Microsoft launched its Azure Space initiative last October. Azure Space was developed by the tech giant to position Azure in the space and satellite-related connectivity and compute part of the cloud market. Azure Space Australia’s operations are based in Adelaide’s Lot Fourteen and is headed up by former US Air Force colonel Lynn McDonald. On Thursday, the tech giant said it inked an agreement with Nokia and the South Australian government to build communications, connectivity, and advanced data processing solutions featuring satellite imagery, AI analytics, and 5G-based technology that could be used for various applications such as rail safety, mine automation, defence, and public sector use cases....

Especially now, as the likes of Mark Zuckerberg try to escape a world that doesn’t like them to a new Meta-world where no one will recognize them. There’s something about a real handshake, real eye contact and a real glass of Cabernet Sauvignon that makes business not only run more smoothly but also be (slightly) more pleasurable. Since the pandemic began, many employees – especially in areas such as sales and HR – have been denied reality....

(A screenshot from a Microsoft video.) That’s the American way. We get up every day; we’re excited about our lives, our jobs and our bank balances. At least that’s what we say – because a positive attitude is vital to being, or appearing to be, a success. Yet is this everything? And has the pandemic incited us to wonder whether we’re really so excited about working at all? Even if we’re the boss....

The full list of features included in Office 2021 is here. Microsoft will be making the visual updates to the apps in Microsoft 365 available starting October 5. Microsoft’s officials said they’d be adding consumer Teams features to both Microsoft 365 and Office 2021 during October and November so that users can run Teams on Windows 10 and macOS. 

Also: Best Windows 10 laptop in 2021 With this next release, Microsoft has a formidable task ahead of itself. Many IT pros don’t want Windows to change much because of user retraining and increased help requests. That means tweaks need to be made in ways that don’t cause the kind of pushback and, ultimately, failure, that happened with Windows 8. At the same time, Microsoft is looking to compete with both Apple and Chromebook makers with this release, and the needs and desires of users running those two types of devices are quite different....

Microsoft announced its Teams apps for meetings feature for the desktop last November and updated its roadmap for the feature at its virtual Build 2021 conference in May. Teams apps for meetings lets developers build apps that work across the full “lifecycle” of a meeting. Now, it’s not just the desktop version of Teams that supports this functionality, but it’s also on iOS and Android. SEE: Top 100+ tips for telecommuters and managers (free PDF) (TechRepublic) The apps in meetings feature allows developers to customize Teams by integrating in-house apps into workflows around a Teams meeting....

Viewing 98 people simultaneously on a video call sounds like overload, but Microsoft has handled it with a new “paging” feature on the Large Gallery mode. When users are in Large Gallery mode – when there are more than 49 people on screen – navigation controls appear below the Large Gallery, which can be used to view or engage with more participants. SEE: Top 100+ tips for telecommuters and managers (free PDF) (TechRepublic) The choice to divide the 49-person view into two pages does seem to make sense, given there’s already quite a mental load of viewing 49 people on a screen – and doubling the amount would likely result in video feeds too tiny for most screens....

On Friday, the researcher went public with their findings, which contained one vulnerability fixed in iOS 14.7 and three unpatched vulnerabilities. The fixed bugs involved Analyticsd and allowed apps to access logs containing medical information, device usage information, application crashes, and information on device accessories. The unpatched vulnerabilities included the gamed service not properly checking game-center permission and allowing access to the Core Duet database that contains all contacts from Mail, SMS, iMessages, and some attachments; Apple ID email, full name, and authentication tokens allowing access to access at least one apple....

Discovered by Armis researchers, the vulnerability can be used to bypass existing security mechanisms in PLCs to hijack the devices and potentially impact wider industrial setups. The authentication bypass vulnerability, dubbed Modipwn, has been assigned as CVE-2021-22779. Without authorization, it is possible for attackers to abuse undocumented commands and obtain full control over one of these chips, overwriting memory, leaking a hash required to take over secure connections, and executing code – which, in turn, can impact the security of workstations that manage the PLCs....

The new Moto Go Stylus will replace the 2020 model, updating its internals and design. The latest model ditches a Qualcomm processor in favor of a MediaTek Helio G88, ups the screen size from 6.4 to 6.8-inches, adds a 90Hz refresh rate, and boosts the main camera from 48-megapixels to 50-megapixels. Perhaps more importantly, the battery size goes from 4,000mAh to 5,000mAh, with Motorola promising two days of use between charges....

Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security by the belief that creating a longer, more complex, harder-to-guess password will somehow make you safer online. You can create a password that is so long and complex it takes you five minutes to type, and it will do nothing to protect you if the service where you use that password stores it improperly and then has their server breached. It regularly happens....

On Thursday, Twitter general manager Kayvon Beykpour announced that he was leaving the company after seven years, claiming that CEO Parag Agrawal “asked me to leave after letting me know he wants to take the team in a different direction”. “I hope and expect that Twitter’s best days are still ahead of it …with the right nurturing and stewardship, that impact will only grow,” Beykpour added. Additionally, Twitter’s revenue and product lead Bruce Falck was also fired....

Whatever kind of work you do, whether it’s business or data analysis, the odds are good that you will need to use Microsoft Excel at some point. From keeping track of invoices to complex data analytics, Excel can do it all, given you have the right skills. The only question is how to get those skills, and right now, there’s an attractive option for self-starters: A 14-course master class in Excel is available from Skill Success, and right now, you can literally name your price to get it....

On Friday, NASA announced that they have decided to move forward with the mission with a new projected 2023 launch period opening on October 10, 2023 and estimated arrival at the asteroid in August 2029. The spacecraft’s projected journey will be very similar to the original one planned for 2022, still using a Mars gravity assist in 2026 to send the spacecraft towards the asteroid, according to NASA. Spacecraft flight software continues to undergo testing in preparation for the 2023 launch date....

In an update to the numbers it revealed to Senate Estimates in May, where it had replaced almost 48,000 FttC connection devices across November 2020 to March 2021, NBN said it has now replaced 99,226 NBN Co Connection Devices (NCD) from 1 December 2020 to 11 November 2021. “Between 1 October 2021 and 11 November 2021 NBN Co has replaced a total of 21,424 devices. This includes replacements as a result of multiple severe weather events across the eastern states of Australia during October,” it said....

If you’re creating any content online, sooner or later, you’ll reach a point where DIY just isn’t enough. Shooting video, animating, and editing is enough work without having to supply all the dialogue. Plus, high-quality voice acting can be expensive. So if you haven’t considered using AI voiceovers, you should know the technology has come a long way. Case in point: Micmonster. Text-to-speech apps are nothing new, but the quality of default voices on this buzzworthy tool is impressive, and that’s before you dive into the many customization options....

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Analysts were expecting New Relic to report a loss of 37 cents per share on revenue of $172 million. Shares of New Relic were up as much as 5% after hours. The company said it had 15,400 active customer accounts as of June 20. Of that total, approximately 862 are paid business accounts with contracts greater than $100,000. These accounts attributed around 76% of New Relic’s quarterly revenue. In a statement, CEO Bill Staples said the company is now focused on returning to revenue growth, following eight consecutive quarters of revenue deceleration....