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Reaching out to its 6.9 million followers, the Windows account posted a photo of the platform running on a Mac. Alongside the image, Microsoft offered the following information: “Spring Cleaning? Check out these tips on how to clean and run your device safely and smoothly from Microsoft’s Carmen Zlateff,” the tweet read. There are a couple of signs that indicate the photo was an error. Firstly, Microsoft is in full tilt promoting Windows 11, while the platform does not run on M1 Mac machines....

Now, the company has released Microsoft Flow for Windows 10 Mobile devices. Users can now download Flow from the Windows Store and start using it as an app. In Flow’s Windows Store page Microsoft also teases the upcoming updates to the Windows 10 Mobile app. The company will soon add support for Team flows and Button sharing to the Microsoft Flow app. Here is what users can do with Microsoft Flow:...

Users who decide to test this update can leave their feedback at [email protected]. This download features SQL Server Management Packs for System Center and several SQL Server versions. Microsoft says the release covers SQL Server 2008/2008 R2/2012/2014/2016 (6.7.16.0). Customers can download the new release via Microsoft System Center Management Packs (Community Technical Preview 1) for SQL Server. Depending on the version held, customers will see a number of new features and fixes....

Expanding from previous research into identifying contents in images and words in a conversation, the latest project has a greater understanding and can manage larger chunks of text. “We’re trying to develop what we call a literate machine: A machine that can read text, understand text and then learn how to communicate, whether it’s written or orally,” said Kaheer Suleman, the co-founder of Maluuba. Maluuba is a Canada-based startup that Microsoft acquired earlier in the year....

Barron says Bosque is a “regularized programming model” that moves beyond structured programming. Microsoft says it will give developers more quality control, more productivity, and usher in a new era of developer tooling. “The Bosque programming language is a Microsoft Research project that is investigating language designs for writing code that is simple, obvious, and easy to reason about for both humans and machines. The key design features of the language provide ways to avoid accidental complexity in the development and coding process....

The latter build is a Redstone 4 preview available to all members, significant because it brought with it the Windows App Preview Program. However, Redstone 5 is the big news here as Microsoft is now letting users test features that are still far from being released. Microsoft is expected to finalize Windows 10 Redstone 4 next month as its spring 2018 update. These days, the company released Windows updates twice yearly with new features....

In an official Xbox blog post, Microsoft describes how it has taken feedback from users of Xbox Cloud Gaming on iOS. Using that information, the company is making enhancements for the service on iPhone and iPad devices. Microsoft does not say what the specifics of the enhancements are, but it seems just general all-round improvements. According to the company, the result is players are giving higher engagement with playtimes up 35% compared to before....

Then-Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker formed the Digital Economy Board last year. It was created to “provide recommendations on ways to advance economic growth and opportunity in the digital age.” While the project is still open, it is not left a shell with more than half its members departing. It is unclear if the Digital Economy Board has a future or whether remaining board members will also leave. A report by Politico names the following executives in the exodus: “Those no longer participating as of today (Friday, Aug....

CRISPR is a family of DNA sequences on a Nano level. It can cut and alter DNA to help combat viruses and improving defense systems. The technology is exciting because it could modify cells to combat cancer, manage diseases, or even change the DNA of crops to make the more resistant to drought. Microsoft is leading a research collaboration with MIT, UCLS, Harvard, and Massachusetts General Hospital. Comprised of biologists and computer scientists, the team has developer’s tools that improve the accuracy and efficiency of CRISPR....

While all eyes are on Microsoft to improve the usability experience for the Surface Duo 2, the company is also looking at some design changes. A Microsoft Patent filing shows the company is experimenting with a folding screen unit with a removeable display. Of course, the Surface Duo is not a folding phone like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2. There is no single screen that folds on itself. Instead, the Duo uses two displays within a folding body....

It is already known that Project Neon will focus on blurring effects and animations. It has now emerged that the UI will also receive a new Start Menu design and transparent tiles. A newly found concept for Project Neon shows that tiles will now come closer to the look of the Start Menu. In the current Windows 10 user interface, the Start Menu is somewhat transparent, while tiles are solid....

Microsoft has said it is exploring the idea of re-writing its products in Rust. The company’s interest in the security-focused language to combat a consistent problem. Specifically, the company points out over 70% of all patches it sent out over the last 10-years dealt with memory bugs. Rust was developed to deal with these problems. Matthew Parkinson, a Microsoft researcher from the Cambridge Computer Lab in the UK last year explained the company’s vision for dealing with memory issues....

For the unfamiliar, Seeing AI uses machine learning to help the visually impaired, using a smartphone camera to describe text, items, and clothing colors. It can recognize currency, handwriting, and even plays varying audio cues for the level of light in a room. With the app’s most recent update, Microsoft is taking the functionality further. Users are now able to ‘explore photos by touch’. Within a single image, they’re able to tap on different sections to get a description of an object within them, as well as the relationship with the objects around it....

The Xbox Live Creators Program seeks to fix that, and today marks its launch. Now, anyone can publish Xbox Live-enabled games to Xbox and Windows 10. Those titles have now begun to appear in a new section of the store, giving a curated experience but also providing significant publicity for the developer. It also means devs can integrate features like leaderboards, sign-in, presence, Kinect, and more. They can do so using the same tools as UWP titles, which are available in popular engines like Unity, Construct 2, MonGame and Xenko....

It’s easy to see where there could be some confusion. Microsoft’s Windows 10 21H2 preview build 21359 came with the following change to Windows Timeline: “If you have your activity history synced across your devices through your Microsoft account (MSA), you’ll no longer have the option to upload new activity in Timeline. AAD-connected accounts won’t be impacted. To view web history, Edge and other browsers have the option to look back at recent web activities....

Both US agencies call the malicious activity “Hidden Cobra” but it also known as Lazarus Group by security firms. Cyber actors for the North Korean government are targeting U.S. critical infrastructure such as finance and media. Through the use of a malware called DeltaCharlie, they are able to install DDoS botnets, keyloggers, remote access tools (RATs), and wiper malware. Hidden Cobra is managing to access infrastructure by exploiting older version of Microsoft programs and Adobe Flash vulnerabilities....

The launch of Microsoft Stream on iOS follows the previous release of the service on Android. To run the application on Apple’s platform, you will need to be running iOS 10 or newer. Microsoft has optimized Stream to work on the larger screen of the iPad tablets. If you are interested in Microsoft Stream on your mobile device, you can download it for Android here and iOS here. Microsoft also runs a mobile beta program, which allows users to gain early access to upcoming features....

If you’re unfamiliar with Sysinternals, it is a suite of applications for admins that allows them to debug Windows machines. Furthermore, users can tap into the tool to find and investigate malware attacks. Microsoft Sysmon (System Monitor) is one of the tools with Sysinternals, joining over 160 other applications. It is perhaps the most popular app in the suite that logs system level events on a Windows computer. These events are logged within the regular Windows event log....

Yammer is a business social network that gives organizations the ability to connect individuals within a company. Microsoft acquired the company in 2012 for $1.2 billion. We are surprised Yammer support for Microsoft Teams on mobile is only being added now. The collaborative nature of the tool makes it a dead cert feature. Added to that, Microsoft brought Yammer to Office 365 Groups way back in early 2017. Either way, Microsoft has addressed the balance....

In fact Microsoft added 450 new abilities to Teams in 2021 and the rate is ongoing, with at least a new feature coming to the app per day. Leading the charge in November was the ability to provide an instant poll with one click. This means participants in a meeting can easily gather opinions with simple polls. Polls can be set up previously or done on the fly when a meeting is already in progress....