Topic: microsoft response
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Ex-Microsoft Attorney: How to Handle Trump's Halo IP Use
Microsoft faces controversy after U.S. government accounts used Halo intellectual property in political posts, but remains silent to protect its substantial business relationships with federal agencies. The company prioritizes its identity as a business software provider over gaming concerns, avo...
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Elon Musk Accused of Silencing Microsoft Critics of Charlie Kirk
Elon Musk publicly called on Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to investigate Blizzard employees who criticized commentator Charlie Kirk online following his death. Conservative figures, including Representative Clay Higgins, supported consequences for those who spoke negatively about Kirk, with some s...
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Microsoft's Plan to Restore Trust in Windows
Microsoft is urgently redirecting engineering resources to address widespread Windows 11 performance issues, intrusive advertising, and aggressive AI integration that have eroded user trust. The operating system has been plagued by problematic updates causing crashes and boot failures, alongside ...
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Windows 11 Bug Duplicates Task Manager When Closing
A Windows 11 update (KB5067836) is causing Task Manager to duplicate when closed, impacting system performance by consuming CPU and memory resources. Microsoft has not officially acknowledged the bug, and their documentation for the update lists no known issues, despite user reports and media inq...
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Did a Windows Update Really Break Your SSD? Probably Not.
Reports emerged suggesting Windows 11 updates damaged SSDs with Phison controllers, causing concern among users on social media. Both Microsoft and Phison conducted investigations and found no evidence linking the updates to drive failures, with tests unable to reproduce the issue. The claims wer...
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Windows 11 SSD Issues Linked to Early Firmware, Microsoft Says
Recent Windows 11 updates were initially blamed for SSD failures, but the root cause appears to be early firmware and BIOS versions rather than Microsoft's software. Hardware manufacturer Phison found that pre-release or outdated firmware, often used in review units, led to instability when paire...
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Windows Recall: What It Is and Why You Should Enable It
Windows Recall is a new feature for Copilot+ PCs that captures periodic screenshots of user activity, enabling users to search through their digital history to find past documents, applications, or web pages. The feature utilizes Microsoft's Copilot AI to understand and intelligently search the c...
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Windows Is the Real Problem With Windows Handhelds
The core issue with modern Windows handheld gaming devices like the Xbox Ally is Microsoft's Windows OS, which suffers from reliability problems in sleep mode, wake functionality, and battery management during standby. Replacing Windows with Bazzite, a Linux-based OS, resolves these issues, provi...
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ROG Ally X Review: Early Units Shipped by Amazon France
The ROG Ally X has been delivered early to some customers in France due to a shipping error by Amazon France, sparking excitement and envy among gaming enthusiasts ahead of its official October 16 launch. Early recipients have shared positive initial impressions, highlighting the device's lightwe...
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Senator Accuses Microsoft of "Gross Cybersecurity Negligence"
Senator Ron Wyden has called for a federal investigation into Microsoft's cybersecurity practices, citing negligence that has left critical infrastructure vulnerable to attacks. Wyden specifically highlighted a ransomware attack on Ascension Health, where hackers exploited a vulnerability via a m...
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Urgent Windows Flaw CVE-2025-9491 Actively Exploited by Hackers
A critical Windows security flaw (CVE-2025-9491) is being actively exploited by hacking group UNC6384, enabling unauthorized code execution through malicious LNK files in spearphishing campaigns targeting European diplomatic and aviation entities. The exploitation involves a multi-stage malware c...
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1.1.1.1 DNS Mis-issued Certificates Threaten Internet Security
Three mis-issued TLS certificates for the DNS resolver 1.1.1.1 were discovered, posing a serious security risk to encrypted DNS queries and potentially other Cloudflare services. The certificates, issued by a Microsoft-trusted authority, could have allowed interception of encrypted traffic on Win...
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Beware Malicious VS Code Extensions Stealing Data
Malicious extensions named Bitcoin Black and Codo AI were discovered on the VS Code marketplace, using social engineering and functional facades to steal sensitive developer data. The malware employed sophisticated techniques like DLL hijacking to deploy a powerful infostealer that harvested clip...
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Trump's DHS Uses Halo Meme to Recruit ICE Officers
The Department of Homeland Security is using Halo franchise imagery in a social media recruitment campaign, linking directly to ICE's hiring portal with game-inspired text like "DESTROY THE FLOOD." This strategy follows a previous DHS post that incorporated Pokémon content, drawing parallels betw...
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