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Among the updated benefits are increased time off for parental leave, reimbursements for educational classes, a Student Loan Refinancing Program for U.S. employees and an donation matching program. Smith told employees in her email to employees today that Apple has matched “over $25 million of employees’ charitable contributions” since its Apple Matching Gifts Program started. Apple also announced that it’s expanding the program that matches charitable donations made by employees. Some perks will only go to certain employees, the donation matching program will be available to all....

One of UpdateAgent’s newest and most potent features is the ability to bypass Apple’s built-in Gatekeeper system that is meant to allow only trusted, signed apps to run on Macs. SEE: Cybersecurity: Let’s get tactical (ZDNet special report) While it does require the victim to install an app masquerading as legitimate software, such as a video app or support agent promoted in ad pop-ups, the ability to bypass Gatekeeper controls is significant....

We have been wondering in recent weeks what will happen with WWDC 2020 given the outbreak of coronavirus around the world. Several companies have already cancelled or changed the schedule of their conferences, such as Facebook F8 and Google I/O. Now it was Microsoft that announced the in-person Build Conference has been cancelled. The report was first confirmed by Paul Thurrott on Twitter. Microsoft Build was scheduled to take place between May 19 and 21, 2020 in Seattle....

Since Satya Nadella took the reins from Steve Ballmer just over a year ago, Microsoft has been on an aggressive acquisition spree of cross platform apps and services. Most recently, the company bought the iOS email app Acompli then relaunched it as Outlook for iOS. Microsoft also bought Sunrise, the popular calendar software with an iOS app. Aside from Microsoft and Apple, other interested buyers include or included Facebook, Google, and Yahoo (anyone missing?...

— Tavis Ormandy (@taviso) May 6, 2017 Microsoft Security Advisory 4022344 says: Check for Updates Two days after getting the news of the exploit Microsoft’s Security Response Center and Windows Defender developers deployed a fix that is now available via Windows Update. The versions of Windows affected by this bug are Windows 7, 8.1, RT, and Windows 10. It also affects other anti-malware software typically used by IT departments like Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint Service Pack 3, Windows Intune Endpoint Protection, and others....

Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 18995 This build is introducing Windows Hello PIN in Safe Mode. Booting into Safe Mode only launches the minimum files and drivers to get Windows and your system running. It’s a great troubleshooting tool. And with 18995 Microsoft is “adding Windows Hello PIN sign-in support to Safe mode, so that you no longer have to rely on your password when troubleshooting your device.” The Your Phone app is gaining new features including the Link to Windows, Phone Screen, and Battery Level Indicator....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been around for quite some time now (closing in on 12 years) and the 23 movie franchise has given the world some of the biggest blockbuster battles they’ve ever seen. Dozens of unforgettable moments that will be imprinted in cinema lover’s brains for eternity, all thanks to the creative teams down at Marvel, and, of course, Stan Lee. Fans and audience members should never forget that it was a mere six films spread out over a course of four years that got this multi-billion dollar comic-book franchise rolling....

Part of the great fun of the MCU is seeing all these iconic heroes sharing the screen. The climax of Avengers: Endgame which featured virtually every Marvel hero charging into battle together was an unforgettable cinematic moment. However, sometimes it’s nice to see the heroes meet on a more personal level. These movies do a great job of finding interesting pairings with their characters, like Thor and Rocket, or Tony and Banner....

Development of the RSC is ongoing, but once the second phase is completed by the second half of this year, the system will deliver nearly 5 exaflops of mixed-precision compute. Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is already using the supercomputer to train large models in natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision for research. The company uses large-scale AI models for ongoing priorities, such as detecting harmful content on its social platforms....

It could be exasperating if the phone’s screen keeps on freezing or the phone starts to abruptly reboot itself. This is classified as restarting and freezing problem on your Wiko smartphone and we are here to resolve it. A lot could go wrong which is why you need to check what software or even hardware component is problematic and that would take some time. Well, we at GetDroidTips thrive to put our readers at ease so here’s a troubleshooting guide to fix the issue that covers almost of problems under it thus, allowing the user to narrow-down the accused....

