WW 769: The Insects Are Winning - Windows 11 Watermark, Microsoft Hacked, Edge 100

Windows 11 Beta testers: Start your engines

 Microsoft starts moving more Windows 11 test features into the Beta channel

 Microsoft to extend its 'enterprise metaverse' strategy with Mesh for Teams

 Zoom live avatars: Finally you can turn up to your meetings as a rabbit or a dog

 New Windows 11 Insider Build Brings Back Naming Options for Start Menu Folders

Playing Chicken?

 Windows 11 will add a watermark on your desktop if your hardware isn't supported

 Microsoft leaves a loophole for those wanting to run Windows 11 on 'unsupported' hardware

Hacked!

Hacking Group Claims to Have Stolen 37 GB of Microsoft Source Code

Microsoft Says Lapsus$ Hackers Had "Limited Access" to Source Code

Edge-ing Along

Microsoft Edge 100 Lands in the Beta Channel

Microsoft Edge Can Now Generate Image Descriptions for Screen Readers

Cloud

 China Asks Microsoft to Suspend Bing Auto-suggestions

 Microsoft continues its push to convince more game developers to use Azure

Hardware

Report: Microsoft Expects Negative Feedback About Military HoloLens

 New Surface Go 3 with LTE Model Launches at $499

 Surface Duo and AMD-based Surface Laptop 3 Get New Firmware Updates

 Dynabook Announces New Tecra Laptops

 The Future of Computing is ... a Tablet? (Premium)

Xbox

 FTC Requests More Information from Microsoft and Activision Blizzard

 Xbox Cloud Gaming Adds Steam Deck Support via Microsoft Edge

 Google Has a New Strategy for Stadia (Premium)

Tips and Picks

 Tip of the week: Decision time

 A few weeks back I said it was time to check out the Dev channel. Well, Microsoft just gave you an out. Should you take it?

 App pick of the week: Greenshot

 This is the best screenshot utility for Windows, period. I rely on it every day.

 Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Translator gets an AI boost

 Z-code, Mixture of Experts and lots of other AI "magic" is improving Translator and other Azure services, MS says

 Enterprise pick no. 2 of the week: You say you want to learn cybersecurity...

 Microsoft expands its skilling campaign for cybersecurity experts to 23 countries

 Beer pick of the week: Resolve Freedom Kellerbier

 The Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) is a designated not-for-profit for the Resolve collaboration beer. GEM is providing emergency aid inside Ukraine to the fighters and families that have stayed behind, as well as humanitarian aid to the women and children that are trying to cross the border into Poland.

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