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Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account
Microsoft is no longer playing around when it comes to requiring every Windows 11 device be set up with an internet-connected account. In its latest Windows 11 Insider Preview, the company says it will take out a well-known bypass script that let end users skip the requirement of connecting to the internet and logging in with a Microsoft account to…
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What Closing the Department of Education Could Mean for the FAFSA
Throughout his campaign, Trump and his allies promised to dismantle the Department of Education—an attack Republicans have been campaigning on for years. A candidate for United States Senate suggested throwing the agency “in the trash can.” Another called it “one of the worst monstrosities that’s ever been created.” Dismantling the Department of Education could leave billions of funds, scholarships, grants,…
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Closing the SMB security gap
Despite making up the vast majority of the economy, SMBs remain under-protected, according to security experts, unable to match the toolsets of larger organizations or compete for cyber skills. On stage at TechSummit24 in Alpbach Austria, Brian Downey, VP of product management at Barracuda Networks, noted that under the EU’s definition, 50% of the region’s GDP is generated by SMBs.…
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The gender gap in computing education is closing, but there’s still work to be done
The number of women studying computing at degree level continues to rise steadily, though there’s still a large gender gap. According to analysis from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 2,940 18-year-old women living in the UK have accepted a place to study the subject this September, up 8% from the 2023-24 academic year. The gender gap is also closing,…
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