Microsoft Fixes a Nasty FLAC-Corrupting Bug in Windows 10

Have you edited the metadata on a FLAC file on Windows 10 recently, only for the file to suddenly become unplayable? If you have, don’t worry; not only has Microsoft fixed this nasty bug, but the Redmond company also provided a fix to get your lossless tunes back in working order. Microsoft’s Fix for the
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You Can Now Use the New Webinars Feature in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft has introduced a new Webinars feature for Microsoft Teams. The feature is integrated into existing Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans and doesn’t require any extra payment. Webinars Supports Up to 1,000 People In a post on the Microsoft website, the company stated that using Teams, users can hold interactive webinars with up to
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What Is Microsoft DirectStorage? How Does It Make Gaming Faster?

In the past, games weren’t too complex. The playable levels were rather small, the characters were few, and the textures were simple. Over the years, games have improved exponentially. From massive open worlds to highly detailed characters, games can often look photorealistic. But all of this innovation comes at a cost. Modern games need tens of
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Microsoft Turns Counterfit AI Security Assessment Tool Open Source

Microsoft has turned its AI security risk assessment tool, Counterfit, open-source, allowing anyone to begin using the tool for free. Currently, organizations can use Counterfit to automate security risk assessments, ensuring the protection they’re using is up to scratch. Microsoft Releases Counterfit as Open-Source Tool Microsoft originally developed Counterfit as an internal tool that could
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Microsoft Trolls Apple Hard With New Surface Laptop 4 Ad

Apple executives definitely won’t like Microsoft’s latest commercial touting its Surface Laptop 4 as a better choice than the M1-powered MacBook Air. The New Surface Ad Disses the MacBook Air The ad criticizes the MacBook Air notebook, which is powered by the Apple M1 chip, as skimping on features that people who prefer Surface devices want. For instance, the
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Forget Ransomware, Microsoft Says Cryptojacking Is Our Biggest Threat

For a while, ransomware attacks were a hacker’s and scammer’s favorite tool for extracting money from their victims. Now, Microsoft reports that ransomware has now fallen out of favor in place of another kind of attack: cryptojacking. Why Cryptojacking Took the Number One Spot On the Microsoft Security blog, the company details how the scope of
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