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Find out why Ara: History Untold stands out as a grand strategy game
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Over at Xbox Wire, editor Mike Nelson shares insights on the ways Ara: History Untold differentiates itself from other grand strategy games. “Elements like crafting, simultaneous turns and a diverse group of well-known and lesser-known historical figures are just some of the ways it stands apart,” he writes. “In a typical turn-based grand strategy game, players take turns sequentially – you can see what your opponent is planning and you’re given a chance to counter that move and vice versa. The difference for Ara is that it will process all those actions at once – this is what the team is referring to when talking about Simultaneous Turns; it’s simultaneously resolving ev…
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Xbox app on Windows has a new Home experience for Xbox Insiders
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The Xbox app on Windows has a new Home experience for Xbox Insiders that will make it faster and easier to find your next favorite game. The goal is to create a unified Home experience that combines the best and latest content from both the Game Pass and Microsoft Store tabs, so you can easily find what you love without having to jump between tabs. Home brings you the latest games, news, curated recommendations, free-to-play content and deals. Get all the details on Xbox Wire. Continue reading...
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4660 (KB5048808) to the Beta Channel. Changes in Beta Channel builds and updates are documented in two buckets: new features, improvements, and fixes that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available (via Settings > Windows Update*) and then new features, improvements, and fixes rolling out to everyone in the Beta Channel. For more information, see the Reminders section at the bottom of this blog post. Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on* [File Explorer] …
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4510 (Beta Channel)
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4510 (KB5046716) to the Beta Channel. Changes in Beta Channel builds and updates are documented in two buckets: new features, improvements, and fixes that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available (via Settings > Windows Update*) and then new features, improvements, and fixes rolling out to everyone in the Beta Channel. For more information, see the Reminders section at the bottom of this blog post. [HEADING=1]Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on*[/HEADING…
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As the end of the year approaches, we’re excited to share with you our 2024 Year-in-Review to not only look back on our year together but also to help you get ready to tackle your goals for next year. Let’s face it, we are all managing endless to-do lists and responsibilities amidst an ever-growing amount of information and content. While all that information might seem helpful in the context of growing to-do lists, it can also feel overwhelming. At Microsoft Edge we’re on a mission to give you a smarter, AI-powered browser that helps you get through what you need to do faster, and navigate the wealth of information available easier, so you can spend your time doing more…
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AMD’s new Ryzen AI PRO 300 Series powers Copilot+ PCs
by Guest Athima Chansanchai, Writer- 0 replies
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AMD has announced its third generation commercial AI mobile processors, designed specifically to transform business productivity and power Copilot+ PCs. Microsoft recently announced continued AI innovations coming to Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11, such as Recall (Preview), Click to Do (Preview) and improved Windows Search. The new Ryzen AI PRO 300 Series processors deliver industry-leading AI compute, with three times the AI performance of previous generations to easily handle everyday workloads. Enabled with AMD PRO Technologies, the Ryzen AI PRO 300 Series processors offer robust security and manageability features designed to streamline IT operations. OEM partners incl…
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AI is moving closer to the edge, and Copilot+ PCs are leading the way. With the availability of cloud hosted DeepSeek R1 available on Azure AI Foundry, we’re bringing NPU-optimized versions of DeepSeek-R1 directly to Copilot+ PCs, starting with Qualcomm Snapdragon X first, followed by Intel Core Ultra 200V and others. The first release, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B (Source), will be available in AI Toolkit, with the 7B (Source) and 14B (Source) variants arriving soon. These optimized models let developers build and deploy AI-powered applications that run efficiently on-device, taking full advantage of the powerful NPUs in Copilot+ PCs. The Neural Processing Unit (NPU) o…
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Microsoft is pleased to join the Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers, a new initiative launched by the Linux Foundation, which will help drive collaboration, technological advancement, and sustainability within the Chromium open-source projects. The Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers initiative aligns with our commitment to the web platform through meaningful community engagements, engineering collaborations, and code contributions to achieve the best outcome for everyone using the web. Six years ago, Microsoft announced that we would adopt the Chromium open-source project for our Edge browser. Today, our open-source principles remain unchanged and we continue to d…
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The holiday season is in full swing, and we know it can be a busy time. To help make your festivities even brighter, and check items off your to-do list, we are excited to share new Windows 11 and Copilot+ PCs that may be exactly the gift you’re looking to give or receive. A Windows 11 PC for everyone Windows 11 PCs offer peace of mind with world-class security, the performance you need for your busy lifestyle – no matter work or play – and provide the right tools to help spark creativity and boost productivity. And opting for a new Copilot+ PC supercharges your Windows 11 experience with the fastest, most intelligent, most secure Windows PCs ever. With innovative AI-enab…
