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Your Microsoft Weekly recap, I now appreciate Windows even more (editorial), 5 cool features added to Windows 11...

Sunday, Jan 8. Howdy,hoping your New Year is off to a great start! This week another from Revue, as we haven't been able to port the Subscribe to Newsletter tool yet. Meanwhile here's a recap of our most recent news, as well as the Microsoft Weekly, we hope you take a look!

Have a good one! Cheers, Steve.

I recently bought a Mac Mini and gave macOS a try. I wanted to love it and thought it would make computing exciting once again. But little did I know it would make me love Windows even more.

Join us in the first edition of Microsoft Weekly for 2023 as we recap all the important Redmond-specific news items from the past few days including new builds, app updates, and Bing on steroids.

After recently touting its much superior Windows display driver release frequency and optimization, Nvidia is now rumored to be working on AI-optimized drivers which could further extend its lead.

Software updates

With 2022 now over and new feature updates for Windows 11 looming over the horizon, let us look at five significant changes, improvements, and new features Microsoft brought to its operating system.

With Christmas and New Year out of the way, rocket launches are starting to get back into full swing. Notably this week, Virgin Orbit will be launching from Cornwall in the UK this week.

Microsoft recently fixed a provisioning package (ppkg) issue on Windows 11 22H2 which had led to buggy out of box experience (OOBE). However, a new related issue is now causing app install fails.

From the Forums

This weekend's PC game deals include a double giveaway from the Epic Games Store to kick off its 2023 freebie season, a brand-new Choice bundle from Humble, a subscription discount, and more.

Microsoft has released a new Alpha ring update for Xbox Insiders. In this update, Microsoft has added Recent Parties which allows you to form parties with recent contacts quicker than before.

The US Department of Justice has launched a website with contact details so that FTX victims can reach out. It could help Sam Bankman-Fried's victims recover the funds they lost access to on FTX.

This week's deals

Unpublished deals

Seagate hard disk drives (HDDs) of capacities 8TB, 12TB, and 14TB, are currently on sale at very attractive prices. These are based on the CMR tech making them perfect for NAS and other heavy usages.

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Amazon is offering discounts on a number of devices and components. Particularly, the Western Digital 10TB Red Plus NAS HDD is available at a 44% discount on its original MSRP of $284.99.

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