1. Introducing the Edge 2024 web platform top developer needs dashboard20:12 [-/+]
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| Today, the Edge team is happy to introduce the Edge 2024 web platform top developer needs dashboard. This dashboard represents our view of progress across the ecosystem towards resolving top developer pain points and closing interoperability gaps, and we invite developers to give feedback to ensure their needs are well represented. Why another feature dashboard? We recently celebrated the release of Interop 2024 along with our partners at Igalia, Google, Mozilla, and Apple. The project is an opportunity to learn each year directly from the web development community about which features are most important among those that have mature specs but lack consistent support. We're excited about the progress that Interop has driven over the past several years, and are enthusiastic about the features included this year. But those aren't the only features that matter to developers. Through the listening process we came to more deeply understand the challenges posed by a lack of broad support for many foundational APIs that can't be polyfilled, or which create new architectural opportunities. For instance, developers told us that View Transitions and the Navigation API will unlock entirely new ways of building apps. Scroll-driven animations and the Custom Paint API unlock mobile-native UI possibilities that can't be smoothly replicated by polyfills. Container queries transform the way teams write their stylesheets, and @scope creates new ways of structuring customizations that are easier to write. Customized built-in elements unlock new power for design systems based on Web Components. These are just some of the most intense areas of feedback, and we're committed to continuing to listen and drive progress on these priorities. To create visibility and accountability, we're launching the Edge 2024 web platform top developer needs dashboard. The intent is to track progress across the ecosystem on these features and help Edge developers identify what to work on next. This isn't an exhaustive list of what's important, but we hope it reflects the needs we've heard about most intensively. If you'd like to influence these priorities, we encourage you to leave constructive feedback about the dashboard and take part in the upcoming surveys that will inform the Interop 2025 process. The Edge web platform team is committed to transparency and openness. We hope that by providing a fuller picture of what we're hearing we can play a positive role in improving the platform for everyone. | ↑ |
2. PC players of Grounded can now team up with others across platformsСр, 17 апр [-/+]
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With the latest update to Grounded, backyard adventurers who’ve played on PCs since launch can now team up with other gamers across Xbox, PlayStation 4|5 and Nintendo Switch via cross-platform play. The "Fully Yoked" update turns your backyard int The post PC players of Grounded can now team up with others across platforms appeared first on Windows Blog. | ↑ |
3. Windows Photos adds new Microsoft Designer integrationСр, 17 апр [-/+]
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Hello Windows Insiders,
Today we are introducing the ability to send an image from the Photos app to Microsoft Designer, a cloud based graphic design app that helps you create professional quality social media posts, invitations, digital postcards, graphics, and new visuals with the power of generative AI. This update is available on Windows 11 to start, and is currently limited to users within the US, UK, Australia, Ireland, India, and New Zealand. We are starting to roll this out to Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels.
Photos app integration with DesignerWe're adding a new way to unlock the creative potential of your images through Designer. Simply click the Designer button in the title bar when viewing a single image in the Photos app, and your image will open Designer in the default web browser. [caption id="attachment_177003" align="alignnone" width="700"] Send an image from Photos to Designer.[/caption]
Once in Designer, you can apply templates, add visuals, and use AI tools to help you personalize your photo further. For example, try using AI to generate a new custom background for your photo using these simple steps:
 Designer editing experience showing swapping the background.[/caption]
To get the latest Photos experience, update your app to version number 2024.11040.16001.0 or higher. Sign in with a free personal Microsoft account to try Designer’s generative AI features currently in preview, as well as share your creations. We appreciate your comments and suggestions, so please share your feedback with us!
FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Apps > Photos.
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4. AMD’s commercial AI PC portfolio integrates Microsoft Pluton, includes Microsoft CopilotВт, 16 апр [-/+]
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| AMD is expanding its commercial mobile and desktop AI PC portfolio with new AMD Ryzen PRO 8040 Series mobile processors and AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series desktop processors, which business pros will see on new laptops and desktops from AMD’s OEM partners. By leveraging the CPU, GPU and dedicated, on-chip NPU, new Ryzen AI-powered processors provide more trillions of operations per second (TOPS) than previous generations. Commercial PCs equipped with new Ryzen AI-enabled processors have the potential to deliver greater performance for AI-enabled collaboration, content creation, data and analytics. With the addition of AMD PRO technologies, IT managers can simplify IT operations and complete PC deployment faster across the organization. AMD PRO technologies help IT managers save time by enabling them to deploy devices up to 41% faster and manage them at scale with cloud-based tools, including Windows Autopilot. In addition, the Microsoft Pluton security processor is integrated into the AMD Ryzen PRO processors, providing protection from the chip to the cloud. This helps safeguard user credentials, identities, personal data and encryption keys on Windows 11 PCs. At the top of the stack is the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS, equipped with eight cores, 16 threads, 24MB of cache and Radeon 780M graphics. These processors can take on graphically demanding workloads such as 3D rendering, video encoding and photo editing. For business professionals on desktops, the AMD Ryzen 8000 gives them the power required to accelerate their most demanding collaboration and content creation tasks. Select AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series processors also come equipped with AMD Ryzen AI, helping users usher in a new era of AI-defined productivity. Desktops equipped with AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series processors support Bluetooth 5.3, DDR5 and PCIe 4 for lightning-fast data transfer, smoother workflows and quicker access to business-critical applications and data, as well as next-gen connectivity with Wi-Fi 7 available on select models. AMD is continuing to work with industry partners to bring more AI-enabled applications to market. Currently, there are more than 100 AI-enabled experiences in apps such as Microsoft Teams available through Ryzen AI, which empowers businesses to create professional documents, correspondence and business presentations from just a few bullet points. They can also summarize and respond to emails, freeing up valuable time during the day. Microsoft Copilot is also bringing more AI capabilities to Windows systems – including those powered by AMD – unlocking new features for expanded productivity, security and everyday business use. Find out more about these and other announcements from AMD. | ↑ |
5. Releasing Windows 10 Build 19045.4353 to Release Preview ChannelПн, 15 апр [-/+]
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 22H2 Build 19045.4353 (KB5036979) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 10, version 22H2.