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PC gamers: Get hands on with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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If you’re looking for a playable version of an Indiana Jones movie, check out Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which comes to Windows PC (with Game Pass), Xbox Series X|S and Steam on Dec. 9. Premium and Collector’s Editions will offer three days of early access from Dec. 6. Xbox Wire editor Joe Skrebels spent two hours with the game to give readers an inside look at this MachineGames title. “Once I headed back to the market, I bought a lighter from a dubious vendor, and left to take on a quest I’d been given at a dig site under the Great Sphinx. As I snuck into the area, I saw an unguarded door and, walking in, I spotted a space small enough to crawl into. I assumed t…
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For Xbox Wire’s Mike Nelson, getting older means reminiscing more often about the places he’s lived and traveled throughout the world, and marveling at the growing list of countries he wants to visit. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has become a “conduit of nostalgia” for those journeys. Because the sim is a “digital twin” of Earth, he can virtually fly over any of those locations and even get out of his plane to explore even further. Head over to Xbox Wire to read more about his deep dive into this aspect of MSFS 2024.View the full article
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Prepare for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, launching Oct. 25
by Guest Athima Chansanchai, Writer- 0 replies
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Xbox Wire has put together one easy-to-digest piece that hits on many of the important features you’ll want to know for the upcoming Oct. 25 launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. It’ll be available on Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Steam and Battle.net and on day one with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Editor Mike Nelson goes over multiplayer maps, climbing the ranks from private to commander, designing weapons suited to style of play, fighting zombies and much more. Head over to Xbox Wire to get all the details. Continue reading...
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.2702 (KB5048761) to the Dev Channel. Changes in Dev Channel builds and updates are documented in two buckets: new features, improvements, and fixes that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available (via Settings > Windows Update*) and then new features, improvements, and fixes rolling out to everyone in the Dev Channel. For more information, see the Reminders section at the bottom of this blog post. New features gradually being rolled out to the Dev Channel with toggle on* Windows Camera Advanced Con…
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Windows security and resiliency: Protecting your business
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At Microsoft, security is our top priority, and with every release, Windows becomes even more secure. At Ignite 2024, we will highlight new Windows security innovations that will provide the clarity and confidence our customers and organizations require while navigating this evolving digital landscape. We will also talk about our learnings from the July incident, and investments we are making as a result. Protecting your data and ensuring the integrity of your systems is paramount. From chip to cloud, Microsoft provides multiple layers of security to help protect identities and data, and enables an expansive ecosystem for innovation at a critical time. As the security lan…
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The holidays are here, and so are incredible new games that you can play on Windows 11 with PC Game Pass, including Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™. In addition to an unparalleled library of supported games, accessories and hardware, Windows 11 also offers players an exciting array of gaming features that can help enhance your fun on the latest titles, as well as the games you’re already playing. Here’s a quick recap of a few of those features, many of which are exclusive to Windows 11: Auto HDR: Breathing new life into your games High Dynamic Range (HDR) revolutionized visual experiences by offering a wider range of colors and brig…
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Phi Silica, small but mighty on-device SLM
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[HEADING=2]Introduction[/HEADING] This blog is the first installment in a new series of technical content designed to provide insights into the AI innovation on Windows. Today we will share how the Applied Sciences team used a multi-interdisciplinary approach to achieve a breakthrough in power efficiency, inference speed and memory efficiency for a state-of-the-art small language model (SLM), Phi Silica. Integrated into Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs (starting with Snapdragon X Series), this SLM powers several features of the latest generation of Copilot+ PC experiences: Click to Do (Preview), on-device rewrite and summarize capabilities in Word and Outlook, and a turnkey pre-o…
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Previewing Recall with Click to Do on Copilot+ PCs with Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.2415 (KB5046723) to the Dev Channel. With this update, we welcome Windows Insiders with Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs to join the Dev Channel to try out Recall (Preview) with Click to Do (Preview). [HEADING=1]Join the Dev Channel on your Copilot+ PC[/HEADING] Here is how you can join the Dev Channel on your Copilot+ PC today ( : Register for the Windows Insider Program here via our website with your Microsoft account or Microsoft Entra ID. This should be the same account you use to sign into your Copilot+ PC with. After you have registered, go to Settings > Windows Update > …
