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Security firm Malwarebytes was infected by same hackers who hit SolarWinds

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Security firm Malwarebytes said it was breached by the same nation-state-sponsored hackers who compromised a dozen or more US government agencies and private companies. The attackers are best known for first hacking into Austin, Texas-based SolarWinds, compromising its software-distribution system, and using it to infect the networks of customers who used […]

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Microsoft invests in $30 billion driverless car company Cruise

Driverless Chevy Bolts are a common sight on the streets of San Francisco, where Cruise is based. (credit: Cruise) Microsoft has invested in Cruise, the General Motors driverless car unit, in a $2 billion funding round that gives the autonomous driving company a $30 billion valuation. Cruise, which was bought by GM for “more than […]

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How the Xbox’s default “instant on” feature could harm the environment

Enlarge / A lot of neon green power potentially (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) The “instant on” feature that’s activated by default on new Xbox Series S/X consoles could suck up a total of 4 billion kWh—the equivalent of a year’s operation for a large power plant—from US owners alone through 2025. That’s according […]

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Hackers steal Mimecast certificate used to encrypt customers’ M365 traffic

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Email management provider Mimecast said that hackers have compromised a digital certificate it issued and used it to target select customers who use it to encrypt data they sent and received through the company’s cloud-based service. In a post published on Tuesday, the company said that the certificate was used by […]

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Microsoft hints at coming “sweeping visual rejuvenation” of Windows 10

Enlarge / This screenshot of the Photos and Calculator apps comes from a video Microsoft product chief Panos Panay dropped on Instagram to demonstrate new UI concepts in March 2020. (credit: Microsoft) We’ve been hearing rumors for a while now about a significant visual refresh planned for Windows 10 in 2021 under the codename “Sun […]

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Google, Microsoft look to Group up Using Facebook for Lawful Struggle against Israeli Firm

Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and other technology giants requested for consent to combine Facebook Inc.’s legal struggle against an Israeli firm the social networking firm accuses of malware to the telephones of unsuspecting customers. The firms requested the federal appeals court in San Francisco on Monday to allow them record a movement in support of […]

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Microsoft Might be Creating its Very Own, in-house ARM CPU Layouts

Expand / Microsoft has thus much neither confirmed nor denied Bloomberg’s claims concerning in-house CPU layouts. (charge: Aurich Lawson / / Grid Engine) This day, Mr reported which Microsoft is in the process of creating its ARM CPU layouts, following in the footsteps of Apple’s M1 cellular CPU along with Amazon’s Graviton datacenter CPU. Bloomberg cites […]

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Microsoft is Allegedly added to This growing list of Sufferers in SolarWinds Hack on

Microsoft was murdered with exactly the identical group that jeopardized the networks of applications manufacturer SolarWinds and multiple national agencies, Reuters reported, citing people knowledgeable about the issue. Citing the very exact individuals, the news agency said that Microsoft’s own products were subsequently utilised in follow-on hacks others. It was not immediately clear just how […]

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GitHub CEO: We Are nuking all Monitoring’cookies’ and you Ought to Also

Our assignment to generate business better would be fueled by viewers just like you. Last month the group in GitHub, the program code-sharing site, revealed its chief executive order, Nat Friedman, a few fresh layout strategies. They’re so all those bothersome electronic pop-ups that ask people to take that the use of”cookies,” a pervading monitoring […]

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Xbox Cloud Gambling Support Strikes iOS, Windows PCs in spring 2021 

Expand / This demo of Microsoft’s Job xCloud as played a Razer Kishi controller, attached to your normal Android smartphone, may be a sign of what is to come to iOS apparatus in spring of 2021. At a blog article now retrieved everything from forthcoming games to programs for Xbox collection X/S, Microsoft announced that […]