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Windows 11
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Windows 11 performance accused of being too slow, God’s specs don’t matter

Morrissey Technology – A former Microsoft software engineer named Andy Young said that Windows 11’s performance was often very slow. Slow performance even occurs on PCs that have high specifications. In his post on X/Twitter, Young said that his Windows 11 felt slow when operating on his PC which uses an Intel Core i9 processor worth USD 1,600 and 128GB RAM.

Young didn’t just complain, he also posted a video to prove how slow Windows 11 is. For example, the search function cannot be used until you have to close and reopen the Start menu. Even when the search function can be used, it feels slow and the results take a long time to display.

In another post, Young explained his criticism. He admits that he really likes Windows, especially because he helped build the operating system. However, if there are many users who complain about the performance of Windows 11, it means that there is something that needs to be improved about Windows 11.

“For your information, I like Windows. I helped build some parts of it. I want it to be as good as it was. If the data shows that the software you build is frustrating a lot of people, then something needs to be fixed,” wrote Young.

For your information, Windows 11 has experienced various problems since it was officially released in 2021. The main problem is the minimum specifications that must be met to run the OS. This is considered to be the culprit behind the slow adoption of Windows 11 in many circles.

Then about performance. Many complaints say the storage media is very slow. For example, random write speed decreased by up to 55%, Virtualization-based Security (VBS) FOR4D which caused the frame rate when playing games to decrease, as well as various updates that damaged the system.

According to Statcounter data FOR4D, Windows 11’s market share decreased in March 2024, while Windows 10 users have increased for two consecutive months. Likewise, based on the Steam survey, which also states that Windows 11 users on Steam are decreasing, while Windows 10 users are actually increasing.

Cybersecurity
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US Cybersecurity Agency : Russian Hackers Used Microsoft Access to Steal Government Emails

Morrissey Technology – The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to Microsoft email systems to steal correspondence between officials and the tech giant. This was conveyed by CISA in an emergency directive.

In a briefing dated April 2, the agency warned that hackers were exploiting authentication details shared via email to try to break into Microsoft customer systems FOR4D, including those of an unspecified number of government agencies.

The warning that government agencies were targeted using stolen Microsoft emails follows the company’s announcement in March that it was still grappling with the intruders, which it dubbed “Midnight Blizzard.”

The revelations, which served as a wake-up call for the cybersecurity industry, were followed last week by a report from the US Cybersecurity Review Board which stated that another hack – accused of being carried out by China – could have been prevented, leading to blame for the company’s cybersecurity weaknesses and lack of transparency. intentional.

CISA declined to name institutions that may have been affected. Microsoft said in an email that it is “working with our customers to help them investigate and mitigate. This includes working with CISA on emergency directives to provide guidance to government agencies.”

The Russian Embassy in Washington, which has denied being behind the hacking campaign in the past, did not immediately return a message seeking comment. CISA warned that the hackers might also attack non-governmental groups.

“Other organizations may also be impacted by Microsoft’s corporate email exfiltration,” CISA FOR4D said, encouraging customers to contact Microsoft for more details.

Tiantong Satellite
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Get to Know China’s Tiantong Satellite: You Can Make Calls Without a Cell Signal

Morrissey Technology – An earthquake with a magnitude of 8 that occurred in Sichuan, China, inspired the Chinese government to create the Tiantong Project. This project is a communications satellite system that can overcome telecommunications problems in areas experiencing disasters. The reason is, when the earthquake occurred in Sichuan, communication networks in many cities in China were also affected.

For this reason, the Chinese government has started implementing the Tiantong project, which aims to provide communication access without the need to rely on cellular signals. Tiantong means “connected with heaven”, which refers to the story of the Tower of Babel in the Bible.

The project, which was initiated in 2008, has actually been launching its satellites since August 2016, where they launched the Tiantong-1 satellite, and this was followed by the launch of the 2nd and 3rd satellites in 2020 and 2021.

The three satellites form a network in geosynchronous orbit at an altitude of 36 thousand km, covering the entire Asia Pacific, from the Middle East to the Pacific Ocean. However, only at the end of last September was a cellphone that supported connectivity with this satellite, which was released by Huawei. Then Huawei’s steps were followed by other Chinese cellphone FOR4D brands such as Xiaomi, Honor and Oppo, which offered direct connections to the Tiantong satellite.

These products are in demand by consumers in China, Huawei cellphone sales are estimated to have reached 10 thousand units. Much higher than Starlink internet service subscribers, which only reached 2 million subscribers.

