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As part of our commitment to continuously improve our security methods and practices, we are excited to introduce changes to the Publish API for Edge extensions developers. These changes are part of the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative and are designed to enhance the security of your extensions and streamline the extension publishing process. In this blog post, we'll walk you through the key security capabilities introduced with the new Publish API, how it differs from the current API, and how extension developers can easily opt-in to and use the new experience. Key security enhancements The new Publish API delivers the following key enhancements: Enhanced API key generation Secrets are now API keys. With the new Publish API, the...

Overview As AI becomes more integral to Windows, Microsoft is doing more with AI on the edge with the power of a 40+ TOPS Neural Processing Unit on Copilot+ PCs. This enables lower latency, better battery life for AI intense tasks, use of AI experiences without an internet connection and better privacy by retaining information locally. Moving models and AI related data processing onto the PC also creates unique security challenges that need to be accounted for in the product design. This blog outlines the security and privacy models, security architecture and technical controls implemented in Recall (preview), an all-new exclusive experience coming to Copilot+ PCs. Recall is designed to help you instantly and securely find what you’ve...

Go from chaos to calm with just a few clicks With countless projects, tabs, files and links to keep track of, it's easy for your workday to feel chaotic and overwhelming. And when your main work tool — the browser — is in this state of chaos, finding the right information becomes exponentially harder, resulting in frustration and lost time. How many times do you find yourself switching between tabs and applications every day? Think of how much time you're wasting each week when you have to hunt for the right tab each time! But there's a solution — using the right browser. With over 50% of time spent on a PC in the browser, it matters which one you choose. Microsoft Edge for Business is the fast and secure browser with productivity tools...

At the 2024 HP Imagine event, HP announced its newest innovations, including its first 2-in-1 Copilot+ PC and the first EliteBook X in HP’s commercial PC lineup, also a Copilot+ PC. They will support Copilot+ PC experiences when available from Microsoft*. Copilot+ PCs are the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever. Users can accelerate their productivity and creativity with new AI experiences like Live Captions with translation, empowering them to communicate across languages with friends and family, or Cocreator in Paint inspiring people’s creativity to help bring their ideas to life. Copilot+ PCs also offer unmatched performance and battery life, and the highest standard for Windows security available. EliteBook X 14-inch...

Ara: History Untold is now available on Steam, Windows PC and with PC Game Pass. “From the outset, our goal was to create something familiar, yet unmistakably new – a game that feels like it’s being played on a living world. You won’t find hexes or grids here. Like the real world, Ara communicates much of its depth visually, without the need to dig into menus or statistics to understand what’s happening. You’ll witness how people live their lives and how your decisions directly shape their progress,” writes Marc Meyer, president of Oxide Games. “In Ara, we want your strategic choices to be driven by your objectives rather than arbitrary game rules. While your ultimate goal is to improve the lives of your people, there are many ways to...