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Microsoft is undergoing a regime change that could have a direct impact on its core business. Rajesh Jha, EVP for experiences and devices, which covers Microsoft 365 and Windows, has announced his retirement, and a succession plan. Jha will “transition out” on July 1 but remain in an advisory capacity. Interestingly, the company is appointing four EVPs to take over his duties: Longtime Microsoft alums Perry Clarke, Charles Lamanna, and Pavan Davuluri, and LinkedIn head Ryan Roslansky. They will all report directly to CEO Satya Nadella. The move comes as Redmond has been actively repositioning itself as AI-first, and pushing [...]
The retirement of old server equipment from data center facilities could become an opportunity for enterprises to generate revenue, instead of being an often costly recycling expense. Last year Western Digital announced it was experimenting with new ways to extract valuable rare earth elements and metals from obsolete servers from Microsoft’s US data centers, as part of a collaboration with Critical Materials Recycling and PedalPoint Recycling. And on Thursday, Reuters reported that Korea Zinc, which it described as one of the world’s largest smelters, is in “talks with major US technology firms to recycle data center waste and extract rare [...]
The team at Readiness each month analyzes the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance. The March release addresses 83 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, SQL Server, Azure, and .NET — a moderate volume with two publicly disclosed zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET (though neither is being actively exploited in the wild.) Six additional vulnerabilities spanning the Windows Kernel, Graphics Component, SMB Server, Accessibility Infrastructure, and Winlogon are flagged as “Exploitation More Likely.” The most significant change this month is the introduction of Common Log File System (CLFS) hardening with signature verification, which will affect [...]
Threat actors are exploiting two high severity zero day vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser that experts say IT teams must patch immediately. Google has issued emergency patches for the two holes, CVE-2026-3909 and CVE-2026-3910. This comes just days after the release of 29 fixes for holes as part of March Patch Tuesday, and a zero day patch released in February. Affected are browsers before version 146.0.7680.75. These exploits provide yet another reason why infosec leaders need to ensure there’s a corporate patching strategy in place for all authorized browsers and plugins. “If you’re not managing browser patches, your odds of getting [...]
Several European companies are warning that the EU’s increased focus on technological sovereignty could hurt both profitability and competitiveness and argue it will be difficult to quickly reduce dependence on US tech firms, the Financial Times reports. The European Commission is currently working on a new package for technological sovereignty aimed at reducing Europe’s dependence on US players in areas such as cloud services, software, and AI. The initiative has gained increased political momentum following concerns that geopolitical conflicts or sudden shifts in US policy could affect European companies’ access to critical technology. However, companies across sectors ranging from banking [...]
Windows 11 25H2 has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and help shape — upcoming features. Skip to the latest builds The Windows Insider program is divided into four channels: The Canary Channel is where platform changes (such as major updates to the Windows kernel and new APIs) are previewed. These changes are not tied to a particular Windows release and may never ship at all. Little documentation [...]
It’s all change at the top for Adobe as CEO Shantanu Narayen is stepping down after 18 years. He will relinquish the role as soon as a successor has been found, although he will continue to serve as Chairman Narayen left as the company posted record revenue of $6.4 billion in its first quarter, with the company highlighting its AI capabilities. Adobe’s lead independent board director, Frank Calderoni, thanked Narayen in a written statement. “On behalf of the Board, I want to recognize Shantanu’s contributions as CEO and architect of Adobe’s transformation over the past 18 years, and for positioning [...]
Remember the good old days of 2020 when Apple’s then-new M1 Macs were setting fresh records for Mac performance? You might also recall when those same Macs were described as being the fastest PCs to run Windows when using the Parallels virtualization software. If you recall that, and if light use of legacy Windows utilities or tools is something you still need, then it will interest you to learn that you can run Windows using Parallels on one of Apple’s new MacBook Neo systems. Windows on Neo In a note on its knowledge base, the Parallels team confirms the support: “Parallels Desktop runs on MacBook [...]
The FBI is so concerned about the threat of residential proxy attacks and the dangers posed by cyber criminals using the technique that it has posted guidance on its website. Residential proxies are used by cybercriminals to reroute traffic between individuals and the websites they visit to make it appear to originate elsewhere? By taking over IoT devices, smartphones, or home routers, cybercriminals can mask their illegal online activities. But it’s not just consumers who are at risk: Enterprises can be the targets of those illegal activities — and their devices can be taken over too. Older devices are particularly [...]
Humanity is diving headlong into a global experiment. More than 1 billion people have a new and unprecedented source of information and cognitive guidance: artificial intelligence (AI) trained on trillions of words. So, how exactly are AI chatbots affecting our minds, thoughts, beliefs and opinions? Scientists are scrambling to find out — and reports that have come out this week offer insights into what’s going on. AI writing tools can influence your beliefs and opinions Cornell University researchers published a new paper this week detailing two experiments that aimed to find out the cognitive impact of AI writing tools. One [...]
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