The first time I felt it was in the mid-70s. I was in high school. I was sitting in front of an ASR-33 teletype machine and I hit something, probably the RE-TURN key. That’s how it was spelled. The keys were all very small and round, and RE- was on the top and TURN on the bottom of the key. I hit the key, and it said “READY.” No machine had ever responded to me interactively before....

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UKG, Kronos’ parent company, said the vital service will be out for “several weeks” and urged customers to “evaluate and implement alternative business continuity protocols related to the affected UKG solutions.” In a statement to ZDNet, UKG said it “recently became aware of a ransomware incident that has disrupted the Kronos Private Cloud,” which they said “houses solutions used by a limited number of our customers.” “We recognize the seriousness of the issue and have mobilized all available resources to support our customers and are working diligently to restore the affected services,” the company said....

Even if you have no previous knowledge or experience whatsoever, you’ll be amazed by just how much you can pick up in an hour of content spread across 18 lectures in “Java Foundations”. Students love this course so much; they’ve rated it a really impressive 4.9 out of 5 stars. That’s not really surprising since the course is offered by Zenva Academy, a leading e-learning platform that developers worldwide look to for advanced skills training....

But how do you get your passwords and other data out of LastPass? Must read: Ditching LastPass? Here are some alternatives to try Here’s how. There are a few different ways to get your data out of LastPass, but the easiest, most reliable way I’ve found is to log into your account through a browser on a computer. You can then export a file of your data that’s CSV (Commas Separated Variable) compatible, which most password applications and services will accept (this is a whole other topic, and I suggest you test things and take your time, because there’s always the risk of messing things up and losing your password data)....

There are currently three customisable configurations available on Lenovo’s UK website, with prices ranging from £3,253 up to £5,386 (inc. VAT). There are many more off-the-page models in the US, starting at $1,869 and topping out at $5,159, along with a build-your-own option. The latter starts at $1,739 and can rise to over $7,500 with all the hardware options maxed out. Don’t expect to throw the 17.3-inch Lenovo ThinkPad P17 Gen 2 into a backpack and take it on your travels – it’s not that kind of laptop....

But due to a lack of interest, the site will see stories removed by the end of the month. “We introduced stories last year as a fun and casual way to share quick video updates. We’ve learned a ton. Now, we’re taking those learnings to evolve the stories format into a reimagined video experience across LinkedIn that’s even richer and more conversational,” LinkedIn senior director of product Liz Li said in a blog post....

This had been coming for some time. Torvalds hinted to me the day before in an exclusive interview that this move was coming. “It’s been going on long enough that we just need to merge it because not merging it isn’t helping anything. And it is going to happen.” We’ll know later today if Rust makes it in. I expect that it will. The Rust programming language has already become Linux’s de facto second Linux language....

The website, operated by security expert Brian Krebs, was subject to an assault by the “Meris” botnet on Thursday evening. Meris is a new botnet on the scene which is powered by Internet of Things (IoT) devices. IoT products, PCs, home gadgets – including cameras, VCRs, TVs, and routers – that are hijacked become slave nodes in a botnet’s network and are then can be used to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, among other functions....

Trickbot, known for stealing banking credentials and delivering ransomware, seemed unstoppable once. It continued to thrive despite an effort led by Microsoft in 2020 to patch millions of infected PCs and take down most of its command and control (C2) servers, with the exception of its Internet of Things (IoT) C2 devices, until it finally shut down earlier this year. Now, Microsoft has filled in one detail about how the TrickBot gang’s IoT C2 devices, namely compromised MikroTik routers, were being used since 2018 for stealthy communication with infected PCs....

