As a temporary remedy to the situation, Microsoft has pulled the driver from Windows Update. It has also released an update that will remove the driver from the devices of affected users. Unfortunately, if a user has restarted after installing the driver, things are a little harder. Microsoft recommends that those presented with the error on the boot enter the Windows 10 Recovery environment or install it to a USB Drive....

Both those Chromium browsers support PWAs, which Microsoft has been increasingly exploring over the last year. Microsoft has already made its Outlook email web app available as a PWA on Chrome and Edge, and is now expanding to Microsoft OneDrive. It is worth noting one of the benefits of a PWA is the ability to work offline. It does not seem the OneDrive PWA has this ability. Instead, it displays as the OneDrive for Web portal running in Chrome or Microsoft Edge....

The toolkit is a part of the Microsoft Learn program and aims to tach users about promoting self belief, dealing with adversity, and other topics. “Our goals are to help to usher in a new and diverse generation with the technical and resilience skills needed to have great impact in the world,” Microsoft says in a blog post. “We aim to build a more inclusive future by fostering confidence, resilience and a sense of belonging across industries....

Together, the group has created a consortium that develops the standard known as UCIe 1.0. This is short for Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express 1.0. It is direct alternative to PCIe, USB, and NVMe, but while those are universal standards, the chiplets are not. Instead companies use their own interconnects which means there is often compatibility issues with cross-brand components. So, at the moment it is not possible to simply plug and use....

“Office 365 Government Secret which is currently in government review pending accreditation and targeting availability starting mid-2022. This environment is built to support the US Federal Civilian, Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), and US government partners working within the Secret enclave with our best-in-class software as a service (SaaS) capabilities.” Of course, the big difference here compared to regular Office 365 is compliance and security specifically for use in government agencies....

Brad Smith says social media and tech companies can currently not be sued for what a user says on their platform. That legal stipulation is under Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act. Introduced in the late 1990s, but Smith says companies no longer need to be governed under the law. He says they have a “new level of responsibility”. With several countries seeking to pass new laws around social media, Smith says tech companies will make changes whether the U....

In Word, users should note some much-needed improvements to zooming. When you pinch, documents now fit automatically to your screen size without wasted space. This makes it far easier to find the right balance on smartphones. In Outlook, users can now quick reply to a message while keeping the conversation. They can also view all group files from the ‘Group Details’ page. Office for Android PowerPoint Improvements Microsoft’s other focus is PowerPoint, which has also received zoom tweaks....

A new Microsoft Research paper shows the company is working on a system known as Argus, which leverages blockchain technology on the Ethereum crypto. Microsoft describes the Argus as the “first public anti-piracy system”. Microsoft Research collaborated with Alibaba and Carnegie Mellon University on the project. Together, the project team has released an 11-page paper describing the creation, usage, and results for the Argus system. Argus will operate on a public blockchain, which Microsoft says means people who inform on digital pirates can stay anonymous....

Microsoft has been snapping up major game studios for years, but the company is also working on developments behind the scenes. We already know about Project xCloud and the push towards the “Netflix of gaming”. However, with the new Azure Studio Alpha solution, Microsoft is upping the ante further. With Studio Alpha, Microsoft is taking its concepts for game studios and applying it to the world of governance. It’s gaming ideals for the enterprise grade customers....

Specifically, the exploit would work only with BitLocker in its basic configuration. This is where the encryption services logs into a PC and unlocks the drive. Users running a more secure configuration require a password login, so are unaffected. Pulse Security says it could bypass BitLocker through a FPGA chip to find the Windows encryption keys during boot as BitLocker moved from TMP to the Low Pin Count (LPC) bus....

Microsoft explains the release in a Windows Blog post: “Starting today, Windows games can ship with DirectStorage. This public SDK release begins a new era of fast load times and detailed worlds in PC games by allowing developers to more fully utilize the speed of the latest storage devices. In September 2020, we announced DirectStorage would be coming to Windows, and after collecting feedback throughout our developer preview, we are making this API available to all of our partners to ship with their games....

While tech events are trivial in the face of a public health crisis, the economy is also under attack from COVID-19. Microsoft is now moving to a virtual approach for events and says DirectX Developer Day will be streamed on Mixer. The event will get underway on March 19, 2020. Major events like Build 2020 or MWC 2020 cannot go ahead virtually simply because of their size, but smaller events can....

In recent years, Microsoft Teams has become a vital component in Microsoft’s productivity arsenal. It is often the go-to app for the company when it wants to add collaboration tools to Microsoft 365. However, Redmond clearly sees value in combining Teams features more deeply into Outlook. It seems Microsoft is seeking to make its simple for users across all services. If someone uses Outlook, they should have access to Teams tools with necessarily needing to go into the Teams app....

The HoloLens Agency Readiness Partner Program helps companies understand the benefits and deploy HoloLens and mixed reality. All of the partners in the program have gone through extensive hands-on training with by the Microsoft team. The six companies added to the HoloLens Agency Readiness Partner Program are: Black Marble (U.K.): Develops solutions across the Microsoft platform Fundamental VR (U.K.): Develops business solutions such as mixed reality for medical training REWIND (U....

Spend is a development coming from Microsoft Garage, the company’s skunkworks-like division. However, the app is also an expansion of the technology behind the Mile-IQ mileage-tracking app. That app was created by Mobile Data Labs, a company Microsoft acquired in 2015. While Mile-IQ tracked miles, the similar technology underpinning Spend is used to allow users to track their expenses. Tracking can be set up for personal and/or business expenses. Customers can use Spend for invoicing purposes, reimbursement, or taxes....

Microsoft clarifies that “[y]ou are able to download another browser that might be available from the Windows Store, but Microsoft Edge will remain the default”. Therefore, even if you install another browser, every time you open an .htm file or click on a link, it will open in Edge. Additionally, the company explains that “the default search provider in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer cannot be changed.” Therefore, Windows 10 S users will be “stuck” with Bing as their default search engine....

Included in the source code for the console is the kernel for running the custom version of Windows 2000 that was included on the device. Microsoft told The Verge the leak is real, and it is currently investigating. While the release of this source code is interesting, it is unlikely to enhance current emulations of Xbox. Of course, Xbox emulators already exist by they have always failed to accurately mimic that original kernel and OS, limiting performance....

It now seems as though Microsoft has started its release of Outlook Spaces. Currently the tool is only available to select Office Insiders. Microsoft watcher Florian B took to Twitter to show that he has access to the new service. As this is happening in stages, not all Insiders will have access to Spaces. It is also unclear how long Microsoft plans to keep the new Outlook tool in preview....

In a post today, the company says the datacenter has been place off the coast of Scotland’s Orkney Islands. Microsoft’s efforts to develop underwater datacenters was launched in 2014. Last year, Project Natick was selected among the 190 finalists for the first World Changing Ideas Awards. “When you go for a moonshot, you might not ever get to the moon,” noted Microsoft AI and research corporate VP Peter Lee. “It is great if you do but, regardless, you learn a lot, and there are unexpected spinoffs along the way....

By leveraging keywords, Microsoft Search on Bing helps organizations find locations within a company. This will be important for enterprises with large campuses, such as Microsoft. For example, if someone in the Redmond headquarters searched “Windows Team” Microsoft Search on Bing would find the division. Microsoft Search lets organizations add locations and manage them: “Add a location and when your users search they’ll see the address of the building, office, or place and its location on a map....