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The subject? Being woke. This recently ubiquitous term has incited so many emotions. When that happens, there’s no longer a real definition of what it means. Even if there ever was. Which was why I was moved by the sudden debate around a little-known Microsoft feature that’s actually been around for almost two years. It’s a feature within the newest versions of Word in Microsoft 365. Within the Editor tool, this one underlines words and phrases deemed to be, well, “problematic....

Windows 10 KB4494441 for Windows 10 1809 October 2018 Update This latest update will bump your build to 17763.503 and includes the following list of fixes and improvements: Enables “Retpoline” by default if Spectre Variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715) is enabled. Make sure previous OS protections against the Spectre Variant 2 vulnerability are enabled using the registry settings described in the Windows Client and Windows Server articles. (These registry settings are enabled by default for Windows Client OS editions, but disabled by default for Windows Server OS editions)....

Because this 20H1 is in the early phase right now, there aren’t many new features, yet. However, there are improvements to Input Method Editor (IME) with simplified Japanese and Chinese support. Microsoft says: “Today the IME – now more secure, more stable, with improved game compatibility, and more – is once again available for all Insiders starting with this build.” Windows 10 20H1 Insider Preview Build 18875 In addition to the new input methods, here is a look at the other changes and fixes included with this build:...

Today the day begins with good news for fans of the misproportioned, but endearing, artistic works of the program. As the tech giant Microsoft has officially announced that Paint will not disappear, as it will only move to the Windows Store, where users will be able to download it for free. However, the tech giant Microsoft has expressed its gratitude to the netizens who showed their appreciation for the memorable program....

Redesigned Microsoft Office App Icons The new Office icon designs are meant to provide a simpler and more modern look that spans across platforms and devices. Microsoft Office is available on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and online. The changes are also a reflection on how Office has evolved to include more collaborative and AI features. “Office is transforming into a collaborative suite that lets you work together in real-time from almost any device....

After a failed bill was proposed in North Dakota earlier this month that would have forced Apple to allow developers to sideload apps and use alternate in-app payments, a similar bill has been officially introduced in Minnesota. Arizona just this week introduced similar legislation and now Minnesota has also followed in North Dakota’s footsteps. Notably, the anti-App Store bill in the latter state didn’t pass in a 36-11 vote last week....

Virtual Machines Needed: Kali Linux and Android Emulator VM Note: We are implementing this attack in a virtual environment which cannot effect on any physical device and also in a Local network environment. You can also execute this attack in WAN environment. Step 1: Starting Kali Linux From your VM, Start the Kali Linux and log in with root/toor. Open a terminal prompt and make an exploit for Android emulator using msfvenom tool....

Sony has released a pair of posters for its Monster Hunter video game movie starring Milla Jovovich and Tony Jaa. Far from being a stranger to the world of video game films, Jovovich famously played the super-heroine Alice in all six of the Resident Evil movies that released from 2002 to 2017. Her husband-filmmaker, Paul W.S. Anderson, similarly directed four of the six films in the zombie survival series and wrote the remaining two, in addition to lending his services as a producer....

Windows 10 Build 20257 The Your Phone update is introducing a multi-apps experience. “You can experience the power and convenience of running multiple Android mobile apps side by side on your Windows 10 PC on supported Samsung devices. Apps will launch in separate windows enabling you to interact with multiple apps at the same time even if the Your Phone app is not open.” Here are the changes and improvements in this build:...

Modern Love talks about many kinds of love. It touches on self-love, platonic love, unfinished love, untested love, old love, and paternal love. This article specifically focuses on romantic love, showcased in the series and the 10 accurate pieces of dating advice derived from it. What can you say, sometimes you have to listen to individual experiences narrated by a successful TV show. You Can Have Both Smart And Good Looking How many of us have been guilty of choosing the good looking person over the smart person?...

