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| | | Google, Microsoft Find Another Spectre, Meltdown Flaw | | CNET | Intel and Microsoft on Monday disclosed a newly found variant of the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws, revealing another vulnerability in chips used in hundreds of millions of computers and mobile devices. Intel is calling the new strain "Variant 4." While this latest variant taps into many of the same security vulnerabilities that were first revealed in January, it uses a different method to extract sensitive information, according to the company. | | Your Summer Reading List, Provided by Bill Gates | | Quartz | Americans are gearing up for summer vacation, which for Microsoft cofounder and famous bookworm Bill Gates means loading up the suitcase with books. The philanthropist and ardent reader has issued his annual summer reading list. This year his recommendations for beach reads touch on some of Gates’ favorite themes. They include two popular history books, a meditative novel on mortality, and a techno-utopian book about logic. Here’s this year’s list, along with annotations from Gates. | | Microsoft Is Bringing the SharePoint Work Environment to Virtual Reality Headsets | | The Verge | Microsoft overhauled its SharePoint software two years ago to better compete with Dropbox, Slack, and Box, and it’s going a step further by bringing its business-focused software to its Mixed Reality headsets. SharePoint is primarily used by businesses to organize documents, build intranet sites, and manage content internally. 400,000 organizations use SharePoint, but it’s not the software you’d most expect to arrive on virtual reality headsets. | | Microsoft Trumps Google, Dropbox in Business Cloud Storage Wars | | TechRepublic | A Spiceworks survey highlighted the overwhelming demand for better cloud security, and showed that most companies were turning to the tried and true option of Microsoft. |
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| | | 7 Gmail Tips Every Emailer Should Know | | CNET | Want to quietly opt out of an email chain or take back that pathetic note to your ex? Gmail can help. | | Chrome Has a Built In Malware Scanner, Here’s How to Use It | | How-To Geek | Lots of malware tries to bog down your browser, but Google Chrome isn’t defenseless—on Windows there’s a built-in scanner called Cleanup. This software runs in the background periodically, but you can manually run a scan right now by heading to the URL chrome://settings/cleanup in your browser, or by going to Settings > Reset and clean up > Clean up computer. Give it a shot, especially if your browser seems sluggish. |
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| | | ‘Crush Them’: An Oral History of the Lawsuit That Upended Silicon Valley | | The Ringer | "On May 18, 1998, the U.S. Justice Department and 20 state attorneys general filed an antitrust suit against the most powerful tech company in America: Microsoft," writes Victor Luckerson. "On the 20th anniversary of the filing of the Justice Department’s suit, we asked the lawyers who tried the case, the competitors who found themselves under Microsoft’s heel, and the journalists tasked with making sense of it all to recount tech’s most important legal battle, in their own words." A really fascinating, informative read. |
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| | | SharePoint Innovations Transform Content Collaboration with Mixed Reality and AI | | Microsoft 365 Blog | Yesterday at the SharePoint Virtual Summit, streamed live from SharePoint Conference North America, Microsoft shared its vision and roadmap for 2018—showcasing innovations that bring Microsoft’s investments in AI and mixed reality to life and new experiences and features to transform content collaboration for the modern workplace. | | Update Asana Tasks from Outlook with Actionable Messages | | Asana Blog | With the launch of actionable messages in Outlook, you no longer need to switch between tools to take quick actions on tasks. Now, you can update tasks right from Asana emails notifications in Outlook, saving you time and keeping work on track. |
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