Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Since April, Bing has been slowly testing a new BingBot user agent, slowly rolling it out to more percentages of crawls over the year. Fabrice Canel from Microsoft said while the new BingBot is still only doing 50% of all crawls, it will move to 100% of all crawls in early January.... →

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Microsoft says a vulnerability it discovered in a core macOS security feature, Gatekeeper, could have allowed attackers to compromise vulnerable Macs with malware. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-42821, was first uncovered by Microsoft principal security researcher Jonathan Bar Or, and dubbed the “Achilles” vulnerability. Bar Or said the bug could allow malware to skirt Gatekeeper’s […] Apple fixes bug that let malicious apps skirt macOS’ security protections by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Every developer knows that it’s a bad idea to hardcode security credentials into source code. Yet it happens and when it does, the consequences can be dire. Until now, GitHub only made its secret scanning service available to paying enterprise users who paid for GitHub Advanced Security, but starting today, the Microsoft-owned company is making […] GitHub brings free secret scanning to all public repos by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Linux Foundation today announced the launch of the Overture Maps Foundation, a new nonprofit organization that aims to enable developers to build new mapping products thanks to its interoperable map data and new tooling. The new organization was founded by AWS, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom, but the organization stresses that it is “open to […] AWS, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft will begin a phased rollout of an expanded data localization offering in the European Union on January 1, it said today. The EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud, as it’s branding the provision for local storage and processing of cloud services’ customer data, is intended to respond to a regional rise in demand […] Microsoft to start multi-year rollout of EU data localization offering on January 1 by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Linux Foundation has partnered with some of the world’s biggest technology companies to develop interoperable and open map data, in what is a clear move to counter Google’s dominance in the map data realm. The Overture Maps Foundation, as the new effort is called, is officially hosted by the Linux Foundation, but the program is driven […] Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation to develop interoperable open map data by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Security researchers say they have evidence that threat actors affiliated with the Cuba ransomware gang used malicious hardware drivers certified by Microsoft during an recent attempted ransomware attack Drivers — the software that allows operating systems and apps to access and communicate with hardware devices — require highly privileged access to the operating system and […] Ransomware gang caught using Microsoft-approved drivers to hack targets by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft is sunsetting an experimental research project that uses audio-based technology to help visually-impaired people navigate and gain a stronger awareness of their surroundings. However, the company also revealed that it will release the code under an open source license for other developers to use. The technology giant first debuted Soundscape back in 2017, essentially […] Microsoft to sunset Soundscape 3D audio app and open-source the code by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft announced that if you do financial service ads in its network, like on Bing Search, in the UK, you will need to be verified in early 2023. "Starting early 2023, we'll allow only advertisers duly authorized by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to present regulated financial promotions in the UK," wrote.... →

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Microsoft is to acquire a 4% stake in the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), the company that owns the London Stock Exchange as well as a several other businesses including financial market data company Refinitiv which LSEG acquired from a Blackstone/Thomson Reuters consortium last year for $27 billion. Microsoft’s stake, which it bought from the […] Microsoft to acquire 4% stake in London Stock Exchange Group as part of 10-year cloud partnership by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Microsoft today announced that it acquired Lumenisity, a U.K.-based startup developing “hollow core fiber (HCF)” technologies primarily for data centers and ISPs. Microsoft says that the purchase, the terms of which weren’t disclosed, will “expand [its] ability to further optimize its global cloud infrastructure” and “serve Microsoft’s cloud platform and services customers with strict latency […] Microsoft acquires startup developing high-speed cables for transmitting data by Kyle Wiggers originally publish... →

Стороны договорились о сделке на $68,7 млрд в январе 2022 года.... →

The FTC announced Thursday that it would sue to block Microsoft’s acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard. Microsoft announced plans to buy the company, which has been plagued by sexual harassment and discrimination allegations and labor disputes, back in January for $68.7 billion. The deal would be mark a seismic shift in the gaming industry […] The FTC is suing to block Microsoft from buying Activision by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

It seems perhaps the rules of fairness your parents taught you as children also apply to large multi-billion dollar defense contracts. This week the DoD announced that it was awarding four big tech companies – Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle – an equal opportunity to share in a $9 billion contract to bring the department […] This time, the DoD gives four tech titans equal shot at piece of $9B cloud contract by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

North Korean state-sponsored hackers exploited a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer to target South Korean users with malware, according to Google’s Threat Analysis Group. Google researchers discovered first discovered the zero-day flaw on October 31 when multiple individuals uploaded a malicious Microsoft Office document to the company’s VirusTotal tool. These documents purported to […] North Korean hackers exploited Internet Explorer zero-day to spread malware by Carly Page ori... →

Sound design in games is rarely given the same level of attention as graphics, but games these days really do have extraordinarily detailed and interesting soundscapes. Microsoft thinks so, anyway, and is bringing two auditory environments from Halo Infinite and Sea of Thieves to the meditation app Calm. It’s small news and in a way […] Halo and Sea of Thieves ambience tracks come to Calm meditation app by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →