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For September, Patch Tuesday means fixes for Windows, Office and SQL Server

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs.
The Register on MSN

Microsoft hits pause on Copilot ... in SQL Server Management Studio

Only a temporary reprieve until GitHub Copilot integration is up and running Microsoft's policy of inserting Copilot into ...
Bleeping Computer

Nissan confirms design studio data breach claimed by Qilin ransomware

Nissan Japan has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it suffered a data breach following unauthorized access to a server of one of its subsidiaries, Creative Box Inc. (CBI). This came in response to ...
GamesRadar+

The new CRPG from the Disco Elysium studio actually looks kind of cool, but after a biblically messy breakup with the original devs it's hard to get invested

RPGs I'm relieved to see the Disco Elysium successor is just as strange and dark – I've had my fill of fantasy RPGs for the year PC Gaming Upcoming PC games: New PC games for 2025 and beyond RPGs ...
PC Gamer

BioShock 4 studio lays off staff as former Diablo boss Rod Fergusson returns to get things back on track

FPS 'Consumers are not okay with okay': Take-Two boss says BioShock 4 is taking so long because the company's goal is 'to make the best entertainment, not necessarily the most entertainment' Games ...
Wall Street Journal

Perplexity Is Launching a New Revenue-Share Model for Publishers

Perplexity will pay publishers for news articles that the artificial-intelligence company uses to answer queries. The artificial-intelligence startup expects to pay publishers from a $42.5 million ...
Bleeping Computer

NY Business Council discloses data breach affecting 47,000 people

The Business Council of New York State (BCNYS) has revealed that attackers who breached its network in February stole the personal, financial, and health information of over 47,000 individuals. As the ...
USA Today

DOGE put Social Security data of millions of Americans at risk, whistleblower says

WASHINGTON ― Personal information of more than 300 million Americans is at risk of being leaked or hacked after employees of the Department of Government Efficiency uploaded a sensitive Social ...
Computing

Google publishes data on energy use of AI search queries

Google has disclosed new figures on the energy consumption of its AI-powered search assistant, Gemini, as debate intensifies over the environmental impact of AI. In a research paper published on ...
Wall Street Journal

Carriage Services Inc.

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for ...
International Monetary Fund

IMF Data

Global growth is projected to decline after a period of steady but underwhelming performance, amid policy shifts and new uncertainties. Global headline inflation is expected to decline further, ...