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jbz

🤜 Microsoft mulls more job cuts, this time focused on managers and non-coders, not just low performers, sources say

｢ Charlie Bell, Microsoft's security boss, brought this concept from Amazon, where he was a cloud pioneer. There, it's called the "builder ratio," and tracks the ratio of software engineers to "non-builders," such as program managers and project managers ｣

businessinsider.com/microsoft-

Business Insider · Microsoft mulls job cuts focused on managers and non-coders: sourcesBy Ashley Stewart
#ai#microsoft#layoffs
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sͧb̴ͫƸ̴gͬᵉ

I think #Microsoft have given themselves enough rope with #Recall. For Reasons, running anything like it would be flat out, no discussion, illegal in my org. As #CISO I’m sensitive to such things… :)

Sure we run a MSFT shop, and sure they theoretically have access to all that data anyhow - can’t [viably yet] process ciphertext, they see all the cleartext at some point.

The rope part is that argument. If MSFT argues that they see all data *anyway* so why not Recall, they burst our collective hallucination that various #GDPR agreements are actually worth a damn [Narrator: They’re not].

And then, my #infosec friends, I get to eject Microsoft - and coincidentally all other #US #cloud services as well as collateral damage - and finally build a full scale Linux/FOSS environment.

It’ll be more fun than I can #recall!

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Helma

EU should demand Microsoft to give users a choice, as a mandatory Microsoft account to be able to use your hardware is another trick to lock in users, like the preinstalled browser and other bloatware.
#TechBros #BigTech #Microsoft

PS Don't tell me the average buyer should use Linux unless you are willing to help them install as long as it is not preinstalled in the store.
techrepublic.com/article/news-

TechRepublic · Windows 11 Forces Microsoft Account Sign In & Removes Bypass Trick Option | TechRepublicMicrosoft is killing the Windows 11 bypass trick — soon, all setups will require internet and a Microsoft Account, leaving privacy-conscious users with fewer options.
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Kolibri Libérée

Et voilà #linux est installé sur mon PC depuis hier au revoir #Windows et #microsoft !
Windows 10 ne sera plus maintenu sur mon modèle (trop vieux apparemment) à partir de novembre. En plus, sur Windows 11, il y aura une IA #recall qui prendra plein de screenshot de tout ce que fait l'utilisateurice pour notre plus grand bien évidemment ! Bye bye #IA espionne🥸, je préfère garder le contrôle sur toi, plutôt que l'inverse, au revoir société privée... je suis une geek libre maintenant 🕊

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TOV

Pinta 3.0 was just released. This version just made the minimum requirement of the .NET framework version 8.0.

The .NET Framework is a software framework created by Microsoft for building applications for Windows operating systems. It provides a platform for developing web applications, desktop applications, and other types of software.

The Pinta paint application logo and the Microsoft .NET framework logo on a white background.
#Pinta#Microsoft#DotNet
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Erotic Mythology 🌹

"In March, Amazon announced that it would use AI to help farmers in Aragon, #Spain use water more efficiently."

“These datacentres use water that comes from northern Aragon, where I am,” [Farmer Chechu Sánchez] said. “They consume water – where do they take it from? They take it from you, of course.”

theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areasBy Luke Barratt
#bigTech#Amazon#Google
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Damien :vegan:

Comment résister aux #GAFAM ? (et arrêter de détruire la planète)

video.blast-info.fr/w/pjCFUDHq

C’est la question que beaucoup se posent. À l’heure où ces grandes entreprises technologiques à l’image de #Google, #Apple, #Microsoft, #META ou encore #Amazon ont pris un pouvoir immense sur nos vies, nos économies mais aussi sur la politique. Avec le retour à la Maison Blanche de Donald Trump, leur influence mais aussi leur pouvoir de nuisance n’ont jamais été aussi grands.

PeerTubeComment résister aux GAFAM ? (et arrêter de détruire la planète)By blast, le souffle de l’info
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David

@GossiTheDog Bright side: now I get more calls from clients who pay me to turn this crap off for them. Every time #Microsoft further enshittifies #Windows with more bloatware, spyware, or slopware, I get a spike in requests to uninstall or disable it, and it becomes my primary service request for the next week or two.

Hint, for software developing companies: If people pay for the absence of a feature, then it isn’t a feature. And if your competitor continues anti-consensually imposing such misfeatures on your customer, you have the opportunity to offer a marked competitive advantage by simply not doing that.

Treat consent regarding your customers’ computers the same way anyone deserving to live outside a cage treats consent regarding others’ bodies, and you can take business away from those who are actively contemptuous of consent.

#enshittification
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Joel Pomales

Serious question, probably for #infosec peeps, and adjacents:

Are companies developing AUP for #AI #GenAI or #LLM use? Methinks that this should be a thing.

I mean. From #Microsoft cramming #Copilot down everyone's throat (which I *presume* could be disabled in AD policy. I don't know for sure.) to giving one of these LLMs info they shouldn't know about.

I think there should be an AUP for this. Fire away!

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

Malicious #VSCode extensions infect Windows with #cryptominers
The package names are:
Discord Rich Presence for VS Code - 189K Installs
Rojo – Roblox Studio Sync - 117K Installs
Solidity Compiler - 1.3K Installs
Claude AI
Golang Compiler
ChatGPT Agent for VSCode
HTML Obfuscator
Python Obfuscator for VSCode
Rust Compiler for VSCode
ExtensionTotal says it reported the malicious extensions to #Microsoft, but they are still available at the time of writing.
bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

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IT News

Microsoft is Killing Skype - and Refusing Refunds for Prepaid International Calls - Skype is shutting down after two decades on May 5th, notes the Washington Post.
B... - slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/02 #microsoft

slashdot.orgMicrosoft is Killing Skype - and Refusing Refunds for Prepaid International Calls - SlashdotSkype is shutting down after two decades on May 5th, notes the Washington Post. But the bigger problem for retired attorney Karen Griffin is that Microsoft won't refund the money they paid into a Skype account for cheap international phone calls: "They're no longer offering this service that I pre...
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