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Microsoft Fixes 80 Flaws — Including SMB PrivEsc and Azure CVSS 10.0 Bugs
Microsoft on Tuesday addressed a set of 80 security flaws in its software, including one vulnerability that has been disclosed as publicly known at the time of release. Of the 80 vulnerabilities, eight are rated Critical and 72 are rated Important in severity. None of the shortcomings has been exploited in the wild as a…
Step-by-Step Guide to AI Agent Development Using Microsoft Agent-Lightning
In this tutorial, we walk through setting up an advanced AI Agent using Microsoft’s Agent-Lightning framework. We are running everything directly inside Google Colab, which means we can experiment with both the server and client components in one place. By defining a small QA agent, connecting it to a local Agent-Lightning server, and then training…
Microsoft’s Xbox handheld is a good first step toward a Windows gaming OS
The first thing I did when I got my hands on the Xbox Ally was reboot it. I wanted to see exactly how Microsoft manages to hide Windows beneath the Xbox interface that’s debuting on these handheld devices. After a short startup, I was met with the standard Windows login prompt. But I could use…
The best Windows laptops for 2025
If you’ve held on to an aging Windows laptop for too long, it’s now a great time to upgrade. With all the hype around AI PCs, computer makers are rushing to release new designs featuring efficient new chips from Intel and AMD. And thanks to Microsoft’s Copilot+ initiative, which launched last year, we’re finally seeing…
Microsoft is cautiously onboarding Grok 4 following Hitler concerns
Earlier this year, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella moved with haste to get engineers to test and deploy DeepSeek’s R1 model on Azure AI Foundry. It was an unusually quick turnaround for a new model on Azure that also set a new bar for success. A few months later, Nadella then pushed to onboard xAI’s Grok…
Building a Multi-Agent Conversational AI Framework with Microsoft AutoGen and Gemini API
class GeminiAutoGenFramework: “”” Complete AutoGen framework using free Gemini API Supports multi-agent conversations, code execution, and retrieval “”” def __init__(self, gemini_api_key: str): “””Initialize with Gemini API key””” self.gemini_api_key = gemini_api_key self.setup_gemini_config() self.agents: Dict[str, autogen.Agent] = {} self.group_chats: Dict[str, GroupChat] = {} def setup_gemini_config(self): “””Configure Gemini for AutoGen””” os.environ[“GOOGLE_API_KEY”] = self.gemini_api_key self.llm_config = { “config_list”: […
I found 19 Prime Day tech deals still live for the weekend: Save on Beats, Samsung, Microsoft, GoPro gadgets
Amazon’s massive four-day Prime Day event is officially over, but if you’re experiencing a little FOMO, don’t worry. A handful of tech deals have survived the sale and are still live right now. As Mashable’s tech editor, I’ve been covering Prime Day and Black Friday events since 2019, and I know that the end of…
Microsoft gaming division suffers further layoffs
Last week, it was rumored that Microsoft was getting ready for a major round of layoffs within the Xbox team. Bloomberg is now reporting that employees in the company’s gaming division were informed of job cuts Wednesday morning. The PC giant has been on a cost-cutting mission lately, announcing it would let go of 3…
Week in review: Microsoft fixes exploited zero-day, Mirai botnets target unpatched Wazuh servers – Help Net Security
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Microsoft fixes zero-day exploited for cyber espionage (CVE-2025-33053)For June 2025 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has fixed 66 new CVEs, including a zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-33053). Unpatched Wazuh servers targeted by Mirai botnets (CVE-2025-24016)Two Mirai botnets are exploiting a critical…
ASUS and Microsoft unveil ROG Xbox Ally handheld consoles – Overclocking.com EN
If you’re reading this, you’ ve known about this project between Microsoft and Asus for some time. So it’s no surprise to see the Rog Xbox Ally arrive… except that we might not have expected them so soon. Another surprise is that there will be two consoles, and above all, Microsoft already seems to have…