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Check Point expands customer advocacy program to drive ‘hands-on’ support
Cybersecurity provider Check Point has expanded its partner and customer advocacy management services to provide customers with direct access to advocacy experts. Partners and customers will now have a single point of contact that will act as a trusted advisor to help improve security operations, accelerate executive management, and optimize cybersecurity strategies, the firm revealed at its CPX 2025 event…
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Alexa Plus — here’s the Amazon devices that will and won’t support it
Amazon has finally unveiled its upgraded Alexa Plus virtual assistant which features a more conversational tone, better personalization and AI smarts to help you get even more done. While we initially thought all of this extra functionality might be locked behind yet another subscription service, Alexa Plus will be available for free for everyone with an Amazon Prime membership. Alternatively,…
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Windows 10 support ends in 2025: What it means for your PC and next steps
October 14, 2025, is the day when Windows 10 support will finally end after a long decade, but what does this mean for you, your device, and your data? What does end of support for Windows 10 mean? In this case, the end of support means that Microsoft will no longer provide security updates, bug fixes, features, or technical support (of any…
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Firefox continues Manifest V2 support as Chrome disables MV2 ad-blockers
Mozilla has renewed its promise to continue supporting Manifest V2 extensions alongside Manifest V3, giving users the freedom to use the extensions they want in their browser. Manifest V3 is a Google-developed browser extension specification aimed at making add-on functionality in web browsers safer by restricting overly permissive network requests and remote content loading. Despite the intentions, Manifest V3 places restrictions…
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The iOS 18.4 beta brings Matter robot vacuum support
As spotted by 9to5Mac, Smart Home Centre confirmed the functionality using a Switchbot S10, which offers its own beta support for Matter. (Switchbot first added Matter robot vacuum support last year, but it required a hub and was kind of a hack.) Apple Home screenshots shared in the story show the robot vacuum’s Home widget (complete with a little robot…
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Microsoft’s new AI hub highlights apps that support NPUs – Computerworld
The NPU is an ancillary chip to a computer’s CPU and GPU, and is more power efficient when running generative AI (genAI)-based tasks such as image recognition, content creation, and voice transcription. “The NPU’s ability to offload these tasks from the CPU and GPU allows for faster, more efficient operation of the entire system,” Microsoft said. Microsoft introduced Copilot+ PCs…
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Windows 11 Is Reworking MIDI Support
Many applications rely on MIDI for music synthesis, but much of the MIDI support in Windows has been unchanged for decades. Now, Microsoft is finally addressing this with a robust new framework. Microsoft has just announced the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27788 to the Canary Channel. Perhaps the biggest improvement here is the public preview of Windows…
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Linux gets support for the Copilot key – Computerworld
There is a special Copilot key on some Windows laptops that can be used to launch Microsoft’s AI assistant — and now support for the key is coming to Linux. That support has been added in version 6.14 of Linux, though exactly what it will be used for depends on which Linux-based operating system you are running. Most users are…
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Stargate project: OpenAI, Oracle pledge support for $500 billion AI infrastructure drive
The US government has announced $500 billion in funding as part of a huge drive to expand AI infrastructure capabilities across the country. The ‘Stargate Project’ is a new company, backed by industry heavyweights including SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX as initial equity funders. SoftBank and OpenAI are the lead partners, with SoftBank having financial responsibility and OpenAI taking operational…
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Exchange 2016 and 2019 reach end of support in October
Microsoft has reminded admins that Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019 will reach the end of extended support in October and shared guidance for those who need to decommission outdated servers. Exchange 2016 reached its mainstream end date in October 2020, while Exchange 2019 reached the end of mainstream support on January 9, 2024. “On October 14, 2025, 9 months from…
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