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Many users like Windows 11 and therefore quickly upgraded to the successor of Windows 10 once it got released. The OS definitely comes with a beautiful UI and the overall design is great. If after the update important files are missing as it happens in some cases, you might regret switching to Windows 11 quickly. Many factors can cause missing files/data, but Windows update is surely one of the most painful possible causes of data loss....

1 Viewing SVG Files in a Web-Browser2 How to View SVG Files in File Explorer directly3 How to Open and Edit SVG Vector Images in Paint.NET Raster Image Editor4 Editing SVG files with Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor5 How to Convert SVG Vector Graphics to JPG, PNG and other Raster Image Formats with One Click What is an SVG file? SVG stands for Vector Scalable Graphics and is technically an XML-based text format that describes how an image will appear....

Last month, the European Commission said Ireland had passed the deadline in which to make a decision. The cutoff point was January 3rd, and it said it would take Ireland to the ECJ as a result. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has responded, saying to parliament,“We’ve indicated to them (Apple) that we want the escrow account established and we want funds to be paid into the escrow account without further delay....

“We’ve heard from you that you don’t want to miss posts from your teammates, so you can comment on their latest project, extend congratulations on a work milestone, or chat about the trending news of the day.” While not available yet, the Teammates feature will allow professionals to prioritize which posts they want to see on LinkedIn. Twitter has recently debuted a similar feature, but it seems the LinkedIn version will be a little more complicated....

Today, the company announced Trending Storylines, a new feature which will help users discover news and ideas. In a blog post, the Vice President of LinkedIn, Tomer Cohen, describes the new feature as interest-based feeds. In addition to their main LinkedIn Feed, users will now have access to the new Trending Storylines feed. There, users will be able to access and discuss stories that are relevant to their industry. Trending Storylines will start rolling out in the U....

Though the short video clip feature is most often associated with Snapchat, Instagram, or TikTok, LinkedIn is emphasizing the professional context. This could be a quick way to share key moments at conferences and work events, or quick tips relevant to the industry. Whether the platform maintains its professionalism will ultimately depend on how its users utilize the feature. However, director of product management Pete Davies doesn’t expect it to be all suits and PowerPoint presentations....

Sudo (super user do) can typically only be command executed with specific user permissions or with password access at the root. Because of the flaw, it could be possible for attackers without these privileges to run a Sudo command. It is worth noting the configurations that are vulnerable are not standard. It is still concerning as non-permitted users could run dangerous commands at the Linux root. This is potentially a huge problem, but the relative rarity of the flaw eases the issue....

1 Specifications2 Availability The Magic Leap One Creator Edition is a mixed reality headset that costs $2,295. That is significantly cheaper than the $3,000 Microsoft asks for the HoloLens Development Edition. Similar to HoloLens, Magic Leap One is a spatial computing system. It’s is like an oversized goggle set that pairs with a puck-sized external computer called a Lightpack. Like HoloLens, the device uses augmented reality. This means virtual objects are layered into a real-world environment....

Meta describes data2vec and the first high-performance self-supervised speech, vision, and text algorithm in the world. It learns the same across all the speech, text, and vision modalities without using labeled data. The self-supervising aspect of the model is very important. Most machines learn by studying labeled data. However, a self-supervised model will learn from its surroundings and making observations to understand the structure of text, speech, and vision (images)....

As usual, the blog starts by talking up the platform. Office 365 now has over 85-million monthly subscribers, and Microsoft is working to ensure the platform meets a diverse range of customer needs. April will focus on delivering a better Office 365 Groups service. Microsoft says Groups is quickly becoming the “backbone” of collaboration within an organization. Customers use Groups within Microsoft services such as Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, Planner, Yammer, OneNote, and Skype for Business....

“Semmle’s revolutionary semantic code analysis engine allows developers to write queries that identify code patterns in large codebases and search for vulnerabilities and their variants,” GitHub explains Semmle develops code analysis tools that can be leveraged by organizations. Among the companies working with Semmle are Google, NASA, and Microsoft itself. Microsoft says Semmle will now be folded into GitHub, allowing security researchers to “quickly find vulnerabilities in code with simple declartive queries,” Microsoft says....

USyd worked alongside Microsoft and Stanford University to create a miniaturized component it believes “essential” for the scale-up of Quantum computing. The Microwave circulator ensures electrical signals only flow in one direction, similar to devices in radar systems and more. Usually, however, those devices are quite large. USyd has shrunk them by a factor of one thousand, from the size of a human hand to a device that can fit on a chip....

Revenue increased once again for Microsoft, jumping 11 percent compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2022. However, new income took a hit, decreasing by 14 percent year-on-year. Of course, Microsoft still made a profit, but it was lower than Q1 2022. In terms of raw numbers, Microsoft took $50.1 billion in revenue and $17.6 billion in net income. As I recently reported, the PC market is in decline after increasing during the pandemic....

“Penny and Arne are both strong leaders with impressive accomplishments and contributions that span business and public service,” said John Thompson, independent Microsoft board chairman. “They will serve as valuable additions to the board.” Named of the top 100 most powerful women in the world, Pritzker saw early success through her family’s business. Working her way up, she then founded Pritzker Realty Group, PSP Capital Partners, and co-founded Artemis Real Estate Partners....

The extension is a useful tool because it transforms PostgreSQL into a full distributed database. Microsoft did not detail the specific of the deal. As for Citus Data, the company says it will continue to build its infrastructure on PostgreSQL. “As part of Microsoft, we will stay focused on building an amazing database on top of PostgreSQL that gives our users the game-changing scale, performance, and resilience they need. We will continue to drive innovation in this space,” Citus CEO Umur Cubukcu wrote....

Even Azure customers using huge terabytes of memory, the new VM offerings will be a good choice. Microsoft says the next VMs will arrive soon and are based on Intel’s Xeon Scalable servers. Microsoft says it will release a number of virtual machine types that have been especially designed to work in intensive memory situations. For Azure customers, the standard running environment is SAP Hana database service. So, we known a 12 terabyte VM is arriving soon, but Microsoft also announced a 192 GB machines....

Azure Synapse Analytics is an analytics service that manages data for business applications. It was launched at Ignite last year and the Studio element of the service came later and also in preview. Microsoft says now both Azure Synapse Analytics and Synapse Studio are reaching GA. This announcement came yesterday following an online event hosted by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. He believes data and analytics will drive the ongoing digital transformation across enterprise....

Published on WIPO (via Windows Latest), the patent was awarded in this month but was originally applied for back in November 2019. In the patent, Microsoft describes a fitness tracker. As you might expect, this looks a lot like the Surface Band. That means it is more fitness band that smartwatch, at least in terms of design. Naturally, the underlying technology has been updated in the four years since the Surface Band 2 was discontinued....

1 Devices won’t scan and download updates2 Microsoft: Upgrade to Windows 103 Previous controversy However, it seems like that’s not the case for Intel’s, AMD’s and Qualcomm’s latest processors. Microsoft has announced that users who wish to receive Windows Updates on computers that have a 7th or later generation processor, should upgrade to Windows 10. In a support document which surfaced Thursday, the company explains that users may see one of two error messages:...

Testing of Dolby Vision has been ongoing since July and the standard is now widely available on Xbox One. Until now, the standard has been built directly into devices with screens, such as a TV. This represents the first implementation tailored specifically for gaming machines. As a result, Microsoft says Xbox users will get improved contrasts and 40 times more brightness. Also, blacks are 10 times darker than they would be before: “This leverages the power of Xbox to process and render Dolby Vision content, before sending over to the TV....