Microsoft will hold a press event on Monday, May 20, followed by its Build 2024 developer conference on May 21-23. Here's how to watch these events and what we expect to see there.
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Microsoft has released a new weekly update for its browser in the Dev Channel. Version 126.0.2578.1 is now available with improved media controls and multiple fixes across the browser.
Samsung will be among the manufacturers launching the first wave of AI PCs with Windows 11 and Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon chips. The Galaxy Book4 Edge has already leaked ahead of its announcement.
Microsoft Edge 125 is now available in the Stable Channel. The latest release brings improvements for Workpaces, copy-paste controls, favorites bar, and more. It also deprecates the WDAG extension.
The CMA is no longer looking into Microsoft's partnership with Mistral AI, where it was given a minority stake. This means the regulator doesn't believe the partnership is a threat to competition.
This weekend's PC game deals include bundles for Monster Hunter and beat 'em up titles, freebies on Epic Games Store and Steam, cooperative free events to try, rare Minecraft discounts, and more.
Microsoft heard you like tabs, so it decided to put tabs into File Explorer tabs so you can tab while you tab. A future update will let you switch between recent, favorites, and shared files.
Ubisoft has revealed the final PC hardware recommendations for its upcoming free-to-play shooter XDefiant. Also, preloads are available for both the console and PC versions ahead of its May 21 launch.
Playground Games has announced a new free content update for Forza Horizon 5. Dubbed "Horizon Retrowave," it brings new cars, fresh synthwave music, neon lights, new character items, and more.
Star Citizen is hosting a massive free-fly event, offering everyone access to its sci-fi universe as well as almost all its ships and vehicles. The free-to-play promotion lasts for 12 days.
The Microsoft Forms website and app have added a new feature. Users can now put in pre-filled links for responses to questions in order to save some time when making forms for certain situations.
Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 Beta Build 22635.3640 under KB5037867 today for Insiders. With this new build, the company brings even more improvements to the native Windows 11 file archive.
Microsoft has released the latest Windows 11 build for members of the Insider program in the Dev channel. The 26120.670 build includes some unnamed general improvements and some bug fixes.
Developer Arkane Austin will release one final update for its vampire shooter Redfall. The update will add a much-wanted offline mode to the game along with single-player pausing and more.
Members of the Microsoft 365 Insiders program can now try out a new version of Word for Apple's iPad. The new version supports a way to add a border to a page to make its look better.
The Microsoft Rewards service is adding some new features and services. Two of them, Streak Restore and Streak Protection, are designed to help people keep their points streak alive.
Microsoft has released the latest Windows 11 builds 22621.3668 and 22631.3668 for the members of the Insiders program in the Release Preview channel. They include a number of new features.
There are plenty of smart people in the tech community. One of them managed to mod Windows XP such that it would run on the legendary Intel i486 processor that was released more than a decade ahead.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft has decided to launch Activision's 2024 Call of Duty game as a Day One title for the Xbox Game Pass subscription service for an October launch.
The European Union announced today that Microsoft has not sent over requested information on some of its generative AI tools, and has given the company until May 27 to do so, or risk being fined.
The Creative Assembly development team is reportedly working on three more entries for its long-running Total War RTS game series. One of those games is allegedly based on the Star Wars universe
Microsoft has released a new firmware update for the Surface Go 4. This small business-focused tablet got Wi-Fi improvements just ahead of the Surface event where it is rumored to launch for consumers
Leaks on social media have reportedly shown a new third-person shooter called Deadlock. This is rumored to be the next major new game from Valve, and it may be officially announced soon.
Microsoft has released another security update for the Edge browser in the Stable and Extended Stable Channel to fix five security vulnerabilities, some of which are exploited in the wild.
Intel 31.0.101.5522 WHQL driver is now available for download with optimizations and support for the upcoming Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, Starfield May Update, XDefiant, and Wuthering Waves.
OpenAI expands ChatGPT's data analysis capabilities with the ability to directly upload files from Google Drive and OneDrive. Users can now work with datasets in an interactive expanding table view.
Microsoft Edge is a free web browser based on the Chromium Open Source project and other Open Source software.
Some folks love the older retro stuff from the bygone days, like Windows 95 or Windows XP. However, there are dangers to doing it and a video shows what could happen when you run such an OS.
The Summer Game Fest X account has announced that the live-streaming event will officially reveal a new title from 2K Games that's part of one of its "biggest and most beloved franchises" on June 7.
As part of its quarterly financial report, publisher Take-Two Interactive stated that Grand Theft Auto VI from Rockstar Games will launch in the fall of 2025 for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Microsoft is rolling out another update for its Snipping Tool app for Windows 11 for its Insider Canary and Dev channel members. It adds a new visual search feature for the app via Bing.
Sega and Amplitude Studios have kicked off a giveaway on Steam, offering strategy fans the fantasy 4X entry Endless Legend to keep for free if they claim it within the next seven days.
The official Microsoft performance-boosting and clean-up app for Windows called "PC Manager" thinks a user's PC needs repairing if they choose to ignore Bing. But it's hardly a surprise at this point.
Activision, now owned by Microsoft, has opened a new game development studio called Elsewhere. The team is working on an all-new "narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise."
Microsoft's plans to become carbon-negative by 2030 have taken a hit due to big increases in indirect emissions from building new data centers. They have gone up by over 30 percent since 2020.
Xbox Free Play Days has two games for Xbox Game Pass Core and Ultimate members to try for no extra cost this weekend: The theme park building title Planet Coaster and the co-op entry Killing Floor 2.
Microsoft has confirmed that IT admins may have a hard time installing the latest security updates on systems with Windows Server 2019. Affected systems show a 0x800f0982 error code.
The Epic Games Store's first mystery giveaway from its Mega Sale promotion has turned out to be Dragon Age Inquisition - Game of the Year Edition. The BioWare RPG is free to claim for an entire week.
Palworld, the surprise game hit of 2024, is now available on the Nvidia GeForce NOW cloud gaming service for Steam owners of the game. Four other games were also added to GeForce Now this week.
Opera has announced that its browser is now fully native on Windows on ARM. Opera Developer for ARM64 is now available for download, promising users significant performance improvements.