Will this new Microsoft Teams feature make you grin, sigh, or cry? Custom emojis are now in testing.

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11 juillet 2024 à 13:45

Custom emojis are on the way to Microsoft Teams. You can test them now if you're a Microsoft 365 Insider on a supported device.

Microsoft Teams on Windows

Microsoft will put a stop to this cashback feature in Start

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)

11 juillet 2024 à 11:53

The Microsoft Start and Bing apps will lose the ability to scan receipts to earn cash back later this month. Microsoft's Cashback Program will still exist, but you'll have to shop at certain online retailers to earn cash back.

Microsoft Start app

Windows 11 will soon bring better widgets to your PC's lock screen

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)

10 juillet 2024 à 14:21

A new Insider build of Windows 11 shows improved information widgets on the lock screen and adds a new option to pin apps to the taskbar.

Windows 11 Start Logo

Notepad on Windows 11 just gained two new features, but you'll want to disable at least one of them

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)

8 juillet 2024 à 15:20

A recent update to Notepad on Windows 11 adds support for spell check and autocorrect. Microsoft hasn't announced the update, but we've already seen the features roll out to PCs.

Notepad on Windows 11

Leaked Windows 11 "Government Edition” that has no telemetry tracking or bloatware is actually FAKE

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)

8 juillet 2024 à 12:25

Windows 11 "Government Edition" ships with zero telemetry tracking and no in-box apps. It sounds too good to be true, and that's because it is.

Surface Laptop 7

This new Windows 11 feature makes it easier to find your favorite apps and updates

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)

8 juillet 2024 à 11:10

Microsoft is testing a new search box in the Microsoft Store that will allow you to search your app Library. The change is part of a controlled rollout among Windows Insiders, so you may not see it yet.

Microsoft Store Windows

How to fix storage drive not showing on File Explorer on Windows 11

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4 juillet 2024 à 08:31

On Windows 11, if File Explorer isn't showing a secondary drive, you can fix this problem from the Settings app, Device Manager, Command Prompt, and Disk Management. In this guide, I will show you how.

Windows 11 Storage settings

How well does WSL work on the new Snapdragon X Elite laptops?

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)

4 juillet 2024 à 06:58

WSL is an important part of Windows 11 and with the new generation of Snapdragon X Elite laptops hitting the market, will it work OK? Here's a quick overview.

Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora running on WSL on a Snapdragon X Elite laptop

Not content with ads in the Start menu, File Explorer, and Settings app, Microsoft is working on (even more) ads in Windows 11's Weather app

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)

1 juillet 2024 à 15:54

Microsoft rolled out an update to its Weather app on Windows 11 recently. The update includes a few welcome changes, plus some additional ads.

MSN Weather app in Microsoft Store

NVIDIA’s CEO envisions a future where “multi-shot” agentic AIs — armed with reasoning superpowers outperform humans in the job market

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)

1 juillet 2024 à 13:13

NVIDIA CEO predicts a future with 'multi-shot' agentic AIs with reasoning capabilities that will claim even more jobs from people.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang

Microsoft Designer just added this feature it should have had on launch day

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)

1 juillet 2024 à 11:47

Microsoft Designer now supports generating images in portrait or landscape orientations. Previously, the AI tool could only make square photos.

Microsoft Designer

Microsoft puts final touches on its new ad within Windows 11, rolls it out to Canary Channel Insiders

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1 juillet 2024 à 08:33

Windows Insiders in the Canary and Beta Channels have new builds of Windows 11 to test. The Canary Channel build includes a controversial advertisement for Game Pass within the Settings app.

Windows 11 Settings app showing ad for Game Pass

Windows 11's new Start menu sidebar for Phone Link is unnecessary and only adds more clutter

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1 juillet 2024 à 07:30

Microsoft is building a new sidebar to show mobile devices alongside the Start menu, but I don't believe this is the correct design approach. Here's what I think about this feature.

Start menu with Phone Link

Oxford researchers seemingly found a 'semantic entropy cure' for AI hallucination episodes: "Getting answers from LLMs is cheap, but reliability is the biggest bottleneck."

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)

27 juin 2024 à 09:36

Oxford researchers have seemingly found a solution for AI hallucinations. Semantic entropy can determine the difference in the meanings of the outputs generated, making it easier to identify false information presented as facts.

Robot Cloud Hallucinations

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