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Releasing Windows 10 Build 19045.4233 to Release Preview Channel

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 22H2 Build 19045.4233 (KB5035941) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 10, version 22H2. This update includes the following features and improvements: New! This update adds Windows Spotlight to your desktop background. This feature displays new images as your desktop wallpaper. […]

Paint update begins rolling out to Windows Insiders

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out updates to Paint to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11. Paint (version 11.2402.32.0) With this update to Paint, we are improving the brush size selection experience with a new size slider for pencil, brushes, and eraser tools. With the new […]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26080 (Canary and Dev Channels)

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26080 to the Canary and Dev Channels. We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. Insiders in the Canary Channel will receive Build 26080.1000 while Insiders in the Dev Channel will receive Build 26080.1100 (KB5037133) as we test delivery […]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3350 (Beta Channel)

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3350 (KB5035955) to the Beta Channel. REMINDER: All Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel will now be on the same build (Build 22635.xxxx) via an enablement package. For Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel who want to be the first to get features gradually […]

Announcing worldwide availability of Arm Advisory Service for developers

In October 2023, Microsoft introduced the Arm Advisory Service. Since then, interest has risen steeply. This is no surprise, as many across the industry consider Windows on Arm devices as the future of computing, with unparalleled speed, battery life, and connectivity. Our no-cost engineering advisory program has a proven track record helping developers build Arm-optimized […]

Contributing to Speedometer 3.0: Capturing real-world challenges on the web

In collaboration with cross-industry browser vendors under the Speedometer governance policy, the Microsoft Edge team is very excited to have contributed to the recently released version 3.0 of Speedometer, as announced on browserbench.org. First released in 2014, Speedometer is a popular browser benchmark and a key driver of recent browser performance improvements. Version 3.0 has […]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3286 (Beta Channel)

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3286 (KB5035950) to the Beta Channel. REMINDER: All Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel will now be on the same build (Build 22635.xxxx) via an enablement package. For Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel who want to be the first to get features gradually […]

Women behind Minecraft are building a better world through the power of play, block by block

When you enter Minecraft, you enter the Overworld. It’s where you start your journey of a thousand blocks in an ever-expanding 3D environment. The game is a sandbox where you can create and explore at your own pace, play with others, go on quests and more. For some of the women working behind the scenes, […]

HP harnesses power of AI for newest business laptops and Poly Studio solutions

HP has introduced its newest generation of AI HP Elite and Pro PCs powered by Windows 11 Pro and Microsoft Copilot in Windows 11.   Microsoft Copilot is your everyday AI companion. Recently, some new features were introduced to Copilot Preview for Windows 11, which build on the introduction of the  Copilot Key on new Windows 11 […]

Sandboxing Python with Win32 App Isolation 

Sandboxing Python can be very useful for developers but has been challenging due to the flexibility of CPython implementation. It is particularly useful in many scenarios to have sandboxed Python.  For example, on any website that needs to execute arbitrary code from users, like coding practice sites or online interpreters. It could also be useful […]