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Phone Link, formerly known as Your Phone, brings your Android phone and your Windows PC closer together. Today we are thrilled to announce the evolution of Your Phone app as Phone Link. We introduced the Your Phone experience more than three years ago, allowing you to keep your smartphone in your pocket and still be able to access your photos and texts on your computer. Since then, we have enabled more capabilities, such as the ability to filter notifications on your Windows PC, make and receive phone calls even when your phone is out of reach, and use your Android mobile apps on your Windows PC. As part of this evolution, we’re now introducing a brand-new interface that brings notifications upfront to help you be confident that you’re...

The creative minds at The Misfit Society have added five new Minecraft-themed ballparks to the MLB Home Run Derby downloadable content. “If you missed this fast-paced DLC the first time around, then grab your inventory and step up to the plate, friend, because your team needs you,” writes Sophie Austin on Minecraft.net. “Alongside the 30 MLB team jerseys to play in, you can now play in uniforms inspired by the bustling biomes of Minecraft. Hit a home run from a lush cave-inspired ballpark, or against the red, red backdrop of a Nether fortress grandstand.” You can download the MLB Home Run Derby DLC now from Minecraft Marketplace. For those who already own the DLC, you’ll get all the new content when you update it. Head over to...

The future of Internet Explorer (IE) on Windows is in Microsoft Edge and in less than three months that future will have arrived! On June 15, 2022, the Internet Explorer desktop application will retire and go out of support for certain versions of Windows 10. IE retirement is a major milestone in digital transformation for everyone. Like our customers, we've been working hard on this journey to IE retirement, and we couldn't have gotten here without you. Since we announced IE retirement last May, you’ve provided invaluable feedback that has led to improvements in Internet Explorer mode (IE mode), the legacy compatibility capability in Microsoft Edge. Two of the key enhancements we’ve made to IE mode—restoring IE COM object calls and...

A native of Scotland, she loves “wild” (in other words non-pool) swimming in nearby lakes (including Loch Ness) with friends and family. In the winter, she uses a wetsuit, but she doesn’t need to wear braces or tape in the cold water, which soothes her joints. Mountain hikes are also part of her routine – though her backpack comes with a feeding tube. She’s also six months out of medical school, doing a vascular surgery rotation as a junior doctor (the equivalent of a medical residency program in the U.S.). She intends to pursue a career as a pediatric physician. “In pediatrics it’s very much about helping children live with what they have,” she says. “It’s about getting their symptoms controlled to a point where they can do the things...

Sea of Thieves’ second story-driven Adventure, Forts of the Forgotten, is now live and will be available until April 7. “Rally your crew, rendezvous with Belle and set sail for the Sea Forts pulled through from the Sea of the Damned by Captain Flameheart,” writes Mike Chapman, creative director at Rare, in a post on Xbox Wire. “Expect heavy resistance from a Phantom phalanx as you battle through these ghostly fortifications to rescue the missing inhabitants of Golden Sands Outpost!” Forts of the Forgotten is available for free to all Sea of Thieves players who have bought the game on Windows PCs, 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...