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Microsoft: Updates für Windows 11 und Server 2025 werden getrennt
Künftig sollen Updates für Windows 11 (24H2/25H2) einerseits und Server 2025 andererseits separate KB-Nummern bekommen. Das könnte die Updates verschlanken.

Microsoft has begun automatically replacing the original Secure Boot security certificates on Windows devices through regular monthly updates, a necessary move given that the 15-year-old certificates first issued in 2011 are set to expire between late June and October 2026.

Refreshing the root of trust: industry collaboration on Secure Boot certificate updates
Secure Boot is a foundational security feature of the Windows and Windows Server experience, providing protection from the moment a device powers on. Introduced in 2011, Secure Boot runs at startup – before Windows loads – and h

An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/x-wants-its-haters-back

X wants its haters back
Product chief Nikita Bier's message to journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”

»Windows 11—Neues Tool verspricht komplett KI-freies Betriebssystem:
#Microsoft integriert zunehmend künstliche Intelligenz in #Windows 11, doch nicht jeder Nutzer möchte #Copilot,

Windows 11: Neues Tool verspricht komplett KI-freies Betriebssystem
Microsoft integriert zunehmend künstliche Intelligenz in Windows 11, doch nicht jeder Nutzer möchte Copilot, Recall und Co. verwenden. Ein neues Tool verspricht Abhilfe und entfernt sämtliche KI-Komponenten restlos aus dem Betriebssystem.

An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/x-wants-its-haters-back

X wants its haters back
Product chief Nikita Bier's message to journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”

Lions' Jahmyr Gibbs wants David Montgomery back but will support him '100 percent' if he seeks trade https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-jahmyr-gibbs-wants-david-montgomery-back-support-him-100-percent-trade

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#Linux question: I would like to have a shared partition, on a #DualBoot between Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24, which would be encrypted but still useable (read & write) from both OSes.
It seems that one way to do this is via "Veracrypt" (see

Encrypt partition for use in Ubuntu + Windows
I have a machine with dual boot Windows 10 / Ubuntu 20.04. I would like to set up a new HDD (1 partition) dedicated for documents and other data - which I would like to have have encrypted, but

Microsoft is automatically replacing Secure Boot certificates for older PCs before they expire later this year; Secure Boot was first introduced in 2011 (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/876336/microsoft-windows-secure-boot-certi…

Microsoft is keeping Secure Boot alive with Windows updates
Microsoft is automatically replacing boot-level security certificates on Windows devices before they start expiring later this year.

Microsoft hat telefonische Windows-Aktivierung deaktiviert
Die Telefonaktivierung von Windows ist laut Bandansage „derzeit“ nicht verfügbar. Microsoft bestätigt nun: Sie ist Geschichte.
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