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Microsoft posted on September 21 a placeholder page for the event on microsoft.com/event (Thanks to The Walking Cat for the link.) On that page it simply says “Watch Live to See What’s Next” with a watercolor version of the Windows wallpaper screen. The event starts at 10 a.m. ET. Microsoft’s October 12 event is widely expected to be a launch pad for a number of refreshed Surface-branded products – but not for anything metaverse/AR/VR-related, as far as we Microsoft watchers have heard at this point....

The 2022 edition isn’t a major upgrade, primarily focusing on its new 11th generation Core i5 processor and enhanced security features for business users. However, the Surface Laptop Go 2’s lightweight and stylish design should appeal to those seeking an ultraportable laptop for general, daily use. It covers a lot of bases too, providing both consumer and business variants aimed at users ranging from budget-limited students to business travellers....

In that time, Microsoft has added features like the 49-person grid view to native and web apps, break out rooms and Together Mode, gradually extending the functionality that it offers to remote teams. The latest feature it’s bringing to Teams furthers its collaboration goal for hybrid work via third-party apps that tap its “share-to-stage” feature. The feature allows video call participants, rather than just the meeting host, to interact with content....

Also: The 25 most dangerous software vulnerabilities to watch out for The group was discovered to be using Exchange bugs to mine for cryptocurrency in May, two years after it first emerged. Notably, the group behind LemonDuck is taking advantage of high-profile security bugs by exploiting older vulnerabilities during periods where security teams are focussed on patching critical flaws, and even removing rival malware. “[LemonDuck] continues to use older vulnerabilities, which benefit the attackers at times when focus shifts to patching a popular vulnerability rather than investigating compromise,” the Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team note....

Beyond that, improvements in MIDI over Bluetooth have spurred a new generation of digital instruments offering new spins on familiar instruments as well as novel form factors; many have come to market via crowdfunding campaigns. These are allowing aspiring musicians to learn and more experienced songwriters and performers to create and perform anywhere. The keys In the 1980s, novel synthesizers such as the Casio VL-Tone VL-1 provided a (chintzy) keyboard you could carry in your backpack....

OCC’s Enforcement Action The OCC’s Consent Order against Morgan Stanley details two instances where the investment bank failed to provide proper oversight of customers’ data. The first instance occurred in 2016, while the bank was decommissioning two datacenters associated with its US wealth management operations. According to the order, the bank failed to properly oversee the contractors dismantling and disposing of the datacenters’ associated hardware. The contractors lost some equipment and sent other equipment to be recycled before wiping all customer data....

Mozilla just released Firefox 97.0.2, Firefox ESR 91.6.1, Firefox for Android 97.3.0, and Focus 97.3.0 with the security fixes. The bugs are also fixed in Thunderbird 91.6.2. Both CVE-2022-26485 and CVE-2022-26486 are critical use-after-free memory-related flaws. CVE-2022-26486 could also lead to an exploitable sandbox escape, according to Mozilla. SEE: Cybersecurity: Let’s get tactical (ZDNet special report) “Removing an XSLT parameter during processing could have led to an exploitable use-after-free. We have had reports of attacks in the wild abusing this flaw,” Mozilla explains....

We incorporated in 2015. At that point my business partner and I already had a working product in the background, but we both had other jobs. By 2016 we had our first corporate client, which led us to grow our business substantially. I started working in the IT sector about 12 years ago, after my graduation. Overtime, I worked as a business analyst, product manager and head of product development for different companies....

The California-based company is a leader in laser-engraved metal business cards. Its customers include several high-profile organizations such as Google, Tesla, Nike, and Wells Fargo. Sensitive Customer Data Submitted to MMBC is Exposed Unfortunately, according to our investigation, MMBC’s storage practices might have allowed customer information to leak online. Our team found the personal email addresses, cell phone numbers, and home addresses of hundreds of high-level executives. And we found the business information of thousands more individuals....

NASA’s current work is arguably the most inspiring it’s been in the last 50 years, lending support to one of its key missions: to support education efforts in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). And there’s definitely evidence that space exploration inspires young people to study science. As the Council on Foreign Relations noted last year, the percentage of graduates holding bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering fields peaked in the late 1960s, around the time of the moon landing, but then declined slowly for several decades before the federal government began to reemphasize the importance of STEM education....

