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Microsoft Weekly, Huawei Band 6 review, Huawei Mate X2 hands-on review and TWIRL 12

May 09, 2021

Hi folks! Here's the May 9th edition of the newsletter.

As we wrap up yet another week, we take a look at the arrival of Edge Beta on Linux, new Game Pass games, a new Segoe font, and a lot more Microsoft news. Be sure to catch up via our handy overview.

Huawei recently released its third foldable phone in China, taking some ideas from Samsung and carving some of its own. Despite its ingenious design, the Mate X2 still has lessons to learn.

With Windows 10 version 1909 - that is running on 11% of PCs - reaching the end of support next week, Microsoft has removed all blockers preventing users from updating to versions 2004 and 20H2.

Huawei's latest-generation smart band is almost identical to the Honor Band 6, but features more sports modes, a more stylish design, and it's more reliable. It's more expensive, but it's worth it.

Users are reporting a bug in the stable builds of Microsoft Edge that is causing the browser to freeze and crash when viewing YouTube videos. A fix is being tested in the Canary channel.

Microsoft Azure has received an icon update, courtesy of the company's Fluent Design System. The new icon will be rolling out across Azure services and the website in the coming weeks.

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