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Microsoft Build edition, Nadella is "incredibly excited" for next generation of Windows, Xbox Deals with Gold

May 25, 2021

Hi folks, here's the May 25th edition of the newsletter. You can find all our Microsoft Build 2021 coverage here.

Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella said during today's keynote that the firm will soon share more about the "most significant update" to Windows in a decade, teasing it as the "next generation" of the OS.

Microsoft is releasing Edge 91 later this week, and it will include improvements to sleeping tabs and startup boost that will make it the most performant browser on Windows 10, according to Microsoft.

Preview 4 of .NET 6 is live with support for new device targets such as Apple Silicon and WPF on ARM64. Microsoft has also announced a research initiative focused on developer well-being.

At this year's Build, Microsoft announced a ton of new features for Teams, including together mode extensibility, shared stage integration, and fluid components in chats in private preview.

Microsoft has announced that it's now possible to run graphical Linux apps in Windows 10 using the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This feature was first released to Windows Insiders.

Microsoft has announced a handful of search improvements in organizations, thanks to the power of Microsoft Graph. Windows Search will be able to surface new results from Dynamics 365 and more.

Chrome 91 is rolling out today. It contains enhancements to the File System Access and WebOTP APIs. WebAssembly applications will also receive a performance boost thanks to the SIMD parallelism API.

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