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Earlier this year, we reported on how a former employee said #Microsoft dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw because it feared losing #government business. #Russian hackers later used the weakness to breach the National Nuclear Security Administration, among others.
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#Tech #News #Cybersecurity #Hacking #Data #Technology
Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack
Former employee says software giant dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw because it feared losing government business. Russian hackers later used the weakness to breach the National Nuclear Security Administration, among others.ProPublica
Legal and contracting experts say the administration’s deals with #Microsoft never should have come to pass, as they sidestep or even possibly violate federal procurement and #antitrust laws.
#News #Technology #Government #Biden #Tech
Biden Asked Microsoft to “Raise the Bar on Cybersecurity.” He May Have Helped Create an Illegal Monopoly.
When the White House welcomed Microsoft’s offer of $150 million in tech services, it helped the world’s largest software provider tighten its grip on federal business and freeze out competitors.ProPublica
"To all my writer friends that use MS Word - Microsoft has turned their Al bits and bots on to automatically go through anything done via Word. Here's how to turn it off. File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Connected Experiences"
On the Mac I found it under Word/Excel/Etc > Preferences > Privacy, and near the bottom was the checkbox for "Turn on optional connected experiences" which of course was on by default.
Y'ALL KNOW #COPILOT IS BULLSHIT, RIGHT?
you do not invest 13 BILLION IN EQUITY nor gift some scripty kids another $2 billion, give or take, so you can have your own separate and much inferior #AI product, right?!?!?!
"#Microsoft Discloses Equity Investment in #OpenAI for First Time: Filing"
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CoPilot is to #ChatGPT what #Bluesky is to #Xitter and it should be damn obvious #techbros been doing shit like this to skirt regulations, not so much in the US but EU.
Microsoft discloses equity investment in OpenAI for first time: filing
Microsoft previously described its relationship with OpenAI as a partnership. Now, it's disclosed an equity investment in the startup.Ashley Stewart (Business Insider)
"TOTAL (WINDOWS) RECALL" - The story of a woman framed by technology.
Discover the terrifying world #Microsoft has in store for us at
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and support #FreeSoftware to stop it from happening.
#Halloween #fundraiser #creepy
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