Microsoft President Brad Smith has been asked by the US House Committee on Homeland Security to attend a hearing on May 22 to answer questions about the company's recent security breaches.
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Microsoft has announced it has improved the experience of adding a poll inside an email for users of Outlook on the web so users won't have to switch between the main email body and the side panel.
Microsoft has released the latest Windows 11 update for members flighting the Insider Program in the Dev Channel. This new build, 26120.470, (KB5037864) adds several new features and improvements.
Microsoft has released the latest Windows 11 build for members of the Insider Program in the Beta Channel. The 22635.3575 build has added a way for people to copy files from the share window.
Skype Insider 8.119 is now available for testing on mobile devices and computers. The release adds a new call panel UI on mobile, a PiP call monitor on iOS, simplified audio device controls, and more.
Microsoft Xbox President Sarah Bond stated that the decision this week to close a number of its game development studios was made to make sure "the business is healthy for the long term."
Microsoft Xbox President Sarah Bond has confirmed that its long-in-development mobile game store will officially launch sometime in July, initially as a web-based store so it can reach more people.
According to one of AMD's partners, the company is looking to stop driver support on Windows 10 with the upcoming Ryzen 8050 series of processors. The report also adds Zen 5 IPC performance numbers.
In addition to new Start menu widgets in Windows 11 build 26212, Microsoft is working on an interesting change that will let you ask Copilot about customizing Windows 11 right from search in Settings.
Pentiment, the 2022 medieval-themed adventure RPG game from developer Obsidian and publisher Microsoft, has won a 2024 Peabody Award. The game won the media award in its Interactive category.
The Microsoft Loop collaboration app now officially supports integration with GitHub, Jira, and Trello content. These new features are currently available for Microsoft 365 work and school users.
Microsoft is experimenting with upgrading the Windows 11 Start menu with a dedicated panel for widgets. So-called "Start Menu Companions" appeared in the latest Windows 11 build 26212.
Similar to CCleaner or Wise Care 365, Microsoft PC Manager can accelerate your PC's performance, declutter disk space, manage startup programs, control running processes, block pop-ups, and much more.
Microsoft is rolling out new versions of the Windows 11 Snipping Tool and Paint apps for Dev and Canary members of the Windows Insider Program that have some new features and improvements.
Microsoft just launched a major overhaul of its GroupMe group chat app. It added support for its Copilot generative AI chatbot, along with an all-new Windows 11 app version and more.
Microsoft has announced that members of its Teams Public Preview program can check out a new feature called a Presenter window that lets you see reactions from other people when sharing a screen.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Core members can now jump into three games this weekend for no extra cost. At the same time, all Xbox players have access to three Destiny 2 expansions for free too.
Microsoft has revealed a new feature for Teams admins, allowing them to preconfigure Shifts settings for a company's frontline workers and their managers across all of their locations.
Microsoft does not allow the personalization of your PC if the copy of Windows you are running is not activated. The company is now testing a similar upcoming change in Edge as well.
Microsoft is reportedly requesting a number of current team members at ZeniMax to take voluntary severance deals, following Tuesday's cuts of three game development studios in that division.
Microsoft is reportedly thinking about some more changes for its gaming division, including launching its upcoming game Hellblade II for Sony's PS5 console, among other possible ideas.
Microsoft has announced a new feature for Xbox Insiders on PC. Compact Mode, first introduced last year, received a new "Jump Back In" section that lets you access nine recently played games.
Apple is rolling out a new update for iTunes on Windows. Version 12.13.2 is now available for download from the official website and the Microsoft Store, with support for the new iPad Air and Pro.
Microsoft has released the latest Windows Server build for members of the Windows Server Insider Program. The new 26212 build adds Delegated Managed Service Accounts and more SMB protocol changes.
Microsoft has released the latest Windows 11 build for members of the Insider Program in the Canary Channel. The new build 26212 adds a way to make QR codes for URLs in the Windows share window.
Microsoft has extended the reach of its Defender for Cloud Apps security service to include protection inside the Edge for Business web browser so that companies can protect SaaS apps.
Microsoft has plans to spend $3.3 billion to launch a new AI data center in Wisconsin, on land that was first bought by Foxconn for a failed LCD factory. President Joe Biden will help with the reveal.
Microsoft has announced some new features that will be added in the coming months for Copilot for Microsoft 365. They include an auto-complete feature that is supposed to help improve Copilot prompts.
Microsoft-owned GitHub has officially launched support for using GitHub Copilot Chat in its mobile apps on iOS and Android so developers can get generative AI answers to coding questions.
Microsoft released Edge 126.0.2566.1 in the Dev Channel with improvements for the Sidebar in "Gamer mode" and a few various fixes to make your browsing experience a little better.
Files, a popular alternative to Windows 11's stock File Explorer, received a new update under version 3.4. It adds custom backgrounds, shortcut remapping, integration with Listary, and more.
Arkane Austin, the development studio behind Redfall, was reportedly close to releasing an update for the game that would have added an offline mode. Microsoft decided to shut down the studio today.
Microsoft has revealed it has launched a new generative AI service specifically made for being used by US intelligence groups. This unnamed service is not connected to the internet.
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Members of the Microsoft 365 Insider program can now try out a new default paste setting, Merge Formatting, in the Word for Windows app. It was a popular request from many Word users.
Some of Bethesda's team members are not happy with today's decision by Microsoft to close a number of game developers at that division, with one stating. "This is absolutely terrible."
Arkane Austin has revealed that people who bought the Redfall Hero Pass for the vampire shooter will get some kind of credit from Bethesda Softworks as the game will no longer be updated.
The Xbox Wireless Controller family just got a new member. The Fire Vapor Special Edition comes with red-orange swirl patterns on the faceplate and grips that are unique to each controller.
Microsoft will be closing a number of development studios at Bethesda Softworks, including Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and Alpha Dog Studios, along with other cuts at Bethesda.
Microsoft will add its Clipchamp video editing tool for its Microsoft 365 Education customers starting on June 23 as one of many new and upcoming updates for subscribers of those plans.