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The Redmond giant lost twice in court and decided to throw in the towel rather than making a third and final appeal. As a result, it will no longer download upgrade files without the user’s consent. Previously, Windows would download up to 8GB of files in the background, without asking. The shady practice was supposed to make it easier to users to upgrade to Windows 10. In reality, Microsoft blew through user’s data caps, increased users ping, and took up hard drive space....

Only compatible devices will support the Alexa wake word feature. This is an ability that allows users to wake Alexa by voice command. However, for non-compatible devices, users can hit the button on the app to start talking (a keyboard shortcut also works). However, Microsoft is reportedly increasing its push towards Cortana being an enterprise-focused product. That may lead to Alexa largely becoming the go-to assistant on Windows 10. With that in mind, the new app will take care of plenty of your everyday tasks....

This multi-core microarchitecture will be available in the ARM Cortex-A processors. Those processors are scheduled to be released later in the year. The introduction means ARM plans for its technology to be everywhere, from cloud and IoT devices, to in-car systems. Cambridge, England-based ARM announced the DynamIQ architecture in a press release. The company says the first processors will focus on networking, automotive, primary compute devices, and servers. The new multi-core processors will make processing more flexible by bringing smoother task management....

The artificial intelligence would be used to connect Publicis Group’s 80,000 employees in an intelligent way. Now, that platform is seeing its first official public demo. The AI was debuted at VivaTech conference last week and the demo video has now been published. Publicis is a global giant in communication, marketing, and digital transformation. The company used its Publicis.Sapient platform as the underpinning architecture of Marcel. Microsoft was on hand to build the AI platform on its Azure and Office 365 services....

Azure Translator has been able to translate documents for around a year. It can translate multiple documents at once across over 110 languages. However, the latest update makes the cloud tool even more powerful. Previously the translator could support Word and PowerPoint files only. Many users wanted PDF translation because PDFs also have images. Microsoft says the PDF scan and translate can do the following tasks: “Identify whether the PDF document contains scanned image content or not, Route PDFs containing scanned image content to an OCR engine internally to extract text, Reconstruct the translated content as regular text PDF while retaining the original layout and structure....

“Voice is becoming more and more prevalent as a mode of interaction with all kinds of devices and services. The ability to provide not only voice input but also voice output or Text-to-speech (TTS), is also becoming a critical technology that supports AI,” said senior program manager Qingying Liao. “Whether you need to interact on a device, over the phone, in a vehicle, through a building PA system, or even with a translated input, TTS is a crucial part of your end-to-end solution....

The search engine’s September update contains three major additions to visual search. Perhaps the most notable is the ability to transcribe text. The feature now lets users take images of text and search directly, finding the source of quotes, looking up menu items, and more. Strangely, Microsoft has also released math solving functions on iOS. Users snap an equation for a detailed step-by-step explanation and solution. The feature will no doubt be useful to those in certain fields, but it seems quite niche....

The California-based company is reported to be interested in chip-maker Qualcomm. Considering Qualcomm’s market position, such an acquisition would cost Broadcom a massive $130 billion. This would clearly make it the biggest tech deal of all time. The merger would also create one of the biggest processor companies in the world. News of the potential acquisition sent Qualcomm’s shares soaring to $64, a 3.5 percent increase. Broadcom’s shares increased 1....

Microsoft introduced Project Reunion at Build 2020 as a unification tool for Win32 and UWP app development on Windows 10. Project Reunion integrates Microsoft’s current Win32 and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) APIs. Win32 apps are legacy applications, while UWP is Microsoft’s modern app API. Under Project Reunion, the tool will also be available independently from Windows, allowing dev’s to use tools like Budget. Back in March, Microsoft released version 0....

For years, CERN has been using Microsoft desktop infrastructure, such as Windows and Office. However, over the last year the research facility has been seeking open source alternatives. In fact, CERN last year initiated its Microsoft Alternatives (MAlt), a program that explores different software solutions to Redmond’s. While it would be nice to think this is a move to embrace open source, much like Microsoft itself has, CERN’s decision seems to be rooted in something more practical… money....

