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A new, redesigned, and faster Microsoft Teams application is generally available for all Windows and macOS users starting today. As revealed when the new Teams was made available as a preview release in March, the new client will launch three times faster, enabling users to switch between chats and channels up to 1.7 times faster than the Classic Teams app.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog due to active exploitation, while...
Users are now encouraged to take a break and indulge in a surfing game while waiting for their systems to update, as first spotted by The Verge while installing Windows 11 on a Surface Laptop Studio 2. Initially launched in May 2020 when bundled with the Microsoft Edge web browser, the Surf game is a modern rendition of the classic SkiFree game, part of Microsoft's Entertainment Pack 3 for Windows 3.0, released in October 1991.
Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused Outlook Desktop to unexpectedly prompt users to reopen previously closed windows. On affected systems, users of Outlook for Microsoft 365 were encountering dialogs with prompts like "Outlook closed while you had items open. Reopen those items from your last session?".
Windows operating systems are the target of new malware dubbed ZenRAT by U.S.-based cybersecurity company Proofpoint. The attackers built a website that impersonates the popular Bitwarden password manager; if accessed via Windows, the fake site delivers the ZenRAT malware disguised as Bitwarden software.
Windows users looking to install the Bitwarden password manager may have inadvertently installed a remote access trojan. A malicious website spoofing Bitwarden's legitimate one has been offering fake installation packages containing the ZenRAT malware.
A new malware strain called ZenRAT has emerged in the wild that's distributed via bogus installation packages of the Bitwarden password manager. "The malware is specifically targeting Windows...
The combine taskbar items feature in Windows 10 allows you to show an icon for every open application in Windows, even if they are multiple instances of the same application. If you have ten instances of Notepad or a few browser windows open, the feature will allow you to see an icon on the taskbar for each open Windows rather than combining it into a single application icon.
Microsoft has started rolling out the next major version of its operating system, Windows 11 23H2, to Insiders enrolled in the Release Preview Channel for enterprise testing before the general release later this year. "Today we are making Windows 11, version 23H2 Build 22631 available in the Release Preview Channel for Windows Insider Program for Business participants to validate on devices in their organizations," the Windows Insider Team said.
Microsoft has released the September 2023 preview update for Windows 11, version 22H2, which adds frequently visited websites to the Start menu and addresses 24 issues. According to Microsoft, after this update is installed, links to your most "Important" websites will be added to the Recommended section of the Windows Start menu.