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Update to Windows Subsystem for Android™ on Windows 11 (October 2023)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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We've shipped an update for Windows Subsystem for Android™ on Windows 11 to all Windows Insider channels. This update (2309.40000.8.0) includes improvements to system and graphics reliability. [HEADING=1]What’s New[/HEADING] Platform reliability improvements. Allow .cer files to be shared to Android. Graphics improvements. Android Geocoder APIs (Geocoder | Android Developers) provide valid data for all applications. Be sure to check the terms of use for using Bing Maps data. (Microsoft Software License Terms Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Android™ - Microsoft Support). Android 13 Platform Updates. [HEADING=1]Giving feedback[/HEADING] If you are having issues w…
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 New Mercury Editions of Razer Blade 16 and Blade 18 now available
by Guest Athima Chansanchai, Writer- 0 replies
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Razer Blade 16 and Blade 18 made their debut at CES earlier this year and now the Windows 11 gaming laptops are available in new Mercury Editions – a design featuring T6 grade aluminum and anodized for a durable finish. They’re NVIDIA Studio certified, designed to accelerate creative workflows. The Blades pair seamlessly with creative applications for fast and smooth creation. [caption id=attachment_178335" align="alignnone" width="1024] Blade 16 Mercury Edition[/caption] When you’re on the go, the Blade 16 Mercury Edition packs a lot in a 16-inch portable PC, with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 GPU and a dual-mode mini-LED panel that can toggle between two resolutions and ref…
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Adventure Escape Mysteries come to Windows PCs for free
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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Tilting Point’s hit puzzle adventure anthology game Adventure Escape Mysteries is now available for Windows desktops. You can download and enjoy AEM's many stories and point-and-click brain busters for free on PCs, joining 5 million players who have experienced AEM and its continually growing story content. The average ratings for the game are better than 4.5 stars. Game critics such as AppPicker, TechWiser, AndroidAuthority and AppUnwrapper have picked Adventure Escape games as the best escape room game. Find out more by downloading Adventure Escape Mysteries from Microsoft Store and diving into the fun. Continue reading...
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Microsoft Surface security: Keeping you protected
by Guest Scott Fudally, VP Surface Development- 0 replies
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Industry analysts consistently name Microsoft as a leader in security, compliance, identity protection and endpoint management. At Surface, we take our role in endpoint security seriously and include a number of key features to protect you, your data and your enterprise. Safety from start-up As soon as you press the power button, custom firmware springs into action to ensure everything inside is safe and authenticated. This process ensures your computer starts up safely. It also checks essential parts like cameras, microphones and other connectors to make sure they're working securely. Why does it matter that we write this firmware and software ourselves? Let's look at so…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26231 (Canary Channel)
by Guest Amanda Langowski- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26231 to the Canary Channel. Developers, please note that for a short period of time, we will not be releasing an SDK for builds we flight to the Canary Channel. [HEADING=1]What’s new with Build 26231[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Narrator users can now use voice access to dictate text hands-free[/HEADING] Narrator users can start using voice access in Windows 11 to dictate text with voice and hear what is dictated. In addition, you can also use voice access to give Narrator commands. For example, “Turn on Narrator,” “speak faster,” “read selection,” “read next line,” etc. To know the entire list o…
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Dev Home Preview v0.15 Release
by Guest Kayla Cinnamon- 0 replies
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Welcome to the latest release of Dev Home, where we’ve been working to deliver your top asks. Dev Home is available by default and is open source on GitHub. Let’s dive into what‘s new! [HEADING=1]Machine configuration improvements[/HEADING] The machine configuration tool is intended to help you get your developer machine set up in a snap. We’ve made some improvements to it with additional WinGet DSC integration. You can now generate a configuration file after going through the setup flow and Dev Home will also detect a configuration file in a repo after cloning. We’ve also added a new summary and details view when running configuration files. [HEADING=2]Quickstart Pla…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25977 (Canary Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25977 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 25977[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Improving accessibility with Bluetooth® LE Audio[/HEADING] We're excited to announce t…
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Build the next wave of AI on Windows with DirectML support for PyTorch 2.2
by Guest Sheil Kumar- 0 replies
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Today, Windows developers can leverage PyTorch to run inference on the latest models across the breadth of GPUs in the Windows ecosystem, thanks to DirectML. We’ve updated Torch-DirectML to use DirectML 1.13 for acceleration and support PyTorch 2.2. PyTorch with DirectML simplifies the setup process, through a one-package install, making it easy to try out AI powered experiences and supporting your ability to scale AI to your customers across Windows. To see these updates in action, check out our Build session Bring AI experiences to all your Windows Devices. See here to learn how our hardware vendor partners are making this experience great: AMD: AMD is glad PyTorch w…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4000 (Beta Channel)
by Guest Amanda Langowski- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4000 (KB5040546) to the Beta Channel. REMINDER: Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel will receive updates based on Windows 11, version 23H2 via an enablement package (Build 22635.xxxx). For Insiders in the Beta Channel who want to be the first to get features gradually rolled out to you, you can turn ON the toggle (shown in the image below) to get the latest updates as they are available via Settings > Windows Update. Over time, we will increase the rollouts of features to everyone with the toggle turned on. Should you keep this toggle off, new features will gradually be rolled out to…
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Free Rising Lava Parkour map added to Minecraft New Year’s Celebration
by Guest Steve Clarke, Editor- 0 replies
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Minecraft's New Year's Celebration continues with the free Rising Lava Parkour map – actually three Parkour maps – from Dodo Studios. Claim it now and get jumping on an adrenaline-filled adventure. Find out more about what you'll get by just opening up the Marketplace on your Minecrafting device and downloading. Continue reading...
