Today is Sunday, October 16th: time for the weekly roundup of the good, the bad and the ugly tech news of the week! The Good The iPhone 15 will be the first to have a USB-C charging port. The next generation iPhone 15 due out in the fall of 2023 will have USB-C charging port. Apple is also transitioning to USB-C charging by the end of 2024 for other devices such as wireless earbuds. This is ahead of European Parliament’s ruling requiring mobile devices with a power delivery of 100 watts or less must use USB-C charging by the end…
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If I were to say Microsoft 365 what would you think this product is? A new calendar/event/task manager application An annual support subscription service A new gaming console A rebrand of Microsoft Office If you had guessed’4′ you were correct, though the other three choices seem more plausible than the correct choice. Microsoft Corporation 417,00 +4,13 +1,00% has announced after 32-years they are doing away with the ‘Office’ name at least with the mobile apps and free Microsoft Store cloud-based versions. These will be rebranded to Microsoft 365. The rebrand would start with Office.com in November 2022, followed by Microsoft’s free…
Microsoft Corporation 417,00 +4,13 +1,00% has announced they will no longer be offering updates for Windows 10 21H1 (May 2021 update) after the December 2022 Patch Tuesday (December 13th): Microsoft said in an update to the Windows health dashboard that systems running Windows 10 21H1 (also known as the May 2021 Update) will no longer receive security updates. Customers using it should upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible to avoid exposing their systems to attacks exploiting unpatched security vulnerabilities. “The December 2022 security update, released on December 13, is the last update available for these versions. After…
October 2022 Patch Tuesday for Windows 10 users includes the mandatory Microsoft Corporation 417,00 +4,13 +1,00% Windows 10 KB5018410 and KB5018419 updates. These update addresses security vulnerabilities discovered during the previous month as well as resolve twenty bugs and performance issues. Here’s a list of bug fixes: Addresses an issue that requires you to reinstall an app if you did not get the app from the Microsoft Store. This issue occurs after you upgrade to Windows 10 or a newer OS. Addresses a rare error that leads to a blue screen. This occurs after you change the display mode while you are…
October 2022 Patch Tuesday for Windows 11 users includes the mandatory Microsoft Corporation 417,00 +4,13 +1,00% Windows 11 KB5018427 update. This update addresses security vulnerabilities discovered during the previous month as well as thirty improvements and bug fixes. The Windows 11 KB5018427 cumulative update includes approximately 30 improvements and fixes, with the highlighted fixes listed below: Fixes a bug preventing Microsoft Store updates from installing. Fixes a bug that caused IE Mode tabs in a session to reload when using Microsoft Edge. Addresses an issue that successfully opens a Microsoft Edge browser window in IE mode to display a PDF file. Later, browsing…
For the third time now Microsoft Corporation 417,00 +4,13 +1,00% has added a compatibility hold to prevent certain users from being offered the Windows 11 2022 Update (22H2). This time around it is user’s who utilize the Windows Hello feature to sign into Windows with a PIN or Biometric features (instead of their password). The issue is sign-on using Windows Hello may not work after upgrading to Windows 11 22H2 update. However, it appears Windows Hello should work if the feature is activated after installing the Windows 11 22H2 update. As the company explains, customers will experience problems signing in…
Finally, some good news regarding Windows 11 after what seems like a new issue or two every week stemming from the Windows 11 2022 Update (22H2). As mentioned prior Microsoft Corporation 417,00 +4,13 +1,00% plans on adding new features to Windows 11 when they are ready instead of tying said features to particular release. Coming ‘later this month’ (not sure if this will be on this month’s ‘Patch Tuesday’ which ironically is the 11th) will be the additional set of experiences for Windows 11 users such as the Tabbed File Explorer and improved taskbar. Note: The new features are only going…
Google Inc. 170,49 -0,33 -0,19% Chrome is the most popular browser amongst non-mobile users. With that being said so far in 2022 there have been a lot of vulnerabilities (303 to be exact). Yes, that is a lot. However, given Chrome is the most popular browser it is only natural hackers/scammers are going to go out of their way to find exploits to maximize their profits. This is the same reason Microsoft Corporation 417,00 +4,13 +1,00% Window’s has always been the primary target for OS exploits because of the larger user base. When the World Wide Web took off in…
Today’s new Microsoft Corporation 417,00 +4,13 +1,00% Windows 11 22H2 known issue affects enterprise admins and not home users. Admins are getting 0x800700b7 errors when trying to provision a device with the Windows 11 22H2 update already installed. Microsoft says the Windows 11 2022 Update is breaking provisioning, leaving Windows 11 enterprise endpoints partially configured and failing to finish installing. According to Microsoft, this known issue most likely affects provisioning packages (.PPKG files used to configure new endpoints on enterprise or school networks without imaging) during the initial setup phase. Microsoft’s current work-around is to provision the device before installing the…
Just as Microsoft launched a new deployment phase for the Windows 11 2022 feature update (22H2) whereas all users on ‘eligible devices’ can now get the 2022 update comes reports of more issues. This times involves using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) on machines with Windows 11 22H2 installed Installing the Windows 11 22H2 feature update will cause Remote Desktop clients not to connect, randomly disconnect, or freeze unexpectedly. “We have found that there is a bug in the Remote Desktop client so that it is only trying the UDP connection and not trying TCP connection. We only allow the…