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Minecraft, the best-selling videogame of all time, has been celebrating its 15th anniversary this month. From friendships to businesses, command blocks to creative masterpieces, Minecraft has shaped lives around the globe. Fifteen years of Minecraft means 15 years of building dreams and friendships. From saying wedding vows to quitting day jobs for pixelated passions, this game has been a cornerstone for countless adventures. Head over to Source to read about the game's impact on some of its community members. Continue reading...

In weather forecasting, accuracy reigns supreme. An inaccurate forecast can ruin a barbecue, shorten an outdoor walk or change your weekend plans, but in many cases, the stakes are much higher, and AI can help. With AI technology, the Weather team has taken a unique approach to create more accurate forecast models using diverse types of data, and better data delivers better results. For the second consecutive year, Weather from Microsoft Start was named the “overall most accurate weather forecast provider globally” by ForecastWatch*. With AI-technology driving improvement in its predictions, Microsoft is setting a new standard, and the 2023 report* reaffirms the industry-leading position. This independent study of 22 weather services...

Over the past month, you may have noticed that some of Edge's features have become faster and more responsive. That's because Edge is on a journey to make all user interactions in the browser blazing fast starting with some of our newest features and core features. Starting with Edge 122, the Browser Essentials UI is now much more responsive. The UI is now 42% faster for Edge users and a whopping 76% faster for those of you on a device without an SSD or with less than 8GB RAM! View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avJmgfGpoJA Favorites is another Edge feature that's getting UI responsiveness improvements in Edge 124. Whether favorites are expanded or collapsed, the experience should be 40% faster. And this is just the tip of the...

We are pleased to announce the release of WinGet.CommandNotFound! This PowerShell module is a feedback provider plugin for PowerShell that leverages the Windows Package Manager to provide suggestions for packages to install when a native command cannot be found. The command-line predictor feature in PowerShell enables this module to display WinGet packages as predictive suggestions. This module was originally incubated as a utility in PowerToys. Thanks to the help of the PowerShell and PowerToys community, we got lots of positive feedback to turn this PowerToys utility into a real PowerShell module! Requirements The Microsoft.WinGet.CommandNotFound module is built on the IFeedbackProvider interface, which is available with...

Windows Terminal is back with another preview release! Windows Terminal Preview 1.21 introduces long-awaited features like Buffer Restore and fontfall back as well as new experimental features like Scratchpad and the ability to load up an image as a texture. There’s also a LOT MORE stuff so check out the rest of this blog post to learn more! We are also updating Windows Terminal stable to version 1.20 which will include all of the features from this previous blog post. 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 interested in our bleeding edge features, you can also download Windows Terminal Canary from our GitHub repo. Now let’s...