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Windows 11 is getting a voice-powered ability many users have been longing for, as Microsoft kills off Windows Speech Recognition for the far superior Voice Access tech
Windows 11 has a new preview build which further improves Voice Access, an area Microsoft has been putting a lot…
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Microsoft’s next-gen Windows sounds pretty mind-blowing with ‘groundbreaking’ new AI features
Microsoft is cooking up a next-gen Windows – and it may not be called Windows 12 – with some huge…
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Microsoft is changing the way it updates Windows – and it’s starting to sound like Windows 12 won’t happen
Windows 12 may not be happening after all, or at least that seems to be the way the rumor mill…
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Windows 11 24H2 reference spotted – does this mean no Windows 12 next year?
While the rumor mill has been putting some stock in the idea that the next version of Microsoft’s operating system…
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Microsoft releases 98 security fixes, including 11 critical vulnerabilities and one for an actively exploited privilege escalation zero-day flaw in Windows ALPC (Jai Vijayan/Dark Reading)
Jai Vijayan / Dark Reading: Microsoft releases 98 security fixes, including 11 critical vulnerabilities and one for an actively exploited…
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Three years after ending mainstream support for Windows 7, Microsoft ends premium extended security support for the OS and support for Windows 8.1 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Three years after ending mainstream support for Windows 7, Microsoft ends premium extended security support for…
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Leaked screener copies of big movies tend to surface at year's end, but didn't in 2022, probably due to more security, streaming, and shorter release windows (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak)
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Leaked screener copies of big movies tend to surface at year’s end, but didn’t…
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Stack Overflow's 2022 Developer Survey shows ~40% use a Linux-based system, up from ~25% in 2021 and ~23% in 2018, compared to ~62% for Windows and ~31% for Mac (Justin Garrison/Justin Garrison)
Justin Garrison / Justin Garrison: Stack Overflow’s 2022 Developer Survey shows ~40% use a Linux-based system, up from ~25% in…
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Microsoft says some drivers certified by its Windows Hardware Developer Program were used to sign malware, but that no network breach has been detected (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Microsoft says some drivers certified by its Windows Hardware Developer Program were used to sign…
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