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We are at the end of yet another week, which means that it's time to round up all the news related to Microsoft from the past few days. In this week's edition, we have news related to Windows security, a leaked OneDrive client, and changes to Office apps and services. Without further ado, let's dive into our weekly digest for July 2 - July 8.

We have reached yet another turning point in the circus that is Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter. Back in April, the Tesla executive offered to purchase the company for roughly $44 billion after buying a 9.2% stake in the social media platform. After much back and forth, the deal was finally agreed upon by both parties as Musk began to hint at a series of changes he would be making to the platform after assuming control, including taking the company public, forcing governments to pay to use Twitter, and making money out of tweets that go viral.
 
However, the transaction was put on hold when Musk demanded proof that less than 5% of Twitter users are spam accounts and bots. Twitter shares began to tumble as it began to become evident that Musk does not plan to close the deal after all. Today, he has filed to officially terminate the deal.

More than two years into the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to challenge us. Its ability to rapidly mutate has seen the evolution of increasingly infectious variants that are getting better at hiding from our immune response.

Vaccines are a huge achievement of modern-day science and have played a crucial role in reducing the very worst impacts of COVID. But are the vaccines we currently have able to deal with the newest COVID variants?

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' tops the chart, followed by ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore'. 'The Man from Toronto' completes the top three.

We are nearing the end of yet another week, which means that it's time to recap everything that happened in the world of Microsoft in the past few days. This week, there's a couple of Windows 11 builds to talk about, improvements to Edge, and an interesting new feature in OneDrive. Without further ado, let's dive into our weekly digest for June 25 - July 1.

Microsoft has released Windows 11 build 22621.169 (KB5014958) to Windows Insiders on the Release Preview Channel. The build brings improvements to the File Explorer in the form of Tabs as well as new navigation updates. It also fixes an issue with Tabs itself. You can find the full changelog below

Microsoft has released the optional KB5014666 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 20H2, Windows 10 21H1, and Windows 10 21H2.
 
This update includes numerous bug fixes and new, unexpected printing features.
 
The KB5014666 cumulative update preview is part of Microsoft's June 2022 monthly "C" update, allowing admins to test fixes in the July 2022 Patch Tuesday.

The new UI lines up Gmail, Chat, Spaces, and Meet in their own side rail.
 
Google started rolling out an updated user interface for Gmail in February that pulls Meet, Chat, and Spaces closer and applies more of its Material You styling effects. Starting today, it’s becoming opt-out instead of opt-in, so your account will switch over to the new view by default pretty soon.
 
It’s not a huge change, but as Google transitions through its current flavor-of-the-week messaging app and weaves its Workspace suite into a better competitor for Office, this puts more of a focus on the updated experiences.

Microsoft has announced several new features coming soon to the Edge browser. The company wants to improve the Collection feature and allow users to store more content and collaborate with other people.
 
The current version of Microsoft Edge allows creating Collections with various content, such as entire web pages, pins from Pinterest, and sticky notes. Microsoft understands that users want to store more files in their Collections, so future updates will bring the ability to add images and videos using a simple right-click.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' tops the chart, followed by ‘Crimes of the Future'. 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' completes the top three.

It's the end of yet another week in the month of June and you know what that means: another Microsoft Weekly edition! This time, we have a lot of news about Microsoft Edge, some related to Windows builds, and a sprinkle of news items related to Microsoft's closure of Windows downloads in Russia. Let's dive into our weekly digest for June 18 - June 24!

Stay connected while disconnecting

The problem with going off-grid is the lack of connection.
 
The urge to get away from it all without losing access to Slack and Instagram was a #vanlife trend long before COVID-19. The pandemic only accelerated it, fueled by social distancing rules, office closures, and flexible remote work policies that enable more people to set up shop from any location they choose. Few do so, however, because change is hard, and going truly remote often means being out of range of cell towers — but not satellites. That’s where Starlink RV comes in.

Australian scientists have created the world's first-ever quantum computer circuit – one that contains all the essential components found on a classical computer chip but at the quantum scale.

The landmark discovery, published in Nature today, was nine years in the making.

"This is the most exciting discovery of my career," senior author and quantum physicist Michelle Simmons, founder of Silicon Quantum Computing and director of the Center of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology at UNSW told ScienceAlert.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' tops the chart, followed by ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'. 'Morbius' completes the top three.

One of the most-used tools on the internet is not what it used to be.

We are at the close of another week, which means that it's time to recap every recent event from the world of Microsoft, as usual. This time, we have an important milestone in the form of Internet Explorer's death, a lot of Windows 11 news, and some items related to Windows updates breaking existing capabilities. Without further ado, let's dive into our weekly digest for June 11 - June 17.

Long daily commutes, extensive office meetings, and late night TV binges are not without a health cost. Repeated studies have made it clear that too much sitting is a recipe for an early grave.

Yet like so much in science, the evidence is limited to what can be studied close to home. Far from research institutions of affluent countries, the consequences of sedentary living haven't been scrutinized in as much detail, leaving open the possibility that low and middle income populations might have a different experience.

Now, a study by an international team of researchers involving more than 100,000 individuals across 21 countries has revealed people in poorer parts of the world suffer even worse effects from long days perched in one position.

From virtual assistants like Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa, to robotic vacuums and self-driving cars, to automated investment portfolio managers and marketing bots, artificial intelligence has become a big part of our everyday lives. Still, thinking about AI, many of us imagine human-like robots who, according to countless science fiction stories, will become independent and rebel one day.

Microsoft has released its latest Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11. This update is marked as KB501469 and includes some security improvements. It also brings more quality improvements to the servicing stack to ensure reliable updates. Unfortunately, this update carries a known issue related to .NET Framework 3.5 but a workaround has been outlined.

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 for May 2022 (also called "B release") on Windows 10 for the latest versions, 21H1, and 21H2. The new updates are being distributed under KB5014699, bumping up the builds to 19042.1766, 19043.1766, and 19044.1766.

Microsoft has released the June Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 7 (KB5014742) and Windows 8.1 (KB5014746). Both updates bring improvements to their respective operating systems but also carry issues that you may have to use a workaround on. Without further ado, here’s what’s new.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' tops the chart, followed by ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore'. 'Morbius' completes the top three.

It's the end of yet another week which means that it's time to dive into a recap of all the things that happened in the world of Microsoft over the past few days. There is a lot to cover including some wonky messages about Windows 11 support, the arrival of a tabbed File Explorer, and a bunch of app updates. Without further ado, let's kick off our weekly digest for June 4 - June 10.

Cloudflare has announced a new technology called Private Access Tokens that allow you to validate visitors to your site are real, in a private manner. Operating systems will add support for this new technology including the upcoming versions of macOS and iOS and will eliminate the need to complete annoying CAPTCHAs. This should make mobile browsing more pleasant.

Yesterday, Microsoft released Windows 11 build 22621 to Windows Insiders enrolled in the Release Preview Channel, marking another step towards general availability of Windows 11 22H2 which is scheduled for release sometime later this year. However, it seems from reports on Reddit, that users on unsupported hardware are being offered the upgrade as well, even those on Windows 10.