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(Un)targeted advertising. In addition, the GDPR requires data about individuals to be ‘accurate’. However, the available information suggests that Xandr’s system uses tonnes of false information about users. Even from a business perspective, Xandr seems to make a mockery of … Read more

Update: June 13, 2024: Today, we are communicating an additional update on the Recall (preview) feature for Copilot+ PCs. Recall will now shift from a preview experience broadly available for Copilot+ PCs on June 18, 2024, to a preview available … Read more

Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you’re doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next. The software giant on Monday revealed an … Read more

Since the release of the first text-to-speech (TTS) model, researchers have been looking for ways to improve the way these systems generate speech. The latest model from Microsoft, VALL-E, is a significant step forward in this regard. VALL-E is a … Read more

[German]Microsoft never tires of selling the “new innovations” in the user interface of Windows 11. Some things are a matter of taste, but occasionally it is also helpful to look at other opinions. A former Microsoft employee, at the time … Read more

Linux Microsoft is increasingly standardizing on its in-house CBL-Mariner Linux distribution. Is this Microsoft Linux? CBL-Delridge, Microsoft’s Debian-based Linux distribution, is no more. As pointed out to me by Mary Jo Foley, the CBL-Delridge apt package repository, is now 404: … Read more

Tricking someone into enabling macros on a downloaded Microsoft Excel or Word file is an old hacker chestnut. That one click from a target creates a foothold for attackers to take over their devices. This week, though, Microsoft announced a … Read more