Interesting Engineering

End of data decay? Microsoft’s ‘glass plates’ can store data for 10,000 years

Microscoft’s glass storage method can store 4.8 terabytes of data.Microsoft Research Researchers at Microsoft have developed a method to store massive amounts of digital information inside small ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Research: No Foolproof Method Exists for Detecting AI-Generated Media

Microsoft Research warns no foolproof method detects AI-generated media reliably. C2PA provenance, watermarking, and fingerprinting each face security and reversal attack risks. Combined ...
The Guardian

Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing

Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate Tech companies are conflating traditional artificial ...
ZDNet

Did you know that Windows 11 has a secret restart method? Here's how to access it

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Slator

Microsoft Unveils VibeVoice-ASR for Long-Form, Multi-Speaker Transcription

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CoinTelegraph

Bitcoin, Ether ETFs see $1B outflows as crypto market tumbles 6%

US spot Bitcoin ETF flows turned negative for January after a series of outflows this week totaling nearly $1 billion, data from SoSoValue shows. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) led the sell ...
ZDNet

How a simple link allowed hackers to bypass Copilot's security guardrails - and what Microsoft did about it

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Bleeping Computer

Reprompt attack hijacked Microsoft Copilot sessions for data theft

Researchers identified an attack method dubbed “Reprompt” that could allow attackers to infiltrate a user’s Microsoft Copilot session and issue commands to exfiltrate sensitive data. By hiding a ...
TechCrunch

Disney+ is launching short-form videos this year

Following the success of TikTok and Instagram Reels, Disney announced that it’s bringing short-form video content to Disney+ in the U.S. this year in a bid to boost daily engagement. Disney made the ...
Neowin

Microsoft Weekly: One Windows activation method is dead and Windows 11 crushes Windows 10

Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories in our weekly recap, including Microsoft killing an old Windows activation method, Windows 11 crushing Windows 10 on Steam, and more. This week's news recap ...
Neowin

Report: Microsoft quietly kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet

There were a few ways to activate Windows 11/10 officially. However, Microsoft has now apparently killed one such way without prior notice. In November last year, we reported on the removal of an ...