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Microsoft Teams is taking another innovative step toward fostering a more inclusive and respectful workplace. In a move designed to ease communication and reduce the awkwardness of mispronouncing names, Microsoft has introduced a Name Pronunciation feature on profile cards. This update...

In an era when technology and human ingenuity increasingly intersect, a leading US tech titan is once again making headlines — this time for its push on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) via cutting-edge artificial intelligence. Microsoft’s latest innovation, the Copilot AI assistant, is...

The digital workplace is evolving, adapting to the broader societal shifts toward inclusivity, and the University of Manitoba (UM) is ensuring no one feels left behind. Recent strides have been made to encourage a more respectful and affirming environment within its Microsoft 365 (M365)...

John Porter is an input and accessibility designer who is unable to use what so many take for granted: a keyboard and mouse. Porter relies almost entirely on his voice and speech recognition technology, in addition to switches (a series of buttons with pre-defined actions to cover a small range...

For the past six months that they’ve been developing their first-ever video game, the Big Super Happy Fun Fun team knew pretty much from the get-go that their hometown of New Orleans needed to play a major part in it. This vibrant city – synonymous with multicultural food, music and...

Growing up in a rural village in India, Ashwini Doddalingappanavar was expected to follow the example of the women before her: stay close, get married and have children. She defied her community’s expectations to forge her own path. She learned how to use a mobile phone and access online maps...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20150 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel (Fast ring). Starting with build, we are back to releasing builds from the RS_PRERELEASE branch. You can check out our Windows Insider Program documentation here...

May 22 marks the 30th anniversary of Microsoft Solitaire, which has come a long way since it debuted as Windows Solitaire on Windows 3.0 in 1990. Today, the game is played on computers, laptops, tablets and phones in every corner of the globe, arguably by one of the most diverse gaming...

One hundred and thirteen years ago in New York, a girl was born into a generation where the average woman was more likely to perfect a signature pie recipe than solve a pi-based equation. Pushing against expectations, this girl became one of the pre-eminent technologists of our times and made it...

Microsoft has been in the news business for more than 23 years. When we launched MSN in 1995, the news industry was just beginning to provide content online. The period that followed was one of dramatic change and reinvention, forcing news organizations to re-think their programming and business...

We live in an era where existing business models are being disrupted faster than ever before, fueled in large part by rapid changes in digital innovation. More distributed and digitally savvy employees expect companies to deliver the same choice and access to technical advancements in the...

The world loves emoji. What a strange phenomenon, right? They’re a whole new language. Descriptive metaphors packed into magical little glyphs. This week, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update delivered a breadth of optimized features to Windows customers worldwide. Among them is a new emoji...

In this episode Soumow, Kaitlin and Golnaz have a great conversation with Sonya Koptyev, from being the only woman in her C++ class, photography, working for a dotCOM, her fitness hobby, through to the work she's doing today on Office 365. For more information on Office 365 development please...

Hi everyone. A while back, we held a contest to give ten Windows Insiders a chance to win a trip to Microsoft headquarters here in Redmond. Winners were selected based on videos they submitted on what they like most about Windows 10 and the Windows Insider Program. As usual, Insiders came...

Just sharing this from another Forum, just for the hell of it. If, you disagree w/ any of it, please, don't bother beating ME up over it; no need for that. Differing opinions are ok & don't mean you have to deride another's view. Ok? Cool, thanks. 2012-09-06 00:14 Quote...

China's Baidu is going social Baidu, China’s “Google” so to speak, has announced the development and expansion for more social networking services to keep its strong momentum and dominance in the Chinese Internet landscape. Link Removed According to Chinese blog Techweb, Baidu CEO...

Why Did Neanderthals Have Such Big Noses? For more than 100 years, scientists studying Neanderthals, humanity's closest known relative, have pondered one question: Why did they have such massive noses? This isn't just a question of beauty. Scientists posited that the big snouts could...

A simple plea (far beyond the remit of this forum). I know that the windows universe is a rich and diverse one, That's why I remain with it. Mostly, it's too good; unchained as it is from the rigours of conformity & standardisation that makes Apple corp's life so easy. & so godamned smug...