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Google's AirDrop competitor, Nearby Share, is now available on Windows in beta. Google announced its intentions to make the feature available on Microsoft's OS at CES 2022, and we finally have some results.
Earlier this year, a vulnerability was discovered in Microsoft Bing that allowed attackers to modify search results and access personal information of Bing users in services such as Teams, Outlook, and Office 365. Back in January, Wiz security experts discovered a vulnerability in the configuration of Azure, the cloud computing platform that actually compromised Bing.
As Bleeping Computer has noticed, in the latest Windows 11 test build KB5023778, Microsoft has added ads to the Start menu again. It seems that Windows insiders are not testing new features of the system, but advertising in the same OS.
Microsoft has introduced two new colours for the Elite Series 2 controller series - bright red and blue. Like the white model released last year, the full name of the controllers is "Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 - Core".
After Microsoft integrated Copilot into the Office suite, the company decided to turn its attention to cybersecurity and therefore introduced Microsoft Security Copilot, a new assistant for cybersecurity professionals that will make their lives much easier.
Microsoft is releasing a new version of Teams that has been rewritten from the ground up to make it faster and easier to use. It's now available for entrepreneurs to try out the changes the company has been working on for several years.
Microsoft continues to add new features to Bing even beyond the GPT-based chatbot. According to a blog post, the AI-powered search engine can now generate stories for some searches, providing you with a small multimedia presentation about the subject matter. Microsoft says that this approach will allow you to "consume information in bite-sized chunks" when searching for specific topics.
Microsoft has released Microsoft Loop, a collaboration hub that offers a new way to work with Office documents and manage tasks and projects.
Microsoft, which owns GitHub, is overhauling its Copilot system to integrate the new GPT-4 model and provide support for voice chat. The company is also updating its Copilot X system, which will allow the chatbot to recognise errors in code and explain how to fix them or where a better solution can be found.
At a time when the cryptocurrency market is not doing too well, Microsoft is deciding to build a wallet for storing them right into the Edge browser. This was reported by personal sources to The Verge. According to them, the giant has been testing the feature internally for several months.
Microsoft wants to make it easier for users to share their experience of using GPT-4-based Bing Chat between users by adding special buttons that will allow them to post bot responses to Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest. Of course, users have been sharing interesting things that the AI has given out before via serinshots, but the new feature will make it much easier.
Microsoft is promising significant changes to Windows in terms of which apps control which file types open by default, and how users can choose which apps to pin to the Windows desktop Start menu or taskbar.
Microsoft will still be adding 3D avatars to Teams for all Microsoft 365 subscribers, according to the update map. The feature was originally announced in 2021 and has been tested with a very limited number of users.
Microsoft has released an update for Edge that brings the Bing chatbot to the browser in the form of a sidebar. Initially, it was available only in test versions, but now it has been rolled out to regular Windows and MacOS users.
Microsoft Build is back and this time it will be held both digitally and live at the company's headquarters in Seattle. It will start on 23 May and run until 25 May, with pre-conference workshops starting on 22 May.
