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Maxi 11x 💉<p>Indem <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> alle Angestellten zwingt, starke Nutzung von LLMs zu machen, brockt es sich nicht nur Sicherheitslücken ohne Ende ein – das ist der offensichtlichere Nachteil – sondern wird Funktionen auch so halbgar implementieren, dass es in der Vibe-Session so aussieht, als erfüllten sie ihren Zweck, in der Praxis aber vermodert ihnen damit die ganze Codebasis. Ihrer Software wird damit langfristig die erodierende Reputation zum Verhängnis. Man muss von außen nur zuschauen und genießen.</p>
Guilherme<p>Fun fact: imprimir o artigo "<a href="https://ursal.zone/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>" da Wikipedia usa 10 páginas. O artigo "Criticism of Microsoft" usa 34.</p>
Tekno Fix - IT Solutions<p>Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coding</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Powershell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Powershell</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
ITSEC News<p>Windows 11 24H2 updates failing again with 0x80240069 errors - The KB5063878 Windows 11 24H2 cumulative update, released earlier this week, fails to ins... <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-24h2-updates-failing-again-with-0x80240069-errors/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/micr</span><span class="invisible">osoft/windows-11-24h2-updates-failing-again-with-0x80240069-errors/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>A lawyer for the hyenas has contacted me, and I apologize for comparing them to Microsoft.</p><p>Hyenas eat babies because they're hungry. Microsoft is full of well-fed assholes who act like this because they want to.<br><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a></p>
ITSEC News<p>New downgrade attack can bypass FIDO auth in Microsoft Entra ID - Security researchers have created a new FIDO downgrade attack against Microsoft Entra ID ... <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-downgrade-attack-can-bypass-fido-auth-in-microsoft-entra-id/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/new-downgrade-attack-can-bypass-fido-auth-in-microsoft-entra-id/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>
qsv.ch - Internet-Service<p>Def Con 33: So einfach wird Microsofts Login-Seite zum Phishing-Service.<br>Mit Microsofts Login authentifizieren sich Unternehmensnutzer inzwischen an etlichen Stellen. Jedoch lässt sich das ziemlich einfach zum Phishing missbrauchen.</p><p><a href="https://qicx.net/tags/qsvpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qsvpress</span></a> <a href="https://qicx.net/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://qicx.net/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Def-Con-34-Phishing-as-a-Service-mit-Microsoft-10518817.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/Def-Con-34-Phish</span><span class="invisible">ing-as-a-Service-mit-Microsoft-10518817.html</span></a></p>
Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers<p>This is why unions are important!</p><p>The working class needs to stand together to hold those in power accountable for their actions!</p><p>Arkane Devs Call For Microsoft To Stop Working With Israel </p><p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/arkane-devs-call-for-microsoft-to-stop-working-with-israel/1100-6533901/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamespot.com/articles/arkane-d</span><span class="invisible">evs-call-for-microsoft-to-stop-working-with-israel/1100-6533901/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Arkane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arkane</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Devs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Devs</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Xbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xbox</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>The Xbox app for Windows on Arm will soon let you download games <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/758828/microsoft-windows-on-arm-xbox-app-download-feature" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/758828/micro</span><span class="invisible">soft-windows-on-arm-xbox-app-download-feature</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Xbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xbox</span></a></p>
killick<p>We use a shared calendar in MS Outlook at work. Outlook is incapable of letting me see the list of who has or has not replied to my invitation. Every time I schedule a meeting, Outlook reminds me that it's crap.</p><p>"This meeting isn't on your primary Calendar. Attendee responses won't be displayed in the meeting, but you can still receive responses in email."</p><p>This is so inane. The information MUST exist inside Outlook, but Outlook just won't show it to me, and warns me that it won't every time I book something on the shared calendar. If I want to track who has or hasn't replied and what the reply was, I have to come up with my own spreadsheet or list. Thanks for nothing, Outlook. <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/Outlook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Outlook</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Microsoft Makes Pull Print Generally Available - Microsoft has made "Pull Print" for Universal Print generally available, letting u... - <a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/13/165224/microsoft-makes-pull-print-generally-available?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/13</span><span class="invisible">/165224/microsoft-makes-pull-print-generally-available?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a></p>
Janice Harayda<p>A wonderful comment at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.dm/@medium" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>medium</span></a></span> from @drrayhealey about my new story there on seven parenting strategies of Bill Gates' mother:</p><p>"I worked at Forbes magazine for 17 years and read a lot about Gates, but your story was a revelation."</p><p>Writers live for comments like that!</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Medium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medium</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parenting</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillGates</span></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/lit-life/how-bill-gates-mother-helped-her-geeky-son-thrive-a14c4fce6ee6?sk=954c8ef4a570ac77cb2d3955daf06c96" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/lit-life/how-bill-g</span><span class="invisible">ates-mother-helped-her-geeky-son-thrive-a14c4fce6ee6?sk=954c8ef4a570ac77cb2d3955daf06c96</span></a></p>
