Windows 12 could arrive in 2024

Microsoft is making a big change with Windows, switching to a new plan of introducing a fresh incarnation of the desktop operating system every three years, with smaller and more regular feature updates in-between. The move to a new engineering schedule is a rumor floated by Zac Bowden of Windows Central, who is well-connected at…

PlayStation will give you gifts just for playing games – but expect a catch

Sony is rolling out a new gaming loyalty program called PlayStation Stars, which will reward players for spending time on their PlayStation consoles. Launching for PS4 and PS5 users worldwide later this year, the free program will let you earn a variety of rewards for completing specific rolling ‘campaigns’, and as outlined by Sony in…

Microsoft has fixed dozens of potentially serious Azure security bugs

The July 2022 Patch Tuesday cumulative update fixed dozens of serious vulnerabilities found in an Azure disaster recovery service, Microsoft has revealed. The company recently published a detailed breakdown of the July 2022 Patch Tuesday update, which addressed a total of 84 vulnerabilities, including in the Azure Site Recovery, a disaster-recovery tool that automatically switches…

Bank of America just slashed it year-end S&P 500 forecast to the lowest on Wall Street as it expects a recession this year to last through early 2023

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 9, 2020. Bryan R Smith/Reuters Bank of America revised its year-end target to 3600, a 20% drop from its previous prediction of 4500. After CPI data showed inflation at 9.1% in June, analysts slashed their prediction to the…

House passes bill to create Amber alert-like system for active shootings situations. 168 Republicans and 1 Democrat voted against it.

Jonathan Thompson, the Executive Director and CEO of the National Sheriffs’ Association speaks at a press conference on the introduction of the “Active Shooter Alert Act 2022,” legislation outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on May 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The US House of Representatives passed a bill to create an…