Using this satellite is not free, but the subscription fee is relatively cheap. That is 10 yuan or around IDR 22 thousand per month. Users can make calls to any number even if their cellphone is not connected to a cellular signal.

“Direct connectivity to satellites for mobile phones is becoming a new development trend, and satellite communications will gradually become popular with the general public,” wrote a team of satellite researchers from the China Academy of Space Technology, in a paper published in Aerospace Science and Technology.

However, please note that cellphone communication with this satellite was previously considered impossible, especially with the large number of active cellphones on Earth. The reason is that to be caught on a small cellphone antenna, the satellite needs to “shoot” a very strong signal.

When there are many signals with strong waves on the earth at the same time, each signal will interfere with each other and disrupt the communication path, which is known as passive intermodulation (PIM).

This problem was then able to be solved by the research team from the Tiantong project using various technologies. One of them is the most sensitive PIM FOR4D detection technology, which can determine the location where PIM occurs.

This allows the satellite to obtain very high signal capture sensitivity, and can capture signals from cellphones without an external antenna.

Apple Spyware
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Apple Distributes Warning: Beware of Paid Spyware Attacks

Morrissey Technology – Apple is warning its users in India and 91 other countries about a dangerous spyware mercenary attack. Users in India and 91 countries targeted by the spyware attack were warned via email by Apple. In the email, Apple explained that the perpetrator was trying to hack into the iPhone remotely. Spyware attacks of this kind, according to Apple’s explanation in the email, are rare and much more sophisticated than common cyber attacks, such as malware.

Apple is known to have sent this kind of warning to iPhone users since 2021. Since then, Apple has sent warnings to iPhone users in more than 150 countries. Initially, Apple sent this kind of warning to warn users who were victims of the Pegasus spyware made by the NSO Group at the end of 2021. Apart from sending warnings to users, iPhone also sued NSO because of this action.

iPhone users who fall victim to Pegasus by exploiting the ForcedEntry loophole will be notified by Apple. Apple itself has actually patched the zero click exploit, but according to Apple there are still a small number of users whose devices have already been compromised by Pegasus.

This exploit problem made Apple file a lawsuit against the NSO Group, because they were thought to be breaking into iPhones using Pegasus. Regarding spyware, Apple and India, Apple previously accused the Indian government of attempting to hack devices used by a number of journalists from India and opposition party politicians in that country.

As a result of these accusations, the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi immediately summoned Apple representatives. They were asked to reduce the political impact of warnings sent by Apple. The Indian government also summoned Apple security experts from outside India to meet Indian government representatives in New Delhi FOR4D. Apple was asked to provide an alternative explanation for the warning to its users.

“They (the Indian government) are really angry,” said an unnamed source.

There were more than 20 people who received warnings from Apple at the end of last October, and all of them were people who often criticize Modi and Gautam Adani, the infrastructure and energy industry tycoon in India.

Google
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Google Makes New Version of JPEG: More Economical

Morrissey Technology – Google’s attempt to create a new photo format via Webp didn’t seem to be very successful, and finally they decided to create a better JPEG format. As is known, Webp is an image format created by Google which is actually intended to replace JPEG, PNG and GIF. This format was first introduced in September 2010, and the first stable version was only released in April 2018.

However, until now the Webp format still seems to be getting “resistance” from users. As a result, Google chose to modify and make JPEG better, namely using jpegli. Jpegli is a coding library made by Google that contains an encoder and decoder. Both of these can follow the “rules” of the original JPEG standard and most 8-bit formalisms. In other words, all photos encoded using jpegli should be compatible with every existing decoder, such as those in browsers or image viewers on user devices.

Google promises jpegli can compress images 35% more than traditional JPEG codecs but still maintain visual quality. From here alone, the advantages of jpegli are very profitable for online use, because it can save bandwidth.

They also claim jpegli makes photos “clearer and displays fewer artifacts.” It can also encode images in 10+ bits, more than the 8 bits in traditional JPEG.

And, most importantly, jpegli also doesn’t require more computing or processing than traditional JPEG, so FOR4D it shouldn’t — it won’t slow down the photo processing process. Currently, the full version of jpegli source code has been posted by Google on GitHub, so anyone who is interested can try it out for themselves.