This update includes the following features and improvements:
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6. Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3495 (Beta Channel)Пт, 12 апр [-/+]
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3495 (KB5037000) 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 rolled out to you, you can turn ON the toggle (shown in the image below) to get the latest updates as they are available via Settings > Windows Update. Over time, we will increase the rollouts of features to everyone with the toggle turned on. Should you keep this toggle off, new features will gradually be rolled out to your device over time once they are ready.
[caption id="attachment_176587" align="alignnone" width="681"]  Turn on the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available to get new features rolled out to you.[/caption]
Going forward, we will document changes in Beta Channel builds in two buckets: new features, improvements, and fixes that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available and then new features, improvements, and fixes available to everyone in the Beta Channel.
Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on*[Start menu]
 Example of a recommended app on the Start menu highlighted in a red box.[/caption]
[Desktop Spotlight]
 With Treatment 1, if a user right-clicks on the Windows Spotlight icon it will launch Spotlight experience in full screen mode, while double clicking will open the landing page for the image on desktop.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_176996" align="alignnone" width="529"]  With Treatment 2, if a user right-clicks on the Windows Spotlight icon it will launch the Spotlight experience without any change to the desktop set up, while double clicking launches the Spotlight experience in full screen mode.[/caption]
[Settings]
 New linked devices page under Accounts settings highlighted in a red box.[/caption]
Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out to everyone in the Beta Channel[Copilot in Windows*]
 Copilot in Windows undocked and shown next to Notepad like a normal application window.[/caption]
Known issues[General]
[Copilot in Windows*]Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel who have the updated Copilot in Windows experience that introduces the ability for Copilot to act like a normal application window may see the following known issues:
[Widgets]Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel who have the new position for the Widgets entry-point on left-aligned taskbars may see the following known issues:
About the Beta ChannelThe Beta Channel is the place we preview experiences that are closer to what we will ship to our general customers. Because the Dev and Beta Channels represent parallel development paths from our engineers, there may be cases where features and experiences show up in the Beta Channel first. However, this does not mean every feature we try out in the Beta Channel will ship. We encourage Insiders to read this blog post that outlines the ways we’ll try things out with Insiders in both the Dev and Beta Channels. *Getting new features: For Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel who want to be the first to get features gradually rolled out to you, you can turn ON the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available via Settings > Windows Update. Over time, we will increase the rollouts of features to everyone with the toggle turned on. Should you keep this toggle off, new features will gradually be rolled out to your device over time once they are ready. **Availability of Copilot in Windows: Copilot in Windows in preview is being rolled out gradually to Windows Insiders in select global markets. The initial markets for the Copilot in Windows preview include North America, United Kingdom and parts of Asia and South America. It is our intention to add additional markets over time.Important Insider Links
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7. Releasing Windows 11 Builds 22621.3520 and 22631.3520 to the Release Preview ChannelЧт, 11 апр [-/+]
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Builds 22621.3520 and 22631.3520 (KB5036980) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11, version 22H2 (Build 22621) and version 23H2 (Build 22631).
This update includes the following features and improvements:
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8. Part 3 – Babylon.js 7.0: One incredible communityЧт, 11 апр [-/+]
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Babylon.js is powered and supported by one of the most incredible open source communities in the world. Over 500 people from across the globe have contributed to making it one of the most powerful, beautiful, simple, and open web rendering engines out there. With Babylon.js 7.0, this community continues to shine bright, by adding some incredible new features and extensions to this passionately shared and nurtured platform.
