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Microsoft to buy Discord with $10 bilion

25 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Blockchain Daily

  Rumor is that Microsoft is in talks to buy Discord for $10 billion. Discord was recently valued at $7 billion. Discord is free for most users, but the company makes money $9.99 monthly with the Nitro subscriptions that offer more advanced features...

How Sony Absolutely Dominated E3 2016

2 Mar 2021 6 minute read 0 comments The Retro Perspective

Full disclosure, I am a Sony fanboy in recovery. There was a time I believed that Sony could literally do no wrong when it came to the video game industry. Even when they released their defective first model of the PS3 for a ludicrous £600 and remov...

Windows Format Gpt Error

29 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nosiply

This is an error that may happen to you on old computers while formatting. It is because it is not supported. The solution to the error is simple. Attention!!! Please back up your information before taking these actions. You may encounter such an err...

So Microsoft patented an AI to talk to the dead, ok…

8 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ArgentinaPress

It uses a digital version of your loved ones to do so, but how do they get the data...   The project plans the creation of a chatbot or digital copy to recreate the persons’ talking characteristics to bring anyone back to life virtually. It’ll gather...

Leaders and Losers of the SolarWinds Hack

20 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

The SolarWinds hack has had a significant ripple effect on the cybersecurity community, with over 18k organizations discovered to be severely vulnerable and at the mercy of nation-state hackers.  The security community realized some of the biggest c...

Microsoft Selects NOIA Network for its FastTrack Program

12 Nov 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Cryptoray

Last summer, NOIA joined Microsoft’s Startup Program. Since then, our teams have worked together to design, build, and scale the network. This April, NOIA extended its participation in the program by getting additional support from Microsoft to boos...

Microsoft's New Tactics Disrupts Trickbot Ransomware

15 Oct 2020 1 minute read 3 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Microsoft and partners have taken down the Trickbot ransomware infrastructure. That is a temporary relief, as the cybercriminals will soon adapt. The bigger picture is how the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has created a template and partnershi...

Do we really need decentralized identities (DIDs)? Let's explore how microsoft's DIDs work.

1 Oct 2020 4 minute read 0 comments DeFi.

There are many platforms working to transform the current identity management systems from centralized and insecure to decentralized and more secure systems. Among them is Microsoft, which is leveraging the bitcoin network to enable users to regain...

CG - News - Microsoft buys ZeniMax Media

22 Sep 2020 1 minute read 1 comment (OMG)Old Man Gamer

Now this is interesting news to anyone that has a love for games and especially those made by Bethesda "Microsoft quickly pivoted from its failed TikTok bid and dropped a cool $7.5B to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of game publisher Bethe...

Defenders show up to the war on deepfakes

4 Sep 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Digitally altered and synthetic media are becoming more of a problem.  Openly available tools, including AI Deep Learning, enable the easy modification of pictures and videos for distribution on the Internet.  Most are benign; clearing up acne, impr...