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Earlier this month, Redmond updated its Driver Shiproom Schedule and set aside May 26, 27, and 28 for the release of its feature update. With the update of release information, it seems Windows 10 May 2020 is imminent and will almost certainly start shipping by the end of the week. On the release information page, no known issues are reported, which suggests the platform is ready for launch. As for the resolved issues page, it shows what issues Microsoft has dealt with....

Auto High Dynamic Range (HDR) mode upscales older titles automatically. In other words, older games have better visual performance than before without developers needing to do anything. It’s a technology that has been used on smart TVs for some time. Microsoft is now brining the feature to Windows 10: “While some game studios develop for HDR gaming PCs by mastering their game natively for HDR, Auto HDR for PC will take DirectX 11 or DirectX 12 SDR-only games and intelligently expand the color / brightness range up to HDR,” says Hannah Fisher, a DirectX program manager at Microsoft....

Windows 11 File Explorer Not Working There isn’t any universal fix for the windows 11 file explorer not working issue, we recommend apply each of the below-mentioned workarounds until one of them spells out success for you. 1 Windows 11 File Explorer Not Working1.1 Restart Windows Explorer1.2 Adjust the File Explorer options1.3 Restart your PC1.4 Delete File Explorer Cache1.5 Check for Windows updates1.6 Use the SFC Command1.7 Run System Maintenance in Control Panel...

Why Is Windows 11 So Slow? There are multiple reasons for Windows 11 slow performance, Having too many startup apps to virus malware infection or low system storage to outdated drivers are some common ones. Again malfunctioning hardware to a software bug or Old or fragmented devices also slow down windows 11 performance. 1 Why Is Windows 11 So Slow?2 How to fix it when Windows 11 is slow?2.1 Update Windows 112....

Specifically, using an early pre-release version of CShell on an HP Elite X3, Bowden shows how Continuum will work on the one-branch platform. By using Continuum, Windows 10 Mobile users will leverage CShell to get a near identical Windows 10 desktop experience on their handset. Currently, Continuum is limited to just a single window. The true Windows 10 desktop experience is also hampered by smartphone staples, like the status bar....

This is important because it expands the availability and support of Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 across more Windows 10 users. Microsoft says the expansion follows customer feedback requesting support for older Windows 10 builds. WSL 2 is Microsoft’s latest version of the service that allows Linux distros to function within Windows. Distribution can run the original WSL or the updated second version, and users can switch when they want....

After close to three years, it seems that time is almost upon us. In a blog post, the Wunderlist team announced the app’s closure on May 6th, 2020. The team talked up the similarities between Wunderlist and To-Do and talked a little about why the migration was necessary. Development Struggles However, reaching feature parity with the old app has been a long and tough journey. In May last year, former Wunderlist CEO Christian Reber left Microsoft and talked about some of the problems with porting the app....

“Starting with the Alpha Skip Ahead and Alpha rings, Xbox Insiders with a compatible TV can enjoy Dolby Vision streaming content on Netflix on Xbox One S and Xbox One X,” revealed Xbox Insider lead Bradley Rossetti. In short, Doby Vision is a more advanced version of HDR10. It promises dynamic metadata that enables different outputs for each individual frame. Rather than a blanket application, Dolby Vision looks at each individual scene to determine the correct brightness, contrast, and color ratios....

The match 3 puzzle game mixes a comic book art style with copious sexual content and nudity in a noir atmosphere. However, reviewers have been met with up to two-week Xbox Live bans for screenshotting with Xbox’s built-in DVR. At this point, it’s unclear if the images were flagged by the company’s image AI or via user report, but either way, users aren’t happy. The bans have varying reasons, from accusations of sharing nude content to “a screenshot created by this account was found to be innapropriate”....

Unsurprisingly, the Xbox One and Xbox One S will not be downloading the full, 4K assets for any games. They result in a huge increase in file size, with Forza 7 reaching heights of 100 GB. Speaking to Stevivor, a Microsoft spokesperson said: “With the launch of Xbox One X, when it comes to game content our intention is to download the correct assets to the correct console.” However, it gets slightly more interesting....

