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The Blackwing Intelligence security firm has posted word it was able to successfully bypass the fingerprint authentication of Microsoft's Windows Hello technology with a number of laptops.

The recently launched Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 is already available for a deep discount of just $599.99 at Amazon, which is $200 less than its earlier launch price of $799.99.

Microsoft has quietly extended its pledge to offer updated firmware and driver support for its Surface devices released after January 1, 2021, from four years to at least six years.

In October 2012, Microsoft launched its first Surface PC product, the Surface RT tablet. It was accompanied by a huge marketing campaign for the tablet that launched the Surface lineup.

Microsoft has announced the well-known DIY gadget repair company iFixit will start offering certain replacement components for some of Microsoft's Surface tablet and notebook Windows PCs.

Qualcomm has confirmed that Microsoft will add its Snapdragon X CPUs to some of its future Surface PCs. Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer, Asus, Samsung, Xiaomi and Honor also plan to add the chip in future PCs.

Microsoft's Secured Core initiative builds all Surface devices with integrated hardware, firmware, and software defenses. This approach gives Microsoft greater control over security updates.

The former leader of Microsoft's Surface division, and later its Windows team, will take over from the retiring Dave Limp as the leader of the Devices and Services team at Amazon in late October.

A new report includes parts of an internal memo sent by Microsoft exec Yusuf Mehdi, teasing how Thursday's press event in New York City will offer more info on the company's AI efforts.

A new but unconfirmed report claims former Surface leader Panos Panay, who was announced as leaving Microsoft today, is actually headed over to rival Amazon to run its hardware and Alexa divisions.

With today's departure of Panos Panay, Microsoft is making a lot of changes to its Windows and Surface teams, with new leaders for those divisions, and a new Windows and Web Experiences team.

Panos Panay, who joined Microsoft in 2004 and has led the Windows and Surface divisions for a number of years, is leaving the company. A specific reason for his departure was not revealed.

Another Surface device is getting the August 2023 firmware update. This time, Microsoft is rolling out new patches, improvements, and security fixes for the second-generation Surface Go.

Microsoft is rolling out new firmware updates for the Surface Pro X device family. The August 2023 release delivers Wi-Fi reliability improvements and app performance enhancements.

Microsoft has published a detailed blog post regarding the benefits and advantages the Windows 11 operating system brings for Surface devices. It covers aspects of security, deployment, and more.

Microsoft would not offer any information on if its Surface Duo 2 will receive any more Android OS updates, but the two-year-old dual-screen smartphone is reportedly no longer being made.

The 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 5 with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage is priced at just $899.99 on Amazon, while the 15-inch version with 16GB of RAM and a faster CPU is just $1,399.

The new "Upward" module for the Surface Hub 2S whiteboard display PC will reportedly add a way to rotate the massive monitor from a horizontal to a vertical position, sometime in 2023.

The latest edition of Microsoft Weekly contains all you would need to know about the latest events that transpired in the world of Microsoft during the past week, dive right in without further ado!

Microsoft has updated its Surface app to introduce many new capabilities, bug fixes, and stability improvements. The latest version of the app with new features is now available on Microsoft Store.

Microsoft has updated the Surface app on Microsoft Store with a bunch of new features, bug fixes, and improvements. The enhanced Give Feedback experience is one of the notable changes in this release.

Microsoft has taken the wraps off its new Surface Laptop 5 today. The new lineup, unlike last time, has ditched AMD Ryzen in favor of Intel only. Hence, there's no place for Microsoft's own Pluton.

Ahead of the upcoming Surface event, which is less than a week away, the alleged specs of the whole Surface Laptop 5 lineup have leaked. Sadly, for AMD fans, there are no Ryzen CPUs in it.

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is quite eventful due to the arrival of the Windows 11 2022 Update, a bunch of Insider builds, an upcoming Surface event, and allegations from Mozilla.

Microsoft is reportedly working on a new Surface Gaming laptop. The new device could be unveiled at the upcoming Surface event. In terms of leaked specs, it looks like Intel inside system.

The Microsoft Surface Pro X SQ2 is currently on sale with a massive discount of $450, which is 35% off. The variant here is the 16 GB RAM/256 GB SSD model, which scored 9 out of 10 in our review.

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is jam-packed with news related to Windows 11's features and some criticism about them, enhancements to Microsoft Edge, as well as some app updates.

Microsoft has pushed an update to the Surface app on Windows, adding a couple of new features to improve the overall experience. The latest version of the app is now available on Microsoft Store.

As a part of its five-year digital strategy, Middlesbrough College in the UK is lending Surface devices to its students. The college principal has said that this will end digital poverty on campus.

This was probably the busiest week of the month when it comes to news related to Microsoft. We have lots to discuss, including a colorful Task Manager, quarterly results, and Edge enhancements.

Surface Pro 7+ owners can download new firmware from Windows Update. The April 2022 update brings overall system stability improvements and bug fixes when working with the Surface Dock 2.

Microsoft has confirmed that its new AI-powered Voice Clarity capability is coming exclusively to Surface Laptop Studio first in April. Microsoft hasn't committed to delivering it to all Windows PCs.

Microsoft has apparently hired a veteran ARM chip designer Mike Filipino away from Apple. The development comes in an effort to push the Redmond firm's own in-house Azure server CPU designs.