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Apple, Microsoft, and Google Just Fixed Multiple Zero-Day Flaws

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Earlier in the month, Google fixed another zero-day flaw, a heap buffer overflow issue initially tracked as CVE-2023-4863, which it thought impacted only the Chrome browser. But two weeks after fixing the issue, researchers discovered it was worse than they thought, affecting the widely-used libwebp image library for rendering images in the WebP format. Now … Read more

Upgrade to Windows 11 Pro and Microsoft Office Pro for just $50 right now

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Get a lifetime license for Windows 11 Pro bundled with Microsoft Office Pro for a limited time with this deal. StackSocial A computer is more than the hardware it comes with. Without a secure, intuitive operating system and versatile software, even an expensive PC is still of limited use. If you want to upgrade your … Read more

Microsoft reportedly pitched Apple on buying Bing to no avail

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Executives from Microsoft and Apple met in 2020 to discuss a possible sale of Bing, according to a new report from Bloomberg. But the talks failed to progress beyond the exploratory phase, indicating that Apple’s top brass — including Eddy Cue, who was involved in the meetings — never seriously pursued the idea. Testimony in … Read more

Get Microsoft Office on your PC or Mac for just $50

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Get a lifetime Microsoft Office 2021 license for just $40 right now StackSocial Microsoft Office remains the default productivity suite for many, and Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook are practically required skills for professionals and students. Unfortunately, many new Macs and PCs don’t come with Office installed. But, you can now get a lifetime license … Read more

Microsoft technology chief says supply of Nvidia AI chips is improving

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Nilay Patel, left, editor in chief of The Verge, and Kevin Scott, Microsoft’s chief technology officer, speak at Vox Media’s Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, California, on Sept. 27, 2023. Jerod Harris | Vox Media | Getty Images Microsoft technology chief Kevin Scott said on Wednesday that the company is … Read more

Panos Panay, Godfather of the Surface, Leaves Microsoft for Amazon

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Panos Panay, Microsoft’s chief product officer and the person responsible for development of the Surface and Windows 11, left the tech giant after 19 years on Sept. 18. Amazon confirmed Wednesday that Panay will be joining its company in October.  Microsoft announced Panay’s departure last week via email. Previously, he was the head of the company’s … Read more

Microsoft Looks to Go Nuclear to Support Energy-Hungry AI

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Artificial intelligence has proved a costly endeavor—well, yes, in terms of money, but AI requires massive amounts of energy, and water consumption to operate at scale. That hasn’t stopped big tech companies such as Google and Microsoft from putting that energy-hungry AI into practically every single one of their user and enterprise end-products. Big daddy … Read more

Can Microsoft recover from the collapse of its Surface business?

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Jupiterimages/Getty Images Do you like roller coaster rides? Do you crave those steep drops where the car plunges more than a thousand feet at an insane angle, subjecting your body to a g-force of 3.5?  Do you squirm with anticipation as the car clack-clack-clacks slowly up to the top and then hurtles down, leaving your … Read more

Everything Microsoft unveiled at its Surface and AI event this week

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There have been over one billion chats on Bing Chat since its inception, according to Microsoft, and now it is getting new features that will improve the experience further.  Bing Chat has two major updates: Personalized Answers and the integration of DALLE-3 into Bing’s Image Creator.  Also: OpenAI beefs up its image generating AI tool with … Read more