Neowin News Feed for: Msn

Microsoft planning to replace MSN feed in Windows 11 widgets with Copilot Discover

Usama Jawad — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:44:01 +0000

It appears that Microsoft is testing a new UX for the Widgets board in Windows 11, powered by Copilot Discover. Read more...

MSN brand is back with a fresh new logo to replace 'Microsoft Start'

Taras Buria — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:08:01 +0000

Remember MSN? It is back with a fresh new logo to replace the "Microsoft Start" brand in Edge and other products. Read more...

Microsoft AI listed Ottawa Food Bank in travel guide, suggested "going empty stomach"

Sayan Sen — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 07:34:01 +0000

It is yet another goof-up by Artificial Intelligence this time by Microsoft's. In a recently published travel guide for Canada, the AI recommended going to a food bank on an "empty stomach". Read more...

Microsoft redesigns stock Windows Weather app, infests it with MSN news

Taras Buria — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 12:28:01 +0000

Microsoft has started rolling out a redesigned Weather app for Windows 10 and 11 (MSN Weather). The latest version features a brand-new design paired with a news feed and recommended content. Read more...

Microsoft is banning state-sponsored Russian content from its platforms

Usama Jawad — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:10:02 +0000

Microsoft has announced a series of steps that it is taking to aid Ukrainian authorities and civilians. It has also detailed how it is dismantling Russian state-sponsored propaganda on its platforms. Read more...

Microsoft acquires content moderation firm Two Hat

Paul Hill — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:28:01 +0000

Microsoft has acquired Two Hat, a content moderation service. No details were given of how much the deal cost Microsoft but both firms said they are excited to be working together. Read more...

Microsoft News now has 550 million monthly readers

Usama Jawad — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 05:40:01 +0000

The Redmond tech giant has revealed some interesting statistics for its Microsoft News service, including the fact that it now has over 500 million monthly readers spread across 180 countries. Read more...

Microsoft News's AI journalist confused mixed-race Little Mix singers

Mehrotra A — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:40:01 +0000

Microsoft removed editors from MSN and replaced them with an AI last month, just a week later, the company had to apologize after the AI published a story with an image of a totally different person. Read more...

Microsoft rebrands MSN News under Microsoft News brand

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:20:05 +0000

Microsoft is digging its feet in the news world with the launch of Microsoft News, representing not only a rebranding of its mobile apps but also signalling a consolidation of the company's efforts. Read more...

Microsoft Garage launches "Your News" app for the Xbox One

Shreyas Gandhe — Wed, 31 May 2017 20:18:01 +0000

Microsoft's Garage division has launched a video news app called "Your News" for the Xbox One, which brings the latest information from around the world in a personalized manner for the users. Read more...

Microsoft is shutting down MSN China

Andy Weir — Tue, 10 May 2016 16:32:01 +0000

Microsoft is shutting down its MSN China web portal in June, but says it remains "deeply committed" to the country, offering Windows 10 and cloud services, and maintaining a major R&D center there. Read more...

AOL buys most of Microsoft's advertising business, ditches Google search for Bing

Andy Weir — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 21:36:01 +0000

Microsoft is selling off its ad sales business to AOL, in a deal that will reportedly include the transfer of around 1,200 staff, and under the terms, AOL will ditch Google in favour of Bing search. Read more...

Microsoft updates several Windows 10 apps, UI tweaks across the board

Brad Sams — Wed, 20 May 2015 14:06:01 +0000

Microsoft has updated several of its apps in Windows 10 ahead of the next release of the OS to Insiders; each app now has a more consistent user interface and makes use of the hamburger menu. Read more...

Neowin 2014: Looking back on some of the year's top news stories

Andy Weir — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 14:06:01 +0000

From Android 5.0 and Windows 10, to the Apple Watch, Microsoft Band, OnePlus One, Google antitrust allegations and the console wars, we look back at highlights from the year's top tech news on Neowin. Read more...

Translator app for Windows Phone adds several new languages

Chris Schroeder — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:24:01 +0000

Microsoft has pushed a pretty significant update to its Windows Phone application, known as Translator, to include multiple new spoken languages to which the app can translate for you. Read more...

7 Days: A week of new Windows Phones, old games, Sonytastrophes and virtual burgers

Andy Weir — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:54:40 +0000

From free music and festive deals, to Lenovo's global recall, Flight Sim's return, the end of the Nexus 5 and the cheapest Windows Phone ever, we look back at highlights from the week's top tech news. Read more...

MSN apps now available on iOS and Android

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:52:01 +0000

The recently rebranded MSN apps are now available for iOS and Android devices. They offer news, guides, videos and lifestyle info as well as cross platform synchronization, all for free. Read more...

Trillian 5.5 Build 17 Beta

Razvan Serea — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 20:34:01 +0000

Trillian is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, and more. Read more...

MSN.com gets a banner that delivers breaking news in the form of tweets

Andy Weir — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 09:38:02 +0000

Following Microsoft's relaunch of MSN.com, it has now introduced a new breaking news banner with Twitter on its homepage, which shows tweets from trusted sources as major news events are developing. Read more...

