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Microsoft Weekly + A look back at 28 years of IE + Win a Xbox Series X

Issue #275

Author

Steven Parker
August 20, 2023

I hope you had a great week, meanwhile here's a recap of our most recent news, as well as the Microsoft Weekly, we hope you take a look!

Microsoft Weekly: Paint goes dark, Windows 10 gets new apps, IE celebrates its anniversary

The latest issue of Microsoft Weekly is here, delivering you fresh news about app updates, an upcoming Surface hardware event, fresh Windows 11 builds, blasts from Microsoft's past, and more.

Starfield reportedly will not support DLSS and XeSS on PC due to AMD sponsorship

A datamine shows that Starfield will not support Nvidia's DLSS or Intel's XeSS upscaling technologies at launch. Due to the partnership with AMD, it appears that only FSR 2 will be supported.

Microsoft Flight Simulator celebrates its third anniversary today with some overall stats

Today is the third anniversary of the reboot of Microsoft Flight Simulator. The development team is celebrating the milestone by revealing some stats on the game, including its most popular aircraft.

Software updates

New images of Lenovo Legion Go leaked, featuring AMD Ryzen Z1 and AR glasses

Lenovo's Legion Go has been leaked again. The new images show that it is powered by AMD's Ryzen Z1, just like the Asus ROG Ally. It may also come with AR glasses called Legion Glasses.

SpaceX to launch a globally diverse crew to the International Space Station - TWIRL #128

We have a busy rocket launch schedule coming up This Week in Rocket Launches. Among them, the most interesting is the crewed mission to the International Space Station consisting of a diverse crew.

A way to block users on X could be going away, according to Elon Musk

The founder and chairman of X, Elon Musk, is now saying that he wants to get rid of a way that lets users block other accounts on the social network, claiming, "It makes no sense."

From the Forums

Weekend PC Game Deals: Triple bundles, double freebies, Forza to try, and more

This weekend's PC game deals include two bundles from Humble featuring space-set and tycoon-style games, free events that include the latest Forza Horizon to try out, and much more.

Forza Horizon 5, Let's Build a Zoo, and more join Xbox Free Play Days this weekend

The latest edition of Microsoft's Xbox Free Play Days promotion brings Forza Horizon 5, Blasphemous, Let's Build a Zoo, and more to try out for Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate members.

Save up to 90% off games like John Wick Hex, and more in this weeks Deals with Gold

In this week's Deals with Gold, you can save big on titles like Red Dead Redemption II, Dying Light, Planet of Lana, and more. Over on the Xbox 360, Darksiders, Prey, and more are now 80% off.

This week's deals

Get the Logitech G502 X Plus Lightspeed wireless gaming PC mouse for its lowest price ever

The Logitech G502 X Plus Lightspeed wireless gaming PC mouse has a 25,000 DPI sensor, RGB lighting, hybrid switches and more, and its price on Amazon is just $104.95 with a $10 digital coupon.

Tech deals we posted this week

A quick look back at the launch of Microsoft Internet Explorer 1 28 years ago this week

On August 16, 1995, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 1. The company's first web browser was a pretty bare-bones application but would set the stage for its future browser releases.

You could win this Xbox Series X Armored Core VI special edition shipped in an ammo case

Microsoft is giving away a special edition Xbox Series X game console and controller with artwork based on the upcoming game Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, shipped in an ammo case.

Logging off

Have a good one!

Cheers, Steve.