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Crossplay Viking adventures await in Valheim, available now for Windows PC and included with PC Game Pass, and coming to Xbox early next year. "The full crossplay support will ensure that you can play together with your friends, no matter what platform you’re using," writes Iron Gate Studio's Josefin Berntsson in a post on Xbox Wire. "And once the upcoming Mistlands update arrives, you will need all the help you can get..." Head over to Xbox Wire to find out more. Continue reading...

Modern web threat campaigns have become short-lived in nature, sometimes having an overall lifetime of just a few hours. These campaigns evolved from targeting generic broad audiences, to focus on smaller groups of interest with a higher likelihood of payout. Most campaigns use phishing. These changes in the phishing landscape make it crucial for phishing protection services to build intelligence into their products in a timely manner. The Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Defender Smartscreen teams are improving their web protection services to prepare for web threats of the future. The Microsoft Defender SmartScreen team is adding new phishing sensors and leveraging more threat intelligence signals to expand our knowledge about the...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.730 and Build 22623.730 (KB5017385) to the Beta Channel. Build 22623.730 = New features rolling out. Build 22621.730 = New features off by default. Insiders who were previously on Build 22622 will automatically get moved to Build 22623 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 changes or plans for final feature rollouts. As a reminder, Insiders who landed in the...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25211 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We have some changes and improvements based off Insider feedback in this build – see below! We are beginning to roll out a new settings experience for Widgets. Windows Insiders who are also Office Insiders can now try the new Outlook for Windows! We’ve got the details below on how to get started. We are beginning to roll out an update for Snipping Tool which now includes the ability to automatically save your screenshots. As usual, this build also includes a set of fixes to improve the overall experience for Windows Insiders. What’s new Widgets settings In this update, we have separated the widget picker and Widgets settings...

World Update XI: Canada is now available free to all owners of Microsoft Flight Simulator. To get the update, simply update your account, download World Update XI from the in-game marketplace, and prepare to be enchanted by the sights of Canada from the air. "In creating World Update XI: Canada, the Microsoft Flight Simulator team processed troves of its latest geospatial data, including digital elevation models, satellite imagery and aerial photography," writes Jorg Neumann, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, on Xbox Wire. "Complementing the data, models and imagery, the update highlights 12 urban regions enhanced with the latest photogrammetry data and features 87 hand-crafted points of interest." Microsoft Flight Simulator is...