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Fortunately, developers at TikTok parent ByteDance quickly fixed the flaw after Microsoft researchers reported the issue to it in February through its bug bounty program, according to Dimitrios Valsamaras, a researcher with the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team. The bug has now been assigned the identifier CVE-2022-28799, and while it is fixed, Microsoft is urging all TikTok users on Android to update the app to the latest version. SEE: These are the biggest cybersecurity threats....

The New York Times reported that Microsoft Windows head Steven Sinofsky has left the Redmond-based company after a “mutual decision by Mr. Sinofsky and Steven A. Ballmer.” Julie Larson-Green will take over Sinofsky’s position. Microsoft described the departure of Mr. Sinfosky, a 23-year veteran of the company, as a mutual decision by Mr. Sinofsky and Steven A. Ballmer, the chief executive of the company. Julie Larson-Green, another Microsoft veteran in its Windows division, will take over the leadership of all engineering responsibilities related to Windows....

On the tech giant Microsoft. the side developments have been constant and a new rumor seems to point to the news on the Xbox side already in 2020. The tech giant Microsoft was one of the big companies taking the stage at E3 and during its presentations did not hide that it was already preparing a new version of its Xbox console. Of course, this information is not accompanied by any time window for the launch of these new features....

The upgraded camera arrangement now includes a 12MP IMX386 f/2.0 sensor assisted by 4-axis optical image stabilization,a 10-LED dual-tone ring flash, and phase-detection autofocus. The front camera, although, remains the same – a 5MP sensor with large 1.4μm pixels. Other than that, Pro 6s has a much larger 3,060 mAh, a substantial leap over the 2560 mAh pack found in the Pro 6. The phone also supports mCharge 3.0 fast charging via a 24W bundled charger....

That’s what Microsoft has begun to do with users using 7-generation AMD Ryzen or Intel Kaby Lake processors. As Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 can not be used with 100% stability with these processors, generating some incompatibilities, such as not playing some codecs, as well as blue screens and some incompatibility of drivers, As there are no official drivers available. So, the only way to use these processors with 100% stability is to do it with Windows 10....

Microsoft’s suite of apps on iOS are constantly expanding, and today the company has announced that yet another of its famous desktop apps is making its way to Apple’s mobile platform ─ Visio. Visio, for those unfamiliar, is a popular and trusted tool for diagramming, allowing users to create and view detailed diagrams. Now, Microsoft is bringing that product to the iPad, as well as to the web. “Visio Viewer” for the iPad is available now and allows users to share diagrams securely, all while having access on the go....

Microsoft today held its Build developers conference. While primarily focused on its own platforms and services, Microsoft did announce a few tidbits for those in the Apple ecosystem. Microsoft today announced that it will be bringing Windows Timeline to its iOS Edge Browser later this year. Timeline debuted in the latest version of Windows 10, allowing users to access their previously used apps and browser windows across all compatible devices. Similar to Apple’s Handoff features, iPhone or iPad owners with Windows 10 PCs will now be able to move between devices and continue where they left off....

Microsoft Ups Windows Server 2016 RAM Limit Microsoft’s decision to increase the RAM limits for Windows Server 2016; the software firms network operating system, was based on customer demand. The company was inclined to provide more support since customers are running more RAM-heavy apps such as SQL Server databases and new technologies like containers; outstripping the limits of Windows Server 2012, launched in 2012, which topped out at 4 TBs for the Standard and Datacenter editions....

Hence, recently, the tech giant Microsoft has revamped its launcher for Android smartphones, of course, I am talking about the Arrow Launcher. The newly launched new version of the tech giant Microsoft’s Arrow launcher has now new features to stay more integrated with your Windows 10 computer and has changed its name to Microsoft Launcher. The launcher is very customizable and has a look according to the tech giant Microsoft’s Fluent Design, with several translucent elements and effects of movement and depth....

Group Program Manager for Windows 10 Mail & Calendar apps Lynn Ayres writes: “On the Windows 10 Mail & Calendar team, we’re working hard to come up with new ways to make this possible. Along with architectural improvements that enable enhanced performance and faster innovation, we’re excited to announce several new features today.” Windows 10 Mail & Calendar Updates Focused Inbox will allow you to get to your most important emails easier by separating your inbox into two tabs – “Focused” and “Other....