Rather than using qubits the traditional way, Microsoft’s plans hinge on an elusive particle known as the Majorana fermion. By weaving them together, it seeks to make stable qubits with far lower error rates than its competitors. Microsoft’s Director of Quantum computing says the company is “all-in” on building its computer, and that it’s “one of the biggest disruptive bets we have made as a company”. https://youtu.be/doNNClTTYwE A Multi-Billion Dollar Bet Julie Love took the job of overseeing the efforts just over a year ago, and says Microsoft is making advancements every day....

How to fix the black screen of death windows 10 Check and make sure the connection issue between the display and your PC.If you are using a desktop PC then check the display to ensure it is connected well to the computer and the power outlet.Also, you can try connecting a different monitor to the computer or laptop to make sure that your primary display is working fine.Sometimes black screen also appears due to the external devices that are connected to your PC so make sure you disconnect all the unnecessary devices....

Terminate Unresponsive Apps Through Settings Whenever we come across to a situation where apps not responding, the window won’t close We press Ctrl + Alt + Del To launch Taskmanager, Right-click the unresponsive app and choose End task. But now with the April 2018 Update, you’ll also be able to do this through Settings. To do this, go to Settings > Apps > Apps & features, find the non-responsive app in the list, and click Advanced options link....

“Chrome is draining your battery faster,” a Windows Action Center notification once read. “Switch to Microsoft Edge for up to 36% more browsing time.” Now, though, Google’s problems are also Microsoft’s. Edge is switching from its own engine to Chromium and thus inheriting underlying bugs, performance issues, and other niggles. As spotted by Windows Latest, Redmond engineers are now suggesting solutions to battery issues on the Chromium Gerrit. “The current behavior is that the media content is added to the general HTTP cache during acquisition and playback,” writes Microsoft’s Shawn Pickett in a bug filing....

Speaking to VentureBeat, Kipman was eager to address how Windows Mixed Reality fits into the wider Windows 10 ecosystem. Considering Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform concept, Kipman stresses mixed reality fits into the Universal idea. “There is one operating system. It’s Windows 10 and we love it. What I do want to differentiate is how that one operating system evolves into the future. As a matter of fact, in all your machines, on October 17, you’re going to download this version of the OS....

Reduction Before the 2019 agreement, 600 resellers were on the Marketplace. Once the companies entered the partnership, the number was cut to just seven. Tip of the day: Windows Update downloads can often be frustrating because they are several gigabytes in size and can slow down your internet connection. That means your device may work with reduced performance while the update is downloading. In our guide we show you how to limit bandwidth for Windows Update downloads, so they won’t bother you again....

In response, two Los Angeles residents have filed a class action lawsuit. Stefan Bogdanovich and Dakota Speas accuse Apple of slowing down older models when new ones come out, strongly encouraging an upgrade. Both are owners of the iPhone 7 and older iPhones and believe they should have been informed. According to Wilshire Law, Apple “breached the implied contracts it made with Plaintiffs and Class Members by purposefully slowing down older iPhone models when new models come out and by failing to properly disclose that at the time of that the parties entered into an agreement....

Along with the software, Apple is also reportedly planning accompanying hardware. So, for macOS Ventura there will be new MacBook Pro models, both 14-inch and 16-inch variants. It is mostly expected that changes will be incremental, although they will get the new M2 Pro and M2 Pro Max CPUs, the update for Apple’s current generation M2 processor. As for iPadOS 16, it will support Apple’s launch of the iPad Pro....

This of course includes Microsoft’s own Lumia smartphones, which were discontinued last year. At the moment, a quick look through the AT&T store still shows some Windows Phone handsets. These are not new though and a refurbished “Certified Like-New” products. While the company no longer sells Windows Phone on its website, customers still have ways to grab an AT&T networks Windows handset. For example, Microsoft still sells the locked Lumia 950 on the network through the Microsoft Store....

For the unfamiliar, JSON-LD is linked data format that lets web developers create structured data on their site for reading by search engines. Unlike other methods, admins don’t have to change HTML content, meaning greater flexibility. “JSON-LD makes defining links and relationships between data and entities between the data present on your pages easy because it supports nested data,” explains the Bing team. “However, with the wide array of possibilities that comes with JSON-LD, the webmasters should be very alert as to not put invalid and incorrect information in the markup....