Microsoft Tips, Tricks & Info
2024JUN25
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Microsoft unveils major Windows 11 Start menu upgrade — integrates Phone Link messages and notifications
Microsoft is testing several major additions to Phone Link that will connect your smartphone and your PC.
Further reading:
- Windows 11 gets a useful addition to the Start menu for a change –and some other nifty tweaks - techradar.com
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Snapdragon X-plained: What you need to know about the chip in CoPilot Plus PCs
How are these new Arm-based CoPilot Plus PCs different to classic Intel fare?
Further reading:
- Introducing Copilot+ PCs - blogs.microsoft.com
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Microsoft account users can now check out new template types in Forms
We have seen Microsoft take a lot more interest in updating and adding features to its Forms service over the last several months, including adding the use of Copilot to help create or edit forms. This week, the company revealed it has revamped the experience on how to use the Forms site if you have a Microsoft account.
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400 million Outlook users at risk from security bug — what you need to know
A security researcher has uncovered a bug in Outlook that could allow anyone to impersonate Microsoft corporate email accounts, giving phishing attempts an air of legitimacy to trick unsuspecting targets. An urgent warning has been issued to Outlook's roughly 400 million users as the vulnerability remains unpatched.
Further reading:
- Microsoft Patches Zero-Click Outlook Vulnerability That Could Soon Be Exploited - securityweek.com
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U.S. bans Kaspersky and hands out sanctions to execs — 100 days until class-leading antivirus ban takes effect
Kaspersky's C-suite punished for alleged Russian ties.
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HiPDF: Best AI PDF Summarizer, Editor, and Converter Toolkit (Free Online)
In the digital world, PDFs are pretty standard... However, unlike documents, one major problem with PDFs is that you cannot edit them directly. Hence, you need a PDF editor; this is where the Wondershare PDFelement HiPDF tool comes into the picture.
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How do I stop Microsoft 365 from opening in browser?
Here is a tutorial to show you how you can prevent file links in Microsoft Office from opening in a web browser.
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Tired of ChatGPT outages? Claude AI just got its biggest update yet – and it’s free to try
Claude's AI brain gets visual and sense of humor upgrades.
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This Is How You Know It's Time to Replace Your Router
Experts recommend upgrading every five years or so, but there might be good reasons to make the jump sooner.
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You Can Easily Transfer Data To New Android Devices - Here's How
Regardless of whether your old device is an Android or an iPhone, you can set up your new Android phone by bringing in data from your old phone securely and effortlessly. Read on to find out how you can utilize Android's new phone transfer wizard.
