Microsoft last week said that it will pare the size of Windows 10's monthly updates once version 1809 reaches customers' PCs this fall.
“We'll be bringing a new design for quality updates to the next major versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server,” wrote Maliha Qureshi, a Microsoft program manager, in an August 16 post to a company blog. “This design creates a compact update package for easier and faster deployment.”
The next “major” versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server will each be labeled 1809 in Microsoft's yymm format, which denotes their purported month of release. Ideally, the feature upgrade for both lines will debut next month, but Microsoft's cadence usually runs a month later.
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LAS VEGAS — In cybercrime, as in most areas of crime (or business), the more things change, the more they stay the same.
The emergence of Petya/NotPetya and other virulent forms of malware have showcased how the best and most successful black-hat hacks are not entirely new—bad actors simply take older, more established approaches or attack vectors and add a new twist. And so it is with PHP unserialization attacks, as showcased at the Black Hat conference earlier this month by Sam Thomas, director of research for Secarma Ltd, an information security consultancy.
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Researchers have discovered a new subtype of multiple sclerosis (MS), providing a better understanding of the individualized nature of the disease.

Scientists have discovered the switch in plants that turns off production of terpenoids — carbon-rich compounds that play roles in plant physiology and are used by humans in everything from fragrances and flavorings to biofuels and pharmaceuticals.

A laboratory is putting chemistry to work on a simple, inexpensive way to identify falsified or substandard antibiotics, offering a practical solution to a very real problem. The researchers have created a paper-based test that can quickly determine whether an antibiotic sample is appropriate strength, or diluted with filler substances like baking soda. Similar to the mechanism of a home pregnancy test, a strip of paper turns a distinctive color if a falsified antibiotic is present.

Kids who faced daunting barriers to success in the classroom had a clear message for researchers who asked them as young adults to look back on their experiences with maltreatment, homelessness and their time in school: Adults can do better.

Young female orphan elephants have a tougher social life than non-orphans, a new study suggests, adding to a growing body of evidence of how the impacts of poaching cascade through elephant societies.

Secondhand smoke linked to poor health, higher absenteeism, increased likelihood to seek medical attention among adolescents.

The critical, structural changes that enveloped viruses, such as HIV, Ebola and influenza, undergo before invading host cells have been revealed by scientists using nano-infrared spectroscopic imaging.

With a new research plane and a new base to improve its chances of outsmarting Atlantic hurricanes, NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland campaign takes to the sky this week for its third year of gathering data on how the ocean around Greenland is melting its glaciers.