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Soar the skies of Italy and Malta in latest free World Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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Italy and Malta come alive with rich detail of the region’s grandeur in the latest free World Update of Microsoft Flight Simulator. "Fly throughout the historic cities of Rome and Venice, soar above Mediterranean coastlines and navigate sheer-faced peaks, all rendered in lifelike realism with World Update IX: Italy & Malta," writes Jorg Neumann, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, in a post on Xbox Wire. "The Microsoft Flight Simulator team has refined this area with the latest geospatial data available, including digital elevation modeling, aerial and satellite imagery, and triangulated irregular network (TIN) modeling of 20 cities, including Rome, Naples, Venice and…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25231
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25231 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]TL;DR[/HEADING] This build includes a few minor changes including increasing the rollouts for a few features. We’ve also added a handful of known issues – be sure to check them out below. We’re also rolling out a Phone Link update to Windows Insiders that introduces instant access to your phone's hotspot with Samsung devices. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][General][/HEADING] The change that began rolling out with Build 25179 to the spelling dictionary so that it now uses a language-neutral word list and syncs across all…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1028 and 22623.1028
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1028 and Build 22623.1028 (KB5021866) to the Beta Channel. Build 22623.1028= New features rolling out. Build 22621.1028 = New features off by default. December 2022 Bug Bash: Starting tomorrow December 7th, Insiders in the Dev and Beta Channels will see quests start to light up in the Feedback Hub covering various scenarios we're looking for feedback on. Take the opportunity to try out some new features and let us know how things are going! The Bug Bash will be running from 12am PST December 7th, to 11:59pm PST December 12th. Insiders who participate (by filing feedback or completi…
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Play on Motorola’s new Edge smartphones with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
by Guest Athima Chansanchai, Writer- 0 replies
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Motorola has announced its newest line-up of smartphones: the edge 30 ultra, edge 30 fusion and edge 30 neo. All three provide a new platform for cloud gaming via membership of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, where you can immerse yourself in hundreds of high-quality games, with new ones being added all the time. Take cloud gaming to the next level with 5G and WiFi connectivity, long-lasting battery life and fast charging speeds up to 125W for uninterrupted gaming sessions. Experience your favorite games in full immersion, combining endless-edge displays that deliver ultra-smooth refresh rates up to 144Hz and powerful stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos sound. Edge 30 ultra is th…
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SpongeBob comes to Minecraft
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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Have you always wanted to wander around Bikini Bottom, dropping in at the Krusty Krab and maybe even taking one of the boats at Mrs. Puff’s Boating School out for a spin? Now you can, thanks to new SpongeBob downloadable content now available for Minecraft. “In this immersive DLC, you’ll dive into the world of SpongeBob in a way you’ve never seen it before,” writes Sophie Austin on Minecraft.net. “You’ll be rewarded for your curiosity too, because on your travels you might just find collectibles and items that’ll help you on your very important mission: helping SpongeBob make everyone’s day in Bikini Bottom the best day ever!” Head over to Minecraft.net to find out more a…
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Introducing Dev Home
by Guest Kayla Cinnamon- 0 replies
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From the team that brought you Windows Terminal, Windows Subsystem for Linux, PowerToys and Windows Package Manager (WinGet), we are excited to introduce Dev Home, a new open-source experience in Windows created just for developers. Dev Home is a centralized location for setting up your machine, monitoring your system information, and managing your projects. [embed] ]View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC-60KNgLuE[/embed] Dev Home is part of Windows and will update through the Microsoft Store and GitHub with continuous releases to add new features and improve quality. Today, you can install Dev Home (Preview) from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page…
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Releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.2001 to the Release Preview Channel
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.2001 (KB5026436) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11 (original release). This update includes the following improvements: This update addresses an issue that affects searchindexer.exe. It stops working after you sign out. This issue occurs after you upgrade your machine to Windows 11 Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and sign in to that machine. This update addresses an issue that affects Narrator. It does not announce text attributes correctly for words, such as "misspelled", "deletion change," and "comment". This update addresses an issue that affects Server Message Block (SMB). Yo…
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Windows Subsystem for Android™
by Guest Zahara Kondo- 0 replies
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[HEADING=1]Tips and Tricks[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]July 2022[/HEADING] It has been exciting to see feedback on the Windows Subsystem for Android™, the core engine behind Mobile Apps on Windows since we first made it available to our Windows Insiders audience last October. While we obviously appreciate the words of encouragement, we also value the suggestions on how we can do better. We’ve been able to act on some of this feedback to make WSA a better product, and we’ll continue to use that feedback to prioritize new features and improvements in the future. Today we’d like to share more about some of the lesser-known features of WSA, as we believe these are useful tools for…
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Forza Horizon 5 Series 6 update ‘Horizon Customs’ now available
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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The Forza Horizon 5 Series 6 update, officially named "Horizon Customs," is now available to download, celebrating both the creative and racing talents of the game's players with important upgrades to Horizon Open and EventLab. As always, the Festival Playlist is serving up new clothing items, cars and horns to unlock on Windows, Xbox and Steam, with seasonal content rolling out in the weeks that follow. Head over to ForzaMotorsports.net to find out more. Continue reading...
