One-hundred and fifty-seven installments into a long-running BetaNews series, this week’s roundup steers a steady course through the Microsoft Store’s mid-tier releases: a handful of small but useful utilities, several mobile-to-Windows game ports, and one or two lightweight clients that...
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As Satya Nadella took the virtual stage at Microsoft Build 2025, a fresh narrative began unfolding around the world—one in which technology not only powers productivity or streamlines business but tangibly reshapes the future of education. There is perhaps no more compelling recent example of...
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For many years, the allure of rapid language acquisition has enticed learners the world over, especially as technology promises ever-evolving shortcuts to fluency. The latest entrant in this ongoing quest comes from Google, whose trio of AI-powered language-learning experiments hints at a future...
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When I go to a foreign page and the Edge pop-up asks if I wish to translate, I click yes. The problem is, if I delve deeper into the site, the translation pop-up is not there on the next page, and I can't find it anywhere in the Edge settings. If I go to another site, and it...