Additionally, Microsoft says Azure Active Directory (AD) also suffered problems. It seems the outage was relatively long lasting, with complaints still being sent to the company 10 hours after the first reports. On its Office 365 status page, Microsoft confirmed the problem and explained its origin: “A recent update to the MFA service introduced a coding issue that prevented users from being able to sign in or carry out self-service password resets when using MFA for authentication....

Microsoft made it clear it saw the Windows Store (recently rebranded as the Microsoft Store) as the future. In other words, the company wants the store to be the default way to get Office apps. This path arrived in preview for Windows 10 S users last June. Windows Insiders have also had access to Office apps through the store. Now Office 365 listings are shedding their “preview” tag and are available to everyone....

If you are unfamiliar with Poly Network, it is a China-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. The company says a threat actors “exploited vulnerability” to gain access to systems and assign themselves as owners of money moving through the platform. Specifically, the attackers leveraged a flaw in the “_executeCrossChainTx”. This is a function that handles interoperability communication between blockchains. “The attacker use this function to pass in carefully constructed data to modify the keeper of the EthCrossChainData contract,” Poly Network stated....

Apple made a big splash when it included a fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) on its iPhone 5S in 2013. As usual, the company was not the first to release the tech but showed how it could function for mass appeal. Since then, the implementation of the fingerprint sensor has remained static, usually via a physical button. Only now, five years after the debut of TouchID, is the implementation method changing....

In fact, it’s so difficult to believe that publications have been looking into the claims. Axios noted that none of the demos contain ambient noise or identify the restaurant or salon name. It then went as far to call over two dozen of them, finding that most of them had noise or and all of them gave the business name. This included some businesses in Google’s Mountain View hometown. This included some businesses in Google’s Mountain View hometown, and Axio also notes that the employees in Google’s demo didn’t ask for any phone numbers or emails....

While Windows Lite will have a smaller footprint than the main OS, it’s not designed to be lesser in any way. The plan is to optimize and cut features that aren’t necessary, giving users more choice what takes up their valuable hardware space. I’m not entirely sure the codename supports that theory, but it’s at least not as obvious. Santorini is one of the Greek Cyclades islands, which seems like a strange pick at first....

As you would expect, details are currently sparse, but Google appears to have three major plans for the industry. A game streaming platform, which we’ve heard previously, a console, and the purchase of development studios. It’s not the first time the search giant has made steps towards the market, but the sentiment this time is that it’s likely to come to fruition. According to Schrier, Google met with several big companies at the Games Developers in March, as well as at E3 2018....

Two of the bugs come from a controversial user known as SandboxEscaper, who published them on Microsoft’s GitHub with little prior warning. One, known as AngryPolarBear, allows an attacker to overwrite any file on the system via a local unprivileged process. SandboxEscaper’s second bug, the ‘readfile’, is a little more complex: “This one allows an unprivileged process running on a Windows computer to obtain the content of arbitrary file, even if permissions on such file don’t allow it read access,” explains Mitja Kolsek of Acros Security’s 0patch team....

The original reports came from a very reliable source – Samsung Electronics President Young Sohn. He first mentioned that “a million people” want to use the Fold at TechCrunch Berlin, before confirming the company had sold 1 million units. It now seems this was a genuine mistake. Talking to Yonhap News, a Samsung spokesperson confirmed one million was Samsung’s sales target. Sohn had confused the sales target with the actual units shipped, which the spokesperson said is below a million....

The recruitment company analyses approval ratings across company executives within the United States. Satya Nadella has increased his approval rating by over 20 places, moving to 29th this year. As for Tim Cook, a CEO is often assumed to be well liked, he has dropped 45 places and is now in 53rd position. Google’s Pichai is now sitting in 17th place, but is not the highest places amongst major tech brands....

This is an important update because if offers System Tray support for Skype users on Windows 10. Adding this support to the app has been a much-requested feature over the years. Indeed, Microsoft says it listened to user feedback when developing the support. Many users familiar with the Skype Classic app will know that it supports System Tray icons. Of course, Microsoft has moved on from the Classic experience and thrown everything behind the Skype app....

With this release, Microsoft has finally brought a dark theme to Skype on Android and iOS. Previously, this theme was only available on desktop versions of the app. It is worth noting Skype syncs with system level dark mode. For example, if you set your Android smartphone on dark, Skype will mirror the setting. Elsewhere on mobile, Skype has gained the call scheduling feature that arrived in preview earlier this month....

Even so, most phones don’t lock instantly after use. If somebody grabs your phone after you’ve unlocked it, it’s fair game. Thankfully, researchers may have found a solution. A system that’s secure and requires no input. The team hails from Institute of Cyber Intelligence Systems at Russia’s National Research Nuclear University and presented its findings at several international conferences. Behavioral Biometrics Essentially, the system uses behavioral biometrics to discern who is using a phone....

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The specs line up with previous rumors that the Pro 7 would be utilizing Intel’s 10th-gen Ice Lake architecture, though others pointed to a Snapdragon 8cx variant. WinFuture says it obtained the information from “retail sources”, and we’re unable to verify specs, including the processor generation, at this time. That said, the publication reports that the Pro 7 will start with a Core i3 variant with 4GB RAM and a 128GB SSD....

WindowsArea has discovered some leaked specifications for both devices. Starting with the Surface Pro 7, Microsoft’s new generation device will come with LTE built in at launch. Usually, the company debuts LTE versions of its hardware after the launch of the Wi-Fi version. Some variants of the Surface Pro 7 will have Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx processor. Intel versions will be available as usual, this time packing 10TH Generation Core CPUs....

Rather than the original release date of August 8, the Microsoft Store page now reads January 31, 2018. Windows Central says a representative has confirmed the change to them, but no light has been shed on the reason for the delay. Adding to the mystery is the fact that many countries will get it sooner. Japan will be the first adopter on August 24, followed by New Zealand and Australia in September....

While the names of interested parties are down to sources close to the matter, Toshiba has confirmed it is in discussions, but declined to say with which companies. The company has previously tried to sell its $18 billion valued chip business, but failed to find a buyer. Toshiba says it has a preferred bidder, but talks with that suitor did not end in agreement before a self-imposed June 28 deadline....

Over the course of a few days, he managed to progress from the Windows Loader to a Blue Screen, to a sign-in process initialization error. It’s not currently clear what the performance is like or what other hurdles are involved, but either way, it’s milestone. For the unfamiliar, Windows PE is a lightweight OS traditionally used to install, deploy and repair other Windows 10 editions. It follows reports last week of a hacker installing WinPE with Windows 10 ARM on a Lumia phone with the help of Windows Phone Internals....

Security researchers describe the bug as “wormable”. BlueKeep is a dangerous vulnerability because it can be executed by bad actors remotely. It is located in Remote Desktop Services on older Windows legacy builds such as Windows 7, Windows XP, AND Server 2003 and 2008. “This [bug] would have the potential of a global WannaCry-level event,” said Chris Goettl, director of product management for security at Ivanti, during Patch Tuesday. “What’s more, Microsoft has released updates for Windows XP and Server 2003 (which you wouldn’t have found unless you were looking at the Windows Update Catalog)....