Guilherme<p>Não esperava receber spam da <a href="https://ursal.zone/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> via governo federal.</p>
Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers<p>Not to be outdone by Genshin Impact</p><p>PUBG is cooked on PS4 and Xbox One </p><p><a href="https://www.polygon.com/pubg-ps4-xbox-one-closing-shut-down-date/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">polygon.com/pubg-ps4-xbox-one-</span><span class="invisible">closing-shut-down-date/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/PUBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PUBG</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/PS4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PS4</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/XboxOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XboxOne</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Sony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sony</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a></p>
Doug Levin<p>I have to wonder if my employer - who is encouraging us all to maximize our use of AI - knows that Microsoft is doing this behind their backs: an unprompted (and annoying) Copilot popup on my desktop. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copilot</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> </p><p>Not that I've clicked, but do wonder if it is somehow integrated with Microsoft's LinkedIn.</p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Ars Technica: GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps down. “…it looks like GitHub will be more fully folded into Microsoft’s organizational chart starting next year—GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke announced today that he would be leaving GitHub and Microsoft ‘to become a founder again.’”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/13/ars-technica-github-will-be-folded-into-microsoft-proper-as-ceo-steps-down/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/13/ars-technica-github-will-be-folded-into-microsoft-proper-as-ceo-steps-down/</a></p>
//devdigest<p>⚡️ GPT-5 Now in Visual Studio's GitHub Copilot</p><p>🏷️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devdigest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devdigest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dotnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotnet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/net" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>net</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visualstudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visualstudio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>git</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/github" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>github</span></a></p><p><a href="https://devdigest.today/goto/4776" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">devdigest.today/goto/4776</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Friedemann<p>Was ist euer Fazit zum netzpolitischen Sommer 2025 soweit?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> etc. – alles Themen, die sich mit anderen Menschen viel besser verarbeiten lassen als alleine.</p><p>Darum: Köpfe zusammen stecken – nicht in den trockenen Boden. Hier sind dafür geeignete Community Events im 🗓️ August bis Dezember (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Auswahl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Auswahl</span></a>):</p><p>👉 <a href="https://blog.campact.de/2025/08/digital-konferenzen-koepfe-zusammen-stecken/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.campact.de/2025/08/digita</span><span class="invisible">l-konferenzen-koepfe-zusammen-stecken/</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bewegung.social/@campact" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>campact</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChaosZeltZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChaosZeltZone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kollapscamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kollapscamp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MRMCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MRMCD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Datenspuren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Datenspuren</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FreedomNotFear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomNotFear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrivacyCamp25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyCamp25</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NOOK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOOK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/39C3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>39C3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CryptoParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Permacomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Permacomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a></p>
Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers<p>Cinematics made with unionized labor!</p><p><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/UnionStrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnionStrong</span></a></p><p>Blizzard's Story and Franchise Development team has voted to unionize </p><p><a href="https://www.engadget.com/gaming/blizzards-story-and-franchise-development-team-has-voted-to-unionize-213818158.html?src=rss&amp;guccounter=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">engadget.com/gaming/blizzards-</span><span class="invisible">story-and-franchise-development-team-has-voted-to-unionize-213818158.html?src=rss&amp;guccounter=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Blizzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blizzard</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Cinematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinematics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Xbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xbox</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a></p>
ITSEC News<p>Microsoft removes PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11, Windows Server - Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after a... <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-removes-powershell-20-from-windows-11-windows-server/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/micr</span><span class="invisible">osoft/microsoft-removes-powershell-20-from-windows-11-windows-server/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>