A snapshot of links shared on my Twitter account @WinObs for today
- Apple patent focuses on Kinect-style tech for Macs and MacBooks
- macOS High Sierra bug gives access via password prompt that authenticates as root with empty password; Apple says update coming, set root password as workaround (Mark GurmanBloomberg)
- Surface Book 2 Drivers and Firmware (Initial Release)
- How an Investor Hires Talent for the Next Growth Stage
- Mashable ‘Microsoft’s AI language app will give you a friend to practice Chinese with’
- ZDNet ‘Microsoft launches public preview of Azure Location Based Services with TomTom’
- SpaceX raises $100M more in investment, bringing valuation estimate to $21.5 billion
- New Partnership Brings SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud to Azure
- Nearly Half of Black Friday’s Record-Smashing $5B Online Sales Went to Amazon
- Memo NPR names Edith Chapin as executive editor, replacing Chief News Editor David Sweeney, who has left NPR after a review of sexual harassment allegations (NPR)
- Washington files first state suit against Uber over massive data breach, seeking millions in penalties
- Too many files in CWindowsTemp can break a healthy ConfigMgr client!
- And It Just Roots New MacOS Security Flaw Emerges
- Google has found a fix for the Pixel and Pixel 2 random reboots
- There's a major security flaw in macOS that gives anyone admin access
- Windows Time Data Update for Fiji is now available
- macOS High Sierra flaw allows user to authenticate as root while leaving password field blank, which grants privileged access to system preferences (Shaun NicholsThe Register)
- Microsoft builds and integrates Azure Location Based Services directly into the cloud to make cities safer and more sustainable
- Amazon Web Services previews a new partner program alongside new services and competencies
- WeWork Buys Meetup to Bring People Together Outside of Work
- XFX to Release Custom Radeon RX Vega 56 and Radeon RX Vega 64 Double Edition Cards
- Steep Road To The Olympics Beta Is Now Available For Xbox One
- Unlock data insight to drive agency missions
- Destiny 2 Free Trial is available now on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4
- Peggle 2, Marlow Briggs come to Xbox One Backward Compatibility
- HDMI 2.1 is finally here, and it has support for 10K resolution
- Alexa devs can use notifications starting today, alerting users with lights and audio cues, and will soon be able to personalize apps based on users' voices (Sarah PerezTechCrunch)
- GALs Interview with Rachel Nabors, Program Manager at Microsoft | GALs
- 35 publishers including Hearst, WaPo, and NBCU are trying TrustX, a programmatic ad exchange with impressions, audited by Moat, eclipsing 1B so far this month (Allison SchiffAdExchanger)
- Telepathy scores $40,000 from reverse domain name hijacking case
- Judge delays trial after ex-Uber employee describes rogue behavior
- 8 Incubators From Around the Country You Might Not Have Heard of Before
- HyperX FPS Alloy Keyboard and Pulsefire Mouse [ Review ]
- KeyBank trusts Microsoft 365 to help ensure a competitive edge
- 19 spacecraft go missing after Russian weather satellite launch goes awry
- Amazon’s ‘urban treehouse’ revealed in new images of future Seattle office building
- VR headset sales are slowly rising out of the doldrums
- Intel Xeon E3-1200 v7 Will Become Xeon Entry (Xeon E), Possible Intel with Radeon Graphics Launch
- Microsoft FastTrack Engage Experts at Tech Summits
