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Wednesday Newsbytes – News for You – 050422<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Every day we scan the tech world for news that affects all of us who use Windows computers. Every Wednesday, we feature some of the news articles that grabbed our attention over the past week. We hope you find this week’s\u00a0 “Wednesday Newsbytes” informative and interesting!<\/span><\/p>\n Microsoft Edge\u2019s free VPN may become its must-have feature<\/a> Unlike popular VPN services that protect all traffic from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop, Microsoft\u2019s Edge Secure Network Service only safeguards traffic originating from the company\u2019s Microsoft Edge browser, which originally debuted with Windows 10.<\/span><\/p>\n The company promises that the Edge Secure Network Service will help encrypt your connection and enhance your privacy while browsing the internet by preventing online tracking and keeping your location private. The best part is that unlike the built-in browser VPN service from rival Mozilla with Firefox, the Microsoft Edge offering is free…<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read the rest of this article at Digital Trends<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Google is making it easier to scrub your personal info from search results<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n You can ask the search giant to remove links to sites that reveal your personal information, such as a phone number or address.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Google is now making it possible for people to ask them to remove sites from search results that list more types of personal information than they previously did, including details like your phone number or physical address. This is big as, until now, Google would only delist links with information that could actively be used to steal your identity or money, like your Social Security number or credit card details.<\/span><\/p>\n In a blog post yesterday, Google explained that it believes that \u201cit\u2019s important to have control over how your sensitive, personally identifiable information can be found.\u201d While it doesn\u2019t necessarily host a lot of personal data, Google Search is often the tool that surfaces it on other sites. This puts it in a fairly unique position since, as it explains, ‘the internet is always evolving \u2014 with information popping up in unexpected places and being used in new ways \u2014 so our policies and protections need to evolve, too.’<\/span><\/p>\n According to Google, under the new policy the company will now consider removing links to sites that include ‘personal contact information like a phone number, email address, or physical address.\u201d And The Verge notes that this type of information could also now include \u201cimages of ID docs\u201d or \u201cconfidential login credentials.’<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read more at Popular Science<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Even Microsoft is running an unsupported Windows 11 PC<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Windows 11 brings tons of great features to play with, but there is no hiding the fact that the operating system left a lot of PCs in the dust with its controversial minimum system requirements. That\u2019s caused folks to find ways to run Windows on unsupported systems, and it looks as though one of Microsoft\u2019s employees has done the same, too.<\/span><\/p>\n In a recent Windows Insider Webcast, Microsoft employee Claton Hendricks was sharing his screen to showcase some of the features that the company is working on for Windows 11 builds. In particular, Hendricks showcased new color options for the utilization area in Task Manager, but when toggling to the CPU information pane, an interesting Intel processor appeared listed in the right-hand pane of the redesigned app.<\/span><\/p>\n Per Neowin, the processor listed there is the Intel Core i7-7660U \u2013 which is not on Microsoft\u2019s supported list. This is a 7th-generation processor that was released back in 2017. Microsoft only supports processors from Intel\u2019s 8th-generation series onward, and also AMD\u2019s Ryzen 3000 series.<\/span><\/p>\n It is unknown what specific device was being used in this case, but there\u2019s a chance that it could have been a Surface, as the screen-sharing pane at the top of the session mentions \u201cSurface IR.\u201d If you\u2019re interested in digging deeper to find out, Microsoft has a list of supported Surface devices on its website. There\u2019s a chance that it might have been an original Surface Laptop, a Surface Pro 5, or any of the other Surface models that aren\u2019t on Microsoft\u2019s list.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read more at Digital Trends<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Windows 11 gets a boost for parental controls as work begins on finishing 22H2 update<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Family Safety widget improvements are here, plus Sun Valley 2 update is now being finalized<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Windows 11 just witnessed the release of a new preview build which brings a few fresh features \u2013 including enhancements for the Family Safety widget \u2013 plus a ton of bug fixes, and the news that Microsoft is seemingly closing in on finalizing the big update for later in 2022 (known as 22H2 or Sun Valley 2).<\/span><\/p>\n Build 22610 improves Microsoft\u2019s Family Safety parental control system by introducing the ability for you to see the location of your other family members who are using the Family Safety app.<\/span><\/p>\n Also, for the rest of your family who are designated in a \u2018member\u2019 role, they get a better view of screen time usage across devices and apps. Family Safety allows not only for tracking your children, but also setting screen time limits, and applying various content filters across software and games or when web browsing.<\/span><\/p>\n This new preview build also makes a bunch of additions on the device management and group policy front for IT admins, as well as some small tweaks to the Windows 11 interface (including the tooltip for the system tray\u2019s battery icon showing an estimated time for remaining battery life, if your laptop supports it).<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read more at Tech Radar<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Chinese hackers perform ‘rarely seen’ Windows mechanism abuse in three-year campaign<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Operation CuckooBees is an elaborate operation against companies in the US and beyond.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Researchers have disclosed a sophisticated Winnti cyber campaign that abuses Windows mechanisms in a way ‘rarely seen.”<\/span><\/p>\n According to Cybereason, the Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group Winnti is behind the campaign, which has gone undetected for years.<\/span><\/p>\n Active since at least 2010, Winnti is a threat group that operates using a vast array of malware and tools at its disposal. The APT, also known as APT41, BARIUM, or Blackfly, is suspected of working on behalf of the Chinese state and focuses on cyberespionage and data theft.<\/span><\/p>\n Past attacks connected to the group include cyberattacks against video game developers, software vendors, and universities in Hong Kong. Winnti also capitalized on the Microsoft Exchange Server ProxyLogon flaws, alongside other APTs, when the critical vulnerabilities were first made public.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read more at ZDNet<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Thanks for reading this week’s Wednesday Newbytes. We hope you found these articles useful, informative, interesting, and helpful. Darcy & TC<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wednesday Newsbytes – News for You – 050422 Every day we scan the tech world for news that affects all of us who use Windows computers. Every Wednesday, we feature some of the news articles that grabbed our attention over the past week. 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\nCan a free VPN service that\u2019s built into a browser lure you away from Google\u2019s popular Chrome? Microsoft hopes so, as the company is starting to roll out an experimental VPN service to its Edge browser called the Microsoft Edge Secure Network Service that\u2019s designed around privacy and security.<\/span><\/p>\n
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