New from @STAT's Casey Ross and me:

#Microsoft has helped organize at least 4 efforts to set standards in #healthcare #AI. Is that problematic?

also: did I sneak a history of the EPA's TSCA into a story about AI? ✨click to find out✨

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/18/microsoft-health-care-artificial-intelligence-regulatory-capture/

#health #healthcare #healthtech #medicine #healthpolicy #regulatorycapture

Microsoft's role in setting AI standards, while selling tech, raises questions

For some, Microsoft's deep involvement in groups setting standards for the use of AI in health care raises questions about "regulatory capture."

^{Brittany Trang (STAT)}

I'm struggling to find words... 😂

https://www.windowslatest.com/2024/04/16/microsoft-copilot-app-spotted-in-windows-server-2022-but-it-does-nothing-for-now/

#microsoft #technology

Microsoft says it accidentally added Copilot app to Windows Server 2022

Copilot automatically installs on Windows Server 2022 and is confusing a lot of users who never give their permission to install the app.

^{Abhishek Mishra (Windows Latest)}

Jürgen Schmidt (er ist unter anderem Leiter von heise Security) hat auf heise.de einen schonungslosen Kommentar zu den dramatischen Sicherheitsproblemen von und mit #Microsoft geschrieben. Am liebsten würde ich ihn vollständig zitieren. Aber das geht natürlich nicht, darum nur ein kleines Highlight:

Zusammengefasst: Microsofts Sicherheitskultur ist dokumentiertermaßen verlottert und ihre IT-Infrastruktur unzureichend gesichert; Angreifer verschiedenster Couleur geben sich dort beim Heraustragen von Daten die Klinken in die Hand. Und herausgetragen werden natürlich auch und vor allem die Daten von Microsofts Kunden.

#Security #DigitaleSouveränität #digitalsovereignty

So, Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022 systems and this is a disaster.

How can you push a tool that siphons data to a third party onto a security-critical system?

What privileges does it have upon install? Who thought this is a good idea? And most importantly, who needs this?

#infosec #security #openai #microsoft #windowsserver #copilot

My new #Keychron K3 version 2 arrived! It's a low profile #mechanicalkeyboard (75% keyboard, red switches) that is replacing my #Microsoft Designer Compact Keyboard.

I have been using the Microsoft keyboard for a while after switching from a larger Keychron K4 version 2 (96% keyboard, red switches).

I found that I missed the tactile feel of typing -- and the sound of typing. The Microsoft keyboard is nice, but the typing experience was mushy and muted.

Intressant dokumentär som beskriver hur Europa blev och är en Microsoft-mjukvarukoloni.

https://kolektiva.media/w/ra7bfqXCyqBFn7dSFhneFy

#opensource #microsoft #linux #documentary #technology

The Microsoft-Dilemma - Europe as a Software Colony | Full Documentary

Many state and public administrations from Helsinki to Lisbon operate with the software of the US corporation. It makes them vulnerable for hackers and spies, violates European public procurement l...

^{kolektiva.media}

Don’t do this Microsoft.

The incremental revenue you gain from sticking ads in the Windows Start Menu will not be worth the good will that will be burned.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations

#microsoft #windows

Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu

The first ads in the Windows 11 Start menu will be very similar to the app recommendations Microsoft used in Windows 10.

^{Tom Warren (The Verge)}

A German state has said no to Microsoft!

https://news.itsfoss.com/german-state-ditches-microsoft/

#opensource #microsoft

Wow! German State Ditches Microsoft for Open-Source Software

The end of dominance for Microsoft in this German state, replacing Windows with Linux, and Office with Libreoffice.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

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#Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in #security lapse

source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/microsoft-employees-exposed-internal-passwords-security-lapse/

Security researchers Can Yoleri, Murat Özfidan and Egemen Koçhisarlı with #SOCRadar, a #cybersecurity company that helps organizations find security weaknesses, discovered an open and public storage server hosted on Microsoft’s #Azure #cloud service that was storing internal information relating to Microsoft’s #Bing search engine.

#fail #password #leak #problem #news

Instead of blowing a shitload of donation money on #AI bs, how about you actually focus on what really matters, @mozilla ?

Like:

• making #Firefox great and not a marginally less shitty browser compared to #Google #Chrome / #GoogleChrome...
• making @thunderbird / #Thunderbird a really good #mail client and not a marginally less shitty #eMail program than #Microsoft #Outlook / #MicrosoftOutlook and #Apple Mail #AppleMail ...

Seriously:

1. log off
2. get outside
3. touch grass
4. take a good and long sleep
5. rethink what you just posted
6. undo the harm you just did.

Sincerely,
A longterm Firefox and Thunderbird user.

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It seems like it’s amateur hour at #Microsoft.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/10/24126057/microsoft-azure-server-internal-passwords-exposed-cybersecurity

#infosec

I do not have a degree from Harvard Business School, so my take on this maybe completely wrong...

If one has a service that costs more than $20/month/user and then turns around to sell the service for $10/month/user... That doesn't seem like a good business plan.

Maybe it's just me...

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/10/so-far-ai-hasnt-been-profitable-for-big-tech/

#ai #microsoft

So far, AI hasn’t been profitable for Big Tech

Microsoft loses around $20 per user per month on GitHub Copilot, according to the WSJ.

^{Ars Technica}

New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser

#microsoft #bleeping computer #bleepingcomputer #computers #security #technology #news #education #updates #tech
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German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice

#openSource #microsoft #linux #LibreOffice

https://www.zdnet.com/article/german-state-ditches-microsoft-for-linux-and-libreoffice/

German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice

Why? Schleswig-Holstein cites cost, security, and digital sovereignty - though not necessarily in that order.

^{Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)}

Review of the Summer 2023 #Microsoft #Exchange Online #Intrusion

source: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/CSRB_Review_of_the_Summer_2023_MEO_Intrusion_Final_508c.pdf

the cascade of Microsoft’s avoidable errors that allowed this intrusion to succeed;

#attack #hack #fail #security #cybersecurity #news #problem

⚡ Watch out: #Microsoft joins #Google & #Facebook with its focus on ads first. ⚡

When creating a test account, #Outlook informed us of 813 data sharing partners! 🫢

Plus, the "new" Outlook app is quietly storing your data in the cloud, including your passwords.
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/outlook-shares-passwords-with-microsoft

Dear #microsoft, I am in China, but my Windows region is set to UK. My display language is set to English (UK), I'm using a VPN so my IP address is not Chinese. I'm signed into a UK Microsoft account with the language of that account set to, you've guessed, English (UK).

So, why is every single widget on the Windows 11 widget side bar in Chinese with Chinese content?

Immer mehr evangelische Landeskirchen, aber auch Freikirchen setzen auf Microsoft 365 und liefern ihre Daten ihrer Gläubigen schutzlos an #Microsoft aus.

Das scheint wohl der neue goldene Kalb zu sein.

#EvangelischeKirche #Kirche #Datenschutz #DSGVO #Tracking