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Why Lack of MFA adoption by users raises concerns over security

The future is likely to focus less on passwords and more on biometrics and codes. For now, though, MFA is the best way to ensure security for the vast majority of users: It’s easy to use, makes intuitive sense, and is set up across multiple companies and the internet.

After some block and forth, Microsoft stops Office macros by default

The block is back. Microsoft has disabled by default the oft-helpful, oft-malwared shortcuts known as macros. And it got confusing for a second. In February,...

Microsoft Is Killing Internet Explorer Next Week

Decades ago, Microsoft used its might to turn Internet Explorer into the de facto standard for web browsing. That got the company into hot...

LinkedIn gives up on Stories

LinkedIn is shutting down its ephemeral Stories product, the company announced Tuesday. The company plans to “remove the current Stories experience by the end...

Microsoft says Israeli group sold tools to hack Windows

FILE PHOTO: Microsoft logo on an office building in New York Christopher Bing July 15, 2021, 5:23 PM·2 min read By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - An Israeli group sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday, shedding light on the growing business of finding [...]

Pentagon Scraps $10 Bn Cloud Contract Amid Amazon-Microsoft Dispute

The Pentagon said Tuesday it was scrapping a $10 billion cloud computing contract which sparked a heated dispute between Amazon and Microsoft. A Defense Department statement said the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract would be canceled because it no longer meets current needs and that it would start a process for a "multi-cloud/multi-vendor" computing [...]

Windows 11: Microsoft reaffirms the importance of PCs

Practically speaking, as with virtually every other Windows OS update, Windows 11 provides a good reason for people to look at upgrading...

Windows 11 is being launched today:What to expect

Microsoft is about to unveil Windows 11 today, the company’s next major operating system. A new Start menu, rounded corners, and a general...

Microsoft: Here’s how we’re trying to manage increased cloud demand

Microsoft prioritized the needs of first responders, healthcare workers, and others on the front line, as they've noted previously. And they've throttled some less-essential services to try to keep things humming. On April 23, officials...

Microsoft: Our AI can spot security flaws from just the titles of developers’ bug reports

Microsoft has revealed how it's applying machine learning to the challenge of correctly identifying which bug reports are actually security-related. Its goal is to correctly identify security bugs at scale using a machine-learning model to analyze just the label of bug reports. According to Microsoft, its 47,000 developers generate about 30,000 bugs a month, but [...]

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