There are a huge number of users who ran into trouble with Microsoft Defender. The app started flagging everything that is Chromium based as "Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZY". Even the Edge binaries were marked as infected.
Category: Software
Microsoft has officially announced Xbox Game Pass Family & Friends
A few days ago, a leak revealed the rebranding of the Game Pass family subscription to Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family. The company today announced it officially and revealed all its options.
Xbox Game Pass family subscription logo and new name leaked
A leak reveals that Microsoft is going to launch its Game Pass family subscription under the name Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family. Aggiornamenti Lumia managed to find the logo for the new subscription.
Microsoft begins testing ads in the Microsoft Store search results
Earlier in May, Microsoft revealed its plans to provide an ad platform for app publishers in the Windows Store. It would allow them to promote their products in search results when the user performs a relevant query. Now the change goes live, and the company invites developers to test it.
Outlook on iOS and Android now shows native ads
Microsoft has started showing native ads for free Outlook users, i.e. for those who do not have a subscription. The ads appear in email folders and look like a regular message with a tiny "ad" badge at the top right corner. The only folder that doesn't show ads is the "Focused inbox".
PowerOCR is a new PowerToys app that will retrieve text from the selected screen area
The PowerToys suite will soon get a new tool, PowerOCR. It will allow you to select any screen part, OCR everything and put the result into the clipboard.
Microsoft banned Rufus from downloading Windows ISOs
Looks like Microsoft isn't happy with third-party tools that replace and extend features of its very own Media Creation Tool. So it has silently made a change to servers that host Windows ISO files. The change now affects the popular Rufus tool, which can't now download Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11.
A new Screen Ruler tool is soon coming to PowerToys
Microsoft is adding a new tool to the set of PowerToys utilities that will allow you to measure a screen area in pixels. The user will be able to launch it with a customizable key sequence, and adjust a few more its settings like the cursor color.
Microsoft updates OneDrive with new features to celebrate its 15th anniversary
OneDrive cloud storage is now 15 years old. To celebrate its presense on the market, Microsoft is rolling out a number of nice updates.
Microsoft has added Dictation to OneNote for Windows and Web
OneNote for Windows and OneNote Web have received a major feature update. Now both apps support voice dictation in more than 50 languages.