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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

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.

»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.

Ein US-Gericht hat das pauschale Verbot neuer Offshore-#Windkraftanlagen durch Präsident #Trump für rechtswidrig erklärt.
Die Entscheidung stärkt Bundesstaaten wie #NewYork oder

Erneuerbare Energien: US-Gericht erklärt Trumps Windkraft-Verbot für illegal - Golem.de
US-Präsident Trump darf Offshore-Windkraftanlagen nicht verbieten, hat eine Bundesrichterin entschieden. Ob das was bringt, ist offen.

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

Just an unsolicited product plug, if you’re in Western Canada. The house we bought in late 2024 has Vinyltek windows, installed during a 2010-12 renovation, and a few of them were a bit twisted out of shape or had dysfunctional open/close/lock controls. So we called up and their guy came by and fixed them all in less than an hour, no charge. https://www.vin…

#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 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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Fertility startup Inito, which offers an at-home health diagnostics platform, raised a $29M Series B and plans to use AI-designed antibodies to make new tests (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/fert

Fertility startup Inito wants to use AI-designed antibodies to expand at-home health tests | TechCrunch
Inito has raised $29 million in new funding to invest in and develop AI-engineered antibodies that will help it offer new types of tests and improve the accuracy of existing ones.