Saturday, October 5, 2024

Computing

Microsoft wants Congress to outlaw AI-generated deepfake fraud

Microsoft is calling on members of Congress to regulate the use of AI-generated deepfakes to protect against fraud, abuse, and manipulation. Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith is calling for urgent action from policymakers to protect elections...

Windows 11 will soon add your Android phone to File Explorer

Microsoft has started testing a new way to access your Android phone from directly within Windows 11’s File Explorer. Windows Insiders are now able to test this new feature, which lets you wirelessly browse through folders and files...

Bing’s AI redesign shoves the usual list of search results to the side

Bing’s new search experience puts AI-generated answers front and center while pushing traditional search results to the side. The new layout, which is rolling out for a small number of queries, fills your search results page with AI-generated...

CrowdStrike blames test software for taking down 8.5 million Windows machines

CrowdStrike has published a post incident review (PIR) of the buggy update it published that took down 8.5 million Windows machines last week. The detailed post blames a bug in test software for not properly validating the content...

Microsoft is bringing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III to Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft is bringing last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III to Xbox Game Pass tomorrow. It’s the first time a Call of Duty game will be available on Game Pass, and it’s the last in Activision’s franchise...

Inside the global computer crash

It all started with a configuration file. A seemingly routine update, the kind that happens hundreds of times a year to millions of computers around the world. But last week, that update crashed 8.5 million computers and wreaked...

My iPad runs Windows XP now, and it’s all I ever wanted

Apple recently approved a new emulator app called UTM SE that enables your iPhone or iPad (or Vision Pro!) to masquerade as PC hardware and run honest-to-goodness computer desktop operating systems. Some of you asked in the comments...

Microsoft releases recovery tool to help repair Windows machines hit by CrowdStrike issue

While CrowdStrike has issued an update to fix its software that led to millions of Blue Screen of Death errors, not all machines are able to automatically receive that fix. Some IT admins have reported rebooting PCs multiple...

What is CrowdStrike, and what happened?

On Friday morning, some of the biggest airlines, TV broadcasters, banks, and other essential services came to a...

Here’s how IT admins are fixing the Windows Blue Screen of Death chaos

IT admins around the world are scrambling to fix a major issue with Windows computers today, after a faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike knocked thousands of PCs and servers offline with a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)...
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Garmin Venu 2 Plus

Verdict The Garmin Venu 2 Plus is a Venu 2 with a slightly trimmer frame and some new smartwatch-style...
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