Tux Machines

Premium and Proprietary Malware From Microsoft

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 27, 2023

=> today's howtos | Security Leftovers

YouTube is testing a '1080p Premium' playback option [Ed: Like Facebook and Twitter, YouTube will become less free. There will be "premium" options, urging people to pay subscription fees.]

=> ↺ YouTube is testing a '1080p Premium' playback option

Microsoft mistakenly offered Windows 11 upgrades to users with unsupported PCs [Ed: Months ago the market share of Vista 11 was 2.6%. Microsoft is nervous.]

=> ↺ Microsoft mistakenly offered Windows 11 upgrades to users with unsupported PCs

Microsoft Admits Pushing Windows 11 Upgrade Offers to Ineligible PCs [Ed: Microsoft realises Windows is a burning platform that's rapidly losing market share while GNU/Linux continues to grow.]

=> ↺ Microsoft Admits Pushing Windows 11 Upgrade Offers to Ineligible PCs

Microsoft has admitted that ineligible devices were being offered Windows 11 upgrades. Those that accepted the upgrade invite couldn’t complete the process.

microsoft windows 11: Microsoft accidently releases Windows 11 upgrade to ineligible PCs - The Economic Times [iophk: Canonical ought to be making hay with these mistakes]

=> ↺ microsoft windows 11: Microsoft accidently releases Windows 11 upgrade to ineligible PCs - The Economic Times

Microsoft said the issue was resolved and it might take 24 to 48 hours to propagate to all affected devices.

=> gemini.tuxmachines.org