ChromeOS is Google’s proprietary OS based on the open-source ChromiumOS, which itself is underpinned by Linux. Microsoft security researcher Jonathan Bar Or found the bug in the ChromiumOS Audio Server (CRAS), a service that routes audio to peripherals such as USB speakers and Bluetooth headsets. Or found a local memory corruption issue that could be remotely triggered by manipulating audio metadata, either in the browser or via Bluetooth. SEE: The 7 best cybersecurity certifications: Become a security expert “Attackers could have lured users into meeting these conditions, such as by simply playing a new song in a browser or from a paired Bluetooth device, or leveraged adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) capabilities to exploit the vulnerability remotely,” he explains in a blogpost....

It’s the standard approach Microsoft has been taking to the Windows 10 rollout in recent years, which starts with a throttled release and accelerates a few months later. This release timing helps avoid early compatibility hiccups on different hardware and drivers, and then nudges machines on older versions of Windows 10 over to the current release. As of January 20, Microsoft’s machine-learning algorithms began targeting devices on Windows 10 20H2 for automatic upgrades to 21H2....

Today, AT&T officials said they are moving their 5G mobile network to Microsoft’s cloud, which provides a path for all of its mobile network traffic to be managed using Azure technologies. The first piece to be moved will be AT&T’s 5G core, which connects mobile users and IoT devices with Internet and other services. In 2019, Microsoft and AT&T announced Azure technology would be woven into AT&T’s 5G and edge networks, so that AT&T’s virtualized 5G core Network Cloud will be able to deliver Azure services to customers....

Running until September 11, the Redmond giant is offering discounts on budget tablets to future-proof laptops, headsets, gaming accessories, and everything in between. As summer draws to a close and parents or guardians begin to organize their school shopping lists, the independent sales launched by vendors, including Microsoft, are a great opportunity to purchase the equipment necessary for modern learning – a laptop, often, being the bare minimum to access online assignments and classes – for a substantial discount....

I’ve asked Microsoft to clarify what constitutes an “unsupported state.” Does this mean no security updates ever? Anything else? So far, no response. Update (August 28): An “unsupported state,” in this case, means your PC won’t be entitled to receive updates via Windows Update. These may (or may not) include security and driver updates. As a result, your PC may encounter compatibility issues and become unusable, may experience issues that Microsoft support won’t be able to help resolve, and may not be covered by warranty....

The patches released address common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in: Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Azure and Azure Arc; .NET and Visual Studio and .NET Framework; Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based); Office and Office Components; Windows Defender; and Linux Kernel. This release comes on top of 15 patches for CVEs in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) and one patch for side-channel speculation in Arm processors, as noted by Zero Day Initiative. By comparison, Microsoft disclosed 141 CVEs in August....

Last spring, Microsoft rolled out a way for IT pros to view their users’ product feedback via a mechanism in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. That product feedback option is located under the Health node in the Admin portal. A note about Microsoft feedback on the docs.microsoft.com site that is dated October 5, 2021, includes this information: “To meet Microsoft’s legal obligations to customers, we’re working on a new experience in the Microsoft 365 admin center that lets administrators view, delete, and export the feedback data for their organizations....

I asked Microsoft for some of the app titles that were added to the collection; no word back so far. The full set of Windows 11 features that begin rolling out today includes: Although Microsoft announced last year that it would deliver only one feature update per year to Windows 10 and 11 users starting this year (with the 22H2 releases coming around October), today’s blog post about the new features indicates that Microsoft is planning to continue to roll out new features independently of this annual update....

Designer looks to be a tool meant to help individuals create polished-looking Instagram and LinkedIn posts and stories, Facebook ads, brochures, invitations and more. Users can start with a blank canvas or provided templates for their creations. (A preview of the Designer tool was briefly available via designer.microsoft.com to those with personal or Microsoft education accounts, but Microsoft has since blocked the content available at that URL, even though the Designer logo still appears....

The new client, as expected, looks and feels a lot like the current Outlook for the Web/Outlook.com clients. It also has new features like message reminders; a calendar board; a single view for email, calendar, and to-do; and support for a test version of Loop components. The new Outlook client also allows users to quickly attach files and documents that are stored to the cloud in their email messages by using the “@thenameofthefile” convention to see options....