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This holiday, get it all done with a Windows 11 PC
by Guest Mark Linton, Vice President, Device Partner Sales- 0 replies
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The holidays seem to come around just a little bit earlier and get a bit busier each year. This year, make the holidays great and get more done with a new Windows 11 PC and Copilot in Windows—your AI-powered, intelligent assistant available right from your fingertips. Designed to accelerate your tasks and help you be more creative and a whole lot more efficient, you’ll be more productive than you ever thought possible. Need help creating your holiday menu? Copilot in Windows1 can do that and even create your grocery list. Building a festive holiday party invitation? Powerful creator tools make it easier and faster to bring your ideas to life. How about gift ideas for ever…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3936 (Beta Channel)
by Guest Amanda Langowski- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3936 (KB5040535) to the Beta Channel. REMINDER: Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel will receive updates based on Windows 11, version 23H2 via an enablement package (Build 22635.xxxx). For Insiders in the Beta Channel who want to be the first to get features gradually rolled out to you, you can turn ON the toggle (shown in the image below) to get the latest updates as they are available via Settings > Windows Update. Over time, we will increase the rollouts of features to everyone with the toggle turned on. Should you keep this toggle off, new features will gradually be rolled out to…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25992 (Canary Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25992 to the Canary Channel. 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 25992[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]SMB Changes[/HEADING] Starting with this build (Build 25992), we are introducing the following Server Message Block (SMB) protocol changes. SMB firewall r…
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Windows Terminal Preview 1.20 Release
by Guest Christopher Nguyen- 0 replies
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Happy New Year! The Windows Terminal team is back with our first preview release of the year! Windows Terminal Preview 1.20 introduces several changes such as the automatic deferral of package updates while Windows Terminal is running, support for colorful and crazy line styles, changes to the way search results are highlighted and LOTS of usability updates and bug fixes! We are also updating Windows Terminal stable to version 1.19 which will include all of the features from this previous blog post. As always, you can install Windows Terminal and Windows Terminal Preview from the Microsoft Store, from the GitHub releases page, or by using winget. If you are interest…
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Self-help support for Azure using Help API : CLI Extension
by Guest Nithya Sivam- 0 replies
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Today, Azure customers navigate across multiple tools, portals and knowledge bases to troubleshoot Azure incidents. Azure is now introducing Help API, an offering that streamlines and simplifies troubleshooting steps by returning relevant solutions associated with the problem, wherever you need them! Help API empowers you and/or your users to access rich, Azure curated self-help solutions, diagnostics and troubleshooters from your preferred interface, without the need to create a support case, thereby putting the power of troubleshooting issues in your own hands, within minutes from when the issue occurs! In this blogpost we will explore key features of Azure Help API fro…
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Releasing Windows 11 Builds 22621.3807 and 22631.3807 to the Release Preview Channel
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Builds 22621.3807 and 22631.3807 (KB5039302) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11, version 22H2 (Build 22621) and version 23H2 (Build 22631). This update includes the following features and improvement (note that items with an asterisk (*) are gradually rolling out): * New! We are advancing the Copilot experience on Windows. It is now pinned to the taskbar and will behave like an app. This gives you the benefits of a typical app experience. For example, you can do things like resize, move, and snap the window. * New! This update adds a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings home p…
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Viewer and Import Enhancements for Microsoft Photos on Windows 11
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, As part of our ongoing effort to improve your experience with the Microsoft Photos app on Windows 11, we have some exciting updates to share. We listened to your feedback and made some changes to the Viewer and Media Import features that we think you will love. We’re beginning to roll this update out to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels. Here are some of the highlights of what's new and improved. [HEADING=1]Viewer & Import Enhancements[/HEADING] In this update, the Photos Viewer has been upgraded with a variety of new enhancements that will make your photo viewing more enjoyable and convenient. Easy Access to Key Photos Action…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25336
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25336 to the Canary Channel. This build will also be offered to Windows Insiders with Arm64 devices. 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]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][settings][/HEADING] Improved the performan…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25987 (Canary Channel)
