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Microsoft Sued by Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training
A group of authors is suing Microsoft, alleging it used their books without permission to train its Megatron AI model. The complaint against Microsoft came a day after a California federal judge ruled that Anthropic made fair use under US copyright law of authors' material to train its AI systems but may still be liable for pirating their books.
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SonicWall Says Malicious NetExtender Client Used to Steal VPN Credentials
SonicWall has warned customers about a malicious version of its SSL VPN NetExtender app that was used to steal VPN configurations and credentials. Threat actors modified two NetExtender application files, impacting organisations allowing remote network access. Both Microsoft and SonicWall have implemented measures to block the spread of these alter...
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Urgent Microsoft Windows Cyberattack Warning: Avoid Opening These Files
Despite the vulnerability existing for years, Windows has not assigned it a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier.
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Microsoft Introduces Edit, an Open-Source Command Line Text Editor for Windows at Build 2025
Microsoft made several key announcements at its annual Build developer conference on Monday. While the emphasis was on improving and adding new features to agentic functions and artificial intelligence (AI) agents and models, the company also released a new open-source command line text editor for Windows. Dubbed Edit, it arrives as a modeless edit...
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Microsoft's Phone Link Panel Arrives on Start Menu With Support for Android Devices: Report
Microsoft is said to be rolling out a new feature for Phone Link on Windows which lets users have a quick glance at their messages, calls, and more from the Start Menu itself. Although the feature was officially announced in the first week of May, users are now reportedly receiving it with the latest Windows 11 update. It adds a dedicated panel for...
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Microsoft Wins Appeal in FTC Challenge to $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Deal
FTC's legal challenge against Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard has been rejected by a US Court. A three-judge panel unanimously ruled that the lower judge had applied the correct legal standards and said the FTC had not shown it was likely to succeed on its claims that the merger would restrict competition.
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OpenAI Can’t Dodge Elon Musk’s Fraud Claims in Restructuring Suit
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, on Thursday ruled that Elon Musk can pursue fraud claims in the complaint he filed against OpenAI last year. She also declined to dismiss an unjust enrichment claim against OpenAI and Microsoft Corp., a major investor in the startup.
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OpenAI Says it Does Not Use Indian Media Groups' Content to Train ChatGPT, Court Filing Shows
OpenAI is seeking to stop Indian media groups from joining a copyright lawsuit against it. The company has denied that it uses content from Indian media to train ChatGPT. The filing relates to a lawsuit by Indian news agency ANI last year, which alleges that ChatGPT uses its published content without permission to help train its AI chatbot.
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GitHub Copilot Upgraded With Agent Mode and Gemini 2.0 Flash, Project Padawan Unveiled
GitHub Copilot, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for the coding platform, is getting several new features. Announced on Thursday, the company is adding a new agent mode to the chatbot that can automatically iterate on code generated by it and analyse errors. Alongside, the Microsoft-owned platform also made Copilot Edits generally available...
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Google to Ask US Appeals Court to Overturn App Store Verdict
Google has argued in court filings to the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals that a trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly benefited Epic Games.
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Microsoft Paint Gets a New Copilot Menu, Windows Search Expanded to Support OneDrive Files
Microsoft released a new Windows 11 Insider Preview build on Friday that makes changes to the Paint app and improves the Windows Search functionality. The new beta update is currently available to Windows Insider users in the Canary and Dev channels. With this, Microsoft Paint’s artificial intelligence (AI) features are now available inside a new...
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Windows 11 Could Offer Quick Options to Send Files, Evidence Spotted in Latest Preview Build
Microsoft released a preview build of Windows 11 last week and it appears to include a new method to share files from File Explorer to your phone or email. The new feature dubbed “Drag Tray” works like file sharing in smartphones and lets users share files by dragging them to the top of the screen.
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Microsoft's LinkedIn Sued for Disclosing Customer Information to Train AI Models
LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting last August that let users enable or disable the sharing of their personal data, according to a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night on behalf of millions of LinkedIn Premium customers.
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Microsoft Brings Semantic Indexing to Windows Search on Snapdragon-Powered Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft released a new Windows 11 Insider preview build on Friday. The new update adds the improved Windows Search feature in preview to the Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs. These artificial intelligence (AI) enabled devices will now support natural language or semantic searches for files stored locally. This means users can type conversational c...
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Print Preview Shortcut Key: What is it and How to Use it in MS Excel, Word and PDFs
This article provides a detailed guide on using print preview shortcuts in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PDF files, helping users streamline their printing tasks. By using these keyboard shortcuts, users can quickly check how their documents will look before printing, ensuring layout and formatting accuracy. In Excel, the shortcut Ctrl + F2 opens the ...
