Microsoft patches six actively exploited vulnerabilities

Microsoft patches six actively exploited vulnerabilities

Microsoft fixed 88 vulnerabilities on Tuesday as part of its monthly patching cycle. Six of those flaws were already being actively exploited in the wild before a patch was available and another four were publicly disclosed, putting the total number of zero-day vulnerabilities covered in this release at 10. Of the 88 vulnerabilities patched only…

Microsoft has a fix for preventing the next CrowdStrike fiasco, but is it a good one?

Microsoft has a fix for preventing the next CrowdStrike fiasco, but is it a good one?

The massive worldwide Windows outage caused by a disastrous update from the security company CrowdStrike made clear again just how reliant the world is on technologies few people understand — seemingly even the companies in charge of them. The incident is a case study in how vulnerable the world is, not just to technology, but to the…

Windows 365 — Microsoft’s cloud-based OS explained

Windows 365 — Microsoft’s cloud-based OS explained

Microsoft introduced Windows 365 three years ago, a service that lets the company cut partners out of the money-making loop by providing virtual PCs to customers. Rather than provide only the operating system or the OS and bits of other software — notably productivity applications in the form of Office — Microsoft also serves up ersatz hardware,…

Meta and Universal Music Group sign deal on AI music

Meta and Universal Music Group sign deal on AI music

Social media giant Meta and the music company Universal Music Group, UMG, are expanding their previous long-term music agreement. The new deal allows Meta’s users to share songs from Universal’s music library on Meta-owned Facebook, Instagram, Horizon, Threads and Whatsapp without violating copyright, Techcrunch reports . The pact will also concern the treatment of “unauthorized AI-generated…

Apple’s Patreon fee will hurt the wrong people

Apple’s Patreon fee will hurt the wrong people

Apple’s insistence on taking a slice of subscription sales made on iOS from Patreon seems short-sighted, as it effectively takes money from the pockets of creatives who probably aren’t earning that much. Of course, from Apple’s point of view, its rules have to apply consistently and apparently it has not been consistently applying these against Patreon, which…

X faces new challenges in Europe over AI training with personal data

X faces new challenges in Europe over AI training with personal data

After the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), Austrian advocacy group NOYB has now filed a complaint against the social media platform X, accusing it of using personal data to train its AI systems without consent. In a statement, NOYB said it has lodged GDPR complaints with data protection authorities in nine countries to ensure the…

GenAI compliance is an oxymoron. Ways to make the best of it

GenAI compliance is an oxymoron. Ways to make the best of it

One of the biggest challenges CIOs face today is reconciling the constant pressure to deploy generative AI tools with the need to keep their organizations in compliance with regional, national, and often international regulations. The heart of the problem is a contradiction deeply embedded into the very nature of generative AI systems. Unlike the software…