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Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus and Microsoft Office 2021 Lifetime License: A Comprehensive Guide
- Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus is created for companies and power users, who need more functionality and the tools to work with. It includes all the essential Microsoft Office applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and Publisher.
- Office 2021 Professional Plus gives you faster speed, advanced collaboration features, offline functionality, and enhanced security.
- The Microsoft Office 2021 Lifetime License can be the best option for small to medium-sized businesses looking to equip their team with a reliable, low-cost solution and for individuals who prefer to pay once for the product instead of subscribing to it on a recurring basis.
- Microsoft Office 2021 Lifetime License is a one-time upfront cost and doesn't require subscription payments on a monthly or annual basis, resulting in big savings down the line and ownership of the software outright.
- The lifetime license provides access to popular Microsoft Office applications, making it a useful product for all sorts of users and has no hidden costs and is ideal for students, retirees, and freelancers.
- While Professional Plus caters to professionals and businesses needing advanced tools, Lifetime License is ideal for personal and academic use.
- Microsoft Office 2021 is a proven reliable productivity suite with intuitive interfaces and runs smoothly on all devices and operating systems.
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Here’s why some PC gamers shouldn’t install the latest Windows 11 update
- The latest Windows 11 update, codenamed 24H2, is causing issues for PC gamers.
- The update is causing problems with the Auto HDR feature, resulting in incorrect colors and unresponsive games.
- Microsoft will no longer deliver the Windows 11 24H2 update to PCs with Auto HDR turned on.
- To resolve the issue, users are advised to turn off Auto HDR in the system settings.
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2024 Year-in-Review: A look back at your year with Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft Edge's 2024 Year-in-Review highlights the browser's AI-powered features and user achievements.
- Users engaged in over 10 billion AI-powered chats with Copilot within the Edge browser.
- The browser auto-translated over 38 trillion characters and facilitated 46 million messages and file sharing across devices with Drop.
- Edge's performance tools helped save 7 trillion megabytes of PC memory, prevented 1.8 trillion trackers, and protected 7.3 billion passwords each month.
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Insights about GitHub Copilot
- GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant that helps you write code faster and with less effort.
- It generates code snippets, suggests syntax, design patterns, and performance tips, even in new programming languages.
- Based on Open AI Codex, it draws context from comments and code to suggest individual lines and whole functions as you type.
- Advantages include improved productivity, auto-enable in IDE, object initialization, easy-to-use chat prompt, and code performance suggestions.
- There are three different subscription levels to choose from: Copilot Individual, Copilot Business, and Copilot Enterprise.
- GitHub Copilot supports Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, and Ruby and is available in Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and JetBrains.
- However, the downside includes annoying prompts, code errors, and a reliance on individual discretion.
- As AI changes the developer ecosystem, tools like GitHub Copilot can help users focus on important expertise like domain, biology, education, or farming.
- It is a powerful tool that can improve productivity and efficiency in the hands of adept developers and new developers.
- It's time to evolve our beliefs and utilize the changing times by embracing AI powered tools and focused learning.
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Microsoft Set to Invest in Anthropic’s New Round?
- Microsoft is considering investing in Anthropic's new funding round, potentially increasing the company's valuation to $59 billion.
- Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude models, raised $4 billion in funding in November and is currently valued at $18.4 billion.
- Microsoft's interest in Anthropic is evident as the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model was integrated into GitHub Copilot at the recent GitHub Universe 2024 event.
- This potential investment could impact the AI ecosystem, given Microsoft's close relationship with OpenAI and the ongoing concerns of anti-competitive practices.
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Why Users Are Worried About Microsoft’s New AI Feature
- Microsoft has launched a new AI feature called 'Connected Experiences' in the Microsoft 365 app.
- Connected Experiences automatically collects information from users and suggests tasks.
- Users are concerned about privacy as the feature is enabled by default and collects personal data.
- Microsoft denies allegations of collecting personal data without permission.
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The word business leaders use to hedge when staff ask if they're planning a return to 5 days in the office
- Executives at major companies are referencing productivity to hedge when asked about a return to 5 days in the office.
- Companies like Meta, Google, and Microsoft have a hybrid setup but are monitoring productivity.
- Research on productivity and remote work is varied, with the debate likely to continue in 2025.
- Companies are considering productivity as a determining factor for their return-to-office policies.
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A new era for Windows: Can Microsoft’s longtime engine power another tech revolution?
- Microsoft is pinning its hope on AI to give new life to Windows.
- Windows debuted in 1985 as a “graphical operating environment which runs on the Microsoft MS-DOS operating system.”
- Due to the success of Windows, Microsoft has vast financial resources and strategic advantages, including its own massive cloud and AI infrastructure.
- Microsoft has been working with silicon manufacturers and PC makers to augment the CPU and GPU with a powerful new chip — a neural processing unit, or NPU — to run advanced AI programs directly on the machine.
- The first steps into the AI era have been shaky. Microsoft’s efforts to give Windows a photographic memory with the new “Recall” feature were delayed due to security and privacy questions.
- Despite the decline, Microsoft’s global share of the desktop PC market is still around 70%, setting it apart and giving Microsoft a platform to promote AI apps.
- Through Windows and AI, Microsoft wants to make the operating system 'a more personalized experience than ever before.'
- In this new era, Microsoft will tap into its ecosystem to spark third-party applications on Windows, this time taking advantage of the NPU, Microsoft Copilot, and other AI features.
- There is huge opportunity for AI to allow users to compile code for each person on the planet, creating a new era for Windows.
- Windows' goal is to be an orchestrator, delegating tasks to the most efficient chip for the job. But a high-level purpose, rather than glitzy new features, will be a trend going forward.
