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| | | Microsoft Begins the Official Rollout of Windows 10 1909 | | ZDNet | Microsoft kicked off the official rollout of Windows 10 1909, the Windows 10 November 2019 feature update yesterday, November 12. The timing isn't surprising, given that yesterday was Patch Tuesday, which tends to be when Microsoft commences new feature update rollouts these days. | | Apple Can’t Kill A New iOS Hack On Hundreds Of Millions Of iPhones | | Forbes | The jailbreak released yesterday, dubbed “checkra1n,” lets users install whatever they like on the iPhone, with none of Apple’s normal restrictions getting in the way. | | McAfee Antivirus Software Impacted by Code Execution Vulnerability | | ZDNet | On Tuesday, the SafeBreach Labs cybersecurity team said that CVE-2019-3648 can be used to bypass McAfee's self-defense mechanisms, potentially leading to further attacks on a compromised system. | | New 5G Flaws Can Track Phone Locations and Spoof Emergency Alerts | | TechCrunch | 5G is faster and more secure than 4G. But new research shows it also has vulnerabilities that could put phone users at risk. Security researchers at Purdue University and the University of Iowa have found close to a dozen vulnerabilities, which they say can be used to track a victim’s real-time location, spoof emergency alerts that can trigger panic or silently disconnect a 5G-connected phone from the network altogether. |
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| | | The Slack Cheat Sheet: Shortcuts, Commands, and Syntax to Know | | MakeUseOf | If you use Slack at work, you’ll probably agree that its layout and feature set are quite complex. Fortunately, both these elements are well planned and easy to use. But with so much going on in the interface, it’s quite natural to miss out on several features unless you go looking for them specifically. To remedy that, MakeUseOf has compiled the best Slack tips into a cheat sheet for you. It contains keyboard shortcuts, search tricks, formatting syntax, and special commands that can speed up your Slack workflow. And the best part is that you can use them all without taking your hands off the keyboard! | | Microsoft Cheat Sheets: Dive Into Windows and Office Apps | | Computerworld | Here's a one-stop resource where you can find in-depth stories on several generations of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook for Windows, focusing on what's new in each major release. Computerworld also has guides for SharePoint, OneNote, Microsoft Teams, and Windows itself. |
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