The Greased LineBuilt right into the core engine, the new Greased Line system unlocks some exciting new possibilities for web creators. This new special type of line is built using the mesh system to display lines of any specified width. The extra sprinkling of non-trademarked fantasy dust is that these lines are equipped with a special shader that allows the line to always face the camera so they can be viewed consistently no matter where the camera moves to. See it in action: https://aka.ms/babylon7GLDemo Learn more: https://aka.ms/babylon7GLDoc https://youtu.be/SEUsue6nAGUAdvanced Ground ProjectionThis one is honestly just too cool to put into words, but we’ll do our best. Imagine taking a 360 skybox/environment and then magically transforming the lower half into a “fake” ground that seems to support the 3D objects in your scene. This illusion provides a perfectly smooth transition from the ground to the sky within your scene. Sound like wizardry? Well what are you waiting for? Check it out! See it in action: https://aka.ms/babylon7GProjDemo Learn more: https://aka.ms/babylon7GProjDoc https://youtu.be/FtiaFVKPjcoSeamless Texture DecalsIntroduced with Babylon.js 6.0, texture decals offered a powerful new option of projecting images onto an existing texture of a 3D object in your scene. With Babylon.js 7.0, that same system is given superpowers by allowing the decals to seamlessly map across UV boundaries! That means that no matter how pretty or less-pretty your UV layout might be, decals will work perfectly on any 3D object! Check it out: https://aka.ms/babylon7SeamTsDemo Learn more: https://aka.ms/babylon7SeamTsDoc https://youtu.be/BiIXrO40XgIMMD Support Community ExtensionThis exciting extension to Babylon.js 7.0 offers creators the ability to import 3D assets and animations from the popular 3D Creation Software: MikuMikuDance or MMD for short. In addition to loading assets and animations, it also has support for IK solvers, a morph system, synced audio playback, player controls, and much much more. Check it out: https://aka.ms/babylon7MMDDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon7MMDDoc https://youtu.be/KFBO-zm-9moThank YouWith each evolution of Babylon.js comes a revolution in web rendering technology and an overwhelming feeling of gratitude. The Babylon platform simply wouldn’t be possible without the incredible community of developers, the 500+ contributors, and the steadfast advocates that contribute their knowledge, expertise, help, and passion to this amazing technology. “Thank you” to each one of you for all that you do to help make Babylon.js one of the most powerful, beautiful, simple, and open web rendering platforms in the world. | ↑ |
9. Game hubs now inside Xbox app on PCСр, 10 апр [-/+]
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| If you’re a PC games player, you can now enjoy game hubs inside the Xbox app on PC. This means you can navigate to any game in your library or in the sidebar to track your progress, discover the latest content and add-ons, connect and compete with your friends, and get the latest news from developers. With this official rollout of game hubs to all players on the Xbox app, a fan-favorite feature is back: game captures. Any game clip or screenshots you’ve captured through Game Bar for a specific game will now be displayed in its respective game hub and locally stored on your PC. You can browse your captures in the app, copy them to the clipboard for easy sharing, or quickly jump to the file location. Find out more at Xbox Wire. | ↑ |
10. AI enhances Acer’s new Nitro and Predator Helios gaming laptopsВт, 09 апр [-/+]
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Aiming to upgrade your portable gaming rig? Acer has introduced more choices for you to consider: the new Nitro 14 and Nitro 16 gaming laptops, featuring new designs and powered by AMD Ryzen 8040 Series processors integrated with Ryzen AI. You can also get the Nitro 16 with Intel Core 14th Gen processors. The new Predator Helios Neo 14 is another option: a portable powerhouse equipped with the latest Intel Core Ultra processors, unlocking AI experiences on the PC.
AI enhances all of these new devices, powered by Windows 11 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 PC keyboards.
And with one month of Game Pass included with every device, players will enjoy hundreds of high-quality PC games such as Starfield, Forza Motorsport and Hellblade 2*.
[caption id="attachment_178802" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Acer Nitro 14[/caption]
The Acer Nitro 14 is a compact package that has up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU with DLSS 3.5 technology, along with up to an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS processor with Ryzen AI built in. With the NitroSense application, players can customize the laptop’s game and performance settings, fan speeds and four-zone RGB keyboard lighting. The new Experience Zone acts as a hub for the Nitro’s AI-related features.
[caption id="attachment_178803" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Acer Nitro 16[/caption]
The Acer Nitro 16 has a bigger display – 16 inches with 500 nits of brightness and a 165 Hz refresh rate – and up to an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS processor Ryzen AI to enable users to do and experience more when playing and creating. Fast-paced rendering and enhanced frames are made possible thanks to the performance of up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, with support from DLSS 3.5 technology and the panel’s NVIDIA G-SYNC compatibility.
AI enhances both devices’ capabilities for gaming and productivity, such as smooth visuals with up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPUs supported by DLSS 3.5 technology, immersing gamers in their 14- and 16-inch NVIDIA G-SYNC compatible panels with up to WQXGA (2560x1600) resolution.
[caption id="attachment_178804" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Predator Helios Neo 14[/caption]
Acer also unveiled the new Predator Helios Neo 14, its most compact offering in the Predator Helios Neo portfolio. Even with a sleeker, more portable build compared to its 16- and 18-inch siblings, it doesn’t lack for power and performance, with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 185H with dedicated AI acceleration capabilities, and up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU that supports DLSS 3.5 technology. AI enhances video and audio communications through Acer PurifiedVoice 2.0, which eliminates unwanted disturbances in the background with its triple-microphone setup, and Acer PurifiedView webcam solutions. Like the Nitros above, this Windows 11 PC also includes the new Experience Zone where players can personalize device settings and keyboard lighting effects and track the laptop’s system health.
Head over to Acer to find out more about these newest releases.
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