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Microsoft bought nearly 500,000 Nvidia Hopper chips this year
- Microsoft bought more than 485,000 Nvidia Hopper chips in 2024
- This is more than twice the number purchased by their biggest rival, Meta
- Microsoft's 2024 chip purchase tripled the number from the previous year
- Microsoft is also developing its own custom AI chips called Maia
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Releasing Real-Time Translation in Live Captions to More Copilot+ PCs in the Dev Channel
- Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.2705 (KB5050636) is being released to Dev Channel that includes preview of real-time translation in live captions for AMD and Intel®-powered Copilot+ PCs.
- This update also enhances communication on AMD and Intel®-powered Copilot+ PCs with live captions and real-time translation.
- Real-time translation is rolling out AMD and Intel®-powered Copilot+ PCs with English as the primary language in use.
- Live captions in 44 languages into English can be translated in real-time, including speakers in real-time video calls, recordings and streamed content.
- Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs now support the ability to do real-time translation to Chinese (Simplified).
- Latest AMD graphics driver for Ryzen™ chipset and Intel NPU driver for the Intel® Core™ Ultra 200V Series processor updates can be downloaded from Microsoft or check for updates button.
- Microsoft is caching the Recall binaries on disk while we test add/remove, users may see a message to 'Make sure Recall is saving snapshots'.
- Some insider may see a crash on first launch of live captions.
- Control Feature Rollout technology enables many features in the Dev Channel that rolled out to a subset of Insiders that will increase the rollouts of features to everyone with the toggle turned on.
- Features and experiences included in these builds may never get released beyond Windows Insiders.
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Elevate your PC gaming experience with Windows 11 this holiday season
- Windows 11 operating system offers an array of gaming features that can enhance gaming experience on the latest titles and previous games gamers are playing.
- Auto HDR, a feature exclusive to Windows 11, automatically upgrades SDR games to HDR. The result is richer colors and deeper contrasts creating a more immersive gaming environment.
- DirectStorage is another feature that lets gamers reduce loading time and optimize their game data for cutting-edge game titles in select supported games, making access to expansive worlds almost instantaneous.
- Compact Mode for Game Bar offers a streamlined experience, particularly for handheld devices and gamers who prefer minimalist interfaces. It features a controller-friendly interface that offers quick access to recently played games, game launchers and Game Bar widgets.
- Dynamic Lighting in Windows 11 offers a superb solution for controlling RGB lighting effects across different devices. With Dynamic Lighting, you have centralized customization, allowing you to synchronize lighting effects, adjust brightness, and apply custom effects directly from Windows Settings.
- Optimizations for Windowed Games reduces the latency in thousands of games when played in windowed or borderless windowed mode. This feature brings VRR (Variable Rate Refresh) to many windowed games to reduce screen tearing and stuttering by synchronizing the refresh rate of the display with the frame rate of the game.
- Windows 11 also provides unique and bonus features that elevate gaming experience: HDR Calibration App, Advanced Hybrid (CASO)/UMA, Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 support, color filters for colorblind players, Automatic Super Resolution for Arm Copilot+ PCs, and Xbox app on Windows PC that allows management and play of PC gaming content.
- Some features on Windows 11 will require the latest versions of the OS, the latest drivers and/or required hardware.
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End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2024
- Blizzard had a rough year with layoffs, canceled events and charging players for early-access leveling nerfed before launch.
- Blue Protocol was cancelled after looking gorgeous but lacking in juice. It was a sad end to a hyped MMO.
- Amazon fumbled the announcement for New World's console port, causing existing fans to lose interest.
- The US Copyright Office's decision against game preservation was a severe blow to long-term online game preservation.
- Stop Killing Games movement protested against game shutdowns, including Ubisoft's cancellation of its online games.
- Guild Wars 3 was accidentally alluded to in an investor meeting, but nobody knows anything about the genre of the title.
- AI and Blockchain continued to have mixed reviews in gaming, with scams still appearing often.
- Small titles like Wayfinder successfully pivoted while MMOs Zenith and Temtem failed. Path of Exile 2 was a big win for the genre.
- Fntastic continued to be a prolific maker of scams, running rackets from early-access slop to asset flips.
- The Elder Scrolls Online canceled a fan gathering and reduced its content pace with the switch to a seasonal format. This caused a fan freakout over the game's future.
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AI's relentless energy demands will strain the power grid for the next decade, regulatory group says
- North America's electric grid will face strain for the next decade due to the increasing demand from artificial intelligence (AI), warns a report from an industry watchdog.
- The report states that the rising consumption of power coupled with the closure of power plants poses risks to the stability of the power grid.
- The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) expects a 15% increase in summer power demand and an 18% increase in winter demand.
- The retirements of existing coal, natural gas, and nuclear generators could negatively impact the reliability of the power system in the next 10 years.
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Microsoft’s new open-source AI solution will beam wildlife data from remote corners of the world
- Microsoft's AI for Good Lab has unveiled Project SPARROW, an open-source project and AI-powered edge computing device to improve biodiversity monitoring.
- Project SPARROW includes a solar-powered device equipped with advanced sensors to operate autonomously with minimal environmental impact.
- Microsoft will open-source all aspects of SPARROW, allowing researchers, NGOs, and scientists to build, deploy, and adapt their own devices.
- Microsoft plans to deploy its own SPARROW devices to various locations for testing and aims to have devices on every continent by the end of 2025.
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Blizzard’s 2024 infographic is light on useful info, but gamers did play 8.34B hours in Blizz games this year
- Blizzard's 2024 infographic lacks useful information for players and analysts.
- Blizzard games outside of China logged a total of 8.34B hours and 378M in-game messages.
- No mention of the unionization of over 500 World of Warcraft devs or the layoffs of 1200 Activision-Blizzard workers.
- Blizzard and NetEase renewed their partnership to restore games to the Chinese region.
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