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Microsoft rolls out BIOS update that fixes ASUS blue screen issues
More ASUS customers can now install Windows 11 24H2 after applying a BIOS update that resolves blue screen of death (BSOD) issues acknowledged in October. As Microsoft revealed last year when it added a compatibility hold blocking the Windows 11 2024 Update on affected systems, these problems occur when trying to update to Windows 11 24H2 on some ASUS devices with…
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Google Chrome’s AI-powered security feature rolls out to everyone
Google Chrome has updated the existing “Enhanced protection” feature with AI to offer “real-time” protection against dangerous websites, downloads and extensions. As spotted by Leo on X, the update has been rolled out to Chrome’s stable channel on all platforms after three months of testing in Canary. Enhanced protection, which is part of the Safe browsing feature, isn’t new and…
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For February’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft rolls out 63 updates – Computerworld
Networking and Remote Desktop services Winsock: Microsoft advises that a multipoint socket (type c_root) is created and employed with the following operations: bind, connect, and listen. The socket should close successfully. DHCP: Create test scenarios to validate Windows DHCP client operations (discover, offer, request, and acknowledgment (ACK)). RDP: Ensure that you can configure Microsoft RRAS servers through netsh commands. ICS: Ensure that Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) can…
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Google rolls out cheaper AI model as industry scrutinizes costs
In addition to Flash-Lite, Google has made Gemini 2.0 Flash generally available after a developer preview in December and has begun testing an updated version of its flagship “Pro” model. The updated Gemini 2.0 Flash would be available via the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI, allowing developers to build production applications with 2.0 Flash. “The Flash series of models…
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Microsoft rolls out Recall to Windows Insiders with Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft announced today that its controversial AI-powered Recall feature is finally rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel using Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs. Today’s announcement follows two other delays in June and last month, as well as the company’s hurried statement in August that Recall would be available for insiders starting in October. “When you open Recall, you can…
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AMD rolls out open-source OLMo LLM, to compete with AI giants – Computerworld
Competitive performance and benchmark success In internal benchmarks, AMD’s OLMo models performed well against similarly sized open-source models, such as TinyLlama-1.1B and OpenELM-1_1B, in multi-task and general reasoning tests, the company claimed. Specifically, its performance increased by over 15% on tasks in GSM8k, a substantial gain attributed to AMD’s multi-phase supervised fine-tuning and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO). ‘ In multi-turn…
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Slack Rolls Out New Automation Features
Salesforce is jumping further onto the automation bandwagon with newly announced features in Slack that make it easier for users to build features regardless of their level of technical expertise. According to an Aug. 26 press release: Slack users can now build a workflow that starts automatically when an event occurs in a third-party app such as PagerDuty, Asana, or…
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Microsoft rolls out Face Check selfie verification system – Computerworld
Microsoft’s Azure AI Vision Face API is used to power the face detection and recognition. The software can also conduct a “liveness” check, which helps prevent the use of a static photo or 2D video to trick the verification system, Microsoft said, so deepfakes shouldn’t be effective. Customer organizations can choose the level of confidence required to accept a Face…
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