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Windows 10 sans Flash in July, Deals with Gold ft. Borderlands 3, and more, Twitter is buying Scroll

May 04, 2021

Hi folks! Here's the May 4th edition of the newsletter.

Microsoft is set to fully remove the Flash component from Windows 10 with a cumulative update coming in July. A manual update is already available to remove it, and it's no longer supported.

Samsung has removed the Galaxy S8 and S8+ from its list of phones that are receiving security updates four years after their launch. The Galaxy S8 Active and S8 Lite are still on the list, though.

Microsoft's monthly Current Channel (Preview) update for macOS users adds support for sharing PowerPoint slideshows directly to Teams, the rollout of new linked data types in Excel, and more.

Apple has reportedly hired former Googler Samy Bengio to head a new AI research unit with John Giannandrea, Apple's senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy. Apple has not commented.

Confidential documents and email exchanges between Epic Games and Sony have revealed reasons as to why the latter was adamant about restricting crossplay and what finally led to its concession.

Microsoft's Edge browser is now available in the Beta channel for Linux users, as the company makes progress towards general availability. The Dev channel debuted on Linux back in October.

The new version of DeskScapes focuses on the user friendliness of the app above all, with popular Dream authors easily searchable from within the main menu, and you can try it out right now.

In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Day, Microsoft has highlighted a few more education-focused features coming to its apps - including OneNote, and Edge - in time for back to school.

This week, popular games like Borderlands 3 and Control are going for substantially less. Ubisoft is also holding a massive Publisher Sale so you can get Assassin's Creed and others for less.

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