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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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Here’s why Microsoft Teams was down for several hours on the night of July 20th

No, you were not alone! Microsoft Teams and several other Microsoft 365 apps went down on the night of Wednesday,…

Arif Bacchus · January 11, 2023 · 2 min read

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Microsoft Teams is officially optimized for Apple Silicon

Microsoft has been beta testing a version of Microsoft Teams that was optimized for Apple M1 or Apple M2 Macs,…

Arif Bacchus · January 11, 2023 · 1 min read

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Windows Insiders in Japan can now test Android apps in Windows 11

Microsoft is expanding the availability of Android apps on Windows 11. Now, Windows Insiders who reside in Japan and are…

Arif Bacchus · August 19, 2022 · 1 min read

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The iPhone 14 could come at September 7 event

New iPhone season is coming up fast. According to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, a source usually well reliable…

Arif Bacchus · August 17, 2022 · 2 min read

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PowerToys is getting the ability to copy text from an image

There's yet another new feature in the works for Microsoft's PowerToys app on Windows. This time around, it is PowerOCR,…

Arif Bacchus · August 17, 2022 · 1 min read

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Microsoft Loop homepage leaks

Microsoft announced a new Microsoft Loop experience back in November of 2021, and it was intended as a new collaborative…

Arif Bacchus · August 16, 2022 · 2 min read

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Windows 11 22H2 Update could come on September 20th

New rumors from Windows Central's Zac Bowden suggest that the first featured update for Windows 11 could come by September…

Arif Bacchus · August 16, 2022 · 2 min read

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Gmail app now optimized for Surface Duo & supports spanning

The Gmail app on Android has been optimized for the Surface Duo. The app now supports the Surface Duo's spanning…

Arif Bacchus · August 15, 2022 · 1 min read

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Microsoft Excel made it as a eSport on ESPN’s “The Ocho”

You might be using Microsoft Excel every day for common things like invoices, but did you know that Microsoft Excel…

Arif Bacchus · August 15, 2022 · 1 min read

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Microsoft awarded $13.7M in bug bounties in 12 months

You might be familiar with the Microsoft Bug Bounty Program as it always makes headlines when zero days and other…

Arif Bacchus · August 11, 2022 · 1 min read