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GitHub is a web-based platform that serves as a hub for version control and collaboration, allowing developers to store, manage, track, and control changes to their code.

Microsoft announces $3 billion AI investment in India, forming strategic partnerships with respected industry leaders

Microsoft announces $3 billion AI investment in India, forming strategic partnerships with respected industry leaders

Microsoft has unveiled an ambitious plan to transform India’s core sectors through artificial intelligence, supported by a substantial $3 billion investment in cloud and AI infrastructure over the next two years. This strategic initiative, announced by Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella in New Delhi, marks a significant milestone in India’s technological advancement.   Strategic industry collaborations The technology giant has …

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Microsoft's .NET Community Toolkit 8.4 Launches with Game-Changing Partial Properties Support and Advanced MVVM Features

Microsoft’s new .NET Community Toolkit 8.4 launches with game-changing partial properties support and advanced MVVM features

The Microsoft development community received a significant upgrade with the release of .NET Community Toolkit 8.4, introducing revolutionary features that enhance the developer experience and code efficiency. This significant milestone brings transformative changes to the MVVM development workflow, introducing partial properties support and an extensive suite of new analyzers. The release marks a pivotal moment for .NET developers, particularly those …

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Microsoft Launches $10,000 LLMail-Inject Adaptive Prompt Injection Challenge to test AI security defenses

Microsoft launches $10,000 LLMail-Inject adaptive prompt injection challenge to test AI security defenses

Microsoft, in collaboration with the Institute of Science and Technology Australia and ETH Zurich, has unveiled an innovative cybersecurity competition called the LLMail-Inject challenge, offering participants a chance to share a $10,000 prize pool by testing the security boundaries of AI systems. LLMail-Inject: Adaptive Prompt Injection Challenge The challenge centers around a simulated LLM-integrated email service that processes user requests …

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Microsoft Ignite 2024: Satya Nadella unveils major AI innovations and Windows updates in keynote

Microsoft Ignite 2024: Satya Nadella unveils major Copilot AI features, Windows updates, and more to help your productivity in keynote

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kicked off Microsoft Ignite 2024 with a keynote that heavily emphasized artificial intelligence and introduced significant updates across the company’s product ecosystem. The presentation focused on three key platforms: Copilot, Copilot devices, and the Copilot AI stack. Major Copilot announcements 1. Copilot Actions Microsoft unveiled Copilot Actions, currently in private preview, which enables users to automate …

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Create stunning icons effortlessly with Simple Icon File Maker for Windows 11

Create stunning icons with Simple Icon File Maker for Windows 11

For Windows 11 users looking for a hassle-free way to create icons, Simple Icon File Maker is definitely worth considering. Its open-source nature (check it out on GitHub) also allows for community contributions, potentially leading to even more features and improvements in the future.

GitHub Copilot now offers multi-model choice, bringing Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini 1.5 Pro and OpenAI's o1-preview access directly to developers

GitHub Copilot now offers powerful multi-model choice, bringing Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini 1.5 Pro and OpenAI’s o1-preview access directly to developers

GitHub has announced the integration of multiple cutting-edge AI models into its popular GitHub Copilot tool, offering developers unprecedented choice and flexibility in their coding assistance. The announcement, made at GitHub Universe, introduces Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro, and OpenAI’s o1-preview and o1-mini models to the GitHub Copilot ecosystem. This expansion marks a significant evolution in AI-assisted …

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Microsoft fixes ASCII smuggling flaw that wanted to harvest your emails and documents in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft has recently addressed a vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that could have enabled the theft of sensitive user information using a technique called ASCII smuggling. This vulnerability, now patched, highlights the ongoing challenges in securing artificial intelligence (AI) tools against sophisticated attacks. What is ASCII smuggling? ASCII smuggling is a novel technique that utilizes special Unicode characters that mirror …

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Microsoft’s PowerToys set to transform the Windows 11 context menu with exciting “New+” module

Microsoft is poised to enhance the Windows 11 context menu user experience with an innovative addition to its popular PowerToys utility. The upcoming “New+” module aims to address longstanding user frustrations with Windows 11’s context menu, offering a customizable and feature-rich solution for file and folder creation.

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Microsoft releases new Windows Dev Home Preview v0.15 enhancing developer productivity with SSH keychain widget improvements, Quickstart Playground, and more

The release of Dev Home Preview v0.15 represents a significant step forward in Microsoft’s mission to empower developers with efficient, integrated tools. By streamlining environment management, introducing AI-assisted setup, and improving existing features, Microsoft is positioning Dev Home as an essential utility for developers working on Windows platforms.

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How to use the Epic Games Store to get free games every week on Windows 11

The Epic Games Store has become a popular platform for gamers, not just for its wide selection of games but also for its weekly giveaways of free games. This guide will walk you through the process of claiming free games from the Epic Games Store, installing the Epic Games Store app from the Microsoft Store, understanding the weekly free games process, and troubleshooting installation issues.

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Now obsolete, BinaryFormatter getting removed in upcoming .NET 9 release

A significant change in the .NET ecosystem was announced: the BinaryFormatter serialization method will be removed in an upcoming.NET release. This decision, detailed in a recent GitHub issue post, marks the culmination of a phased obsoletion strategy aimed at enhancing security within .NET applications.