Apr 14th 2021
Windows Weekly 720
FLoC Blockers
Microsoft buys Nuance, new Surface devices, Patch Tuesday
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Microsoft buys Nuance, new Surface devices, Patch Tuesday
The nuances of Microsoft's $19.7b Nuance acquisition
- Microsoft makes its second-largest acquisition with Nuance for $19.7 billion
- Nadella's acquisitions: How Nuance stacks up
New Surfi, peripherals debut
- Surface Laptop 4 Prices, Specs Leak
- Microsoft rolls out Surface Laptop 4 alongside new headsets, a webcam, and a speaker
- Baby Steps Don't Win the Race
- Dell Updates Inspiron Laptops, Adds OLED Option to XPS 13
Patch Tuesday tidbits
- MS Patch Tuesday: NSA Reports New Critical Exchange Flaws
- FBI cleans up infected Exchange servers
- Microsoft details its legacy Edge browser phase-out strategy
More Windows
- Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21359
- Microsoft is (Probably) Killing Timeline Now Too
- OneDrive for Windows is Finally Going 64-Bit
Xbox
- New Flight Simulator World Update Targets Europe
- Amazon Launches New Feature for the Xbox Skill for Alexa
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Block Google FLoC
- App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Mac
- Enterprise pick of the week: WVD finally gets a much-touted feature
- Codename pick of the week: Bari
- Beer pick of the week: Torch & Crown Bat Flip
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Links
- Microsoft makes its second-largest acquisition with Nuance for $19.7 billion
- Nadella's acquisitions: How Nuance stacks up
- Surface Laptop 4 Prices, Specs Leak
- Microsoft rolls out Surface Laptop 4 alongside new headsets, a webcam, and a speaker
- Baby Steps Don’t Win the Race (Premium)
- Dell Updates Inspiron Laptops, Adds OLED Option to XPS 13
- MS Patch Tuesday: NSA Reports New Critical Exchange Flaws
- FBI cleans up infected Exchange servers
- Microsoft will remove the legacy Edge browser from Windows 10 users' machines as of April's Patch Tuesday
- Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21359
- Microsoft is (Probably) Killing Timeline Now Too
- OneDrive for Windows is Finally Going 64-Bit
- New Flight Simulator World Update Targets Europe
- Amazon Launches New Feature for the Xbox Skill for Alexa
- Parallels Desktop 16.5 Ships with Native M1 Support
- Microsoft makes MSIX App Attach, a key Windows Virtual Desktop feature, generally available
- Microsoft's Upcoming Webcams are Codenamed Bari
- Bat Flip
- manjaro