Microsoft has recently announced a new round of layoffs, although the exact number of affected employees has not been specified. The cuts are expected to primarily impact workers in sales, education, support services, and the Microsoft Modern Work team.
Microsoft Store AI Hub is now available to Insiders
The new Microsoft Store AI Hub announced at Build is starting to roll out. It is now available to Dev and Canary channel insiders. The app version in the Canary channel is 22306.1401.1.0.
YouTube asks users what they just watched via AI-generated quizzes
YouTube is currently developing a new AI-generated quiz feature that appears after the user has finished watching a video. These quizzes aim to assess how well users have understood the topic covered in the video.
Intel NUC is being killed, as the company continues to shed side businesses
Intel has announced the end of direct funding for its Next Unit of Compute (NUC) project, a series of mini PCs. This decision follows Intel's transfer of the server business to MiTAC.
Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and 10, July 11, 2023
Traditionally on the second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft releases cumulative updates for all supported Windows versions. The patches are already available on Windows Update. They do not bring with them drastic changes, but aim at fixing known issues, improve compatibility and reliability of apps and services.
Mozilla launches MDN Playground, its CodePen-like service
Mozilla has launched the MDN Playground platform, allowing users to preview and share HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code snippets directly in the browser. It supports editing code, seeing real-time results, and features built-in support for the Prettier tool. MDN Playground is pretty similar to the CodePen community and offers free usage for developers.
Microsoft renames Azure AD to Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID is new the new name for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). It will be in use somewhere "in the second half of 2023" . The name change reflects the consolidation of the Microsoft Entra product family and aims to simplify secure access experiences.
Microsoft wins court against FTC over purchase of Activision
A U.S. federal court has rejected the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) request to block the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. It is a victory for Microsoft in the U.S. lawsuit, although the FTC still has the option to appeal the ruling.
Microsoft’s Dev Box entered general availability
The Dev Box cloud workstations have entered general availability. First introduced the Microsoft Build 2022 developer conference, the cloud workstations are now available to developers and corporate clients. The devices have undergone testing with repositories of significant size, ranging in the hundreds of gigabytes. Microsoft reported that the Dev Box is already being utilized by 10,000 engineers and multiple customers in production environments.
How to Restore the Missing Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider service
Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider service, also known as swprv, is a built-in service that exists in modern Windows versions. It participates in restore point creation. If its configuration is damaged, or for some reason the swprv service is missing, you won't be able to manage restore points.
