Category: Software

A few days ago Microsoft has released a new PowerToys version 0.84 with several improvements and new features. The key change in this release is the addition of Workspaces - a new tool for organizing your apps on the screen.

Microsoft is set to unveil the future of its Copilot product via a special online event this month, which will be live-streamed on LinkedIn. The event, called The Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2, will feature keynotes from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Jared Spataro, Vice President of AI.

Microsoft has unveiled a new unified Teams app designed to eliminate the need to switch between different accounts for personal, professional, and academic use. The software is available for Windows and Mac.

The PowerToys app suite is getting a new tool called Workspaces. It will allow users to customize the layout of applications on the screen and save layouts as shortcuts to launch them later with one click.

Microsoft has announced that it will discontinue support for the Paint 3D app. The company will stop releasing updates for the app and will permanently remove it from the Microsoft Store on November 4, 2024. Users who currently have the app installed should still be able to use it after this date.

Microsoft has released an update to the Microsoft Store app (version 22407.xxxx.x and higher) for Windows 11 that brings a redesigned Library, a new Updates & Downloads page, and a few other changes. The new version of the app is gradually coming to Windows 11 Insiders in the Dev and Canary channels.

As discovered recently, a change in Windows 11 24H2 makes impossible to install it on a computer without the POPCNT instruction. It is part of the SSE4.2, which is missing in AMD Turion II and Intel Core 2 Duo and older. Now NVIDIA follows the suit. The company announced that it will stop supporting processors that do not have the POPCNT instruction in GPU drivers. Starting with version 555, computers that do not meet this requirement will experience blue screens of death (BSODs) after installing this version of the NVIDIA drivers.

Microsoft has unveiled a major update to its Bing search engine that dramatically changes the search results page. The page will now display a detailed answer generated by artificial intelligence based on millions of sources. Next, it will list the sources that the AI ​​used to generate the answer so you can verify the information or learn more.

Winget version 1.8 is now available with a great improvement. The app is now able to download app 'distros' from the Store so you can install them offline on demand.

Microsoft  has announced big changes to its Xbox Game Pass service. In addition to the expected price increase for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, the company is completely revising the no-cost subscription plan for consoles. In the coming months, it will be replaced by Xbox Game Pass Standard, which will not provide access to new games on release day.