Business email and shared calendaring services attached to custom domainsOnline storage, with shared space for collaboration and a large allotment of personal storage space for each user accountProductivity apps for creating and collaborating on documents, spreadsheets, and presentationsCorporate communication tools, including messaging, online meetings, and video conferencingA management interface, with advanced features such as compliance and archiving for enterprise customers as well as security features including two-factor authentication Both of these services are underpinned by a robust, highly reliable cloud infrastructure with data centers worldwide....

Microsoft’s newly-announced Power Apps Express Design capability uses AI models from Azure Cognitive Services to turn drawings, images, PDFs and Figma design files into applications. Microsoft also announced this week that the Azure OpenAI Service is now available in preview. Those in the preview will be able to access different models from OpenAI, including the GPT-3 base series (Ada, Babbage, Curie and DaVinci), Codex series and embedding models, and combine them with the enterprise capabilities of Azure....

Azure Orbital Cloud Access is meant to intelligently prioritize traffic across fiber, cellular, and satellite networks. The prioritized network traffic happens via SpaceX’s Starlink coupled with Azure edge devices, giving customers access to Microsoft cloud services anywhere Starlink operates. SpaceX has been one of Microsoft’s lead partners for Azure Space since the initiative began. Last year, Microsoft announced Azure Orbital had reached preview, allowing customers to communicate with and control satellites from Microsoft- and partner-owned ground stations around the world with no backhaul costs into Azure....

Microsoft also announced today that Microsoft and Nuance are combining Nuance’s contact center solutions Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Customer Service product to build a secure, AI-infused contact center offering.

Microsoft this week confirmed a serious elevation of privilege flaw, tagged as CVE-2021-36934, that could allow a local attacker to run their own code with system privileges. While the bug is important, the attacker must have already gained the ability to execute code on the target system in order to exploit the flaw, according to Microsoft. SEE: Network security policy (TechRepublic Premium) The bug affects the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database in all versions of Windows 10 from version 1809....

The new features were uncovered by avid Windows watcher Albacore, who shared his findings on Twitter. The new features in the test versions may or may not make it to any Windows 11 release. Microsoft last week announced it would test out new features in Windows Insider Dev Channel OS builds that won’t necessarily make it into a particular Windows release. SEE: Windows 11: Here’s how to get Microsoft’s free operating system update Per Albacore, Windows 11 may let users choose stickers for the wallpaper that can be configured via a new Sticker Editor app to persist across wallpaper changes....

In the Redmond giant’s latest round of patches, usually released on the second Tuesday of each month on what is known as Patch Tuesday, Microsoft fixed the aforementioned active exploit, as well as seven other “critical” issues: five remote code execution (RCE) bugs and two elevation of privilege (EoP) flaws. The remaining list of 67 exploits are dominated by additional RCE and EoP bugs. A smattering of denial-of-service, information leaks, security feature bypasses, and spoofing issues were corrected as well....

Microsoft has launched Defender Threat Intelligence and Defender External Attack Surface Management (EASM) — two new products that merge technology Microsoft gained after acquiring security firm RiskIQ last July for $500 million. There may appear to be some overlap between Microsoft’s existing services, such as its Azure-powered Sentinel security information and event management (SIEM) service and Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, a managed threat hunting service, and its Defender Experts for XDR, a managed extended detection and response (XDR) service....

Apply advanced multi-layer protection against threats enabled easily with secured-core server. Secure connectivity to business-critical assets with an additional layer of security during transport, including support for HTTPS and TLS 1.3 enabled by default. Manage and govern Windows Server on-prem with Azure Arc Get better virtual-machine management with the latest Windows Admin Center. Migrate file servers from on-premises to Azure with new supported scenario in Storage Migration Service. Improve container application deployment with smaller image size for faster download and simplified network policy implementation....

Since then, Microsoft has been broadening its distribution. In 2019, officials said they planned to integrate Kaizala into Teams while adding a substantial number of new features to the group-messaging product. In 2020, Microsoft announced the integration of Kaizala into Teams was delayed and that the standalone Kaizala product would continue to be available as part of some Office 365 and Microsoft 365 plans. Microsoft still has other chat and messaging services beyond Teams, including Skype and GroupMe....

The open letter was from the NetGain Partnership, including the Mozilla Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network and more. The group of foundations focus their work on fostering research into emerging technology. The letter, signed by the CEOs and presidents of each organization, lambasts Facebook for their decision to close the accounts of NYU researchers Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy. The two led a team of researchers that ran the Ad Observer browser extension, which allowed Facebook users to let the researchers see what ads pop up when they visit the social media platform....

Weighing only 4.63 pounds, the 15.6-inch laptop offers full HD with a 1920 x 1080 resolution and a 240Hz variable refresh rate. Plus, the LCD features a Wide Viewing Angle for when you’re catching up on your latest shows with a friend. More: Asus’ new Vibe CX34 gaming Chromebook brings high-end specs Aside from the sleek design and display, there’s a lot to unpack about this laptop, including the 8-core processor that can boost up to 4....

The Psyche spacecraft was to make a 280 million-mile voyage – using Mars for a gravity assist – to its namesake asteroid as part of NASA’s Discovery Program, a line of focused, high-quality missions to be completed at a low cost. The mission’s goal remains to gather information on the asteroid Psyche. As a result of a violent collision during the Milky Way’s formation, Psyche may contain exposed core material....

NBN said the credit would cover July and be allocated on each retailers’ share of total national overage. It added it would waive charges for ISPs breaching CVC utilisation conditions for the final week of July. The company reiterated it was still introducing its Superfast Plus rebate to lower the price to get users onto 250Mbps and 1Gbps plans. After lockdowns were imposed in NSW and Victoria, NBN said it saw peak bandwidth of almost 20....

On Thursday, Larry Cashdollar, senior security researcher at Akamai said the malware, dubbed Capoae, is written in the Golang programming language – fast becoming a firm favorite with threat actors due to its cross-platform capabilities – and spreads through known bugs and weak administrative credentials. Vulnerabilities exploited by Capoae include CVE-2020-14882, a remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Oracle WebLogic Server, and CVE-2018-20062, another RCE in ThinkPHP. The malware was spotted after a sample targeted an Akamai honeypot....

Each board comes equipped with a full set of theme-appropriate keycaps in the MT3 profile, Drop’s own Holy Panda X switches, and its Phantom Stabilizers, all organized in a tenkeyless layout and housed in an aluminum body. Fans of Tolkien’s forest-dwelling elves will likely want to opt for the green-tinted model with a stylized version of the Two Trees of Valinor located above its arrow cluster. Those more fond of Middle-earth’s bearded dwarves may instead choose the gray model with a design taken from the Doors of Durin (possibly better known as the entrance to the Mines of Moria) emblazoned on it....

The fifth edition of the Nonprofit Trends Report from Salesforce unpacks how organizations that have embraced technology have the strongest relationships and highest rates of goal achievement – regardless of their size, revenue, or location. Here are the four main takeaways: My key takeaways of this report will focus on the use of technology to drive better outcomes and stakeholder benefits. The Nonprofits Trends Report is a 58 page document with incredible insights, but I would like to focus this post on digital transformation and use of technology in nonprofits....

2021 was a record year for North Korea’s military hackers, the most notorious of which is Lazarus, the group behind the destructive wiper attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014, WannaCry ransomware in 2017, multiple banks via the SWIFT banking system, and numerous cryptocurrency exchanges. Also known as APT 38, the group has focused in on cryptocurrency theft as a prime vehicle for raising revenue for the country and evading US and UN economic sanctions....