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This summer, Microsoft launched the Global Skills Initiative aimed at helping 25 million people worldwide acquire new digital skills. And since that announcement, we’ve helped 10 million people gain skills to better navigate digital transformation. We believe it’s imperative to help everyone who wants it to have access to learning technology that powers the digital economy. Those who create technology will shape our future, and there shouldn’t be barriers to learning the skills required to do so. We’re helping prepare today’s learners for jobs of tomorrow in multiple technical fields, from development to data science and machine learning, and more. Our goal is to ignit…

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Acer has introduced a suite of new consumer notebooks across its Swift, Spin and Aspire series, all powered by 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics. The refreshed devices also come with features such as full HD IPS touch screens, ports that provide fast and convenient data transfer and the flexibility of different modes. Most also include Cortana and/or Windows Hello. [caption id=attachment_174991" align="aligncenter" width="2560]https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/2/2020/10/Acer-Porsche-Design-Acer-Book-RS-AP714-51-High_06-scaled.jpg Porsche Design Acer Book RS[/caption] Acer’s last announcement of the day involves a new partners…

Today, I am sharing Microsoft’s 2020 Diversity and Inclusion report, which comes at a time marked by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, amplified acts of racial injustice, and the reality of global uncertainty. This year’s report focuses on three core areas in addition to the data: the ways that diversity and inclusion is integrated into our employee pandemic response, our commitments to addressing racial injustice, and our investment in the Allyship at Microsoft learning path. The report also includes: For the first time, our data on the number of employees in the U.S. who self-identify as having a disability; An expanded look at our global equal pay data including 1…

The Windows 10 October 2020 Update has started to become available to customers as a free update. This year has continued to bring about change for many of us. Change in how we connect to one another, how we work, how we learn, even how we have fun. And that change is starting to feel more permanent, especially with kids going back to school adapting to remote learning and connection with their teachers and classmates or workplaces shifting to hybrid environments. Throughout all of this, the PC has become the essential device to keep us connected across our lives; it’s become our office, our classroom, even our playground. As we all adapt, live and learn through this t…

With organizations moving and adapting from remote to hybrid work scenarios, and essential workers continuing to support us all, it is more important than ever that we continue to provide you with the tools you need to remain protected and productive. In June, we announced Windows 10, version 20H2—and the availability of the first preview build in the Windows Insider Program. We then released a preview build to commercial customers in the Beta and Release Preview Channels for pre-release validation in August. We have continued to make improvements based on the feedback received through these programs and I am pleased to announce that we are beginning the availability of t…

Today, Microsoft is taking the next giant leap in cloud computing – to space. I am excited to share the work we are doing to make Azure the platform and ecosystem of choice for the mission needs of the space community with Azure Space. The space community is growing rapidly and innovation is lowering the barriers of access for public- and private-sector organizations. With Azure Space we have ambition to make space connectivity and compute increasingly attainable across industries including agriculture, energy, telecommunications, and government. We have brought together a team of renowned space industry veterans to work alongside our world-class product engineers and …

Today is a big day for events at Microsoft. The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Microsoft will be the technology partner for CES 2021, the organization’s first-ever, all-digital event, happening Jan. 11-14. It is an extreme honor for Microsoft to be selected as CTA’s technology partner for CES, the world’s most influential technology event. It won’t surprise you to hear we’re bringing Microsoft Cloud solutions, including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Power Platform, together with partner solutions to create the technology platform for the all-digital event that will bring together the entire global tech community and be the CES 202…

In the not so distant future, businesses may need to reconfigure their meeting spaces to better support onsite employees who collaborate with colleagues working from home. Dell and Logitech’s newest Meeting Space Solutions for Microsoft Teams Rooms offers a complete group collaboration ecosystem led by Dell’s smallest commercial desktop, the OptiPlex 7080 Micro – running Teams Room Experience for Windows, and pre-bundled with Dell Large Format Monitors and Logitech audio and video peripherals, such as the Logitech Tap Touch Controller and a Logitech MeetUp ConferenceCam, depending on the room configuration. The Dell and Logitech solution combines IntelPro technology with …

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition – a game for which the Age community “generated quite a list of items they’d love to see, from must-haves to wild hopes and dreams” – is now available on Windows 10 and Steam, as well as with Xbox Game Pass for PC and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. In an Xbox Wire post by Adam Isgreen (Studio Creative Director for World’s Edge), he writes of the community’s feedback: “We incorporated every key request into the game… and then went even further.” Some of the work the team has done includes: 4K graphics with ultrawide support, completely rebuilt assets (every tree, terrain piece, building and unit) and an enhanced audio and musical score. Two…

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Over the past few months, we have learned so much about productivity, flexibility, resilience and compassion. We have been working in ways we never thought possible, including managing necessary safety precautions, learning to connect with small or large teams while presenting to a screen, taking care of family and friends while being in the next room on calls, adjusting hours to address new demands and so much more. And I am deeply empathetic that this is on top of navigating the emotional toll of all that we are witnessing and experiencing. At the same time, the pandemic has raised questions about what our employees can expect in the future, so we provided some guida…

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