#Microsoft found that a Chinese government group had installed malicious code in U.S. telecommunications systems. The code appeared to be part of an espionage campaign, but could be used for destructive attacks #China

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/337355

Microsoft found that a Chinese government group had installed malicious code in U.S. telecommunications systems. The code appeared to be part of an espionage campaign, but could be used for destructive attacks

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^{Breaking News App}

Well, apparently #microsoft #Sharepoint now has the ability to scan inside of password-protected zip archives.

source: https://infosec.exchange/@threatresearch/110373860063222707#

#news #security #password #virus #software #privacy

It's a step forward.

Why does it seem like it's only Google's #Spyware that gets something resembling appropriate regulations? When are they going to start enforcing anti-spyware legislation on #Disney, #Apple, and #Microsoft ? #BanDRM

#Twitter accuses #Microsoft's refusal to pay for tweets, abusing its data access

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/tech/twitter-microsoft-data-access/index.html

Looks like we're going to see a big legal fight between #Twitter and #Microsoft.

My money is on Microsoft winning.

This will never go to trial, but Microsoft has a killer legal team.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/18/23729216/twitter-microsoft-api-data-sharing-elon-musk-satya-nadella
@socialmedianews@venera.social

»Länder verheimlichen Rechtsgutachten zu Microsoft 365«
Ich kommentiere das an dieser Stelle mal nicht - ein Bild genügt. 😉

https://www.golem.de/news/datenschutz-laender-verheimlichen-rechtsgutachten-zu-microsoft-365-2305-173916.html

#ms365 #gutachten #dsgvo #datenschutz #microsoft

#Microsoft's big bet on helium-3 #fusion explained

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/17/microsoft_bet_on_fusion/

Microsoft's big bet on helium-3 fusion explained

Magnets, not lasers, could be secret to endless power (if it actually works)

^{Tobias Mann (The Register)}

Microsoft Currently Patching 0day Secure-Boot Vulnerability

#News #Microsoft #secureboot #Intel #infosec #cybersecurity #tech #computers #exploit #windows

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/05/microsoft-secure-boot-bug.html

@gimulnautti
Important point, too, covered here:

"#Google and #Microsoft’s #chatbots are already #citing one another in a #misinformation shitshow [#enshittificatiom] / #Microsoft’s #Bing said Google’s #Bard had been shut down after it misread a story citing a tweet sourced from a joke. It’s not a good sign for the future of online misinformation."

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/22/23651564/google-microsoft-bard-bing-chatbots-misinformation

Google and Microsoft’s chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation shitshow

Microsoft’s AI chatbot Bing incorrectly reported the demise of Google’s AI chatbot Bard. It’s an early warning sign that this technology is fueling a massive game of misinformation telephone.

^{James Vincent (The Verge)}

(7/n)

...have guessed it, it is also making big strides, one company being...(Bingo!) yet again, #Microsoft:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110129405482528991.

I do not want to enter in systems theory and the like here (see link at the end), but while it is nice and correct to call for

"Developers have the responsibility to ensure that #AI systems like #ChatGPT are developed ethically, with safeguards in place to prevent any misuse or harm."

This, I am sorry to say, is wishful thinking...

HistoPol

2023-04-02 13:16:07

"Progress" into the abyss on a bi-monthly basis:

"#Microsoft
Autonomous Systems and Robotics Group

February 20, 2023

We extended the capabilities of #ChatGPT to #robotics, and controlled multiple platforms such as robot arms, *#drones*, and *home* assistant robots intuitively with language."

https://mstdn.social/@jackcole/109937799581977323

Well, apparently #microsoft #Sharepoint now has the ability to scan inside of password-protected zip archives.

How do I know? Because I have a lot of Zips (encrypted with a password) that contain malware, and my typical method of sharing those is to upload those passworded Zips into a Sharepoint directory.

This morning, I discovered that a couple of password-protected Zips are flagged as "Malware detected" which limits what I can do with those files - they are basically dead space now.

While I totally understand doing this for anyone other than a malware analyst, this kind of nosy, get-inside-your-business way of handling this is going to become a big problem for people like me who need to send their colleagues malware samples. The available space to do this just keeps shrinking and it will impact the ability of malware researchers to do their jobs.

#EU approves #Microsoft’s deal to buy #Activision #Blizzard

Wrong decision.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/15/tech/eu-microsoft-activision/index.html

#EU Approves #Microsoft’s $69 Billion Deal for #Activision

The green light follows objections to the blockbuster deal by American and British regulators on the grounds that it would undercut competition.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/technology/eu-microsoft-activision-blizzard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

E.U. Approves Microsoft’s $69 Billion Deal for Activision

^{Adam Satariano (The New York Times)}

#Microsoft crunches some data: Finds out Teams is the biggest productivity killer

https://www.goingconcern.com/microsoft-crunches-some-data-to-find-out-teams-is-the-biggest-productivity-killer-at-work/

Microsoft Crunches Some Data to Find Out Teams is the Biggest Productivity Killer at Work - Going Concern

Across Microsoft 365 apps, the average employee spends 57% of their time communicating (in meetings, email, and chat).

^{Adrienne Gonzalez (Going Concern)}

I have been *dying* to talk about this and finally can.

Remember that 0-click Outlook vulnerability with a custom sound leading to NTLM theft? The one that MSFT themselves stated it originated and was being actively used by Russian actors?

@nachoskrnl found a way to bypass the patch to it. By adding one singular slash.

