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Arif Bacchus

Arif is a freelance technology writer for OnMSFT and Digital Trends. He has over five years of experience covering all things Microsoft, including Surface, Windows 10, Xbox, Microsoft 365, and more. He also writes how-to guides, op-eds, reviews, and loves to play with the latest tech --- Microsoft or not.

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First Windows 10 Redstone 5 Bug Bash set for June 22nd – July 1st

Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 17677, and there’s plenty of new stuff to play with. But as…

Arif Bacchus · May 24, 2018 · 1 min read

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New in Windows 10 build 17677— clearer settings in Microsoft Edge, narrator improvements, and more

Despite saying that there would be no new builds this week, Microsoft has had a change of heart. Indeed, the…

Arif Bacchus · May 24, 2018 · 4 min read

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Battlefield 1943 is coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today – onmsft.com

Microsoft's Major Nelson today announced that Battlefield 1943 is coming to Xbox One Backwards Compatibility today. The addition comes a…

Arif Bacchus · May 24, 2018 · 1 min read

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Mixer celebrates first anniversary with refreshed look, MixPlay

It’s been almost exactly one year since Mixer launched as a renamed Beam, which Microsoft acquired about 2 years ago.…

Arif Bacchus · May 24, 2018 · 3 min read

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Edge on Windows 10 April 2018 Update will make your battery last 14% longer than Chrome, Microsoft claims

With every Windows 10 release, Microsoft fires up its marketing machine to remind users of the benefits of the Microsoft…

Arif Bacchus · May 24, 2018 · 2 min read

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Acer announces powerful new Windows 10 laptops and desktops

During a live-streamed event in New York, Acer today took the wraps off several new powerful Windows 10 laptops and…

Arif Bacchus · May 23, 2018 · 2 min read

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Microsoft makes me want to ditch my iPhone for Android – here’s why

I might be a Microsoft blogger, but like many other people around the world, an iPhone is my go-to mobile…

Arif Bacchus · May 23, 2018 · 5 min read

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Windows 10 Twitter PWA gets dark mode and more improvements with latest update

Twitter today pushed out an update for the PWA on Windows 10, and it introduces the much-awaited night mode feature.…

Arif Bacchus · May 22, 2018 · 1 min read

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Microsoft releases Windows 10 SDK preview build 17672

Following the release of the second Redstone 5 Windows 10 SDK last week, Microsoft has followed up today to release…

Arif Bacchus · May 22, 2018 · 2 min read

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Microsoft Garage expands with new facility at NERD in Cambridge, Mass. – onmsft.com

Microsoft announced today that it has opened up the seventh Microsoft Garage facility at the New England Research & Development…

Arif Bacchus · May 22, 2018 · 2 min read