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Your Microsoft Weekly recap, Windows and Browser market share statistics, Twitter!

Sunday, Nov 6. Hi all! This week was mostly dominated by news coming out of Twitter, and it's a new month, so we have a couple of new statistics to share on the state of Windows and browser market share. I hope you will check out some of our suggestions below or have a peek in our Community Forums. Have a good one! Cheers, Steve.

There's an easy way to stop Windows from automatically updating maps that are downloaded offline. That way, you can also stop offline maps from consuming valuable disk storage space unnecessarily.

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is jam-packed with news about Windows 11, including items related to its performance and bugs, growth, as well as some new features that were recently added.

Owners of the second-gen Surface Duo can download the latest UEFI and drivers for improved Windows 11 support. Microsoft's latest dual-screen smartphone is now slightly better at running Windows 11.

Software updates

Elon Musk recently announced that Twitter will soon do away with 280 character limit and allow users to add long-form text. It will completely end the absurdity of attaching notepad screenshots.

A new report claims that Twitter is now looking into making the edit button available to more users of the microblogging platform. Currently, the feature is only available to Twitter Blue subscribers.

Sometimes a streaming app will not have any subtitle style settings, for that you will have to set your preferences such as the size in your device's preferences. Here's how you can do that.

Twitter has begun allowing some people to buy the blue checkmark for their profile from today. Availability is limited to five countries right now but, hopefully, this will expand soon.

The first signs of life for Windows 11 22H2 "Moment 3" update may be starting to show up. A leakster managed to dig up what appears to be the internal test ID of the future Moment 3 release.

From the Forums

China is set to launch a cargo mission to its space station this week, and it will also launch an unknown payload. SpaceX and United Launch Alliance have missions planned this week too.

The latest report from Statcounter reveals that Windows 11 is not tremendously popular among PC users. Only 15% of Windows computers run Microsoft's latest OS one year after its launch.

Statcounter's latest report shows that Microsoft has difficulty getting its browser past 11%. Although Edge is the second most popular desktop choice, its market share remains relatively unchanged.

This week on Neowin deals

Bonus (unpublished) Deals

This weekend's PC game deals include new Choice and gaming bundles from the ever-present Humble Store, another double giveaway from Epic, a freebie from Fatshark for co-op fans, and more.

Microsoft has made three games available on Xbox Free Play Days this weekend. It is also offering up to 90% off the titles, so if you like this week's offerings, be sure to pick them up at a discount.

The latest driver, weighing in at 812 MB, offers improved stability, and promises to solve image corruption issues. It also supports NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution, NVIDIA Reflex and more.

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If you want to continue using Twitter despite all the drama happening around the platform, a simple Chrome extension (coming soon to Firefox) will help you deal with an influx of impersonators.