click option to quickly lock down all of your profiles. The open-source app also allows you to set up email aliases that can be instantly wiped. When a sign-up form appears, PlusPrivacy will pop up asking if you’d like to use an email alias, enter the details for you, and forward to resulting confirmation to your primary address....

Specifically, Europe’s chief anti-competition regulator says it will issue big fines to tech companies that do not thwart deepfakes on their platforms. Reuters reports the Commission will issue new rules this week that tech firms must follow as part of a wider pushback against fake news. In a new document, the European Commission says the rules are linked to the existing Digital Services Act, which was agreed upon by EU country members at the start of the year....

A draft report released by the European Parliment says that robots should have a built in kill switch. This would allow any function or the whole robot to be shut down when needed. While this may seem unnecessary, MEPs point out that world is coming to a robot revolution in industry. Also, robots are becoming advanced enough to be given status as “electronic persons”. The report adds: “humankind stands on the threshold of an era whenever more sophisticated robots, bots, androids and other manifestations of artificial intelligence (“AI”) seem poised to unleash a new industrial revolution, which is likely to leave no stratum of society untouched, it is vitally important for the legislature to consider all its implications....

1 Eve V Specs2 Design3 Keyboard, Touchpad and Pen4 Display and Graphics5 Audio6 Performance7 Connectivity8 Webcams and Fingerprint Reader9 Final Verdict Eve Tech had started with a full-bodied promise: They wanted to build a tablet-device that was not only much cheaper, but also better than the Surface Pro (4). The specs and exact details were to be decided within their online-community which is basically an online-forum you can check out at eve....

Back in November, version 2.2 of Facebook Messenger used a plugin to bring deeper connections for businesses connecting with customers. This customer chat facility give companies tools to speak with clients through Messenger or their own site. It was further proof of Facebook’s desire to target enterprise customers. This area has mostly been claimed by Slack and Microsoft Teams, but Messenger wants to muscle in on the market. New features announced this week further enhance how businesses and clients connect....

No, Microsoft is not dabbling in cyberattacks on the side. What is really happening is somehow the group behind the malware were able to get Microsoft to provide a WHQL certification signature. Bitdefender reports FiveSys is a malicious driver rootkit that has a Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification. This is something Microsoft gives to software after spending time verifying driver packages are secure on the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program (WHCP)....

The German pair says that though such data is supposed to be anonymized, it’s ‘trivial’ to tie it to individuals. They’re using the achievement to argue that such data needs to be protected. “What these companies are doing is illegal in Europe but they do not care,” said Svea Eckert, one of the researchers. Links to Own Social Media Accounts The clickstream data follows everywhere people go online, and is available even if you clear your browsing history....

While this may seem draconian at first, Google is aiming to make the browsing experience better for everyone. That’s because it will not block all ads, but will instead block ads that are too annoying or disruptive. So, with that in mind, it is accurate that the company calls this an ad filter as opposed to an ad blocker. Sure, you are probably thinking that current ad blockers allow filtering by whitelisting sites....

Google’s survey essentially boils down to one core argument: Microsoft is a vital component in the ongoing cybersecurity issue. More specifically, Google argues that Microsoft contributes to the issue rather than being the solution. Microsoft to Blame? This line is hardly new. Despite Microsoft’s extensive efforts in security, many argue the company is part of the problem in the first place. However, Google is going one step further with outspoken criticism of security across Microsoft Azure and other platforms....

Android Studio 3.2 was first announced back at Google I/O 2019 and works with the new Android 9 Pie OS. Jamal Eason, product manager for Android, explains how the studio has been refined in the months since I/O: “Android Studio 3.2 is the best way for app developers to cut into the latest Android 9 Pie release and build the new Android App bundle. Since announcing this update of Android Studio at Google I/O ’18, we have refined and polished over 20 new features and focused our efforts on improving the quality for this stable release of Android Studio 3....