It can be stressful to decide what type of technology to integrate into your daily operations when starting your own business. One of the most significant decisions has to occur before all others, even before purchasing the actual computer, and that is deciding on an operating system. Choosing which operating system to use for your business is essential, but it is also common for companies to utilize more than one operating software where they need to....

The ability for Chromium Edge to support ARM is now reaching finality. Back in November, Microsoft introduced ARM support for the browser on the Canary channel. Now, the company has moved that support to the Dev channel. If you’re unfamiliar, the Chromium Edge preview has three channels: Canary for unstable builds, Dev for more feature releases, and Beta for stable previews. In other words, by reaching Dev, ARM support still has to pass through Beta and then the full stable release....

A graphic has been published on the Microsoft Azure Facebook page (it also dropped by Twitter), which you can see below. The image seems to show a folded screen device, something the Surface Phone has often been rumoured to have. Before pouring icy water on the fire, let’s discuss the image itself. It is very unlikely that Microsoft is using a product made up on the spot. In other words, this is a real design for something....

What is a Central Processing Unit (CPU)? 1 What is a Central Processing Unit (CPU)?2 RAM (Random Access Memory)3 What is the relationship between CPU and RAM?3.1 Features of CPU (Central Processing Unit)3.2 Features of RAM (Random access memory) The CPU is a part of the hardware that carries forwards the instructions of a computer program. It is trained to perform basic functions like arithmetic, logic and input/outfit operations in the computer system....

The file is infected and can overtake their system using the Emotet malware. Researchers with IBM X-Force say that attack method could be linked to the TrickBot trojan. Attackers are using a form of attack called “smishing”, which is like Phishing but functions through SMS instead of email. Messages are designed to look like they come from a legitimate bank associated to the victim. It is another example of Emotet being used since it returned in October....

Mozilla says it is developing a native version of its Firefox browser to run on the new HoloLens. Of course, Microsoft will also place its own Edge browser on the device, but more choice is welcome. At the launch event as Mobile World Congress (MWC) yesterday, HoloLens creator Alex Kipman said Firefox will come to the Microsoft Store as an app in the near future. Unfortunately, a firm date on when that will be was not revealed....

What is an IP address? An internet protocol address or IP address is a set of the numerical name given to each device that is connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol to establish communication. The IP address has two primary goals – Network Interface identification and location addressing. 1 What is an IP address?1.1 Purpose of IP Address1.2 Benefits of IP Address2 What is a public IP address?...

The soon-to-be-announced free WhatsApp business app is important on several levels. Firstly, it helps the service move further towards the workplace chat market. Microsoft Teams, Skype and Slack already hold a strong position in the market, but Facebook can muscle in. Secondly, the WhatsApp Business app gives small organizations a tool to take customer questions and feedback, send updates, and interact with consumers in real time. WhatsApp COO Matt Idema spoke to Fox Business about the company’s plans: “We want to put a basic foundation in place to allow people to message businesses and for them to get the responses that they want,” Idema says....

The flaw led to a large-scale data breach, with hackers stealing access tokens that allowed sign on to almost 29 million accounts. “Facebook knew about the access token vulnerability and failed to fix it for years, despite that knowledge,” suggests the heavily redacted court filing. “Even more egregiously, Facebook took steps to protect its own employees from the security risk, but not the vast majority of its users.” Facebook’s Biggest Breach 14 million of the affected users had their profile details, like education history, devices used, recent searches, and more used....

GitHub CLI is a way to “supercharge your command line”. According to the company, many developers value working directly from the command line. With the new gh, dev’s can use GitHub directly in their terminal. “We hope you’ll love the foundation we’ve built with pull requests and issues. And we’re even more excited about the future as we explore what it looks like to build a truly delightful experience with GitHub on the command line....