by Guest Brandon LeBlanc- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25987 to the Canary Channel. 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 25987[/HEADING] [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][General][/HEADING] During setup (OOBE), when you need to connect to a network and there's no Wi-Fi driver…
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Quantization with DirectML helps you scale further on Windows
by Guest Patrice Vignola- 0 replies
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DirectML support for Phi 3 mini launched last month and we’ve since made several improvements, unlocking more models and even better performance! Developers can grab already quantized versions of Phi-3 mini (with variants for the 4k and 128k versions). They can now also get Phi 3 medium (4k and 128k) and Mistral v0.2. Stay tuned for additional pre-quantized models! We’ve also shipped a gradio interface to make easier to test these models with the new ONNX Runtime Generate() API. Learn more. Be sure to check out our Build sessions to learn more. See below for details. See here to learn what our hardware vendor partners have to say: AMD: https://community.amd.com/t5/ai/r…
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Releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.2359 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 22000.2359 (KB5029332) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11 (original release). This update includes the following improvements: New! This update improves how Windows detects your location. This helps to give you better weather, news, and traffic information. This update makes daylight saving time (DST) changes for Israel. This update addresses an issue that affects the Group Policy Service. It will not wait for 30 seconds, which is the default wait time, for the network to be available. Because of this, policies are not correctly processed. This update adds a new API for D3D12 Indep…
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New enterprise-grade security controls for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
by Guest Craig Loewen- 0 replies
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The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has added new enterprise-oriented features that will help you deploy, monitor, and configure WSL safely within your organization’s setting. Virtual Machine-based environments, like WSL, can be difficult to manage security for in enterprise business settings. We’ve listened to your feedback and have developed new features to enhance this specific scenario, enabling any Enterprise to use WSL securely and reliably. WSL has these new capabilities which you can learn more about below: Monitor WSL Distros with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) Manage WSL and its key security settings via Intune Advanced networking controls for …
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HP’s Pavilion Plus 16 is that portfolio’s first 16-inch Windows 11 laptop
by Guest Athima Chansanchai, Writer- 0 replies
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HP has introduced its first 16-inch Pavilion Plus laptop, which is expected to be available in October. This is the latest addition to the Pavilion Plus line, designed to drive creative content creation and collaboration on-the-go, with Windows 11 and the latest processors from Intel and AMD. Log in quickly with Windows Hello face recognition using the 5MP camera, while the dual array mic ensures your voice comes through loud and clear for meetings. The updated 2023 Pavilion Plus portfolio also incorporates sustainability in its design, using 20% post-consumer recycled plastics and 50% recycled metal. The Pavilion Plus 16 introduces a 16-inch 2.5K WQXGA display in an Int…
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Get PC titles for less through Microsoft Store Ultimate Game Sale
by Guest Athima Chansanchai, Writer- 0 replies
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Looking for a good deal on new PC titles to add to your collection? Check out the Microsoft Store Ultimate Game Sale, which runs through July 31 with discounts on select Xbox and PC games, PC accessories and Xbox console bundles. Top PC titles on sale include “Disney Speedstorm Deluxe Founders Pack,” “Sunshine Island” and “Flight Sim – Premium Deluxe” – but you’ll find hundreds more to choose from. Plus, save up to 50% on select Microsoft accessories for your PC device. Head over to Xbox Wire to get all the details on the sale. Continue reading...
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Computex 2024: AMD and ecosystem partners unlock new AI experiences for PCs
by Guest Athima Chansanchai, Writer- 0 replies
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At Computex, AMD revealed new products to power end-to-end AI infrastructure from the data center to PCs. These include a multiyear, expanded AMD Instinct accelerator roadmap which will bring an annual cadence of leadership AI performance and memory capabilities at every generation, a preview of the AMD Instinct MI325X and AMD Instinct MI350X accelerators, and 5th Gen AMD EPYC server processors. At the keynote, AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su showcased how partners are leveraging the broad portfolio of AMD training and inference compute engines to accelerate AI across PCs, data centers and the edge. AMD also reiterated that AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators power the new ND …