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Microsoft Weekly; Lapsus$ hacked and stole T-Mobile source code; Windows 11 inbox apps = 1.5GB

April 24, 2022

Sunday, April 24 I hope you're having a lovely weekend and I hope you will check out some of the content below —Steve

This week, we are recapping a bunch of updates for Microsoft apps and services, Windows updates (and the lack of them), and some incidents in the cybersecurity space. Read about all of this here!

Microsoft has shared some more insights into its internal Windows 11 upgrade process which saw the company deploy the OS on 190,000 employee PCs in the "smoothest" update ever at Microsoft.

In our latest Neowin poll, we want to get your input on whether you use Caps Lock to capitalize characters or the Shift key. We also want to know if this is due to force of habit or something else.

The default apps that come on Windows 11, or Windows 10, seem to take up a lot more storage than you might think. Some deep digging reveals it can be more than 1.5GB of disk space in total.

This weekend's PC game deals include a double giveaway from Epic Games Store for horror and party game fans, a bundle full of colorful titles, an MMO free event for Elder Scrolls fans, and more.

In the upcoming week, SpaceX is going to take several astronauts up to the space station for NASA as part of the commercial crew program. It was meant to launch last week but got delayed.

Some of the Lapsus$ group's members may have been arrested, but the hackers managed to sneak inside T-Mobile servers and stole the company's source code to perform SIM swap attacks for ransomware.

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