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Microsoft has shared a bizarre story of a time when the famous pop artist Janet Jackson was responsible for crashing Windows XP laptops. The culprit was her 1989 hit Rhythm Nation.

Apple has released two Remix Sessions on GarageBand for iOS and iPadOS. Users will be able to remix two new songs from Katy Perry and the K-pop group SEVENTEEN. You don't need music theory to start.

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The first purported picture of an upcoming Ryzen 7000 SKU in the form of the Ryzen 7 7700X has leaked. With the launch date for the upcoming CPUs nearing, such leaks are bound to happen.

According to a new report, AMD is allegedly facing firmware issues with its upcoming Socket AM5 and Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, which are set to launch at the end of this month on August 29.

The latest Microsoft Edge Canary update has finally introduced dark mode support for the window frame context menu, fixing one of the oldest consistency issues in Microsoft's browser.

Young adults in the UK are watching seven times less broadcast TV than the over 65s. The younger cohort prefers to fill its time watching YouTube videos and content on subscription streaming sites.

As it turned out, KB5012170 generates lots of headaches for customers. Besides the need to update UEFI to install updates, it causes multiple computers to boot into BitLocker recovery.

Microsoft has pushed Edge 105 to the Beta Channel, allowing insiders to test the browser before the public release later this year. Feature-wise, Edge 105 offers several minor improvements.

Here is another new tool coming soon to PowerToys. PowerOCR will allow users to grab text from any image, screen region, or file and then paste it into any other application for further editing.

NASA has announced that is going to upgrade its ancient 30-year old systems with state of the art technology. The next-gen computing systems are going to be around a 100 times faster.

Microsoft has started rolling out an update for the Windows Web Experience Pack, enabling Widget notifications for all Windows 11 users, not only Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta Channels.

WhatsApp has announced that its new app for Windows is now live. It ditches the web-based Electron framework in favor of Windows-native Universal Windows Platform (UWP) technologies.

The latest Windows Server 2022 cumulative update KB5016693 (build 20348.946) brings several improvements and fixes including in TPM, BitLocker, Defender for Endpoint, and much more.

Microsoft Excel will have the ability to tag users using the @mentions feature. Only the desktop iteration of the spreadsheet software is getting the feature, for now, indicated Microsoft 365 roadmap.

Microsoft has released Build 22000.917 to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, with a new remote language management as well as enhanced Microsoft Defender for Endpoint protection.

Meta has an official policy to combat misinformation campaigns that could flare up before the upcoming 2022 U.S. Midterm elections. Facebook will offer better access to official information.

Amazon has announced that it's putting up fees for sellers that use Fulfillment by Amazon. Each item sold in the U.S. or Canada will incur a $0.35 fee. Amazon blamed inflation for the decision.

Facebook Reels is getting an update with the addition of six features. These include the “Add Yours” stickers, creator studio, crossposting between Instagram and Facebook, and others.

Microsoft has announced the early access dates of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on Xbox for those who pre-order the game digitally. Both the campaign and multiplayer will have early access.

A member of NVIDIA Metropolis, Seoul Robotics, is making cars autonomous by employing an AI-enabled computer vision platform that is backed by NVIDIA CUDA libraries, along with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin.

Read this free to download 2022 Cloud Security Report, to find out what 775 cyber-security professionals had to say about the current state of cloud security and today's biggest security threats.

According to multiple reports today, Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch the next major feature update for Windows 11, version 22H2 on September 20, which is in line with earlier leaks.

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Microsoft and Canonical have jointly announced today the availability of native .NET 6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The announcement promises smaller packages, timely security updates, and more.

AMD shared the reveal date of the next generation of Ryzen processors. The company plans to show Zen4-based CPUs for the AM5 platform on August 29 during the “together we advance_PCs” event.

The second wave of August for Xbox Game Pass subscribers has a bunch of day-one arrivals, another Ubisoft open world game, indie hits, and more, just as a whole host of titles leaves.

What happens when you ask an AI-based text-to-image generator to produce a product image? Here is how artificial intelligence imagines stock wallpapers for Microsoft's next operating system.

While the Xbox Ultimate Add-on Sale is still going on, Microsoft has updated the Deals with Gold with some great new discounts. Pick up games from the Borderlands franchise and Grim Dawn for less.

Spotify has a hard-to-miss offer for those considering signing up for the service. New subscribers can get three months for free, and returning customers can get a significant discount.

Microsoft Edge 105 (and newer) support Encrypted Client Hello, a mechanism that enhances privacy by encrypting metadata in TLS. This guide will show you how to improve privacy by enabling ECH in Edge.

The UK government is set to roll out a warning system in October this year similar to that in the US, which will alert users of flooding, extreme weather, public health emergencies, and more.

Microsoft revealed its plans to disable old Transport Layer Security protocols in Internet Explorer and EdgeHTML next month. The company will pull the plug on TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on September 13, 2022.

Apple has issued a new guideline requiring employees to return to office starting from September 5 and working there three days a week. The company had already dropped its mask mandates last month.

Following subpoenas issued by the FTC during the ongoing probe of Amazon, the company has accused the regulator of making unjust demands to harass its top executives, including ex-CEO Jeff Bezos.

Two more games are now available to Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers as membership bonuses for free as part of Games with Gold. The titles are ScourgeBringer and Monaco.

Signal has reported a recent phishing attack on its verification service provider, Twilio, which has exposed approximately 1,900 users registered to a Signal account. Twilio has shut down the attack.

Microsoft has warned about a phishing campaign called "SEABORGIUM". The threat actors of SEABORGIUM first build up rapport with the targets before duping them to rob their data, like credentials.