Write-up 👇​

https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/important-outlook-vulnerability-bypass-windows-api

#microsoft #patchtuesday #outlook #vulnerability

Warum haben #Zoom, Deutsche Post #DHL, #finleap, #Microsoft und das #Bundesfinanzministerium in diesem Jahr je einen der #BigBrotherAwards bekommen?

Die unerwünschten, aber oft unterhaltsamen Lobreden sind jetzt auf unserer #PeerTube schnell mit Sprungmarken zu finden: https://digitalcourage.video/w/sveuj3Lbec1EjNGz2fdJSM
(Evt. ist ein Klick auf »Show more« bzw. »Mehr anzeigen« nötig.)

Unterhalb von https://bigbrotherawards.de/2023 sind die Videos jetzt auch in die Texte der Laudationes eingebettet.

#bba23 #Zoombies #Lindner #Finanzministerium #PStTG

57% of people’s time is spent communicating? Pretty high. What’s your experience?

#work #wfh #rto #microsoft

https://www.axios.com/2023/05/09/work-productivity-distractions-email-chat

#BloatyNosy no longer in the Microsoft Store: banned by #Microsoft overnight

Via discussion
https://github.com/builtbybel/BloatyNosy/discussions/43

Aufruf: Mit welchen Alternativen kann die Abkehr von Microsoft im Bildungswesen gelingen? Ich möchte weitere Erfahrungsberichte [1] aus der Praxis sammeln. Sendet [2] mir dazu bitte sachliche Meinungen, Ideen und Erkenntnisse. 🙏

[1] https://www.kuketz-blog.de/bildungswesen-datenschutzkonforme-loesungen-sind-die-zukunft-nicht-microsoft/
[2] https://www.kuketz-blog.de/kontakt/

#fedilz #microsoft #schule #bildung #datenschutz #nextcloud #dsgvo #lehrer

Bildungswesen: Datenschutzkonforme Lösungen sind die Zukunft – nicht Microsoft

Es gibt sie: Alternativen zu Microsoft 365 und Co., die einen modernen und fächerübergreifenden Digitalunterricht ermöglichen - und gleichzeitig die Daten der Schüler schützen.

^{Kuketz IT-Security Blog}

My humble opinion after Geoffrey Hinton resignment from Google

People are the center, not AI

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #Bard #GPT4 #OpenAI #Microsoft #Google #GeoffreyHinton

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marco-armando-pecoraro-29479b3a_ai-artificialintelligence-geoffreyhinton-activity-7059435173938929664-Rawh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

Marco Armando Pecoraro on LinkedIn: #ai #artificialintelligence #geoffreyhinton #openai #microsoft #google…

Geoffrey Hinton, AI pioneer and father of Neural Network, left Google so that, using his words, he can freely speak out about the risks of this…

^{Marco Armando Pecoraro (www.linkedin.com)}

59 years ago today, the first computer program written in #BASIC was run.

The easy-to-learn and -use #programming language revolutionized #computing. A decade later, #BillGates would co-found #Microsoft to develop and sell the BASIC interpreter for the #Altair 8800, the first commercially successful desktop microcomputer.

More from when #Dartmouth celebrated BASIC’s fiftieth anniversary: https://www.dartmouth.edu/basicfifty

#ProgrammingLanguages #ComputingHistory #retrocomputing #coding

(7/n)

"...goes as far as to claim that #superintelligence "*isn't* a long-term issue," but is even "more short-term than e.g. climate change and most people's retirement planning."

To support his theory, the researcher pointed to a recent #Microsoft study arguing that #OpenAI's large language model GPT-4 is already showing *"sparks" of AGI* and a recent talk given by #DeepLearning researcher Yoshua Bengio*."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w92y0YiJA4M&t=164s

[And as I am living proof, you do not even...

AI Press Conference (Full) - March 29, 2023

Full Press Conference following the release of an open letter initiated by the Future of Life Institute to ask AI labs to immediately halt training of AI sys...

^YouTube

"Progress" into the abyss on a bi-monthly basis:

"#Microsoft
Autonomous Systems and Robotics Group

February 20, 2023

We extended the capabilities of #ChatGPT to #robotics, and controlled multiple platforms such as robot arms, *#drones*, and *home* assistant robots intuitively with language."

https://mstdn.social/@jackcole/109937799581977323

jackcole

2023-02-27 17:08:13

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

#chatgpt #robotics

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/autonomous-systems-group-robotics/articles/chatgpt-for-robotics/

ChatGPT for Robotics

We use ChatGPT to allow a user to intuitively control multiple robots such as drones, robot arms, home assistant robots using only language.

^{Microsoft Research}

Microsoft decides to continue to work with russian private companies not under sanctions

After the start of the russian invasion of Ukraine, Microsoft announced it will halt all new sales of its products in russia. It stopped sales of Xbox consoles, Azure, Windows, and #Microsoft 365 among others.

It also scaled down its operations in russia by letting go of 400 employees.

Read more here🔗 https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-decides-to-continue-to-work-with-russian-private-companies-not-under-sanctions/

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#StandWithUkrainew

Microsoft decides to continue to work with Russian private companies not under sanctions

American technology giant Microsoft Corporation sent out letters to around 1,000 Russian companies that are not under sanctions to renew their licenses of its software amidst the ongoing crisis.

^{Ishtiaqe Hanif (Neowin)}

Can you receive a lifetime achievement award twice?

You can if you are #Microsoft:

They force people, companies and government agencies to continually transmit data, and therefore to allow themselves to be spied upon, as a regular part of their digital activities.

https://bigbrotherawards.de/en/2023/microsoft

#bba23 #BigBrotherAwards