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Microsoft will be making its Office 365 more flexible come this fall as it replaces the current 10 device limit for Home and two device limit for Personal subscriptions with unlimited device use. Microsoft shared the news today in a community blog post (via The Verge). The new unlimited device access will be for Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal subscriptions. Previously, subscriptions were limited to 10 devices across five users for Home and one Mac and one iPad for Office 365 Personal....

Nowadays, the number of emerging threats is concerning and the sophistication and agility observed in the new variants of well-known malware, including Mekotio. The new comeback brings new features and a significant change in its infection chain. This new wave was distributed some weeks after the arrest of some criminals involved with Mekotio in July 2021 by the Spanish Civil Guard. This is a clear sign that criminals moved fast to modify the malware’s Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) to avoid detection and corroborates the strong collaboration between Spanish groups with the malware authors geo-located in Latin America....

The new version replaces the proprietary Edge browser that originally came with Windows 10. That version did not gain much traction among the Windows 10 community even though the company made the old version available on iOS and Android. The New Microsoft Edge for Windows and Mac The new Microsoft Edge is built on top of the Open Source Chromium project, and it works a lot like Google Chrome. However, Microsoft has put its own twist on the browser....

In addition to the Emoji improvements, here is the list of changes and improvements included with today’s build. We’ve made some adjustments to improve WIN+(period) reliability.We fixed an issue that could result in the Start menu not launching if the GPO to turn off the all apps list in Start was enabled.We fixed an issue where the default Microsoft Word web tile pinned to Start (in the case where Office wasn’t installed) was unexpectedly launching Microsoft Edge in inPrivate mode....

Legendary television producer, Chuck Lorre, has created several hit sitcoms throughout his illustrious career - Grace Under Fire, Dharma & Greg, Two & a Half Men, and The Big Bang Theory are but a few. One of Lorre’s sitcoms that tends to fall through the cracks is Mike & Molly. It’s understandable as the sitcom barely limped to the end of its sixth season with most episodes starting to blend together in terms of premise and jokes told, but the series that won Melissa McCarthy a Primetime Emmy often doesn’t get the comedic credit it’s due....

Mike Bloomberg’s Presidential campaign is paying social media influencers to post memes to Instagram. The camp on behalf of the Democratic presidential candidate and former mayor of New York, seems to be attempting to utilize viral memes to increase campaign exposure and reach new audiences. ‘Going viral’ is something many social media accounts strive for. In other cases, accounts take a more orchestrated approach to sending out a viral message. This can result in collaborative efforts with influencers or companies who specialize in meme distribution....

App compatibility is top of mind for many as Apple has started the transition away from using Intel in its notebooks and desktops with the first M1-powered Macs. Today Microsoft announced that it will launch a new Universal build of its Mac Office 2019 beta today that includes support for Apple Silicon. Apple Silicon Macs are arriving to the first customers starting November 17 with the new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini....

Microsoft released the Windows 8 upgrade options to a few insiders which I’ve detailed below. Like all Microsoft OS’s, there are several versions of Windows 8 so you might want to pull up our post which reviews the various versions of Windows 8 as you read the details below. Windows 8 Upgrade Options Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic and Windows 7 Home Premium can upgrade to Windows 8 while maintaining their existing Windows settings, applications and personal files like photos, movies and documents....

Windows 10 19H1 Preview Build 18282 One of the main attractions in this build is a new Light Theme. Of course, Windows 10 currently has a Dark Theme and the company is looking to distinguish the difference between the two. In addition, the company is adding a new default wallpaper as well. The modern printing experience is also being improved. The print dialog supports the new light theme. And there are a number of updated icons with your printing options interface....

Windows 10 Preview Build 19631 ARM64 VHDX Available to download: Here is a look at the general changes and improvements in today’s latest build: We updated the configuration of Windows Hello to make sure it works well with 940nm wavelength cameras. Here is a list of fixes included in today’s build: We fixed the issue causing the IIS configuration being set to default after taking a new build.We fixed an issue that could result in a key press not waking up a device from connected standby in certain scenarios....