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Lone Wolves: Season 2 comes to the Halo Infinite multiplayer journey
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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Lone Wolves: Season 2 is now available as part of Halo Infinite’s free-to-play multiplayer journey on Windows, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Steam. Players can now jump in with fresh content including new maps, modes, themed limited-time events and an all-new premium Battle Pass that never expires. “Season 2 sees a new narrative begin to unfold: Cortana’s dominion has ended, and the Banished rushed to fill the void, decimating all who stand in their way,” writes Will Tuttle on Xbox Wire. “Spartan Commander Agryna is preparing a new generation of Spartans to face them — and perhaps even more dangerous foes. But a few scattered Spartans remain in the field. These Spartans a…
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Delivering Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime to managed Windows 10 devices
by Guest Microsoft Edge Team- 0 replies
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Microsoft Edge WebView2 is a UI control that allows developers to embed web content into their Win32 C++, .NET, and WinUI applications. It powers many applications today such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Power BI, and Visual Studio. Earlier this summer, we announced that we were beginning to roll out WebView2 Runtime – the runtime powering WebView2 applications – to Windows 10 Consumer devices to make it easier for developers to deploy their WebView2 applications. We are happy to report that WebView2 Runtime is now installed on most active eligible Windows 10 Consumer devices and will continue to be deployed on newly active Windows 10 devices. As a follow-up step to the…
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Microsoft Flight Simulator releases first-ever City Update, details for 40th Anniversary Edition
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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To celebrate the return of gamescom, Microsoft Flight Simulator on Thursday released its first-ever City Update, featuring five new photogrammetry German cities: Hanover, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Bonn and Cologne. The free update can be downloaded now from the in-sim marketplace. The team also revealed details about the upcoming release of its 40th Anniversary Edition. Available for free on Nov. 11 to those who own Microsoft Flight Simulator or Xbox Game Pass members, the edition will feature helicopters and gliders for the first time since 2006. "In addition to the helicopters and gliders, we will introduce another highly-requested community feature: a true-to-life airliner…
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Releasing Windows 10 Build 19045.3030 to Release Preview Channel
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 22H2 Build 19045.3030 (KB5026435) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 10, version 22H2. This update includes the following improvements: New! This update brings back an improved search box experience on the Windows 10 taskbar. If you have a top, bottom, regular, or small icons taskbar, you will see the search box appear. You can use it to easily access apps, files, settings, and more from Windows and the web. You will also have access to the latest search updates, such as search highlights. If you want to restore your previous search experience, you can do that easily. To do that,…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25324
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25324 to the Canary Channel. We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. REMINDER: As builds released to the Canary Channel are “hot off the presses,” we will offer limited documentation for builds flighted to the Canary Channel (no known issues for example), but we will not publish a blog post for every flight – only when new features are available in a build. And like the previous Canary Channel build, this build has a few new features and changes to document. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 25324[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Evolved Widgets Board [/HEADING] We are beginni…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23541 (Dev Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23541 to the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][start menu][/HEADING] Rich thumbnail previews (tooltips) for cloud files under Recommended on the Start menu and the ability to right-click to share on these files which rolled out with Build 23511 may temporarily disappear for some Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. [HEADING=1]Fixes[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][Taskbar][/HEADING] Fixed an issue where dragging app icons in the taskbar may sometimes lead to an explorer.exe crash. [HEADING=2][search on the Taskbar][/HEADING] Fixed an issue where sometim…
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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Forza Horizon 5
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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Forza Horizon 5 Series 7 invites you to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the annual celebration of Mexico’s culture, cuisine and heritage. The city of Guanajuato in the game is ready for the festivities with new, colorful decorations. Players can also celebrate by unlocking new clothing items inspired by Mexico’s murals and the region of Puebla. Meanwhile, the Horizon Tour evolves with new championships and Ferrari takes over the Festival Playlist. The Forza Horizon 5 Series 7 Update is available to download now on Windows, Xbox and Steam. Head over to ForzaMotorsport.net for release notes, details of the Horizon Tour and more. Continue reading...
