Because summer ends when I say it ends, this edition of Short Takes looks at Slack and its inability to turn a profit, Microsoft testing 5G game streaming in Korea, deep fake videos, mega-yachts, and Window 10 update quality, and so much more.
Microsoft adds the ability to install Win32 applications using Intune in Windows 10 S Mode in the 19H2 update.
In something of a turnaround, Windows Defender is now matching and outperforming many free and commercial antivirus solutions.
Because AI that requires human intervention is only artificial, not intelligence, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s new Edge milestone and why so few people seem interested, Xbox’s voyeurism problem, Microsoft’s further embrace of open-source, and so much more.
Version 0.3 of Windows Terminal lets you connect directly to Azure Cloud Shell, here’s how you can do that.
Microsoft’s new Edge browser is ready for beta testing but don’t expect the final release to be available anytime soon.
Microsoft has released a new build of Windows 10 and in this new 19h2 release, there are a couple of new enterprise features coming to the OS.
Because wormable is a fun word, this edition of Short Takes looks at a serious new Microsoft update warning, Surface PCs getting throttled by a firmware update, Cortana’s summer of defeat, human-powered AI, and much more.
This month Microsoft patches ‘wormable’ vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop that it discovered during routine hardening, remote code execution flaws in Edge and IE, and a new advisory for LDAP security is issued for Active Directory.
Microsoft has a new FastTrack program for Windows 10 migrations for corporate customers but the bigger question is why is this launching now?