Windows Weekly 717: Grovian Culture - a podcast by TWiT

Microsoft might buy Discord, Intel's U.S.-based fabs, Xbox Live renamed.

Corporate

• Microsoft to Soft Open its Headquarters on March 29


• Microsoft to partially reopen its Redmond campus March 29 and possibly fully reopen on July 6


• Microsoft creates 15,000-member 'Digital Transformation Platform Group' in latest reorg


• An update on Exchange hacks


• Intel to Build Two U.S.-Based Fabs

Windows 10

• New Windows Insider Dev Build Brings New Explorer Icons, More


• Windows 10 21H1 now available for 'commercial pre-release validation'

Web browsers

• Microsoft and Google Partner on Web Browser Compatibility


• Google Brings Live Captioning to Google Chrome


• Vivaldi 3.7 Makes Massive Performance Gains

Xbox

• Microsoft May Buy Discord for $10+ Billion


• Microsoft Renames Xbox Live


• Microsoft Partners with Twitch on Indie Games Showcase


• First Impressions: Xbox Wireless Headset


• GeForce NOW Raises Prices, But Not for Founders

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Convert a Word document to a PowerPoint presentation


• App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Dev


• Enterprise picks of the week: Microsoft Workplace Index 2021


• Codename pick of the week: Narya


• Beer pick of the week: Great Notion Afterglow

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