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25931 (Canary Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25931 to the Canary Channel. We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. REMINDER: As builds released to the Canary Channel are “hot off the presses,” we will offer limited documentation for builds flighted to the Canary Channel including documenting only the most significant and highly impactful known issues. Please note that we will not publish a blog post for every flight – only when new features are available in a build. [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 25931[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]New features from the Dev Channel[/HEADING] This build includes new features from the…
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Bring Merrick home: Sea of Thieves’ new ‘A Hunter’s Cry’ adventure now live
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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Set sail for the Sea of the Damned to confront the Dark Brethren in "A Hunter's Cry," Sea of Thieves' sixth time-limited Adventure that is live now until 9 a.m. UTC on Sept. 1. "Murderous conspiracies, covert rituals, unwisely buried instructions..." writes Chris "Brawler" Allcock on SeaOfThievies.com. "Having been absent from Sea of Thieves’ ongoing story for a while, the Dark Brethren’s return to the waves brought about plenty of fresh revelations and set pirates’ tongues wagging in the wake of our (and Merrick’s) previous Adventure, 'The Forsaken Hunter.'" To read the full background story and view the new cinematic trailer, head over to SeaOfThieves.com. Continue r…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1391 and 22624.1391
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1391 and Build 22624.1391 (KB5023011) to the Beta Channel. Build 22624.1391 = New features rolling out. Build 22621.1391 = New features off by default. UPDATED: Insiders who were previously on Build 22623 will automatically get moved to Build 22624 via an enablement package. The enablement package artificially increments the build number for the update with new features getting rolled out and turned on to make it easier to differentiate from devices with the update with features off by default. This approach is being used for the Beta Channel only and is not indicative of any chang…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.440 and 22622.440
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.440 and Build 22622.440 (KB5015890) to the Beta Channel. Build 22622.440 = New features rolling out. Build 22621.440 = New features off by default. As a reminder, Insiders who landed in the group with new features turned off by default (Build 22621.xxxx) can check for updates and choose to install the update that will have features rolling out (Build 22622.xxx). [HEADING=1]What’s new in Build 22622.440[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Taskbar Overflow[/HEADING] We're reintroducing taskbar overflow, with a newly designed experience for Windows 11. This taskbar experience has been thoughtfull…
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Releasing Windows 11 Build 22621.317 to the Release Preview Channel
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Build 22621.317 (KB5015885) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11, version 22H2. This update includes the following improvements: We fixed an issue that prevents troubleshooters from opening. We fixed an issue that might increase the latency of games when vertical sync (VSync or v-sync) is in use. We fixed an issue that affects the ProjectionManager.StartProjectingAsync API and prevents certain locales from connecting to Miracast Sinks. We fixed an issue that causes the Smart App Control to block catalog-signed files. We fixed an issue that causes the Take a Test app to remove all policies…
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Top things to know about Redfall, plus gameplay reveal
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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Get your first look at Redfall gameplay, debuted at the June 12 Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, and get ready to “Bite Back” when the game launches in 2023. “Redfall has everything you could want from a cooperative, story-driven FPS experience, plus everything Arkane fans have come to expect from the studio,” writes Anne Lewis, Sr. Content Manager, Bethesda Softworks, in a post on Xbox Wire. “An open world packed with mystery, a diverse roster of heroes to choose from, strategic combat that will keep you on your toes, painstakingly crafted environments, a rich narrative driving you through the world, a wide array of weapons… and vampires. A lot of vampires.” Visit Xbo…
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Play Sea of Thieves’ fifth free adventure, ‘The Forsaken Hunter,’ until July 14
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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Hey Sea of Thieves players: Swap your pirate hat for a detective’s cap as you uncover clues and find out the fate of the missing Merrick in “The Forsaken Hunter,” the game’s latest narrative-driven adventure, from June 30 to July 14. This update is available for free to all Sea of Thieves players who have bought the game on Windows 10/11 PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One or via Steam, or players who have access to it with Xbox Game Pass. Simply download and install the latest Sea of Thieves update to get access. Head over to Xbox Wire to watch the trailer and find out more. Continue reading...
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Angry Birds comes to Minecraft
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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Hey Minecraft players: You can now download Angry Birds DLC on Minecraft Marketplace. "In this flappingly fantastic new world from the Oreville Studios and Rovio Entertainment, the pigs are up to their old tricks again, and it’s up to you to stop them," writes Sophie Austin on Minecraft.net. "Playing as Red, your mission is to rescue your birdnapped pals, save your precious eggs and thwart the pesky pigs’ grand plans. Battle your way through a uniquely blocky Cobalt Plateau, over the dangerous Piggy Junkyard, through Summer Madness and across Pig City to try and find your friends." With each rescued buddy, you’ll unlock them as playable characters so you can use the uniqu…
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Ring in the new year early with Minecraft
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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Celebrate the coming of 2023 in Minecraft Marketplace with free worlds and Character Creator items, plus deals of up to 75% off selected content until Jan. 3. "Each year we try and give back some of the creativity and joy that you, our community puts into Minecraft by showering you with our gratitude – and gifts," writes Sophie Austin on Minecraft.net. "That’s why we’re stuffing the next five weeks full of fun, freebies and discounts, starting Dec. 20! Come with me for a secret, and a sneak peek of what celebratory delights await you this New Year." Head over to Minecraft.net to watch the video and find out what Minecraft has in store for you to ring in 2023. Continue …