A few weeks ago, the boys up in Redmond released a big update for “Office for Mac 2011” that features a load of fixes and new features. However, Microsoft made the move of pulling Service Pack 2 from Auto Update today while it works to find a fix. According to Microsoft, only a small percentage of users are experiencing issues, specifically with the Outlook for Mac database. While the update was pulled from Auto Update, it can still be downloaded from Microsoft’s download page—if you so choose....

Dona Sarkar notes, “As we mentioned in the blog post for our flight on Wednesday, we are now at the point of the development cycle for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update where our focus is now on stabilization for release to the world. This means that we intend to release new builds to Insiders more quickly and that these builds will include mostly bug fixes.” It’s also worth noting that “known issues” will no longer be documented in the release notes....

Mila Kunis asked her husband Ashton Kutcher about the possibility of being on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills one day and it didn’t go over so well. While Kunis has made no secret of her love of reality TV in the past, fans still couldn’t have dreamt of a Real Housewives franchise that included the famous couple. The Kunis and Kutcher household is no stranger to reality TV. In Punk’d, the former That ’70s Show star made an entire show around pranking unwitting celebs....

Google announced today on its Chrome blog that Major League Baseball is adding support for its $35 Chromecast streaming stick through the MLB At Bat app for Android and iOS. That means that users with the app and an MLB.TV Premium subscription will be able to stream live and on-demand video content from the app (or from a browser tab in Chrome through MLB’s site) to a Chromecast connected TV. You’ll also be able to use the phone or tablet you’re streaming from as a second-screen experience to “check scores, stats and news” while watching the game on the bigger screen:...

If you had a collection with thousands of documents with no indexes, and then you query to find certain documents, then in such case MongoDB would need to scan the entire collection to find the documents. But if you had indexes, MongoDB would use these indexes to limit the number of documents that had to be searched in the collection. Indexes are special data sets which store a partial part of the collection’s data....

Parents constantly fret about the safety of their children, be it when the kids are online or away from home. With their busy lifestyle, parents are not able to keep a close eye on the activities of their kids who are prone to various kinds of threats and harassment from different sections of the society. So how can parents ensure the safety of their children? There is a very thin line between monitoring and spying....

For $599, you’re getting an impressive Surface experience based on the specifications. The Surface Laptop Go 2 comes with Intel’s 11th Generation Core i5 processor, 4GB of memory and 128GB of storage. You can double the memory or storage to 8GB or 256GB, respectively. Pricing for a configuration with 8GB of memory and 128GB of storage is $699, while 8GB of memory and 256GB of storage tops out at $799....

The Presenter+ will sell for $79.99 and the Audio Dock for $249.99. Microsoft has yet to reveal the official availability. More: Everything Microsoft announced at the October Surface event The Presenter+ should click with Teams users The Presenter+ is a Bluetooth-enabled remote that lets you click your way through slideshows, toggle mute/unmute, and even direct your audience’s attention with the onscreen pointer function (see image above). Naturally, the remote works best with Microsoft Teams, with optimized features like raising or lowering your hand with a long press of the dedicated Teams button and the ability to dial into your next scheduled meeting by pressing the quick-access shortcut....

Windows 10 Media Briefing Speakers include leaders from the Operating Systems Group which includes Terry Myerson, Joe Belfiore, Phil Spencer, and the head of it all — CEO Satya Nadella. There is a lot of hope and speculation about what Microsoft will be presenting tomorrow from new hardware features to what’s new in the OS. If you’re already testing the Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9879, you’ve seen the basics of what’s coming i....

As part of Meta’s unveiling, Microsoft announced it will bring Mesh for Teams to Meta Quest devices. Microsoft’s Mesh for Teams, announced in November 2021, is a feature of the Teams collaboration platform which will combine the mixed-reality capabilities of the Microsoft Mesh platform with the productivity tools like meetings, chat and document collaboration of Teams. Microsoft has been building immersive spaces for Mesh for Teams users, as well as avatars that Teams users can use as an alternative to having their cameras always on....