Today, Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The deal is set to close somewhere between July 2022 and June 2023. Obviously, the acquisition will require approval from both the boards of directors of both companies and from regulatory authorities.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
How to Disable Modern Standby in Windows 11 and Windows 10
Today, we will review an easy way to disable Modern Standby in Windows 11 and Windows 10. Modern Standby is a modern power mode that has certain advantages and disadvantages.
Microsoft announces acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
Microsoft has announced its intention to buy Activision Blizzard, one of the world's leading game developers. The acquisition will reportedly accelerate the growth of Microsoft's gaming business across mobile, PC, consoles and the cloud. The transaction amount will be $68.7 billion. The Redmond firm plans to complete the purchase in the 2023 financial year.
Microsoft released out-of-band patches to fix VPN and Hyper-V issues
Microsoft has released out-of-band updates for affected Windows versions of Windows. They resolve various problems caused by Cumulative Updates issued on January 11, 2022.
Third party Widget support is already on the way to Windows 11
Windows 11 is likely to get support for third-party widgets pretty soon. The widget panel is one of the major innovations in Windows 11. But its current set of features is very limited. It only supports widgets made by Microsoft. Currently, the panel can only display the weather forecast, traffic information, as well as the Outlook calendar, photos and to-do list from Microsoft To-Do. However, the situation may change soon.
Enable Classic Alt+Tab Dialog in Windows 11
You can enable the classic Classic Alt+Tab dialog in Windows 11, which doesn't show window thumbnails but only shows app icons. It is less distractive than the default one, and more compact. Hence it has a lot of fans, despite its age.
Chrome 97 no longer allows removing default search engines
Google has silently rolled out a change to the its browser and the underlying Chromium project. Both apps do not allow removing the default search engines any longer starting in version 97. The change has already introduced in Chrome 97, and has affected other Chromium-based projects.
Disable “Let’s finish setting up your device” screen in Windows 11
You can disable the "Let's finish setting up your device screen" if you are annoyed to see it every other time you sign in to Windows 11. There are two methods you can use, the Settings app and a Registry tweak.
Windows 11 Build 22000.466 is available to Insiders on the Beta and RP channels
Microsoft now releases Windows 11 Build 22000.466 (KB5008353) to Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview Channels. This is a quality update that only brings fixes and improvements to the OS. There are no new features.
Microsoft completely stopped Xbox One consoles production
Microsoft has confirmed that production of all Xbox One consoles was discontinued at the end of 2020. Currently, retail stores are simply selling off the remaining stock.
