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Microsoft wants Copilot to be your new AI best friend – Computerworld
Plus, some things just don’t work well using the voice interface. I asked Copilot, for instance, if it could generate some code. “I’m not going to rattle off code snippets or anything. I wouldn’t want to mess with your flow,” it said confidently. Copilot can’t seem to stop the voice conversation to show you something. But you can still get…
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Microsoft brings Copilot AI tools to OneDrive – Computerworld
Microsoft also highlighted several other OneDrive improvements. These include a faster and more responsive web OneDrive web experience when browsing files, as well updated search functions with new filter controls and more detailed results. The search changes are slated to launch by the end of the year. Colored folders to personalize and organize files are now available, and beginning in mid-2025, an update to the OneDrive document libraries will improve…
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Here’s what’s new in Office 2024 – Computerworld
For more details about Office LTSC 2024 changes, see Microsoft’s Overview of Office LTSC 2024 documentation. Office 2024 pricing and support Prices for the newest version consumer and small business versions of Office remain the same as for Office 2021. Office Home 2024, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, costs $150. Office Home and Business 2024, which includes all…
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18 Android settings that’ll strengthen your security – Computerworld
If you’ve got a Pixel or another phone that’s using a more unadulterated Android setup, though, search your system settings for NFC and look for the line labeled “Require device unlock for NFC.” Flip the toggle next to it into the on position, then rest easy knowing no manner of wireless transfer can occur when your device is locked. Android…
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Apple is inventing a reality distortion field – Computerworld
Movies you can walk through Combine all these ingredients and, in theory, the breakthrough Apple might achieve could involve the creation of tech that can both understand images, and also add to them. After all, if you know that object A is in one position and object B in another, you can more easily deliver the illusion of walking between…
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117 updates (and 5 zero-day flaws) – Computerworld
Microsoft SQL Server With two updates this month, desktop (or client) testing will be required for data-driven applications. We recommend that the following SQL-related tests be included for October: Validate SQL Commands and stored procedures. Ensure data “Refresh” operations perform correctly with Microsoft Active Data (ADOX) objects. These are difficult operations to debug due to the generally large number of…
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AMD boosts AI performance in new line of enterprise PC chips – Computerworld
Just below that in the line-up is the Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370, an identical chip with slightly less NPU performance — up to 50 TOPS. And the entry-level chip is the Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 with 8 cores/16 threads, a 5GHz clock speed, Radeon 880M graphics, and the same 50 TOPS NPU performance. NPUs are on the…
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Why you should want face-recognition glasses – Computerworld
Then, the I-XRAY software uses personal data to search on a people search site. By entering any basic personal data point about someone — their name, address, phone number, or email address — the people search sites show you the other data points, plus age, relatives, work history, etc. The personal information gathered is then sent in text form back…
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This privacy and compliance threat throws shade at iPhone Mirroring – Computerworld
Privacy: First, managed workplace Macs are gathering data concerning apps used on personally-owned iPhones, which can be a privacy failure and could be a bigger problem in some contexts. (For instance, an employee in an authoritarian state in which use of VPN or LGBTQ apps is proscribed might find their app use shared by this bug, with potentially serious consequences.)…
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Five days a week in the office? Forget it! – Computerworld
A few weeks ago, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that all corporate employees, including AWS staffers, will be expected to work in the office five days a week beginning in January. I don’t work for Amazon, but if I did, I’d quit. Period. End of statement. I stopped working from offices decades ago, long before it was cool. I did…
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