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Microsoft tries to convince Windows 10 users to buy a new PC with full-screen prompts
Microsoft has been trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 for months now, ahead of the end of support date for Windows 10 in October, 2025. Earlier this year, Microsoft started using fullscreen prompts to warn Windows 10 users about the support cutoff, and now it’s using similar prompts to try and tempt people to buy…
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Researchers claim Fortinet’s FortiJump patch was ‘incomplete’ and left users vulnerable
Fortinet’s patch for FortiJump, a critical missing authentication RCE flaw in FortiManager, left new vulnerabilities on the table for threat actors to exploit, according to new research. A new report from watchTowr Labs described how when trying to recreate the initial FortiJump vulnerability, researchers discovered a series of additional flaws, and one they considered particularly worrying. “[We] stumbled upon a…
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Microsoft admits users received unexpected upgrades to Windows Server 2025 – but the issue has been fixed
Microsoft has resolved an issue that saw companies running Windows Server 2022 and Server 2019 unexpectedly upgrading to Windows Server 2025 — despite not paying for the upgrade. Windows Server 2025 was released earlier this month with new features including upgrades to security in Active Directory, hotpatching for hybrid and on-prem clouds, and more. However, it also came with a…
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YouTube Premium’s legacy price breaks are going away for more users
We’re updating the price for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium for new and current subscribers in Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Uruguay, and Turkey. Members who signed up originally via Google Play and received early adopter pricing will get three additional months at…
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Google Vids AI Video Creation Tool Arrives for Workspace Users
Google’s suite of workspace apps is welcoming a new member to the family, and it’s called Google Vids. Recognizable through its purple icon with a play button embedded in the center. This is a Gemini-powered workspace solution that can help you create engaging videos for corporate scenarios within no time, without requiring any prior experience. Announced in April during their…
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Google’s mysterious ‘search.app’ links leave Android users concerned
Google has left Android users puzzled after the most recent update to the Google mobile app causes links shared from the app to now be prepended with a mysterious “search.app” domain. As the Google app is a popular portal for searching the web for Android users and delivers a personalized content news feed referred to as Google Discover, it has…
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5 Reasons the Mac Mini Is a Top Mini PC, Even for PC Users
Key Takeaways The $599 M4 Mac Mini offers impressive performance in a tiny package, enough to rival many small form factor Windows PCs. The Mac Mini is great for everyday computing, office work, or photo and video editing tasks, and it also works well as a compact media center, file or media server or gaming hub for emulators and Mac-native…
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Microsoft warns Azure Virtual Desktop users of black screen issues
Microsoft warned customers they might experience up to 30 minutes of black screens when logging into Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) after installing the KB5040525 Windows 10 July 2024 preview update. Additional symptoms include single sign-on (SSO) failures (on Office applications such as Outlook and Teams) blocking connections to backend services or preventing data syncs and Office apps losing network connectivity…
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LottieFiles hit in npm supply chain attack targeting users’ crypto
LottieFiles announced that specific versions of its npm package carry malicious code that prompts users to connect their cryptocurrency wallets so they can be emptied. As discovered yesterday, following multiple user reports about strange code injections, the affected versions are Lottie Web Player (“lottie-player”) 2.0.5, 2.0.6, and 2.0.7, all published yesterday. LottieFiles quickly released a new version, 2.0.8, which is…
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Slack adds templates to help users kick off projects quicker – Computerworld
“Teams shouldn’t be reinventing the wheel with each new project,” Rob Seaman, senior vice president for product at Slack, said in a blog post Wednesday. “Templates provide the setup and framework for every line of business, so there’s no guessing at how to get work started.” Users can access the template gallery from a tab on the left-hand sidebar in…
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