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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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News

Microsoft finally releases a new build for HoloLens, RS4 build 17123

HoloLens last saw a Windows 10 featured update over two years ago with the Anniversary Update, but Microsoft just changed…

Arif Bacchus · March 27, 2018 · 2 min read

Sea of Thieves reverses course on “death tax,” won’t penalize players who die in-game

Rare, the Sea of Thieves developer, previously announced in a forum post they were considering introducing a new “death cost”…

Arif Bacchus · March 27, 2018 · 2 min read

Deals

Limited time deal: New subscribers get 3 months of Xbox Live Gold for $9.99

If you’re new to the world of Xbox One or Xbox 360 and are looking to save on Xbox Live…

Arif Bacchus · March 27, 2018 · 1 min read

News

Watch rapper Desiigner play Far Cry 5 during new Xbox Live Sessions today

Microsoft has announced the next Xbox Live Sessions for today, March 27th, with American rapper Desiigner scheduled to guest star…

Arif Bacchus · March 27, 2018 · 1 min read

News

Watch this lucky guy unbox his 24-karat gold-plated Xbox One X

Last month, Microsoft was running a Game Pass promotion where one lucky gamer could have the chance to win a…

Arif Bacchus · March 26, 2018 · 2 min read

News

Bing updates Intelligent Answers, more – onmsft.com

The Bing team today is highlighting the rollout of several new features which help provide faster and more comprehensive answers…

Arif Bacchus · March 26, 2018 · 1 min read

News

Bing, following Google’s lead, begins removing sidebar text ads from search results

According to a report from Search Engine Land, Microsoft’s Bing is following in the footsteps of Google and is removing…

Arif Bacchus · March 26, 2018 · 1 min read

News

Windows 10 version 1511 will be retired soon, receive final security patches on April 10

The penultimate moment for a featured update is soon arriving for enterprise and education users still running Windows 10 version…

Arif Bacchus · March 26, 2018 · 2 min read

Editorial

Sets on Windows 10 could become an excellent time saving multi-tasking feature

With Microsoft recently adding in the Sets feature for all Windows Insiders running Redstone 5 (Skip Ahead) builds, I figured…

Arif Bacchus · March 26, 2018 · 4 min read

After bad press, Qualcomm defends Always Connected PCs with new YouTube spots | On MSFT

After bad press, Qualcomm defends Always Connected PCs with new YouTube spots Arif Bacchus 5 days ago in Latest news…

Arif Bacchus · March 26, 2018 · 3 min read