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Microsoft is adding features to Windows 11 that are very similar to those in the third-party audio tool EarTrumpet. Windows insiders have noticed that in the latest build of the system, you can enable a new volume mixer that provides quick access to switching audio outputs and controlling the volume of programs right from the taskbar.

This week, Microsoft plans to launch Azure OpenAI, a service that will allow companies to integrate DALL-E-like services into their own cloud applications. The service has been in testing for more than a year and will soon include access to ChatGPT, the conversational artificial intelligence that was all the rage last year.

On Friday, Microsoft announced that an update that was supposed to fix a Windows problem with application shortcuts disappearing from the Start menu or taskbar. But a few days ago, IT administrators described a similar problem on Twitter and Reddit, and Microsoft confirmed that it was related to the recent Microsoft Defender update.

Native versions of Apple TV and Apple Music apps have become available for Windows in preview versions in the Microsoft Store. Their availability was reported by The Verifier with reference to MacRumors. Previously, to use these services, users had to use the old iTunes application.

Microsoft has introduced a new tier for its Microsoft 365 subscriptions - Microsoft 365 Basic. For $1.99 you get 100 GB of storage in OneDrive with some additional features that fall between the free option and the $6.99/month personal subscription.

Microsoft has provided its employees with the possibility of unlimited leave. This became known from the letter of Kathleen Hogan, HR Director at Microsoft. Microsoft calls its unlimited leave "discretionary leave" and it will apply to all full-time employees in the United States.

Microsoft is moving some standard features from Teams to its Teams Premium subscription. It's currently available as a free 30-day trial, but it looks like it won't be long until the full launch. At release, subscribers will have exclusive access to some features such as real-time translated subtitles, special collaborative scenes, and virtual assignment options.

As it became known earlier, Microsoft is going to integrate ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, into its Bing search engine, which should make it competitive with Google. But it seems that it will not end there, and the company is also considering integrating the system into its Office products, namely Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Microsoft announced that it plans to launch a new version of its search engine Bing, which will use a chatbot with artificial intelligence CahtGPT. According to The Infromation, the company hopes to do this by the end of March to make Bing competitive with Google.

On January 10, 2023, Microsoft will stop supporting one of the most popular desktop operating systems Windows 7, as well as Windows 8. Systems will stop receiving critical security updates, and support for Microsoft Edge will stop at version 109.

Apparently, since the beginning of Minecraft, there is a short poem by Julian Gough in the game, which players see after completing the game. You can learn about the author from the work itself, where he indicated his name. So, as the creator said, neither Mojang Studios, nor Micrsofot, which acquired the studio in 2014, have the right to use the work in the game.

Regulators continue to investigate the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, so it needs to get the maximum number of "pluses" and enlist the support of all who can. Earlier, the company signed a deal with Nintendo to release Call of Duty on Switch, and Gabe Newell said that Steam would not have anything against the purchase. It seems that now Microsoft has decided to play another figure and bought an advertisement in the Washington Post, where it expressed its positive attitude towards unions:

One of the Microsoft employees accidentally announced that the standard Windows Notepad program will receive an update with tabs. He published a photo of the updated version of Notepad with tabs with the caption "Notepad in Windows 11 now has tabs!".

The Microsoft Teams Premium subscription is now available as a public preview, allowing users to test intelligent AI-powered features such as real-time translations, custom meeting branding, and advanced meeting security.

Microsoft Teams has long supported video calling on HoloLens 2, but now the company will provide full integration of the platform into its mixed reality headset. HoloLens 2 users will now be able to freely call people directly, view and add Teams contacts to calls, as well as view calendars and join group meetings.