“We are starting this rollout process several months in advance of the end of service date to provide adequate time for a smooth update process,” explains to company. The automatic rollout will only apply to Home and Pro editions, as the enterprise naturally has a longer service agreement. Generally, Microsoft recommends users use the semi-annual servicing status. The expansion to all users follows the update’s availability via the Update Assistant late last month....

With it, malware creators could get admin access in a reliable way, simply requiring the user to download a tainted application. Microsoft told The Register that it would “proactively update impacted advices as soon as possible”, likely with the next Patch Tuesday on September 11. The exploit came with a proof-of-concept on GitHub and has since been verified by CERT/CC analyst Will Dormann. It appears that SandboxEscaper was frustrated with Microsoft’s practices, saying, “Neither do I ever again want to submit to MSFT anyway....

Windows Latest reports on a Geekbench benchmark that shows an unannounced Windows 10 device created by Samsung. According to the listing, the Galaxy Space will provide 8GB of RAM and have an eight-core processor with a clock speed rated at 2.84GHz. Geekbench results show a single core performance of 2011, with multi-core scored at 6047. While little else is known about the device, it is safe to assume the Galaxy Space is a laptop....

“The preview was based on the over two years of learning and a team that we’ve grown nearly two-fold so we can accelerate the innovation we deliver moving forward,” said Chris Hallum, senior product manager for Windows client and phone security. “The preview is well under way and includes many new refinements.” With the release, Microsoft is highlighting a shift in focus, of sorts. It wants to move forward from its existence of an easily digestible assessment tool and craft it into “the killer productivity app for security administrators”....

The Obama-era net neutrality laws meant internet service providers were mandated to use all internet data the same. It was forbidden to differentiate between content, website, platform, app, user, or equipment, such as through throttling data. Most major countries adhere to some form of net neutrality guideline and the United States did since 2015. The Trump administration has repealed the law, but Washington is treading its own path. Under the state’s new legislation will mandate internet service providers to disclose information on performance, terms, and data management....

1 What Is Managed WordPress Hosting?2 Benefits of Managed WordPress Hosting3 What to Expect from Managed WordPress Hosting4 Should I Choose a Managed WP Hosting Plan?5 Conclusion: Why Managed WordPress Hosting is For You That’s why managed WordPress hosting is an excellent solution for businesses wanting to streamline their productivity and focus on important tasks. In the following page, we will explore why this approach – instead of a VPS or shared host – can be one of the best decisions you make for your organization....

Microsoft has decided to ditch the feature. In a quiet announcement, the company says it will remove the feature in January 2020. One of the tools of the OneDrive video project sync would allow users to move projects and metadata to Microsoft’s cloud storage solution. In a support document, Microsoft says metadata for any current synced video projects will be deleted. The company will not recover this data for users....

This combined with a message telling users that they had to buy a ‘genuine’ copy of Windows or downgrade to Home. The issue appeared to affect both Insiders and those on the latest build and likely prompted some users to take those steps. It seems Microsoft has fixed everything on its end. Assumedly, it was an issue with the company’s servers that was causing the false activation messages. How to Fix Windows 10 False Activation Errors However, users may still have to take steps on their end....

Actually, the release is a step backwards as we have already seen Windows 95 on Android Wear and Apple Watch. Yes, a platform once resigned for PCs now runs on a device you wear on your wrist. Interestingly, the Windows 95 application was created by Felix Rieseberg, a developer at Slack. He took to Twitter to show the Electron application running. Rieseberg also published the open source code for the app on Github....

Thankfully, this won’t be the case for much longer. Xbox Insider’s Brad Rosetti has confirmed that the team is working on a fix and that it will roll out sometime this week. Rossetti says Microsoft is “fighting internally to verify” and will push the build out ASAP. Update Rollbacks Despite this, many Xbox Alpha Insiders aren’t happy with Microsoft’s handling. There was no quick response by the company, and some are recalling for a failsafe and better avenues for urgent feedback....

Updated policies focus on three areas, with videos of the following types now banned: Challenges that encourage acts that have an inherent risk of severe physical harm Pranks that make victims believe they’re in physical danger Pranks that cause emotional distress to children There are two ways to look at this decision, positively and negatively. Let’s start with the negative. It could be argued YouTube is restricting content too much, and how will the company properly determine if a prank is potentially harmful or not....

Major brands like McDonalds and Starbucks pulled out from the platform, resulting in a huge decrease in income for many creators. Google then implemented a way for advertisers to exclude certain types of videos, causing further drops. It was far from a perfect system, and some YouTubers saw videos that were fairly benign unmonetized. This happened with little explanation from Google, and it was difficult to know which videos would lose revenue....

It seems Intel will be charging more for the 12th generation than last year’s 11th generation Rocket Lake CPUs. However, the new Alder Lake family will undercut the price of AMD’s flagship, the Ryzen 9 5950X. However, there is an important consideration to make when looking at the price of Alder Lake CPUs. Specifically, these processors only work on new motherboards with an LGA 1700 socket. In other words, manufacturers will need to also purchase the new motherboards, which go on sale on November 19....

Azure cloud services are top-rated. For those considering using them, we will tell you about the main advantages of these services, thanks to which they have become the choice of many people and companies. In particular, we are talking about business at different levels. Why cloud technology has become so popular First of all, it is worth answering the question of what is meant by this term. We are talking about interconnected remote servers using Internet technologies, which frees up the local server or user’s computer for more specialized tasks and information....

APT refers to a continuous and often difficult to detect attack that targets a specific entity. It’s often a sign of a nation state attack, though Qihoo only says it’s by a ‘known APT actor’. Researchers say malware has been deployed in live attacks through the use of Office documents. As soon as the user opens the document, exploit code and malware are loaded from a remote server. It uses reflective DLL loading, a UAC bypass, fileless execution and steganography to achieve its goals....

According to Adobe, the updates are available on Windows and macOS versions of Acrobat DC, Acrobat Reader DC, Acrobat 2017, Reader 2017, Acrobat 2015 and Reader 2015. Looking at the critical flaws, the company says they would give bad actors the ability to run arbitrary code executions on the services. “Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user,” the software giant warns. Adobe’s monthly patch is later than normal....

The world’s largest cloud service provider has released ONNX-MXNet, an open source package based on Python. It is designed to import ONNX deep learning models into the Apache MXNet. By leveraging the ONNX format in MXNet, developers can create and train intelligent models. Support for other frameworks include Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit, Caffe2, and PyTorch. These models can be imported into MXNet to run on the platform’s optimized scalable engine....

DigiTimes reports Cupertino is exploring MacBook adoption of ARM. Specifically, Apple is working on an ARM powered MacBook that is being developed under the codename Star. Apple has been running its MacBook hardware on Intel processors since moving from PowerPC in 2006. What’s interesting about the company’s ARM plans is that Apple makes its own processors. Microsoft teamed with Qualcomm for its Windows 10 on ARM, using the company’s Snapdragon processors....

According to angry iOS developers who have received the pushy messages, Apple is giving them 30 days to update apps. Specifically, this is for dev’s whose apps have “not been updated in a significant amount of time”. It seems Apple will remove apps that are out of date and do not meet this deadline. Many developers are complaining about Apple’s stance and feel the company has surprised them with this tactic....

Indeed, some aspects of the Asus Zen AiO 27 is very similar to the Studio 2. It has a monitor that can be custom positioned by the user up to 45 degrees. Tilting the display down is possible up to five degrees and upwards by fifteen degrees. Sadly, the Asus Zen AiO 27 is not as aesthetically pleasing as Microsoft’s Surface creations. Sure, looks are objective, but the Surface Studio 2 looks more premium....