By playing nice with Android and letting developers use their own payments system, Microsoft has fashioned itself as the anti-Apple for developers.
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How to Watch Microsoft’s Windows 11 Event—and What to Expect
The next version of Windows will finally be unveiled—officially, at least. Here’s how to watch live, and the features that will be on their way to your PC soon.
13 Best Coffee Maker Deals for Amazon Prime Day (2021)
Need a new French press, burr grinder, or scale? We’ve found discounts on WIRED-tested gadgets.
From the Pages of Star Wars Insider: Creature Effects Wizard Neal Scanlan Talks the Galaxy Far, Far Away – Exclusive Excerpt
Books + Comics // JUNE 21, 2021 In an interview with the official Star Wars magazine, the head of the creature shop talks about a return to animatronics, Babu Frik, and more. Creature and special makeup effects supervisor Neal Scanlan headed up the creature shop for all five Star Wars movies released since 2015. In […]
Tech Companies Want to Tackle Harassment in Gaming
But Riot, Microsoft, Intel, and others have made clear that they’re doing it on their terms.
A Bug in the Android Google App Put Privacy at Risk
Plus: Airbnb’s safety squad, a fake pharmacy crackdown, and more of the week’s top security news.
Microsoft’s new security tool will discover firmware vulnerabilities, and more, in PCs and IoT devices
Devices have multiple OSs and firmware running, and most organisations don’t know what they have or if it’s secure. Microsoft will use ReFirm to make it easier to find out without being an expert.
In Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy, Go Inside the Crucible of War
Books + Comics // JUNE 17, 2021 The new book explores the fall of the Republic, the Galactic Civil War, and the conflict between the First Order and the Resistance. StarWars.com Team Centuries of peace and prosperity were shattered with the droid invasion of Naboo. The Trade Federation’s blockade of the single planet touched off […]
Microsoft product vulnerabilities reached a new high of 1,268 in 2020
56% of all Microsoft critical vulnerabilities could have been mitigated by removing admin rights, according to the 2021 BeyondTrust Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report.
How to include the chapter number with a Word document’s page number
Displaying the chapter and page number together in Microsoft Word only seems difficult because the solution isn’t particularly intuitive. If you know where to look, the solution is easy.