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Huawei consumer chief Richard Yu holds a Matebook X Pro at a launch event in April 2024. Image credit: Huawei

#mobile OS

New Huawei Chip Appears As Company Shifts Away From Windows, Intel

Huawei's Kirin X90 chip receives security certification ahead of rumoured launch of HarmonyOS-based PC next month

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#AI

Lenovo Beats Estimates, Raises Projections As PC Sales Recover

World's biggest PC maker Lenovo beats sales predictions, raises forecast for 2025 as AI capabilities, Windows 11 spur upgrades worldwide

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#Legal

Delta Calls CrowdStrike Outage ‘Unacceptable’

Delta trades barbs with CrowdStrike, Microsoft over worldwide outage that led to 7,000 cancelled flights and $500m losses at airline

#OS

NHS Delays Continue After Windows Outage

Patients told to expect delays into this week as disruption to EMIS booking system leads to 'considerable' backlog amidst global outage

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#Security

CrowdStrike Says ‘Significant Number’ Of Systems Back...

CrowdStrike says 'significant number' of systems affected by global outage now back online, as Russia, China relatively unscathed

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#Artificial Intelligence

Computex: Qualcomm Promotes Windows AI Chips With ‘I’m A...

Qualcomm promotes new AI chips for Windows PCs using former actor from Apple's 'I'm a Mac' TV adverts as Microsoft pushes ARM-based chips

#Cloud

China Bans Intel, AMD Chips, Windows OS From Government Computers

Beijing reportedly begins blocking the use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers, and sidelines Microsoft's Windows OS

#Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft To Add Copilot Key To Windows PC Keyboards

Microsoft is to add a Copilot key on future keyboards for Windows PCs, in first major keyboard change in 30 years

#Innovation

Tesla Recalls 1.1 Million Vehicles Over Window Closing Issue

Injury risk with automatic window reversal system sees Tesla recall nearly 1.1 million vehicles in the United States

#Cloud

Microsoft Launches ‘Cloud PC’ Service With Windows 365

True device independence? Microsoft users can now stream their Windows operating system onto an Apple Mac, tablet, or smartphone

#Innovation

Apple’s Siri No Longer Uses Female Voice By Default

Apple ends default choice of female voice for Siri, as Microsoft pulls plug on Cortana for Android and iOS

#Laptops

Windows 10 ‘Sun Valley’ Promises Major Overhaul

OS refresh. Major update to six year old Windows 10 operating system, dubbed Sun Valley, is expected in October/November this year

#Laptops

Microsoft To ‘Reinvigorate’ Windows 10 User Interface...

New look and feel for Windows 10 is reportedly on the way, as part of a major revamp of the five year old operating system

#Security

Researchers Uncover Stuxnet-Style Flaw In Windows

The zero-day vulnerability affects the same Windows component used by Stuxnet to attack critical infrastructure when it was first appeared 10 years ago

#Security

Microsoft Uncovers ‘Massive’ Pandemic-Themed Phishing...

Scam emails use Excel spreadsheets containing Covid-19 data as a lure, then execute malicious macros that give attackers control over system

#Security

Nvidia Patches High-Risk Flaws In Windows Drivers

Nvidia's GeForce Experience also affected by locally exploitable flaws, which could allow code execution, escalation of privilege or denial of service

#Software

Microsoft Rolls Back Windows 10 Change That Caused Audio Glitches

Issue is an embarrassment for Microsoft, whose recent Windows 10 bug-fixes have been plagued with problems of their own

#Security

Nvidia Patches High-Risk Flaws In Windows Display Drivers

Bugs in GeForce, Quadro, NVS, and Tesla drivers could allow local code execution, denial of service or escalation fo security preferences

#Cloud

Microsoft Puts Amazon’s Alexa On Windows 10 Lock Screen

Feature arrives in a test Windows 10 build aimed for final release later this year, along with enterprise and security updates

#Security

Researchers Release Micropatch For ‘BlueKeep’ Critical...

The bug has been compared to the 'EternalBlue' vulnerability behind WannaCry, NotPetya and other worldwide malware outbreaks

#Marketing

Microsoft Says Windows 7 Activation Bug Was Caused By Server Update

The issue, affecting some volume-licensed Windows 7 systems, occurred at the same time as the release of Microsoft's January patches, but the two are unrelated

#Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Restructuring Sees Exit Of Veteran Terry Myerson

Another Nadella shakeup at Redmond sees focus on “intelligent cloud and intelligent edge”

#Security

Poisoned BitTorrent Client Hits 400,000 Windows PCs With Malware

Attackers used a counterfeit software update to launch the massive Windows malware campaign

#Security

Intel Promises New Processors To Fix Meltdown, Spectre Vulnerabilities

ANALYSIS: Intel CEO Brian Krzanich confirmed chips without Meltdown and Spectre are in 2018 but questions continue about a rumored “information embargo”