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Microsoft Weekly; Musk sells $8.5bn Tesla shares for Twitter buyout; Microsoft pats itself on the back for Windows 11's Start

May 01, 2022

Sunday, May 1. I hope you're having a lovely weekend and I hope you will check out some of the content below —Steve

Microsoft sent an email to Windows Insiders earlier today in which it pats itself on the back for a job well done on the design of the Windows 11 Start menu. Does it even read the Feedback Hub?

Did you know that Windows 11 allows customizing touchpad gestures? You can select one of the default presets or set custom actions for swipes with three of four fingers. Here is how to do that.

According to a leaked document, Facebook engineers have admitted that Facebook itself doesn't know what it does with its own users' data and where it goes after entering its servers.

Google Chrome 101 is landing in the later hours of today. It is a milestone release because it contains the first implementation of Google's ad profiling mechanisms called the Topics API and FLEDGE.

This was probably the busiest week of the month when it comes to news related to Microsoft. We have lots to discuss, including a colorful Task Manager, quarterly results, and Edge enhancements.

According to an SEC filing, last week Elon Musk sold around 9.6 million Tesla shares worth $8.5 billion. On Friday, Musk confirmed that he does not plan to sell any more Tesla shares at the moment.

We have three rocket launches scheduled for this week. The first is from Rocket Lab and the other two are from SpaceX which is sending two groups of Starlink satellites into orbit on Falcon 9 rockets.

This weekend's PC game deals include a whole slate of specials from Japanese developers thanks to Golden Week, a double giveaway from Epic, a bundle for Jurassic Park builders, and more.

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