Preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 now available
Microsoft has made available the commercial preview of Office LTSC 2024. This version is intended for a limited number of niche applications.
An LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) version of a Microsoft product is not intended for most organizations and not for regular end users. Suitable applic... Read more
Microsoft may be the only one with a real AI PC this summer
There has been talk of AI PCs for months. Both from software manufacturers such as Microsoft and Google, as well as chip and hardware vendors such as Intel, AMD, HP and Dell. Based on leaked system specifications, it appears that a Windows 11 AI feature called AI explorer, will only be available on... Read more
Microsoft’s VASA-1 model lets photos talk
Microsoft recently published a study in which the company presented the AI model VASA-1. This model uses portrait photos and associated audio files to show realistic "talking heads". This technology offers creative options, but carries serious risks.
The VASA-1 AI model is still in a research ph... Read more
French AI startup Mistral AI again looking for investors
French AI startup Mistral appears to have an unquenchable appetite for investor capital. The company is reportedly looking for hundreds of millions of euros, based on an assumed market valuation of over 4.6 billion euros.
The company sees such a valuation as feasible, partly because of the perf... Read more
Microsoft ends support for Office 2016 and 2019 in October next year
Microsoft will end support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 apps and servers on October 14, 2025. Anyone who continues to work with these versions of Office after this date risks security breaches, compliance issues and, as Microsoft states in a blog post, even reduced productivity.
However, the ... Read more
Deepmind CEO expects to spend more than $100 billion on AI
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google's AI subsidiary Deepmind, estimates that the company will spend more than $100 billion on AI, given enough time.
He was responding to questions from the audience at a TED conference in Vancouver, Canada. Someone asked about Google Deepmind's response to the announce... Read more
Microsoft curbs spam messages with new Exchange limit
Microsoft Exchange Online will support a maximum of 2,000 recipients per 24 hours starting in 2025. This limit should significantly reduce the number of spam messages.
Until now, Exchange Online has not had a similar limitation. The upper limit consists of 10,000 recipients; this will remain unc... Read more
Microsoft to raise Dynamics 365 prices significantly
Microsoft is raising the prices of its Dynamics 365 application suite by ten percent or more. As an explanation for the price increase, the company says that the products are getting more and more new features from which users can benefit.
In Microsoft's announcement for Dynamics 365, it announc... Read more
Russian hackers stole emails between Microsoft and U.S. government
Hackers from the Russian-backed Midnight Blizzard managed to obtain important emails from Microsoft. The attack led to the interception of communications between regulators and the tech company.
So concludes the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The danger from the ... Read more
Microsoft update fixes already exploited vulnerabilities
Microsoft has fixed a number of already exploited vulnerabilities in its monthly Patch Tuesday update. The most important is CVE-2024-26234, which allows malicious actors to monitor and intercept network traffic.
In the April 2024 security update with 190 enhancements, Microsoft states that the ... Read more