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Microsoft’s Windows 11 launches on October 5 with explicit hardware list

Microsoft announced on Tuesday plans to release Windows 11 on October 5th with a free upgrade of the operating system accessible for new hardware that functions with Windows 11 pre-loaded and qualified Windows 10 PCs. Microsoft is stunning its userbase with Windows 11 rollout in an announcement on its blog, revealing that primarily only eligible […]

Microsoft’s threat to eliminate Windows 11 updates

Microsoft is threatening to retain certain Windows updates from current copies of its latest OS, Windows 11, should users refrain from downloading and “manually” installing an ISO file, since unsupported PCs will not be privileged to install Windows, security, and driver updates. On Sunday, the software developer announced that it will not prevent users from […]

Microsoft’s Power Apps leaks data from 47 companies, report finds

Microsoft’s Power Apps platform exposed 38 million records of critical personal data of 47 organizations due to “platform issues,” a report by U.S.-based information security company, UpGuard revealed on Monday. UpGuard’s research team disclosed various data breaches caused by Microsoft’s Power Apps platform, granting public access leading to the latest trail of data exposure. Leaked […]

Bill Gates speaks up about his questionable past

In an aired television interview with CNN journalist Anderson Cooper, the Microsoft founder admitted that spending time with the notorious convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a “huge mistake.”  The interview on Wednesday touched up on several controversial topics, including Gate’s alleged workplace sexual misconducts at Microsoft and the future of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in collaboration with his […]

Microsoft releases first Windows 11 Beta OS

Microsoft released on Thursday Windows 11 Beta for users craving a more stabilized OS pre-release, available to those registered in its Windows Insider Program for highly technical users, the tech giant announced. According to Microsoft, its latest OS release is much less unpredictable as its builds are validated by the company. The beta release’s official […]

BT, Microsoft partner to enhance voice calling

London-based telecom provider BT partnered on Thursday with Microsoft to enhance enterprise voice calling, security, and industry-focused services in various sectors.  The new agreement will allow BT to switch its global managed voice services to the cloud and deliver them directly through Microsoft Teams.  Microsoft’s Operator Connect plan, that supports telecom operators adding their calling plans to Microsoft Teams, will help the British partner to create new business models and revenue streams.  According to Microsoft’s blog post this deal “paves the way for the development […]

LinkedIn skyrockets to $10 billion in revenue for the first time

For the first time, LinkedIn has officially surpassed $10 billion in annual revenue, five years after Microsoft announced its decision to acquire the platform for more than $26 billion, the company reported on its recent fiscal report released on Tuesday. Although Microsoft did not exactly reveal the number of the profits and losses made, officials did state that LinkedIn’s revenues were up by 46 percent in […]

Watch out from malware riddled Windows 11

If you’re interested in enjoying the latest release of Windows 11, then you should beware of a couple things first.  The release of Windows 11 came with more than just notable upgrades, as vicious malware is floating in several fake installers of the newest version, according to Kaspersky.  The multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider warned Windows users that cybercriminals are taking full advantage […]

Microsoft to open $2 bn data center in India

U.S. tech giant Microsoft is in the final stages of talks with the Telangana government in India to set up a data center with an investment ranging between $2 billion to $2.25 billion, local media reports.  If the discussions come to fruition, this would be one of the major investments of Microsoft outside the U.S.  A few months earlier, Telangana Minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao […]

Israeli group sold hacking tools to spy on Windows

Microsoft along with technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday that an Israeli private firm named Candiru sold hacking tools that controls Microsoft Windows.   The hackers created and sold a software than can penetrate Windows. This new growing business aim to find flows in common software platforms for their clients, according to a report by Citizen Lab.   The clients […]