The Discord platform has announced that it will stop supporting its client for running on 32-bit Windows operating systems on December 1, 2023. Users need to update their systems to a 64-bit version of the OS.
Category: Software
Microsoft Lists now available on Web, Android and iOS
Microsoft Lists, a task management application, is now accessible to iOS, Android, and web users. It was initially launched in 2020, catering to business users and companies. In 2022, a limited preview version was released to consumers. Finally, the app is now available to everyone with a Microsoft account.
Microsoft will drop MariaDB support in Azure on September 19, 2025
Microsoft has recently announced that Azure will stop providing support for MariaDB after September 19, 2025. The company recommends that users switch to Azure Database for MySQL, a more flexible server that is better equipped for mission-critical workloads.
Some private Bard chatbot conversations have been exposed in online search
In September, researcher Gagan Ghotra discovered that some user queries to the Bard chatbot were visible in search engines as clear text. Even though Google has since closed access to these search results, Bing and Yandex still show some user requests with chatbot responses, including personal data.
ChatGPT no longer limited to data before 2021 when searching online
OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot can now search the internet for reliable information with direct links to sources, expanding beyond its previous data limitations. Currently, this feature is only available to Plus and Enterprise subscribers. But soon it will become available to all users.
PowerToys 0.74 released with focus on stability and improvements
Microsoft has released a new version of PowerToys 0.74. The update doesn't bring with it drastic changes or new tools, but it comes with quality of life and stability improvements.
It is now possible to develop Windows drivers in Rust
Mark Russinovich, Azure CTO and renowned Windows software developer (SysInternals), has announced the launch of a new open project. It enables driver development for Windows using the Rust programming language. Named windows-drivers-rs, the project is hosted on GitHub and licensed under the MIT and Apache licenses.
Microsoft Copilot is a universal solution for Bing, Edge, Microsoft 365, and Windows
Today at an event in New York, the Redmond firm announced Microsoft Copilot. In company's vision, it will become a unified digital assistant, which will be available on Windows, Microsoft 365, Edge and Bing. The implementation of the idea is just started, so Copilot will not yet be available in all Microsoft products.
Microsoft Paint has got layers and transparency support
Microsoft is rolling a major update to the inbox Paint app. Starting in version 11.2308.18.0 the app features support for multiple layers and the ability to save transparent PNGs.
PowerToys Run will soon get a UI redesign with Acrylic
A great user interface update is coming to PowerToys Run, the module that allows you to launch apps, to search for local files and online, work with Registry keys and so on. In the near future, it will get a better look powered by the Acrylic effect on Windows 11.
