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Microsoft strengthens Windows security by requiring stronger encryption keys. This update improves web browsing safety

GitHub CLI gives developers the ability to work with GitHub in their command line. The beta is now open an available on desktop.

The Office Insider Update brings long-awaited features like Insights for Excel, Read Aloud for Outlook, and more.

The final date for Windows Essentials is confirmed for Jan. 10, 2017. The apps included in the suite will have different fates, but has Microsoft adequately replaced the best of Essentials apps?

A new benchmark showing an unknown Surface device running a Intel Ice Lake CPU could be the Surface Book 3.

Mozilla is the latest company to leave Facebook after the network allowed data of up to 50 million users to be siphoned. Mark Zuckerberg has apologized for the breach while users have been urged to leave the social network.

Microsoft cut or replaced over 50 Google services from its browser, implementing its own OneAuth account system, switching telemetry, and removing links to Google Drive, Now, and Chrome OS.

Microsoft’s backup service will now take application consistent backups for enterprise critical applications running on popular Linux distros. Applications such as MySQL, InterSystems Caché® DB and SAP HANA are supported.

Also included in the Microsoft Excel 2016 update is enhancements to settings, advanced filter rows, and many other Power Query-oriented improvements.

Russian hacking group Strontium has reportedly been attacking sporting organizations, including anti-doping authorities, in spearfishing and IoT hacks.

Microsoft has said Minecraft creator Markus Persson will not be a part of the games’ 10th anniversary due to “comments and opinions”.

Microsoft Surface Duo 2 lands with refreshed design, outside display, and triple camera module to address problems form the first generation.

Microsoft Defender ATP now lets customers quickly contact a threat expert to get insight into attacks on their network and help mitigate them.

A study by academic institute Baker IDI has found that out of 3,597 papers, 704 had errors caused by Excel's date correction feature.

One-third of participants from a recent poll have indicated that AI involvement would reduce their confidence in the election outcomes.

According to a new report, Microsoft has programmed its Xialoce to avoid controversial subjects like Donald Trump and the Dalai Lama to appease ultra-strict Chinese regulators.

While HoloLens is still something of a hobby project at Microsoft, the company is taking the device seriously and has huge plans for it, including a launch to consumers.

Google, Apple, Microsoft, and several other tech companies have refused to comment on requests to add railway crossings crossing to their maps, in a move that could save lives.

Munich’s flip-flopping between Microsoft Office and Windows and open source LiMux solutions is continuing with the new government favoring an open system.

Microsoft To-Do has a new design on mobile and desktop, something Microsoft says is a major step towards completion of the transition from Wunderlist.