The Morning After: Microsoft unveils Windows 365, its Windows PC in the cloud

Windows 365, announced today at the Microsoft Inspire conference, is a version of the operating system that lives in the cloud. It’s an easy-to-use virtual machine that lets you access your own installation of Windows 10 (and possibly Windows 11) on any device, whether it’s a Mac, from an iPad, Linux device, or Android tablet.

This isn’t an entirely new premise for Microsoft, with its Azure efforts offering virtual machines for businesses for a while. This, however, should make the whole process of managing a Windows installation on a remote server much simpler. All you need to do is head to Windows365.com when it launches on August 2 (it’s not live yet), choose a virtual machine setup, and you’ll be up and running. That is, of course, once we know what it costs. The final prices will be revealed the day before the launch of the service.

– Mat Smith

The latest beta versions of macOS and iOS respond to a common complaint about the new Safari.

The third developer beta for iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey began rolling out today, and the key among the changes is a bundle of updates to Apple’s browser. One of the changes in the beta of macOS Monterey that we didn’t like was the removal of the tab bar, which made sorting your tabs messy and tedious. With today’s beta, however, Apple brought back the standalone tab bar, which will be enabled by default. Continue reading.

But no, you don’t have to buy it.

While Oculus has played for mainstream consumers, especially with last year’s Quest 2, HTC’s Vive was targeting businesses and tech-savvy people. This strategy hasn’t always worked in Vive’s favor – see the disappointing Cosmos headset.

So here’s a $ 1,300 standalone headset that’s really only for businesses. Because it costs $ 1,000 more than the Oculus Quest 2, the Focus 3 unsurprisingly offers better, well, almost everything. Apart from the software. The Focus 3 has a much more limited software library than the Oculus Quest. While Oculus has pushed for top tier exclusives and popular games, like Immortal Father and Beat the saber, the HTC VivePort store seems rather empty and uninspired. It’s almost like it’s not for you. Continue reading.

The price, at least, doesn’t disappoint.

It’s been a long time, but eventually LG set the price for its fantastic rollable OLED in the US, and it hit six figures: $ 100,000 according to the company’s US website. In case you forgot – it was announced years ago – the set uses advanced OLED technology to roll up into a self-contained box. But hey, at least LG’s high-performance static OLEDs seem affordable by comparison. The company’s 2021 lineup starts at a much more affordable price of $ 1,299. Continue reading.

Make your iPad work harder for you.

Ready to improve your iPad game? Or at least save that fancy Retina display from scratches and disaster? Valentina Palladino goes through all the options, testing keyboards, styluses, cases and more. Continue reading.

The company says this is due to policy changes it made over the past year.

Twitter says it is improving in moderation of its platform. That’s one of the main lessons from the company’s most recent transparency report, which she shared on Wednesday. Between July 1 and December 31, 2020, Twitter said it took action against 964,459 accounts for abusive behavior. Compared to the first six months of 2020, this represents an increase of 142%.

The increased action by the company is apparently due to policy changes enacted last year. Specifically, it indicates that it has started to take action on “content that incites fear and / or frightening stereotypes about protected categories”. Continue reading.

But wait, there is more …

Amazon bought out Facebook’s satellite internet team

WhatsApp is testing cross-device syncing that doesn’t require a phone

‘Loki’ will return for a second season on Disney +

Delta pilot sues airline for allegedly stealing app he designed

Netflix will offer video games next year

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