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Microsoft Sued by Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training
A group of authors is suing Microsoft, alleging it used their books without permission to train its Megatron AI model. The complaint against Microsoft came a day after a California federal judge ruled that Anthropic made fair use under US copyright law of authors' material to train its AI systems but may still be liable for pirating their books.
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SonicWall Says Malicious NetExtender Client Used to Steal VPN Credentials
SonicWall has warned customers about a malicious version of its SSL VPN NetExtender app that was used to steal VPN configurations and credentials. Threat actors modified two NetExtender application files, impacting organisations allowing remote network access. Both Microsoft and SonicWall have implemented measures to block the spread of these alter...
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Urgent Microsoft Windows Cyberattack Warning: Avoid Opening These Files
Despite the vulnerability existing for years, Windows has not assigned it a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier.
-
Microsoft Introduces Edit, an Open-Source Command Line Text Editor for Windows at Build 2025
Microsoft made several key announcements at its annual Build developer conference on Monday. While the emphasis was on improving and adding new features to agentic functions and artificial intelligence (AI) agents and models, the company also released a new open-source command line text editor for Windows. Dubbed Edit, it arrives as a modeless edit...
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Microsoft's Phone Link Panel Arrives on Start Menu With Support for Android Devices: Report
Microsoft is said to be rolling out a new feature for Phone Link on Windows which lets users have a quick glance at their messages, calls, and more from the Start Menu itself. Although the feature was officially announced in the first week of May, users are now reportedly receiving it with the latest Windows 11 update. It adds a dedicated panel for...
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Microsoft Wins Appeal in FTC Challenge to $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Deal
FTC's legal challenge against Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard has been rejected by a US Court. A three-judge panel unanimously ruled that the lower judge had applied the correct legal standards and said the FTC had not shown it was likely to succeed on its claims that the merger would restrict competition.
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OpenAI Can’t Dodge Elon Musk’s Fraud Claims in Restructuring Suit
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, on Thursday ruled that Elon Musk can pursue fraud claims in the complaint he filed against OpenAI last year. She also declined to dismiss an unjust enrichment claim against OpenAI and Microsoft Corp., a major investor in the startup.
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OpenAI Says it Does Not Use Indian Media Groups' Content to Train ChatGPT, Court Filing Shows
OpenAI is seeking to stop Indian media groups from joining a copyright lawsuit against it. The company has denied that it uses content from Indian media to train ChatGPT. The filing relates to a lawsuit by Indian news agency ANI last year, which alleges that ChatGPT uses its published content without permission to help train its AI chatbot.
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GitHub Copilot Upgraded With Agent Mode and Gemini 2.0 Flash, Project Padawan Unveiled
GitHub Copilot, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for the coding platform, is getting several new features. Announced on Thursday, the company is adding a new agent mode to the chatbot that can automatically iterate on code generated by it and analyse errors. Alongside, the Microsoft-owned platform also made Copilot Edits generally available...
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Google to Ask US Appeals Court to Overturn App Store Verdict
Google has argued in court filings to the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals that a trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly benefited Epic Games.
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Microsoft Paint Gets a New Copilot Menu, Windows Search Expanded to Support OneDrive Files
Microsoft released a new Windows 11 Insider Preview build on Friday that makes changes to the Paint app and improves the Windows Search functionality. The new beta update is currently available to Windows Insider users in the Canary and Dev channels. With this, Microsoft Paint’s artificial intelligence (AI) features are now available inside a new...
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Windows 11 Could Offer Quick Options to Send Files, Evidence Spotted in Latest Preview Build
Microsoft released a preview build of Windows 11 last week and it appears to include a new method to share files from File Explorer to your phone or email. The new feature dubbed “Drag Tray” works like file sharing in smartphones and lets users share files by dragging them to the top of the screen.
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Microsoft's LinkedIn Sued for Disclosing Customer Information to Train AI Models
LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting last August that let users enable or disable the sharing of their personal data, according to a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night on behalf of millions of LinkedIn Premium customers.
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Microsoft Brings Semantic Indexing to Windows Search on Snapdragon-Powered Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft released a new Windows 11 Insider preview build on Friday. The new update adds the improved Windows Search feature in preview to the Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs. These artificial intelligence (AI) enabled devices will now support natural language or semantic searches for files stored locally. This means users can type conversational c...
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Print Preview Shortcut Key: What is it and How to Use it in MS Excel, Word and PDFs
This article provides a detailed guide on using print preview shortcuts in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PDF files, helping users streamline their printing tasks. By using these keyboard shortcuts, users can quickly check how their documents will look before printing, ensuring layout and formatting accuracy. In Excel, the shortcut Ctrl + F2 opens the ...