Qualcomm
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Qualcomm Tests New ARM Processor for Windows: Snapdragon X Plus

Morrissey Technology – After launching a new ARM processor for Windows-based computers called the X Elite, Qualcomm has now released its new ARM processor. The name of this ARM chip for Windows is Snapdragon The naming of the X Plus is in accordance with the SKU number for the chip, namely X1P, while the X Elite has the SKU S1E.

Qualcomm has been testing the X1P44100 and X1P46100 since at least last February. Both chips are integrated with the X65 5G model, but their architecture is unknown. However, it is estimated that the core of the X Plus will be based on the X Elite, but with lower speed. There are also those who speculate that the X Plus only has 10 cores, compared to the 12 cores on the X Elite.

Previously, Qualcomm also touted the gaming capabilities of the platform that would become Apple Silicon. Qualcomm promises that the X Elite platform can run the majority of games on Windows without the need for a porting process from the developer.

This promise was made by Qualcomm in a session at the Game Developers Conference 2024 entitled ‘Windows on Snapdragon, a Platform Ready for your PC Games’. In this session, Qualcomm engineer Issam Khalil admitted that he had tried out a number of Windows games on the yet-to-be-announced laptop using an x86/64 emulator, and according to him the games operated at almost full speed.

For information, Qualcomm said that the Snapdragon

This kind of emulator is what made the x86 to Arm transition on macOS in 2020 relatively smooth. Namely how Rosetta 2 can ‘translate’ x86 applications to Arm smoothly without experiencing a significant decrease in performance.

Yes, actually Windows has also supported x64 emulation for a long time, but it seems that Qualcomm is not too sure about this feature. Qualcomm provides three options for application developers who want their applications to run on Windows on Snapdragon.

Developers can port their applications to ARM64 natively to get the best CPU FOR4D performance and power consumption, especially since Qualcomm’s scheduler can dynamically lower the CPU frequency to save power.

Developers can create hybrid ARM64EC applications, where various Windows libraries and Qualcomm drivers can operate natively, but the application runs in emulated form. According to Khalil, the performance in this option is close to native performance. Developers can also do nothing, and their games will still be playable using x64 emulators.

Social Media Accounts
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How to Delete a TikTok Account, via Smartphone or Laptop

Morrissey Technology – Deleting social media accounts has become a common thing for the majority of people. Usually users delete social media accounts for productivity reasons or because they want to take a break from the world of social media. Currently, deleting social media can be done easily, including deleting your TikTok account.

How to Delete a TikTok Account

This stage of deleting a TikTok account can be done on a cellphone, laptop/PC, or other gadget that allows an internet connection. Quoted from the TikTok support page, the steps for deleting an account consist of :

  • Open the TikTok application
  • Click “Profile” as usual
  • Yes, it’s at the bottom right
  • Select the three-line “Menu”, then click settings and privacy
  • Next, select the account then click “Deactivate account”
  • Next, the page “Reasons for leaving TikTok” will appear. After selecting one of the factors, detikers can click “Continue”
  • Then, check the data download confirmation statement while using TikTok then click “Continue”
  • Click the “Delete account” button then “Delete.”
  • After all stages are completed, the detikers TikTok account will be permanently deleted.

How to Temporarily Deactivate a TikTok Account

If you only want to delete your account temporarily, you can choose the deactivate account option or deactivate the account via cellphone. Reporting from the official page of the TikTok platform, here are the procedures:

  • Open the TikTok application on your cellphone
  • Click “Profile” in the bottom right corner of the screen
  • Click the three line menu in the top right corner of the profile page
  • Select the “Settings and Privacy” option
  • Click “Account” then tap the “Deactivate or Delete Account” option
  • Select “Deactivate Account” then click “Deactivate”
  • Enter the password and click “Deactivate Account.”

How to Reactivate a TikTok Account

A TikTok account FOR4D can be activated again as long as it has been no more than 30 days since it was deactivated. Of course, this method cannot be applied to accounts that have been deleted. Here are the steps:

  • Open the TikTok application and click the “Profile” menu
  • Select the “Account” option at the top center of the screen
  • Click “Add Account” and follow the instructions listed to log in to the account you want to activate
  • After logging in, you can activate your account by clicking “Reactivate”
  • Wait a few moments and voila! Your TikTok account is active again.
  • So, those are several ways to permanently delete and temporarily deactivate a TikTok account.
Google
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Will Google’s Search Services Be Paid?

Morrissey Technology – Google plans to introduce an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engine feature, dubbed Search Generative Experience (SGE). Google may also charge a fee to allow access to AI-powered search. Google is adding AI chatbots to Search to create Snapshots, brief explanations of search queries, along with helpful links that may offer more information.

