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Buy Microsoft Office Professional for Windows for $56 right now

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Download a lifetime license to Microsoft Office for a deep discount. StackSocial In a subscription-based world, it’s hard to come across an app or software package that you can use for life with just a one-time purchase. Thankfully, Microsoft offers a lifetime license to their well-loved app suite where you can do just that. Right … Read more

Identity Thief Lived as a Different Man for 33 Years

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It’s been a week since the world avoided a potentially catastrophic cyberattack. On March 29, Microsoft developer Andres Freund disclosed his discovery of a backdoor in XZ Utils, a compression tool widely used in Linux distributions and thus countless computer systems worldwide. The backdoor was inserted into the open source tool by someone operating under … Read more

Microsoft: China Uses AI to Sow Disinformation and Discord Around the World

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Faking a political endorsement in Taiwan ahead of its crucial January election, sharing memes to amplify outrage over Japan’s disposal of nuclear wastewater, and spreading conspiracy theories that claim the U.S. government was behind Hawaii’s wildfire and Kentucky’s train derailment last year. These are just some of the ways that China’s influence operations have ramped … Read more

Still Using Windows 10? Microsoft Will Charge Hundreds for Security Updates

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Photo: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto (Getty Images) We’ve known for some time that Microsoft is dropping support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025. But on Tuesday, Microsoft announced just how much it will cost commercial organizations to keep getting security updates for its old operating system, first reported by The Verge. Warning! Microsoft Wants ChatGPT to … Read more

Copilot in Microsoft 365 adds new AI perks and here’s how to get them

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Microsoft Microsoft has been focusing on its enterprise customers, unveiling several new enterprise software and hardware offerings just two weeks ago. Building on that, Microsoft just added new bonuses to its Copilot in Microsoft 365 subscription. Also: Yahoo leaps toward AI-powered news with Artifact acquisition On Tuesday, Microsoft announced two significant updates for Copilot for Microsoft … Read more

Buy Microsoft Visual Studio Pro for $40 right now: Deal ends soon

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Amplify your dev work with this deal on Visual Studio Pro 2022 right now.  StackSocial Having in-house development is a massive advantage for many businesses and a service for hire for successful, thriving companies worldwide. Regardless of your development needs, having a proven software on hand to help streamline workflows, amplify productivity, and keep projects … Read more

Jon Stewart Confirms Apple Wouldn’t Let Him Do Show on AI With FTC Chair

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Jon Stewart interviewed Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on Monday night’s episode of The Daily Show, alongside a segment on how artificial intelligence is taking jobs. Stewart says Apple wouldn’t let him do either on his Apple TV show The Problem with Jon Stewart, which was canceled roughly six months ago. Buy Now or … Read more

Microsoft to unbundle Office and Teams globally following years-long criticism

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Microsoft will introduce a new version of Microsoft 365 and Office 365 subscription service that excludes Teams, unbundling a suite following scrutiny from the European Union regulator and complaints from rival Slack. The move follows Microsoft agreeing to sell Office 365 suite sans Microsoft Teams offering in the EU and Switzerland last year. The company … Read more