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Microsoft has finally released a new version of its official Windows 11 virtual machines, which are also known as "Windows Development Environment" or WDE. These virtual machines, usually available prebuilt for four different virtualization software, offer everyone free evaluation access to the latest Windows 11 updates and its developer tools.

The Thunderbird team continues its work on the next big version of the open source email client. Thunderbird 128 Nebula is almost ready and the makers have published a support page that reveals information on the upcoming version.

Today is a busy day for Windows Insiders. Shortly after releasing a new Canary build, Microsoft pushed fresh updates for testing in the Beta and Release Preview Channels for both Windows 10 and 11. In addition, to help those wanting to get to the upcoming feature update faster, Microsoft updated its official Windows Insider ISO images. They are now on version 26100.1165 and include recent security updates released as part of the July Patch Tuesday updates.

Microsoft has released a new build for Windows 10 Insiders, who are fighting the recently revived Beta and the Release preview channels. The latest build, 19045.4713, under KB5040525, confirms bug fixes for Universal Print, Windows Backup, Group Policy, and more.

Microsoft earlier this week released July 2024 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 10 (KB5040427 / KB5040430 / KB5040434 / KB5040448), Windows 11 21H2/ 22H2 / 23H2 (KB5040442 / KB5040431) and Windows 11 24H2 (KB5040435). The one for Windows 11 fixes a broken Taskbar.

It is one of those rare occurrences when Nvidia releases new graphics drivers for now-unsupported graphics cards and/or operating systems. Version 475.14 is the latest driver for systems with Kepler-based Nvidia graphics cards, and it is available for users with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11.

Microsoft has released Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 23H2, 22H2, and 21H2. The 23H2 and 22H2 versions' update is delivered via KB5040442, while the 21H2 update is KB5040431. You will be on build versions 22621.3880, 22631.3880, and 22000.3079, respectively, after applying the update.

It's the second Tuesday of the month, which means it's Patch Tuesday time again. As such, today, Microsoft is rolling out the monthly security update (also called "B release") for July 2024 on Windows Server 20H2 and Windows 10 for the latest supported versions, 20H2, 21H2, and 22H2.

Mozilla has released Firefox 128.0 in the Release channel. It is a big feature update with plenty of new features and changes, both visible and under the hood. With the latest update, Firefox can now translate portions of text on web pages; there is a simplified UI for cleaning user data; support for DRM content in InPrivate (this allows you to play Netflix and other content); and more.

Last year in September, the New Outlook for Windows became generally available and there's been some dissatisfaction surrounding it based on things like privacy or user choice or the overall UX of the app itself.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F' tops the chart, followed by 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'. ‘The Watchers'' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

In this episode of Microsoft Weekly, we look at new Windows 10 and 11 stats, fixed and newly confirmed bugs, various game discounts for PC and console gamers, interesting changes in Windows Server preview builds, PowerToys updates and its upcoming utilities, new tools for installing Windows 11 on the Surface Duo, and other Microsoft news.

The Navi 48 & 44 GPUs which are likely to power AMD Radeon RX 8000 graphics cards are unlikely to release this year and could start releasing earlier next year.

By law, American colleges and universities have to warn students about the piracy-related dangers of file-sharing software. These institutions take their obligations very seriously, as warnings for long defunct software such as LimeWire and Kazaa are still prevalent. Also making an appearance in 2024 are BearShare, Blubster, eDonkey, Gnucleus, Shareaza and others.

Microsoft has updated its page where users can download official Windows 11 evaluation virtual machines, also known as Windows Development Environment. According to the update, some of the currently available virtual machines will be taken down due to "ongoing technical issues." The virtual machines in question are versions made for Parallels (macOS) and VMware (multi-platform).

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is the PC port of the PlayStation sequel to the famous Horizon Zero Dawn. Is it as good as the first game? Let’s find out.

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Microsoft regularly releases updates. Previews are betas.

Following the Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 10 and 11 under KB5039211 / KB5039217 / KB5039214 / KB5039225 and KB5039212 / KB5039213, respectively, Microsoft also released Windows 11 version 24H2 or the 2024 feature update for Windows 11. The release went live under KB5039239, and it caught many by surprise as it was not supposed to be out until later in the year.

Following the Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 10 and 11 under KB5039211 / KB5039217 / KB5039214 / KB5039225 and KB5039212 / KB5039213, respectively, Microsoft also released Windows 11 version 24H2 or the 2024 feature update for Windows 11. The release went live under KB5039239, and it caught many by surprise as it was not supposed to be out until later in the year.

The latest Insider Build of Windows 11 includes an ad for Game Pass within the Settings app.

The Windows 11 Settings app will soon feature an advertisement for Game Pass.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' tops the chart, followed by 'The Watchers'. ‘IF'' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

We are once again looking back at the last seven days on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap website to check out the most interesting new entries that were added last week. This week there was a smaller than normal amount of new listings on the roadmap. Perhaps a lot of Microsoft 365 team members were taking some summer vacation time, and we would not blame them.

In this episode of Microsoft Weekly, we look at Windows 11 struggling with its latest update, Windows 10 getting at least five years of extra support after October 2025, big gaming sales, fresh preview builds to try, app updates, hardware reviews, and a lot more.

Microsoft was recently forced to pull the latest non-security update for Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 23H2 after confirming quite severe issues with KB5039302. However, just a couple of days later, the update is back in Windows Update and Windows Update for Business.

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June 29, 2024
 
Video length: 24m 13s