At its launch, the tech company said it plans to allow ads on Snapshots to generate revenue. However, based on this report, it seems that Google is now taking a different path. The information comes from a Financial Times report, which cited unnamed sources. It said Google may charge a fee to allow access to AI-powered Search. That’s because the company recently expanded its SGE testing to include users in the US who didn’t even sign up for the feature.

This change may not happen immediately. However, when the tech giant finally releases the service to the public, users may have to pay for it. The report did not say whether a specific revenue system has been decided for the service. However, speculation suggests the system could be bundled with the recently introduced Gemini Advanced subscription for the most advanced version of its Gemini AI.

On the other hand, it can also be offered as a standalone service. This is considering that Google has never charged users anything to use its core Search product. This may also impact website publishers who rely on traffic coming from Google Search rankings for revenue. SGE FOR4D can also have a negative impact on them. The report highlights structured premium tiers are being planned as a solution to avoid losing advertiser revenue, making publishers happy. However, at the same time it creates new revenue opportunities through its AI integration.

The Israeli military uses artificial intelligence
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Israel Uses AI to Determine Bombing Targets in Gaza

Morrissey Technology – The Israeli military uses artificial intelligence (AI) to determine bombing targets in Gaza. They used a system called Lavender which was developed after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 2023. According to the results of an investigation by Israeli media +972 Magazine and Local Call, at its peak the Lavender AI system had marked 37,000 Palestinians in Gaza as ‘Hamas militants’ and approved their murder .

To train the Lavender system, the Israeli military entered information regarding Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad members into the dataset. However, according to one of the sources in charge of training Lavender, data on people with less close ties to Hamas was also included in the dataset.

“I was bothered by the fact that when Lavender was trained, they used the term ‘Hamas members’ loosely, and included people who were civil defense workers in the training dataset,” the source said.

Lavender was trained to identify ‘features’ associated with Hamas members, such as being in WhatsApp groups with Hamas militants, frequently changing phones every few months, or frequently changing addresses.

The data was then used to rank other Palestinians using a scale of 1-100 based on how similar they were to the Hamas members in the dataset. Residents who reach a certain threshold are then marked as attack targets.

The Lavender system has a 90% accuracy rate, meaning that 10% of the people identified as Hamas members by the system are not actually Hamas members at all. Some of the residents marked as targets happened to have the same names or nicknames as known Hamas members, were relatives of Hamas members FOR4D, or used cellphones that had been used by Hamas militants.

The Israeli military denies there is a list of targets for the bombing. Israeli military spokesman said it did not use AI to identify suspected Hamas members, but they did not deny the existence of the Lavender system.

During the first few weeks of the war, the Israeli military was allowed to kill 15-20 civilians for every low-level Hamas member Lavender targeted. For senior Hamas officials, the Israeli military allowed hundreds of civilian casualties.

Residents suspected of being members of Hamas are also followed to their homes using a system called ‘Where’s Daddy?’. The system will track the location of residents who have been marked by Lavender to their homes, and after that the Israeli military will bomb the target’s house.

Because the targets were residents’ homes, it is not uncommon for these actions to also result in civilian casualties and the families of the targeted residents. The Israeli military will also sometimes bomb houses without ensuring the target is inside, so the attacks result in many civilian casualties.

“I often attack a house, but the people are not even home. The result is that you kill a family for no reason,” said the source.

Meta Ray Ban Smart Glasses
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Meta Ray Ban Smart Glasses Will Soon Be Equipped with New AI Features

Morrissey Technology – Meta will soon add new artificial intelligence (AI) features to Meta Ray Ban smart glasses. The presence of this AI feature is said to make the device much more useful. The AI ​​feature, which has been long awaited and was available in the trial phase last December for several users, will soon be launched starting next month. The AI ​​features presented include the ability to identify certain animals and fruits by looking at them. Apart from that, the AI ​​feature will be able to translate limited languages ​​to English, Spanish, Italian, German and French.

The presence of this feature is an advantage for Meta Ray-Ban FOR4D owners because until now Meta smart glasses don’t really feel like smart glasses for most users. This is because its function is simple. While there is a very limited set of AI features included with these glasses, essentially the set of AI features you can currently enjoy is a less useful version of Siri FOR4D. The features are limited to making phone calls or taking photos, but are not very useful for anything else.