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Introducing Microsoft Edge Game Assist (Preview)—a seamless, full-featured in-game browser
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88% of PC players use a browser while gaming to get help, track their progress, or even listen to music or chat with friends1. These actions require you to pull out your phone or Alt-Tab to the desktop on your PC, taking you out of your game. Unless you have multiple monitors, you also can't see what's happening in the game while you're in the browser or reference a guide while you play. We believe there's a better way. Today, we're excited to introduce Microsoft Edge Game Assist (Preview), the first in-game browser that delivers a rich gaming-centric browsing experience—including access to your browser data from your PC and mobile devices. Game Assist is a special versi…
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What the Ukrainian makers of a post-apocalyptic video game can teach us about survival
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They’d been on edge for months. As winter wore on and Russian troops amassed on Ukraine’s border, they prepared a fleet of well-stocked buses, whose drivers stood by around the clock just outside the company’s headquarters. When the troops invaded on Feb. 24, 2022, it was 4 o’clock in the morning and in that eerie dawn, GSC Game World had already activated their emergency plan to relocate their employees and their families to a small town near the Ukrainian border. For this game studio, this wasn’t a game. “The first day was chaotic and unnerving. For most, it began with frantic early morning calls to relatives across the country… Ask anyone how they found out, and they’l…
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Previewing More Copilot+ Experiences with Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.2510 (KB5048780) to the Dev Channel. With this update, we are previewing new experiences for AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs including Recall and more and expanding Click to Do (Preview) beyond Recall in Windows. [HEADING=1]Join the Dev Channel on your Copilot+ PC[/HEADING] Here is how you can join the Dev Channel on your Copilot+ PC today ( : Register for the Windows Insider Program here via our website with your Microsoft account or Microsoft Entra ID. This should be the same account you use to sign into your Copilot+ PC with. After you have registered, go to Settings > Wind…
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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4515 (Beta Channel)
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4515 (KB5046756) to the Beta Channel. Changes in Beta Channel builds and updates are documented in two buckets: new features, improvements, and fixes that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available (via Settings > Windows Update*) and then new features, improvements, and fixes rolling out to everyone in the Beta Channel. For more information, see the Reminders section at the bottom of this blog post. [HEADING=1]New features gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on*[/HEADING] [HEADING=…
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Ignite 2024: Transform your workday with the latest Edge for Business features
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Today's work environment doesn't look the same as it did a few years ago. You're supporting flexible work patterns, with remote users who are often using personal devices. Cybersecurity threats are more sophisticated, complicating the task of protecting sensitive information. And seemingly overnight, the responsibility of stopping unauthorized AI use is falling on your shoulders as IT and security professionals. Combine all this with the fact that today's work relies heavily on software as a service (SaaS), and you'll see that the web browser is crucial to accessing corporate resources and AI. This makes it an endpoint you simply cannot afford to overlook. You need a secu…
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Microsoft Ignite 2024: Embracing the future of Windows at work
by Guest Pavan Davuluri- 0 replies
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Windows has been at the heart of modern computing for nearly 40 years. It is the ubiquitous, open platform that powers computing experiences around the world and plays a significant role across multiple industries, such as education, government, military, hospitals and corporations, many of which provide mission critical services requiring a high level of security and resiliency. And this responsibility that Windows holds to keep businesses of every size running is one we take seriously. In close collaboration with our ecosystem partners, we ensure that Windows remains the optimal platform for organizations to perform at their best. As we enter this new era of work, we ar…
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27766 to the Canary Channel. We are also not planning to release SDKs for 27xxx series builds for the time being. Changes and Improvements [General] This update includes a small set of general improvements and fixes that improve the overall experience for Insiders running this build on their PCs. Fixes [General] We fixed the issue where if you roll back from Build 27764 to an earlier build (including if the upgrade failed), you would see an “Your organization used App Control for Business to block this app” dialog when attempting to use or install certain third-party apps on your PC d…
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 22H2 Build 19045.5435 (KB5050081) to the Release Preview Channel for Insiders who are on Windows 10, version 22H2. This update includes the following features and improvements (items bolded in brackets indicate the area of the change being documented): [Calendar] New! Stay informed and informed with the new calendar. See the weather forecast and learn about the holidays and events that are coming up. [Mail] New! You now have the new Outlook for Windows app as the free default mail app. A new app icon appears on the Start menu. If you have pinned the former mail app to the taskbar, the new icon replaces the pi…
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