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OpenAI productivity suite could change the way users create documents – Computerworld
Users will go “over the top,” asking Microsoft’s Copilot to create PowerPoint presentations, specifying the documents such as meeting notes or oral instructions that it should use to create the deck. “I predict that, by 2029, Microsoft PowerPoint will hide or remove 80% of the elements on the Ribbon, the set of navigation controllers. Why? Because you won’t need them…
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Microsoft 365 ‘Direct Send’ abused to send phishing as internal users
An ongoing phishing campaign abuses a little‑known feature in Microsoft 365 called “Direct Send” to evade detection by email security and steal credentials. Direct Send is a Microsoft 365 feature that allows on‑premises devices, applications, or cloud services to send emails through a tenant’s smart host as if they originated from the organization’s domain. It’s designed for use by printers,…
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Can users reset their own passwords without sacrificing security?
Like it or not, passwords aren’t going away anytime soon. While many organizations are exploring passwordless authentication, passwords still serve as the main line of defense for most public-facing online services. That said, they come with a heavy management burden. Gartner estimates that 40% of all service desk calls are tied to password issues like expirations, changes, and resets. Some of these…
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Windows 11 users want these five features back
When Windows 11 was first released, many long-time users felt features they loved had been taken away overnight. Three and a half years later, the same complaints still rise to the top of the Feedback Hub with tens of thousands of votes. Below are the five most wanted Windows 11 features on the Microsoft Feedback Hub. The most wanted requests…
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Microsoft confirms auth issues affecting Microsoft 365 users
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing incident that is causing users to experience errors with some Microsoft 365 authentication features. As the company revealed earlier today in an incident alert published in the admin center, users may experience errors during self-service password resets and when viewing or registering authentication methods in MySignIns, while admins may be unable to add multi-factor authentication (MFA) sign-in methods to some…
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Is ChatGPT Down? Users Report Widespread Outage
ChatGPT is currently down and users are unable to generate a response on the ChatGPT website or app. Users report that ChatGPT is showing ‘Error in message stream’ and refusing to process any requests. OpenAI’s official status page documented the incident six hours ago, saying that the outage affects ChatGPT, Sora, and APIs. At 6:07 am PDT, OpenAI’s status page…
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iPhone users say Mail app is suddenly freezing with iOS 18.5 — here’s a fix you can try
Since Apple rolled out iOS 18.5, a growing number of iPhone users have reported issues with accessing their inbox as the Mail app is getting stuck on a blank white screen. Several comments on Reddit and the Apple Support Community describe being unable to view emails in their inboxes as the app is either glitchy or unresponsive. The underlying cause…
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Latest ChatGPT update lets users record meetings and connect to tools like Dropbox and Google Drive
OpenAI has announced new updates for ChatGPT which allow users to record and transcribe meetings, as well as connectors for cloud tools such as Google Drive. The new transcription tools put ChatGPT directly into competition with Otter.AI and Zoom’s built-in tools, while the cloud connectors target the AI productivity tools built into offerings from Google and Microsoft. As part of…
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Meta Apps Have Been Covertly Tracking Android Users’ Web Activity for Months
I don’t expect Meta to respect my data or my privacy, but the company continues to surprise me with how low they’re willing to go in the name of data collection. The latest such story comes to us from a report titled “Disclosure: Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android.” In short, Meta and Yandex (a Russian technology company) have…
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Microsoft eases Edge prompts for Windows users in Europe amid DMA pressure
Microsoft is reducing (but won’t eliminate) prompts to use Microsoft Edge on Windows 11 and 10 for users in the European Economic Area. Users can now set a different default browser more easily, and the change applies to more link and file types. These updates are part of changes rolling out in June 2025. Microsoft is making significant changes to…
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