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Windows ‘inetpub’ folder created by security fix, don’t delete
Microsoft has now confirmed that an April 2025 Windows security update is creating a new empty “inetpub” folder and warned users not to delete it. This folder is typically used by Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS), a web server platform that can be enabled via the Windows Features dialog to host websites and web apps. However, after installing this month’s…
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Microsoft has created an AI-generated version of Quake
Microsoft unveiled its Xbox AI era earlier this year with a new Muse AI model that can generate gameplay. While it looked like Muse was still an early Microsoft Research project, the Xbox maker is now allowing Copilot users to try out Muse through an AI-generated version of Quake II. The tech demo is part of Microsoft’s Copilot for Gaming…
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‘We’ve created an entirely new state of matter’: Satya Nadella hails Microsoft’s ‘Majorana’ quantum chip breakthrough
Microsoft has unveiled a new chip it says could deliver quantum computers with real-world applications in ‘years, not decades’. Majorana 1 is the world’s first Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) to be powered by a Topological Core, designed to scale to a million qubits on a single chip. The announcement is based on the development of the world’s first topoconductor –…
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AI created less than 1% of the disinformation around 2024 elections – Computerworld
AI-generated content accounted for less than 1% of the disinformation fact-checkers linked to political elections that took place worldwide in 2024, according to social media giant Meta. The company cited political elections in the United States, Great Britain, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, France, South Africa, Mexico and Brazil, as well as the EU elections. “At the beginning of the year,…
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Russian APT29 hackers use iOS, Chrome exploits created by spyware vendors
The Russian state-sponsored APT29 hacking group has been observed using the same iOS and Android exploits created by commercial spyware vendors in a series of cyberattacks between November 2023 and July 2024. The activity was discovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), who said the n-day flaws have already been patched but remain effective on devices that have not been…
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