In this week's look back at the new entries of the Microsoft 365 roadmap website, the company plans to add Copilot to the new Outlook Windows app and on the web, among other additions.
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The latest Microsoft news recap is here to give you an overview of what happened in the world of Microsoft this week. Bugs and issues, new browsers, Copilot everywhere, new builds, and more.
If the ever-increasing number of Windows 11 ads irritates you, this new app can help fix the situation. Aptly called "Oh F**k Go Back," the simple utility provides a fast and easy solution.
It is probably not wrong for a Windows critic to say that the OS is slowly turning into an ad-fest, with more ads and promos now in the Start menu. This unofficial app promises to disable them all.
The Microsoft Start weather forecasting development team has recently created a series of new AI models that were designed to offer more accurate weather forecasts as far as 30 days in advance.
After adding the Mistral Large LLM as an option for its Azure AI services, Microsoft has included the Mistral Small LLM as well. It is supposed to be used for high-volume workloads with low latency.
Microsoft has announced the launch of a private preview version of Zero Trust DNS to help admins block forbidden domain names. This will be included in a future version of Windows.
Microsoft Edge 126 is now available for testing in the Dev Channel. Version 126.0.2552.0 brings new taskbar media controls, PDF toolbar improvements, and various fixes across the browser.
Microsoft confirmed yesterday that a VPN bug is affecting Windows 10 and 11, as well as Servers. Alongside that, the company has also confirmed that Server systems are also having NTLM traffic spikes.
Wintoys, an unofficial Windows app, which lets users tweak, customize, or optimize their OS, to their will, has received its latest update, which now skips SYSTEM scheduled tasks and more.
Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 Beta Build 22635.3570 under KB5037008 today for Insiders. With this new build, the company brings two new features related to Microsoft Account (MSA).
Microsoft has released the latest Windows 11 build for members of the Windows Insider Program in the Dev Channel. It includes a number of unnamed improvements and fixes for those users.
Developer Ninja Theory has posted the final PC hardware and software recommendations for its upcoming action-adventure game Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, which will be released on May 21 by Microsoft.
Charlie Bell, Microsoft's Executive Vice President for Security, has written a blog post announcing that the company is now "making security our top priority" above all other features.
One year after the disappointing launch of Arkane Austin's vampire shooter Redfall, players who paid $100 for its Bite Back version are still waiting for its DLC content to be released.
Team members at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and other companies are anonymously reporting that they are being asked to develop AI services as fast as possible, and many are experiencing burnout.
Microsoft is rolling out a small feature update for Edge 124 in the Stable Channel. Version 124.0.2478.80 adds an internet speed tester to the sidebar toolbox and fixes two security vulnerabilities.
Microsoft Edge is a free web browser based on the Chromium Open Source project and other Open Source software.
Microsoft is holding a sweepstakes where the winner and their friend will fly to Los Angeles to attend the Xbox Games Showcase event on June 9. It's also giving away tickets to that event.
Tiny11 builder is a utility that helps automate the process of creating streamlined and debloated Windows 11 install images from any build or version of the OS. The latest update adds ESD support.
Microsoft has announced that the current Edge 125 Beta version now has new resource controls that let users specify and control how much RAM the browser can use on their PCs when gaming or working.
Microsoft has posted a word about some new updates for Outlook personal users, including support for Copilot in its mobile email apps for Copilot Pro subscribers, along with some other additions.
Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is a part of Microsoft's latest Xbox Free Play Days promotion, and it's available for all Xbox Series X|S players to try for no extra cost.
In time for World Password Day, Microsoft announced that all of its consumer accounts can now use passkeys to sign into Windows, Google, and Apple platforms with a PIN, face, or fingerprint.
Did you know that modern Xbox consoles cannot remember more than one Wi-Fi network? Whether it is a problem or not, Microsoft is working on the ability to remember up to 10 Wi-Fi networks on Xbox.
Microsoft committed $2.2B to expand its cloud and AI operations in Malaysia over the next few years. This is the company's largest ever investment in the country with new local infrastructure.
Valve reports that Windows 11's market share on Steam has nearly caught up with Windows 11. In April 2024, Windows 11 jumped from 41% to 45%, and now it is just 6 points away from Windows 10.
Microsoft has announced that its Azure OpenAI Service now has official support for GPT-4 Turbo with Vision, which can combine text and image prompts to create text answers to questions.
Earlier this year, Microsoft promised it was working on fix for "0x80070643 - ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE that was happening when trying to install Windows 10 KB5034441 update. However, that's not to be.
Microsoft has just announced another partnership with an AI startup company, Sanctuary AI. The two businesses will work together to create a human-like AI model for general purpose robots.
Microsoft is trying to show it is taking the use of AI services and their effects seriously by publishing its first annual AI transparency report, with info on its own employee practices.
Starfield's biggest update yet is landing in May with upgraded maps, new gameplay tweaking options, graphics options for Xbox Series X players, and more. A land vehicle is in development too.
Microsoft has released a new video for its hit sandbox game Minecraft to celebrate its 15th birthday. It shows people in the real world doing things that normally only happen when playing Minecraft.
Microsoft's LinkedIn has just launched its first three games that are available for free. These puzzle games have been designed to not just be fun to play but to also try to connect its players
Internal Microsoft emails have revealed the company feared it will fall behind Google in AI development in 2019. The CTO's emails showed that he believed Microsoft was years behind Google's AI.
A new report claims Microsoft has a schedule of when it plans to release its major first-party gaming titles for the rest of 2024. That includes games like the next Call of Duty title and more.
Recently, users discovered a simple one-click method to bypass the system requirements for Windows 11 on unsupported PCs. Another such way has been uncovered and it works on Windows 8.
Microsoft's Cascadia Code font, which is used in Windows Terminal, has received a major update with support for Quadrants, Sextants, Octants, Large Type Pieces, more legacy symbols, and Nerd Fonts.
Microsoft has partnered up with Brookfield to generate 10.5 gigawatts of renewable energy via solar farms and wind farms between 2026 and 2030, which is enough to power 1.8 million homes.
Statcounter reports that Windows 11 continues to lose its market share for the second month in a row. Windows 10, meanwhile, is gaining more users and is now back above the 70% mark.