Also: The best TVs money can buy This article is designed to clarify the differences between two of the most popular technologies out there: Neo QLED and OLED. We’ll demystify what defines each technology, what the pros and cons of both are, and which might best serve you in your next TV. What is Neo QLED? Also: The best QLED TVs you can buy (from 50 to 98 inches) The benefit of this type of panel is that you have thousands of lighting zones....

Just so, what you are now is likely a function of things you have consumed, such as nutrients, yesterday, the day before, and for months or years, a fact which startup Twin Health is exploiting with machine learning to try to crack the code on medical conditions including diabetes. “We are solving for root cause of chronic metabolic diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, a cluster that affect a billion people and cause twenty-five million deaths a year,” CEO and co-founder Jahangir Mohammed told ZDNet in an interview via Zoom....

The People Behind the Clearview App The Clearview face recognition app was developed by a 31-year-old Australian developer and one-time model called Hoan Ton-That. Ton-That grew up in Australia with his Vietnamese family before moving to the US at the age of 19. There he met Richard Schwartz, now 61, co-founder of Clearview AI. Schwartz was an aide to Rudy Giuliani when he was mayor of New York and thus has many important contacts....

The Nikon Z 30, a compact mirrorless camera, is one of the newer entries. Touted as being “packed with the features creators, vloggers and streamers want,” the device has been built with live streaming and social media content production in mind – but the question is, does the camera do still photos justice, too? 4K streaming video, constant footage recording, and audio are all key to producing video content and streams....

Apple Sport bands are $49 and offer a minimalist design with a solid soft fluoroelastomer material. A small round pin secures the band on your wrist. Nomad’s new Sport Band is priced at $59.95 and also uses a fluoroelastomer material. The Nomad Sport Band material is a bit thicker, has openings cut in the band for ventilation, and has concave sections in the band to support the flow of air and sweat so the Nomad option is better for those who work out with their Apple Watch....

Norwegian’s Travel Agents Portal Breached On 13 March 2020, DynaRisk’s intelligence team found a breached database belonging to Norwegian. The data in question is related to travel agents who use Norwegian’s travel agent portal. DynaRisk says that they notified Norwegian immediately upon verifying the legitimacy of the data records. However, it took days to receive a response despite the initial message being opened later that day. After five days, a representative responded to the cybersecurity team to discuss the breach....

Police said they have pressed four charges of using a carriage service to menace, harass, offend after arresting a 65-year-old Paddington man on Wednesday who allegedly threatened to harm police horses. “Investigators were alerted to comments posted on the website of a media outlet, which referenced the protest and outlined threats to harm police horses,” Police said. “A short time later, a search warrant was executed at a nearby home, where police seized electronic devices, a computer and mobile phones, which will undergo forensic examination....

Alongside the government’s aspiration to roll out this approach, it has also expressed interest in procuring two new digital identity systems: One to deliver digital proof of identity and the other for digital identity sharing. The NSW government envisions that the first system will have features such as facial matching and liveness detection to allow customers to easily provide their identity digitally for use cases such as renewing a licence or certificate....

Nvidia said in a statement that the platform “provides enterprises with instant access to powerful computing infrastructure wherever their data resides.” The tool is available to be rented for a monthly subscription price of $90,000. There is a three-month minimum to all subscriptions, Nvidia explained. Manuvir Das, head of Enterprise Computing at Nvidia, said the Base Command Platform makes it easy for enterprises to instantly access the power of an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD to “accelerate the AI and data science development lifecycle....

The company reported net income of $406 million, or $1.42 per diluted share. Total revenue came to $2.6 billion, an increase of 43 percent versus the year-ago period, and better than the mid-point of NXP’s guidance. Analysts were expecting earnings of $2.31 per share on revenue of $2.58 billion. “We continue to be very positive about the long-term demand trends across all our end markets, and while the supply environment will remain challenging in the near term we have taken actions to increase supply which underpin our confidence to drive very robust growth for the remainder of 2021, as well as into 2022,” CEO Kurt Sievers said in a statement....