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However, Microsoft is offering paths to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro for free. This is not available to anyone, and indeed the company wants Windows 10 S to be a success without the need for Pro. However, while students and educators might want a lighter OS, some other may need full functionality. For example, users with assistive technologies on their PCs may need classic Win32 apps. With that in mind, Microsoft has today announced it will let assistive tech users upgrade to Windows 10 Pro for free....

A post on a ResetEra thread highlights a recent survey Microsoft sent to a subset of Xbox users. It is asking them how they would feel about a new tier of Game Pass that would be more affordable and have ads. This new subscription level would cost $3 per month and offer access to the Game Pass library. All first-party Microsoft games would also be included, which means games like Call of Duty when the company’s $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard goes through....

The company has announced it has asked White Hat Hackers to hunt for exploits in its Azure platform. Bloomberg reports: “Microsoft is planning to release what’s called a Safe Harbor statement giving researchers legal clearance to report a vulnerability.” Of course, Microsoft has held plenty of bug bounty programs in the past in an effort to shore up its various services. Kymberlee Price, head of the company’s Security Response Center programs says the bug bounty system is “just not getting as much activity as I would like to see....

On top of that, the company adds Outlook Lite maintains the core functionality of the main app. After all that, you may be wondering what’s the point of the old Outlook? I’ll get to that, but first, let’s look at this new Outlook Lite and what it is all about. Android’s open nature and position as the most popular/used OS in the world means it has millions of users on budget devices....

An official blog post confirms that the Dev Channel of the Chromium Edge preview now has enterprise features turned on. These are available by default and support or full deployment is available through documentation and pilot and production environments. If you are unfamiliar with Dev channel releases, they arrive weekly and for enterprise users are available at https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/enterprise. Consumers also have access to the Canary channel, which is update daily, but organizations don’t get this branch....

Kipman, the man behind HoloLens, says the augmented reality headset was the start of Microsoft plans. However, the company now wants Windows Mixed Reality to be a platform embraced by developers, partners, and consumers. In his post today, Kipman discusses the upcoming hardware that will be the first to push the mixed reality vision. He adds the company will present its plans at IFA this week. For Microsoft, OEM partners are an essential cog in the company’s engine....

Users can leverage Groups Tabs & Share to copy tabs with their URLs to the clipboard. These can be added in HTML, URL, JSON, or CSV formats. Users can then share the groups through social media networks, including Microsoft’s own LinkedIn and Microsoft Teams services. Microsoft has a Store description for the extension: “This add-on enables you to select and share data, links, and other info at the click of a button; helping you save the time and effort....

The phishing in question is a spoofing attack discovered by security researcher Rafay Balock. He produced the attack on Microsoft Edge and reported it to Microsoft. In its August security cumulative updates, the company was able to issue a mitigation. Baloch says the spoofing attack targets the browser address bar. Bad actors can trick users by manipulating the address bar to let them think they are on a legitimate website....

Collections was brought to the Microsoft Edge preview last year before reaching all users in April. Collections can help users organize and share to help keep track easier. Microsoft says the feature leverages “Cloud featured intelligence and an intuitive interface to help you collect, organize and share content” as you browse content on the web. Accessing Collections in Edge has been somewhat frustrating. With the new toolbar testing on Canary, users can now see a flyout menu that provides quick tools....

41-year-old Raymond Uadiale was not on Microsoft’s payroll at the time. He joined the company in 2014, two years after the initial attacks. However, he will continue to work for Redmond as Microsoft knew about his misdemeanors and say Uadiale is a reformed character. Interestingly, despite laundering money from victims of the Reveton ransomware attack, Uadiale’s current position with Microsoft is as a network engineer in cybersecurity. The Sun Sentinel reports that the defendant’s lawyer says his client is a changed person....

