This Week in Tech
Microsoft and technology-related updates for the week of May 2, 2022
This Week’s Stories
- Microsoft Edge surpasses Safari as world’s second most popular browser on desktops
- “Edge’s user base has slowly but steadily increased since Windows 11 was officially released to the public in October of last year, and according to StatCounter, it now holds a 10.07% market share on desktop machines, putting it in second place and just slightly ahead of Safari’s 9.61% share.” READ MORE
- Microsoft teams up with Volkswagen to make HoloLens work in cars
- “Microsoft has officially announced a new “moving platform” feature for the HoloLens 2, which is designed to let the augmented reality headset work in places like cars. It addresses a long-standing HoloLens issue of moving environments confusing the headset’s sensors.” READ MORE
- Nerd sniping convinces Microsoft to open source 3D movie maker from 1995
- “The software looks dated now, but it was a fun way to play around with 3-D effects back in the day. Now, the classic program has been open sourced by Microsoft.” READ MORE
- Cisco unveils technology to predict network issues
- “The predictive software engine will gather data from various sources within a company’s network, learn the patterns and help engineers find hardware issues, bandwidth spikes and app configuration changes before they cause difficulties.” READ MORE
- Apple, Google, Microsoft back ‘FIDO’ tech to dump passwords on websites and apps
- “The FIDO Alliance — FIDO is short for “fast identity online” — said Thursday it’s working with the three companies to begin offering passwordless technology to websites and apps.” READ MORE
- This unpatched DNS bug could put ‘well-known’ IoT devices at risk
- “Researchers at IoT security firm Nozomi Networks are warning that a popular library for the C programming language for IoT products is vulnerable to DNS cache-poisoning attacks. The bug is 10 years old and, at present, could not be fixed by its maintainers.” READ MORE
- Opal Blog: New Features in Microsoft Teams
- Explore new features in Microsoft Teams – April 2022. READ MORE