The ‘powerdir’ bug, which Apple fixed in its December 13 update for macOS up to Monterey, lets an attacker bypass TCC to gain access to a user’s protected data. The bug was discovered by Microsoft security researcher Jonathan Bar Or. Microsoft is interested in macOS security because Defender for Endpoint can be used in an enterprise to protect non-Windows devices. Microsoft’s 365 Defender Research Team noted in a blog post that Apple introduced a feature to protect TCC that “prevents unauthorized code execution and enforced a policy that restricts access to TCC to only apps with full disk access....

Manage a Variety of Media using Microsoft’s Cache App The company’s latest app from its Garage Project; makers of apps such as Microsoft Selfie and the FindTime Add-in for Outlook, lets users quickly collect, store and organize a variety of media. Cache is a cross-platform app you can use to organize and group content into categories. Any content captured is readily available from a Windows 10 device or Apple iPhone. The centralized management of media makes it easy to find and manage when you need to....

There are no new features to report, but there is a long list of under-the-hood fixes and improvements for 1809. It includes fixes to audio devices, Microsoft Edge, graphics, USB cameras, and a lot more. Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4490481 Here is the lengthy list of fixes and quality improvements contained in today’s update: Addresses an issue that occurs on machines that have multiple audio devices. Applications that provide advanced options for internal or external audio output devices may stop working unexpectedly....

While it’s not complete, note that Microsoft removed the preview build watermark from the lower-right corner of the screen with build 19030. Combine that with the fact that no major features are being added, which is being released to both rings; we are getting close to the final version. Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 19033 Here is the list of fixes and improvements for today’s latest build. The build watermark at the lower right-hand corner of the desktop is no longer present in this build....

Windows 11 Build 22449 for Dev Channel Today’s new release brings UI improvements, easier Bluetooth settings access from Quick Settings, and updated SMB compression for faster network file transfer. And here are the changes and improvements included in this build: The boot screen now shows a progressive ring animation for loading the OS instead of an animated circle of dots. We are working to replace this animated circle of dots in other areas of the OS over time....

— Dona Sarkar (@donasarkar) October 3, 2017 Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Build 16299.15 As with all the recent Insider builds, there are not any new features to report, and no specific issues are addressed. This update looks to be testing out its servicing with cumulative updates that are familiar to all stable releases of Windows 10. “We have released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16299.15 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring....

In the MCU up to this point, there haven’t been any canon LGBT characters shown on screen or any LGBT relationships. While there have been discussions outside of the movies about some character’s queerness, and there are allegedly going to be queer characters in upcoming MCU films, this hasn’t happened yet. With so many movies and characters, it’s surprising and disappointing that there hasn’t been any LGBT+ representation in the franchise....

SDCs are data errors that do not leave any record or trace in system logs. Sources of SDCs include datapath dependencies, temperature variance, and age, among other silicon factors. Since these data errors are silent, they can stay undetected within workloads and propagate across several services. The data error can affect memory, storage, networking, as well as computer CPUs and cause data loss and corruption. Meta engineers started testing three years ago as they had a difficult time detecting SDCs once components had already gone into one of its production data centre fleets....

SFB on Android has been in preview for awhile so it’s nice to see it finally drop some gold code. Skype for Business on Android Here are a few release notes from Microsoft on the release: Tailored for on-the-go scenarios A new dashboard design brings the contact search bar, your upcoming meetings and most recent conversations to one place. Simply tap the Quick Join icon to the right of your appointment name to join your meetings with one touch, or tap the name of the meeting to see its details....

On the Microsoft Office Blogs, the company announced three major developments: OneNote for MacOneNote is Free EverywhereOneNote Service Provides a Cloud API – this allows developers to connect to it via any application Other cool features of the OneNote service included in the post is OneNote Clipper for saving full web pages with a click, me@onenote.com that allows you to email notes to OneNote, and Office Lens for capturing documents and Whiteboards with your Windows Phone....