News Microsoft to acquire cybersecurity company RiskIQ Microsoft announced this morning that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RiskIQ, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity company.… kip@winbeta.org · July 12, 2021 · 1 min read
News Microsoft is bringing push-to-talk Walkie Talkie feature to Teams phones – onmsft.com Microsoft Teams introduced a push-to-talk Walkie Talkie feature on Android last year, and it is now coming to Teams phones,… Rabia Noureen · July 12, 2021 · 1 min read
News MSN Sports apps for iOS and Android will also be discontinued on July 20 Microsoft’s MSN Sports app is nearing the end of its life on all platforms. We reported last week that the… kip@winbeta.org · July 12, 2021 · 1 min read
News Windows news recap: “PrintNightmare” fix effective but causes issues with some printers, Windows 11 Insider Bug Bash takes place, and more – onmsft.com Welcome back to our Windows news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the… Jack Wilkinson · July 10, 2021 · 2 min read
News Microsoft news recap: Skype tests animated backgrounds for video calls, new project aims to turn Xbox Series S into a gaming laptop, and more – onmsft.com Microsoft news recap is a weekly feature highlighting the top Microsoft news stories of the past week. Sit back, grab… Jack Wilkinson · July 10, 2021 · 3 min read
News Microsoft reveals a roadmap on Visual Studio Code Update for Java Developers this year – onmsft.com Microsoft has revealed a roadmap for a Visual Studio update for Java developers which covers from July 2021 to December… Benjamin Akhigbe · July 9, 2021 · 2 min read
News Microsoft Teams phones to support ‘Raise hand’ meeting feature via a simple button press – onmsft.com Last year, Microsoft Teams introduced a new "Raise your hand" option for meetings. Currently, the feature is supported on all… Rabia Noureen · July 9, 2021 · 1 min read
News Microsoft Edge Canary gets a new flag to enable Windows 11 visual updates – onmsft.com Microsoft has started testing a visual refresh for its Edge browser, which is designed to match the upcoming Windows 11… Rabia Noureen · July 9, 2021 · 2 min read
News Microsoft claims its “PrintNightmare” fix is working, but acknowledges some printing issues Microsoft’s fix for the Windows Print Spooler vulnerability dubbed “PrintNightmare” continues to be under scrutiny after several security researchers claimed… kip@winbeta.org · July 9, 2021 · 2 min read
News Australian project turns Microsoft’s Xbox Series S console into a gaming laptop – onmsft.com Some clever Australians (via PS) have designed a rather ingenious way to transform Microsoft’s new Xbox Series S console into… Brad Stephenson · July 9, 2021 · 2 min read