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Coming to a laptop near you: A new type of security chip from Microsoft
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Coming to a laptop near you: A new type of security chip from Microsoft

Enlarge (credit: Lenovo) In November 2020, Microsoft unveiled Pluton, a security processor that the company designed to thwart some of the most sophisticated types of hack attacks. On Tuesday, AMD said it would integrate the chip into its upcoming Ryzen CPUs for use in Lenovo’s ThinkPad Z Series of laptops. Microsoft already used Pluton to...

Microsoft fixes harebrained Y2K22 Exchange bug that disrupted email worldwide
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Microsoft fixes harebrained Y2K22 Exchange bug that disrupted email worldwide

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft has released a fix for a harebrained Exchange Server bug that shut down on-premises mail delivery around the world just as clocks were chiming in the new year. The mass disruption stemmed from a date check failure in Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 that made it impossible for servers to...

Noblewoman’s tomb reveals new secrets of ancient Rome’s highly durable concrete
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Noblewoman’s tomb reveals new secrets of ancient Rome’s highly durable concrete

Enlarge / The Tomb of Caecilia Metella is a mausoleum located just outside Rome at the three mile marker of the Via Appia. (credit: ivioandronico2013/CC BY-SA 4.0) Among the many popular tourist sites in Rome is an impressive 2000-year-old mausoleum along the Via Appia known as the Tomb of Caecilia Metella, a noblewoman who lived...