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Windows 11’s big patch Tuesday allows you to hold off on updates for longer

Microsoft just released a long list of improvements for Windows 11 as part of its bigger patch Tuesdays, and that includes the ability to pause updates indefinitely, as reported earlier by Windows Central. This option rolled out to Windows Insiders earlier this year, allowing you to hold off on updates for up to 35 days and repeatedly extend the deadline after that. It comes as part of Microsoft's plan to revitalize Windows 11 with updates focused on addressing user complaints and improving perf

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OpenAI may announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year

OpenAI's first device is set to be a smart speaker that lets you talk with ChatGPT, according to a report from Bloomberg. The device apparently won't have a screen, but will use a camera and additional sensors to "understand" your environment. The report comes just days after Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI that accused the AI company of stealing hardware secrets. OpenAI, in a new statement on Tuesday, said that it is "not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit." Sources tell B

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DZone

How to Build a Brand Monitoring Dashboard With SerpApi and Python

Knowing what people say about your product usually means checking Google News, scrolling through YouTube, and digging into different social media threads. That's three tabs, three interfaces, and no way to compare what you find. This tutorial builds a single dashboard that pulls brand mentions from all three sources using Python and SerpApi.  By the end, you'll have a Streamlit app with three tabs, one for news articles, one for YouTube videos, and one for social media and forum discussions. We'

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The Hacker News

Microsoft Patches Record 622 Flaws, Including Two Zero-Days Under Active Attack

Microsoft shipped its largest Patch Tuesday on record today, and two of the fixes close holes that attackers are already exploiting. The release covers 622 of Microsoft's own CVEs by its Security Update Guide count, more than triple June's previous high of around 200. Those two live bugs are the ones to grab first. Microsoft credits incident responders for both. Both are

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