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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1180 and 22623.1180 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1180 and Build 22623.1180 (KB5022363) to the Beta Channel. Build 22623.1180 = New features rolling out. Build 22621.1180 = New features off by default. REMINDER: Insiders who were previously on Build 22622 will automatically get moved to Build 22623 via an enablement package. The enablement package artificially increments the build number for the update with new features getting rolled out and turned on to make it easier to differentiate from devices with the update with features off by default. This approach is being used for the Beta Channel only and is not indicative of any changes or plans for final feature rollouts. Insiders who landed in the group with new features turned off by default (Build 22621.xxxx) can check for [ more… ]

Tabs in Notepad begins rolling out to Windows Insiders Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out an update to Notepad (version 11.2212.33.0) for Windows 11 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel that introduces tabs. With this update, we are introducing support for multiple tabs—a top requested feature from the community—where you will be able to create, manage, and organize multiple files in a single Notepad window! You can also continue to work with files across multiple windows by dragging a tab out into its own window, and a new app setting lets you customize whether files open in new tabs or a new window by default. There are also new keyboard shortcut keys to support managing tabs as well as some improvements to managing unsaved files, like automatically generating the file name/tab title based on content [ more… ]

Gaming creators with disabilities connect and learn through Xbox pilot program Bee Poshek found community as a full-time streamer and content creator after the pandemic disrupted a completely different career path. “As an educator, one of my favorite aspects of teaching was kind of stripped out from under me – not getting to see students in person,” says Poshek, who was working at a university in Wisconsin. “I didn’t get to connect with them in that way or have deeper conversations. I also felt like students were going through some of the hardest things that I’d ever seen them go through and the systems in place were not giving me the tools I needed to really be able to help them.” Poshek, who uses they/them pronouns, burned out. Their disabilities – chronic pain and polycystic ovarian syndrome – got worse. They [ more… ]

Releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.1515 to the Release Preview Channel Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.1515 (KB5019274) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11 (original release).   This update includes the following improvements: New! We combined Windows Spotlight with Themes on the Personalization page. This made it easier for you to discover and turn on the Windows Spotlight feature. New! We improved the Microsoft Account experience in Settings. For example, you could manage OneDrive subscriptions and storage alerts. New! We provide the full amount of storage capacity of all your OneDrive subscriptions. It also displayed the total storage on the Accounts page in the Settings app. New! We displayed storage alerts for Microsoft OneDrive subscribers on the Systems page in the Settings app. The alerts appeared when you were close to your storage [ more… ]

Final free adventure – Monster Attack: Nian – closes out Minecraft New Year’s celebration The final free adventure in Minecraft’s New Year’s celebration is now here. Monster Attack: Nian from Next Studio pits you against a giant beast attacking the town. Talk with villagers to find your way, and collect special weapons to defeat your foe. Once the beast is defeated, ride the weapons to victory. To enter the adventure, simply open up the Marketplace on your Minecrafting device and download. Find out more. Source: Final free adventure – Monster Attack: Nian – closes out Minecraft New Year’s celebration