Welcome to the MSN world, Bing apps have now been rebranded

Brad Sams — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:20:01 +0000

Microsoft has pushed out an update for all of its Bing apps that switches the name to MSN which signals the relaunch of the MSN brand and allows Bing to focus on its search service. Read more...

7 Days: A week of Windows Phone updates, Surface mini exclusives and Appletastrophes

Andy Weir — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:02:01 +0000

From bendy iPhones and the iOS mess, to Xbox One, Galaxy Notes, the cheapest Windows 8.1 tablet ever and The Fappening (Pt II), we look back at highlights from this week's top news on Neowin. Read more...

Bing apps will become MSN apps next week

Vlad Dudau — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 11:44:01 +0000

We known this was coming for a while now but according to the latest reports Bing apps will be rebranded under the MSN moniker starting next week alongside the launch of the new MSN.com website. Read more...

Bing Finance app to become MSN Money "in the coming days"

Andy Weir — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:20:01 +0000

Some users are seeing in-app notifications on the Bing Finance app, stating that it will soon be renamed to MSN Money, and the other Bing apps will soon come under the MSN brand too. Read more...

Microsoft Bing apps get rebranded with new MSN homepage

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:19:12 +0000

Microsoft is revamping its MSN homepage, offering users easier access to their interests, and rebranding the Bing apps in the process. The new MSN integrates all of Microsoft's online services. Read more...

Trillian 5.5 Build 13 Beta

Razvan Serea — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:33:21 +0000

Microsoft and AOL strike a video sharing deal

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:30:23 +0000

AOL announced today that Microsoft will begin to show its original video content on its MSN website and on its Bing apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone starting this summer. Read more...

Microsoft trying to get politicians to pay for campaign ads on Xbox Live and Skype

John Callaham — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:49:48 +0000

Microsoft is reportedly trying to get more politicians to pay for campaign ads that would be shown on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 dashboard via Xbox Live, along with Skype and MSN. Read more...

Microsoft to shut down msnNOW trending news site December 3rd

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 19:15:17 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will be shutting down its MSN.com spinoff website msnNOW, which displayed offbeat trending news stories, on December 3rd and will incorporate similar content on MSN.com. Read more...

Report: Microsoft cuts over 100 MSN contractors and freelancers

John Callaham — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 05:45:10 +0000

Microsoft has reportedly cut over 100 contractors and freelancers that worked on the MSN site, but the company says it will increase the number of full-time employees for its division. Read more...

Microsoft to launch new MSN Motor Trend website in 2014

John Callaham — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:44:11 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new partnership with Motor Trend magazine that will include the launch of a new Motor Trend on MSN website in early 2014 which will have exclusive content for car fans. Read more...

From MSN Search to Bing, the evolution of Microsoft's search engine

Brad Sams — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:43:32 +0000

Microsoft's web search service has undergone many transitions over its lifetime from rebranding to reordering, we have a few screenshots to show the transition of the search service. Read more...

Microsoft adds MSN.com to Bing Rewards program

John Callaham — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:54:25 +0000

Microsoft has added using its MSN.com news website as one of the options that can be used by Bing Rewards members to gain points that can be exchanged for prizes. Read more...

Microsoft announces several new ad & media partnerships

John Callaham — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:24:16 +0000

Microsoft Advertising announced a number of new media partnerships and programs today, including a plan to launch a new Xbox 360 app OneBeat for coverage of electronic dance music. Read more...

Want to bring back Windows Live Messenger? Here's how

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:09:13 +0000

Microsoft recently discontinued Windows Live Messenger in favour of Skype, meaning many of us no longer have access to chat logs or the familiarity of MSN. Now, there is a way to bring it back. Read more...

Rumor: Microsoft may revive Heroes TV show for Xbox

John Callaham — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:27:33 +0000

A new rumor claims that Microsoft is in discussions to revive the cult hit TV series Heroes, as part of the company's push for original content for its Xbox console. Read more...

Microsoft launches msnNOW sidebar beta for Firefox

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:12:13 +0000

Microsoft has announced it has launched a beta version of its msnNOW sidebar for users of Mozilla's Firefox web browser, allowing Firefox to show what's currently trending on Microsoft's media site. Read more...

The Skype debacle: What's happening to my messages?

Brad Sams — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:56:07 +0000

Since the announcement of the ending of MSN in favor of Skype, issues surrounding the merger have been hitting the web and even after a few months of complaints, there are still problems with Skype. Read more...

Microsoft offers "enhanced" IE10 with Bing and MSN [Update]

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:58:14 +0000

Microsoft's Bing team has released what they call an "enhanced" version of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 that has Bing set as the browser's default search engine and MSN as its home page. Read more...

Microsoft: MSN on Windows 8 loads much faster than competitors

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:32:18 +0000

Microsoft said today that an independent study shows that its MSN content site made for Windows 8 users loads up to 10 times faster than the major competing websites. Read more...

Microsoft gets exclusive for new season of LeBron James web video series

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:23:56 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will offer the second season of The LeBrons, an animated web series by NBA player LeBron James, exclusively on Microsoft platforms like the Xbox 360 and MSN. Read more...