Back when Sony was looking to reboot a live-action version of Spider-Man after Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire’s run on the movie franchise, there was a lot of support from the fan community to have Miles Morales take the lead. That ultimately never happened with Andrew Garfield leading two films as Peter Parker, before the Parker character was rebooted again, now with Tom Holland playing him in the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Avengers: Endgame was a huge production that included dozens of characters and the ending of many MCU storylines. While the MCU isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, this movie did end the story arcs of many of the original Avengers and wrapped up some storylines to set other characters in new directions going forward. For some of these characters, the events of Endgame and the direction the story took made them better people, but for other characters, it felt like more of a backslide....

It’s not possible to analyze the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Captain America and not bring up the names of Peggy Carter and Bucky Barnes. Both of these characters were constant in Steve Rogers’ life, even when they weren’t physically present. He most definitely loved both Peggy and Bucky, with the latter considered to be in a romantic sense as well for many fans. While Peggy was his actual love interest, Steve’s love for Bucky was such that they can be considered each other’s true loves, even if it’s seen in a platonic context....

Now that Morbius has been confirmed to exist within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with connections to the current Spider-Man universe, a new fan theory suggests Morbius was hidden in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Sony’s Marvel Universe, which began in 2018 with Venom, continues its course, and its next film is Morbius, directed by Daniel Espinosa and with Jared Leto as the title character. Morbius follows Dr. Michael Morbius, a scientist suffering from a rare blood disease and who finds a cure through a dangerous method....

After announcing an official program for accessory makers interested in making Apple Watch bands back in May, Apple has now delivered on its promise of providing Apple-made watch lugs that third-party manufacturers can use to make straps. That’s the first sign that official third-party watch bands will soon be hitting the market through Apple’s Made for iPhone program (MFi). Companies enrolled in the MFi program can now order the parts (pictured above) through Apple’s supplier (via MR)....

Over the last few months, Microsoft has been running an aggressive campaign throwing shade at Apple’s Macs. Now the latest ad from Microsoft takes shots at iPad Pro while touting the Surface Pro 7 as the “better choice” with the same strategy it’s been using. In parallel with Microsoft’s “Still a Better Choice” campaign, Intel has also put a lot of energy into its latest “Go PC” campaign this year that started back in February....

Microsoft today has released an update for its Outlook app on iOS that brings the app to version 2.0.8. The update makes Outlook join the growing list of apps that support the new 3D Touch feature of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. With 3D Touch support, Outlook users can now create new emails and events and access the calendar by simply pressing on the app’s icon on the home screen....

Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4284835 Here’s the list of fixes and improvements included in this latest patch: Provides protections from an additional subclass of speculative execution side channel vulnerability known as Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639). These protections aren’t enabled by default. For Windows client (IT pro) guidance, follow the instructions in KB4073119. For Windows Server guidance, follow the instructions in KB4072698. Use this guidance document to enable mitigations for Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639) in addition to the mitigations that have already been released for Spectre Variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715) and Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754)....

Google Fit Heart and Respiratory Rate Google Fit is a useful health monitoring tool. It’s perfectly capable of monitoring a lot of health metrics. You can even sync your Fitbit data with it, with a little bit of effort. However, until recently, if you wanted to measure your heart rate or your breathing, you had to have an external device for this purpose. Afterward, you could sync that data, presumably via Bluetooth....

The goal of New Pro is to make it easy for you to follow work-related news using suggestions from Bing. Sound familiar to Feedly or Flipboard? Well, it is, but with a Microsoft spin. It’s less of a general news app like MSN news, but rather it focuses on the industry you’re in. Here’s the description for the app: Microsoft News Pro for iOS You can download News Pro by visiting this page on your iOS device, or you’ll find it in the App Store....