Ad controls that put your privacy firstWe follow a set of core privacy principles that guide what information we do and don’t collect. We never sell your personal information to anyone, and we never use the content you store in apps like Gmail, Photos and Drive for ads purposes. And we never use sensitive information…
Month: October 2022
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.870 and 22623.870
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.870 and Build 22623.870 (KB5018499) to the Beta Channel. Build 22623.870 = New features rolling out. Build 22621.870 = 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…
Update to Windows Subsystem for Android™ on Windows 11 (October 2022)
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are shipping an update for Windows Subsystem for Android™ on Windows 11 to the Windows Insider Dev and Beta Channels. This update (2209.40000.26.0) will improve security, camera, general reliability, and performance. What’s New Improvements to the Camera HAL Improvements to clipboard stability Improvements to multi-threaded (>8 core) performance Improved security…
Updates to How We Protect People on Instagram From Abuse
Making Blocking Better We want to make it as hard as possible for someone you’ve blocked on Instagram to contact you again. Now when you block someone, you’ll also have the option to block other accounts they may have or create, making it more difficult for them to interact with you. Last year, we updated…
Releasing Windows 11 Build 22621.754 to the Release Preview Channel
Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Build 22621.754 (KB5018496) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11, version 22H2. This update includes the following improvements: New! We added a new consent form for those of you enrolled in Windows Hello Face and Fingerprint. You have new choices for your biometric…
Queue overflow management keeps customers happy during peak demand
As the world started unwinding from the pandemic, Sarah joined thousands of travelers in booking flights for a long-planned vacation. Realizing she forgot to add her food preferences, she immediately opened a chat on the airline portal. After a long wait, the virtual agent told her to try again later. All the human support agents…
Come to the Fauna Faire in Minecraft Dungeons’ 3rd seasonal adventure
Take on the Tower with all-new multiplayer levels, explore the jungle in Treetop Tangle, or see who now awaits you at camp. Fauna Faire, Minecraft Dungeons’ third seasonal adventure, arrives on Oct. 19, bringing both new ways to play and customize your character. “The fall might be upon us, but Fauna Faire brings an animal-focused…
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25227
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25227 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. This build includes improvements for update management for IT administrators and a good set of general changes and improvements. We’re kicking off Season 2 of…
Skill-based routing and one-stop user management help you keep up with customer service demands
Skill-based routing automatically assigns the agents with the right skills to work on customer support requests. With skill-based routing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service, your call center can reduce the number of queues it operates, improve agents’ productivity, and increase customers’ satisfaction. To get the most out of skill-based routing, it should be easy…
Using AI to Translate Speech For a Primarily Oral Language
AI-powered speech translation has mainly focused on written languages, yet nearly 3,500 living languages are primarily spoken and don’t have a widely used writing system. This makes it impossible to build machine translation tools using standard techniques, which require large amounts of written text in order to train an AI model. To address this challenge,…