News Microsoft Patents a Virtual Reality Glove The patented device is equipped with sensors and mini-motors that help feel the interaction with virtual objects and make being in a VR environment more realistic. When interacting with objects, the user will feel a slight vibration and resistance.
News Microsoft Introduces Mesh for Teams to Collaborate in the Metaverse Microsoft plans to combine its software products into a single metaverse where people can interact with each other using augmented and virtual reality. In Mesh for Teams, users can create their own virtual 3D avatar and use it during meetings.
News Microsoft Is Shutting Down LinkedIn in China Due to Increased Censorship LinkedIn, the social networking platform for professionals, will cease operations in China this year. It will be replaced with a new job search application called InJobs that won't have a news feed or the ability to share content.
News Microsoft Adds Super Duper Secure Mode to Its Edge Browser Microsoft announced another experimental feature for its Edge browser called Super Duper Secure Mode. To make the browser super-duper-secure, the developers have disabled the JavaScript engine's Just-In-Time (JIT) feature, which improves performance.
News Microsoft Unveils a Subscription-Based Cloud PC Windows 365 Windows 365 is a PC in the cloud running Windows 10 or Windows 11 with a subscription. It can be accessed through a browser from any device across multiple platforms, or using the Microsoft Remote Desktop app.
News Microsoft Unveils Nostalgic Windows Backgrounds for Teams Microsoft has released several nostalgic backgrounds for the Teams platform. The new wallpapers include the famous Clippy, Microsoft Solitaire, and Paint. The company also unveiled a Windows XP wallpaper featuring meadows.
News Microsoft Officially Unveiled Windows 11: Everything You Need to Know The main changes affected the operating system's interface, the Start menu, the desktop, the way of communication, widgets, access to video games, security, sound, applications and other features.
News Microsoft Teases the Upcoming Windows 11 Event Windows 11 itself is expected to support native and third-party widgets, Android apps, Linux graphical apps, and more. In addition, users of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 will get free updates.
News Microsoft to Stop Supporting Internet Explorer on Windows 10 in 2022 The development of new versions of the browser stopped in 2015. Microsoft Edge has become the main browser for new editions of Windows, but support for Internet Explorer is still ongoing.
BigTech Apple Accuses Microsoft of Perjury in Epic Games Lawsuit Apple questioned the veracity of Microsoft's representative's statement and demanded proof that Microsoft consoles are sold at a loss. Apple is dissatisfied with the fact that Microsoft did not provide enough documents to confirm Wright's words.
BigTech Who Are the Top Acquirers of AI Companies? Four out of the five largest buying companies are American, according to a report by analyst firm GlobalData. Ireland-based Accenture was the only non-US company in the top-5 list.
BigTech Windows 10 Update Will Automatically Uninstall Edge Legacy Microsoft will automatically remove Edge Legacy from all computers with a software update on April 13.
BigTech Hackers Accessed Microsoft Source Code Microsoft claims that hackers may have viewed source code in some source code repositories, but the hacked account that grants such access does not give permission to modify any code or systems.