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Two epic stories – The Shrouded Deep and Legend of the Veil – become playable in Sea of Thieves Sea of Thieves’ third time-limited Adventure, The Shrouded Deep, and the long-awaited Pirate Legend Voyage, Legend of the Veil, are playable now. The connected stories both involve the Veil of the Ancients, a magical artefact that can grant its user the ability to travel between the living world and the spectral Sea of the Damned. “In The Shrouded Deep, players join forces with Belle and famed Megalodon hunter Merrick, and attempt to summon that great pale leviathan: the Shrouded Ghost,” writes Mike Chapman, creative director for Rare, in a post on Xbox Wire. “Be prepared for a monster hunt that’ll live on in legend as you seek to liberate the Veil of the Ancients from the belly of the beast. Then [ more… ]

Now live: Luminous Night, Minecraft Dungeons’ second free seasonal adventure Luminous Night, Minecraft Dungeons’ second seasonal adventure, is now live and available for free. “Explore the Tower as you’ve never seen it before, with floors that feature new biomes, perplexing puzzles and the wildfire – an old fan favorite that is making a triumphant return to the Minecraft universe,” writes Per Landin on Minecraft.net. “Luminous Night also features plenty of radiant rewards that will light up your surroundings with bioluminescent delight! These include the dreadfully adorable ministrosity and abomination pets, but also plenty of shiny emotes, skins and flairs.” Like all seasonal adventures, Luminous Night is completely free. For those interested in additional rewards, a second reward track is available for purchase. Head over to Minecraft.net to find out more. Source: Now live: Luminous Night, Minecraft Dungeons’ second free seasonal [ more… ]

Stay safe online with Microsoft Autofill A year ago, we made a promise to simplify and help secure our customers’ lives, and what an amazing journey it’s been. We have been humbled by the love we have received over the past 12 months. We’re grateful to you, our customers, for trusting Microsoft Autofill to secure your passwords and other data and helping us with your feedback. We’ve heard you and made a lot of improvements along the way, and we thank you for that! Today is a special day not just because it’s our 1-year anniversary, but also because starting today you can use Autofill in Microsoft Authenticator to help protect your online accounts by generating strong, unique passwords. If you’re looking to protect your digital life or simply save time and effort when filling your personal data in forms [ more… ]

Releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.651 to the Release Preview Channel Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.651 (KB5012643) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel who are on Windows 11. This update includes the following improvements: New! We added improvements for servicing the Secure Boot component of Windows. We fixed an issue that causes the AppX Deployment Service (AppXSvc) to stop working after you install certain MSIX apps. We fixed a race condition that occurs early in the startup process that might cause a stop error. We improved the Autopilot client to process updated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) capabilities that support self-deployment and pre-provisioning scenarios. We changed the timeout for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) registration from 60 minutes to 90 minutes for hybrid Azure AD-joined Autopilot scenarios. This also addresses a race condition that causes an [ more… ]

Releasing Windows 10 Build 19044.1679 to Release Preview Channel Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 21H2 Build 19044.1679 (KB5011831) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 10. This update includes the following improvements: New! We added improvements for servicing the Secure Boot component of Windows. We changed the timeout for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) registration from 60 minutes to 90 minutes for hybrid Azure AD-joined Autopilot scenarios. This also addresses a race condition that causes an exception at timeout. We fixed an issue that causes a remote desktop session to close or a reconnection to stop responding while waiting on the accessibility shortcut handler (sethc.exe). We fixed an issue that delays OS startup by approximately 40 minutes. We fixed an issue that incorrectly returns Execution Policy settings from the registry. We [ more… ]