The December 2022 security update, released on December 13, is the last update available for these versions. After that date, devices running these editions will no longer receive monthly security and quality updates containing protections from the latest security threats,” Microsoft explained. Windows 10 Support Lifecycle Each version of Windows 10 is supported for 18 months (1 year and 6 months) from the date of release. The support duration for the first 2 versions was extended as a grace period, all other versions will be supported for 18 months, but Microsoft may extend them by one or two months if necessary....

No details have been offered on how many more years the NFL deal will continue for. However, Microsoft has now been supplying Surface devices to the organization since 2013. This makes it one of Microsoft’s longest hardware partnerships. “Since 2013, Microsoft has helped transform the NFL through technology around our game. Microsoft Surface has quickly become an authentic tool to the game of football and is vital during all NFL games for coaches, players, and NFL officials....

“CISPE members represent the vibrant, autonomous and independent foundations of Europe’s digital transformation and growth. We have filed this sector complaint to rectify the harms suffered by vendors and customers alike as a result of unfair software licensing practices,” says Francisco Mingorance, Secretary General of CISPE. “Leveraging its dominance in productivity software, Microsoft restricts choice and inflates costs as European customers look to move to the cloud, thus distorting Europe’s digital economy....

This expansion has been a long time coming considering Top Gun: Maverick was due to launch originally in 2020. Since then the movie has been delayed multiple times due to the COVID pandemic. While other movies moved to streaming, Tom Cruise was insistent Maverick would debut in cinemas. That meant Flight Simulator also needed to wait to release content related to the movie. With Top Gun: Maverick winning good reviews, the expansion if landing on Microsoft Flight Simulator and is likely to receive similar plaudits....

The idea is to strengthen the diversity in the Microsoft for Startups program and reap the benefits. “At Microsoft, we’re also focused on creating much greater diversity within our startup ecosystem,” said Jeana Jorgensen, general manager of C+E and startup experience at Microsoft. “We fundamentally believe great ideas come from anywhere and have repeatedly found that diversity fuels innovation.” Fuelling Azure Infrastructure and Conferences The partner organizations generally empower startups via workshops and conferences, but Microsoft’s addition will add a vital monetary aspect....

As the name suggests, this is a new platform that is for startups and entrepreneurs developing unique new systems and technologies. Founders Hub builds on the existing Microsoft for Startups, which has been running since 2018. Founders Hub works as an extension by providing users with direct access to coaching and the ability to use popular products like Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365. The company says it wants to give entrepreneurs a way to create ideas along with Microsoft technology....

Game Chat Transcription is not a default feature, so it will need to be enabled by users. The feature works in two ways for gamers. Firstly, it allows players to turn chat speech into text. This allows them to read in-game chats on their screen in real time. Secondly, Game Chat Transcription works in reverse and allows gamers to choose text to speech. This will allow typed text to be spoken aloud to other games in a multiplayer environment....

Google developed and released Brotli in 2015. Since then it has been adopted by browsers like Firefox, Opera, and of course, Google’s own Chrome. Microsoft embraced Brotli in December last year, bringing the algorithm as an HTTP content-encoding method to the Edge browser. To test the compression algorithm, Microsoft created a test based on the following three factors: Compression ratio Compression time Decompression time For the compression ratio, Microsoft compared Brotli with two rival algorithms, gzip and Deflate....

The experiences include some of the Rift’s biggest exclusives, including Rock Band VR, Fruit Ninja, Lumiere’s Dress Rehearsal and Robo Recall. The demos are completely free and don’t require an appointment. Unsurprisingly, the demos run on powerful Windows 10 PCs and are available in select stores across the US. Participants must be 18 or older, or 13+ with parental consent. Rift Exclusive Games While Rock Band was popular back in the day, it’s fallen out of popularity in recent times....

Specifically, if the feature arrives, you will be able to effectively remove buttons like Windows Ink from Microsoft Edge. The buttons and their features will still be integrated, they just will not show on the UI. Of course, rival browsers like Chrome already have this ability, so it would be another step towards Microsoft making Edge more competitive. A report from Brad Sams suggests the ability to hide UI elements will be accessible via a right click....