While on the one hand some are fighting to put all the means to finish, or at least diminish, the consumption of copyrighted content in an illicit way, the millions of users who make use of them on a daily basis, always seem to find the way to avoid the obstacles of the film industry, software developers, or music producers, among other organizations. Keep in mind that wanting, or at least trying to carry out a control over what Internet users do or do not do on the Net, is a highly complex task, in fact for the most expert, it is almost impossible....

Meizu today unveiled a ‘Pro’ version of the MX4 at a special event in China. The handset looks similar to its smaller sibling, but comes with more power under the hood to live up to its ‘Pro’ moniker. The MX4 Pro boasts some seriously impressive specs, including a 5.5-inch Quad HD display from Sharp with a bezel space of only 2.8mm on its right and left edges. Internally, the handset is powered by an octa-core Exynos 5430 processor, which comprises of four Cortex-A15 cores clocked at 2GHz and four Cortex-A7 cores clocked at 1....

The specs of the Meizu MX5 aren’t slouch either. The all-metal clad smartphone sports a 5.5-inch AMOLED display. Speaking of the display, the company utilizes the MiraVision screen display technology, which features sunlight screen and low-light screen that can be dynamically adjusted to balance great vision in all light situations. It is powered by 64-bit capable MediaTek Helio X10 MT6795T processor clocked at 2.2GHz paired with 3GB of RAM and 16GB expandable storage....

The writing has been on the wall for Windows Phone for a very long time. It had long struggled to achieve more than one or two percentage points of market share; Microsoft wrote-off its Nokia hardware business in 2015; the company exited the consumer market in May; and even Bill Gates recently admitted he’d switched to an Android phone … The company had done everything but officially admit it was all over – and it’s now effectively done this in a tweet yesterday by the head of Microsoft’s mobile business, Joe Belfiore....

Microsoft had an year or so to keep using the Nokia brand for its mobile devices, and it’s understandable that Microsoft wants to disassociate from Nokia’s branding ASAP. But what’s more interesting is that the company is shying away from Windows Phone branding as well. Microsoft is planning not to use the Windows Phone logo in promotions and commercials, instead it will be replaced with just Windows. In fact, the change in branding has already started....

Let me tell you, Microsoft new launcher is very customizable and shares a look of Microsoft’s Fluent Design, with several translucent elements and effects of movement and depth. Well, the Launcher was previously available in the beta version. The reason we are talking about Microsoft Launcher is that the company released the final version of the app in Google Play Store. The company’s new Microsoft launcher is now rolling to all users along with the preview release of Microsoft Edge for Android....

The manufacturer has resurfaced as a phoenix with the help of HMD Global and had now entered the Android market. The next smartphone that could be expected from the HMD global is Nokia 9 and it’s going to be the first high-end smartphone from the Finnish company Nokia that can compete against the all new Samsung Galaxy S8, Note 8 and iPhone X. After releasing all their models, now the brands are preparing their new catalogues and looking to the next year that will be here in just 3 weeks....

Them premium feels! In terms of sheer looks, we think Micromax has been able to achieve the premium look for a budget range smartphone quite successfully. The Evok Note comes with a 5.5-inch full HD screen with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. It covers most of the front of the phone and comes with 2.5D glass which gives it a very elite look. Encased in a metal body, the Evok Note sports a home button just below the screen and there are three on-screen buttons for navigation....

At Microsoft’s event today it unveiled a huge array of ambitious and interesting tech which should be enough to make Apple stand up and take notice. The once-giant of the consumer electronics world has had to reinvent itself over the past couple of years, and judging from today’s event, it’s doing enough to get people interested again at the very least. At best, it could transform the way we see technology and computing....

Defender for IoT is an agentless monitoring system for securing Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to enterprise IT networks, like Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), printers, and smart TVs, as well as operational technology (OT) behind critical infrastructure. Microsoft Defender for IoT was launched in preview in late 2021 but was also formerly known as Azure Defender for IoT, which launched in public preview in 2020. Before that, it was called Azure Security Center for IoT....