Month: October 2021

Review of the now-released Windows 11: improved modern UI and sounds, but many promised features like Android apps are missing and new taskbar is a step back (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Review of the now-released Windows 11: improved modern UI and sounds, but many promised features like Android apps are missing and new taskbar is a step back  —  Microsoft’s new OS is a work in progress  —  Microsoft wants Windows 11 to feel familiar.  While the company has attempted drastic

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Facebook employees and an internal memo say that, several hours into the incident, Facebook’s security experts were still trying to identify the root issue (New York Times)

New York Times: Facebook employees and an internal memo say that, several hours into the incident, Facebook’s security experts were still trying to identify the root issue  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and its family of apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp, went down at the same time on Monday …

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BrandPost: CIS Hardened VMs on AWS Graviton2: Enhancing EC2 Security

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) now offers two CIS Hardened Images on AWS Graviton2 processors: Ubuntu Linux 20.04 and Amazon Linux 2. Amazon Web Services (AWS) custom builds these processors using 64-bit Arm Neoverse cores. AWS Graviton2 processors deliver 40% better price performance compared to current generation x86-based instances, according to AWS. These hardened VMs are two of more

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The world’s third-largest semiconductor foundry GlobalFoundries, now 100% owned by UAE’s Mubadala, files for US IPO; H1 2021 revenue was up 13% YoY to $3B (Ari Levy/CNBC)

Ari Levy / CNBC: The world’s third-largest semiconductor foundry GlobalFoundries, now 100% owned by UAE’s Mubadala, files for US IPO; H1 2021 revenue was up 13% YoY to $3B  —  – GlobalFoundries said on Monday that it plans to sell shares in an IPO and trade under ticker symbol GFS.

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Microsoft releases Windows 11 a day early

Windows 11 is now officially available to download. While Microsoft is launching Windows 11-powered hardware worldwide on October 5th, the company has made the OS update available early for eligible devices in New Zealand and beyond. If you’ve purchased a Windows 10 machine recently, that means you should be able to upgrade to Windows 11

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