Microsoft has leveraged its intelligent services to bring easy built-in translation to Microsoft Word. With the selected text ability, users just need to select a single or multiple words and right click. This opens the translator pane to show the results. For entire documents, the translation tool is behind the Review ribbon. The Translate button will change the whole document to a chosen language and maintain all the links. Microsoft says Word Translator is only available to subscribers of Office 365....

One of the most notable additions is the Shield, which has been in the Java version of the game since early 2016. Players are now able to craft and equip the item in their off-hand, pressing the block button to reduce damage. It’s joined by a new weapon, the crossbow, which was previously available only via a settings toggle. This signals that it’s now ready for general gameplay, with players able to use arrows or fireworks as ammo....

Perhaps, then, it’s no surprise to see threat actors are using Minecraft on the Google Play Store to prey on victims. Let’s be clear, this is not the Minecraft game itself, but rather the whole industry of apps that have built up around it. Security researchers say mobile apps on Android are using Minecraft to trick people into spending money. The game itself is a huge money spinner, but the lucrative nature of Minecraft comes more from add-ons and the ability to buy in-game items....

Called the “Peace Builders” map, it adds four new characters to the Minecraft world. Specifically, these characters are Nobel Peace laureates who will provide insight into preventing conflicts. Mojang says the map is free to all Minecraft Education Edition customers. To access the map, head to the lesson library, or alternatively, it is purchasable on the Minecraft Marketplace for non-education users running the Bedrock Edition. Laureates The four Nobel Laureates in the Peace Builders map are:...

Now, IBM researchers say it’s found a renewed presence in the enterprise. With 63 variants of Mirai now in the wild, it has grown beyond its creator’s intentions, and enterprise is a natural target for disruption. “For enterprise-level network administrators, Mirai malware has been considered more of a nuisance than anything else, given the assumption that the attackers were going after home-based products such as smart home devices, lighting fixtures, thermostats, home security systems, and cameras, rather than corporate network endpoints,” said IBM....

Mixer has announced two new ways for its creators to earn, utilizing similar methods as its competitor. Soon, users will be able to tip their creators, removing the reliance on third-party services. However, Microsoft has no set rule on how viewers can tip, and won’t force streamers to use it if they don’t want to. The second addition is Mixer Direct Purchase. When Mixer Partners are playing a game, a buy link will appear below their stream, where viewers can purchase directly....

Unfortunately, its planned release date of fall 2017 proved too ambitious. The graphics pack was designed to launch on both PC and the yet to be released Xbox One X console. Now, it seems neither platform will receive the update. “Some of you might remember us announcing the Super Duper Graphics Pack during E3 2017,” said Mojang in a blog post. “Super Duper was an ambitious initiative that brought a new look to Minecraft but, unfortunately, the pack proved too technically demanding to implement as planned”....

This will be the first major redesign of the browser since 2014’s Australis design language. That introduced rounded tabs and several other UI changes. Since then, the company has been tweaking the design, but it has remained largely the same. Regarding the tabs, Mozilla is removing the rounded edges of tabs found on Australis in favor of a squared look. This will make the browser look cleaner and more professional....

If you have used one of the current Windows Mixed Reality headsets you will know they are a maze of cables. HMDs are connected via HDMI cables and USB-C ports that can make it hard to move around. Microsoft is part of consortium that includes mixed reality giants NVIDIA, Oculus, Valve, and AMD. Today, the group announced its VirtualLink specification, an industry standard open source project that gives VR headsets the ability to connect with PCs through a single cable....

Tracking services For Tracing Your Orders Online Online shopping is made easy with order tracking because tracking gives you an idea of where your parcel is located at all times. Online Shopping: Where to Track Your Orders Online shopping is an amazing way to get goods delivered to your doorstep. Unfortunately, there can be delays in transit, especially toward the end of the year. If you are expecting an international order or even locally shipped parcels, you can always follow up on your delivery and shipping status using the right package tracking websites....

The company announced the end-to-end 802.11ax portfolio. The set includes the IPQ8074 system-on-chip (SoC) for network infrastructure and QCA6290 for client devices. Qualcomm says its solution is designed to improve connectivity and make Wi-Fi traffic more efficient. In its blog announcement, Qualcomm points out it is the first company to announce an end-to-end support 802.11ax. Boosting capabilities is essential due to networks becoming more crowded and diverse. Silicon needs to be able to match the network demands....

Interestingly, Qualcomm has already hinted that its next flagship chip will be called the Snapdragon 845. However, the company has not discussed how powerful the chip will be. However, reports suggest it will be built on a 7nm process to achieve a smaller footprint. The processor will deliver performance around 25 percent to 35 percent better than the Snapdragon 835. Samsung is using Qualcomm’s current flagship in its recently announced Galaxy S8 smartphone....

Security research firm Kaspersky also points to Minecraft as the game hackers target the most often. In some ways, that is to be expected as Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time. It is also available across platforms, open to modding, and has a major community behind it. It just makes sense that threat actors would use Minecraft to bait users with malware attacks. Kaspersky says bait attacks on the game affected 131,005 users between July 2021 to June 2022, with 23,239 malware files sent....

Creative Strategies asked 1,300 consumers in the United States to form the report. The results show Surface is favored amongst early tech adopters. Additionally, Surface “continues to challenge” Apple in other areas. Apple has traditionally been a favorite amongst users, who value the strong visuals and productive appeal of Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Microsoft created Surface as a “Hey, me too” range that showed Windows OEMs that they could compete with Cupertino in terms of design and specs....

I have been purposely vague in that opening about which extension this is for. Unfortunately, this is an update for the Skype extension for Google Chrome. Of course, it’s a welcome set of new abilities for Chrome users, but what about Edge? Microsoft has not mentioned when this update will come to the Skype extension on its own browser. I am almost certain they will eventually, but why does Chrome get first dibs?...

This is Microsoft true hardware push into the Windows on ARM concept. “Whether it was ink, touch, speech, touch, gestures, gaze, we wanted to have that natural UI across all experiences,” Nadella said. Surface chief Panos Panay took to the stage and continued the idea, saying people are at the center of the Surface experience. Indeed, the start of the event certainly felt like Microsoft was aiming directly for users....

SwiftKey now has a new toolbar on the Android application. Users can add or remove this toolbar with a simple + sign toggle button on the top left corners. When started, the toolbar supplies a row of icons above the keyboard with several new features. Among them is a GIF integration ability that is powered by Giphy. Users can quickly search and include animations and GIFs in conversations. Several apps like WhatsApp have this sort of ability, but SwiftKey means you can access GIFs more quickly....

Though Allen didn’t get the limelight as much as the more business-oriented Bill Gates, he played a vital role in the early days of Microsoft, and computing advances in general. He was behind many of the company’s ideas and convinced Gates to drop out of school to form it. The company’s big break came when Microsoft developed DOS for IBM in 1975, but Allen would leave the company less than 10-years later when his struggle with Hodgkin lymphoma began....

These days, more and more businesses are thinking about creating their own marketplace. This can be useful for many reasons, which we’ll talk about today. If you’re looking to create a vacation rental marketplace like Airbnb, there are a few things you need to consider. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through the steps of how to create a website like Airbnb and provide some tips on what to keep in mind when building your own vacation rental platform....

Instagram is a popular photo-sharing app – So popular is the app that it’s the 4th most used social app after Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp. Besides, Instagram which is in its 12th year has more than a billion active monthly users. One of the reasons why this app has grown so much is because it has evolved to be more than just a photo-sharing app. For instance, businesses have realized that they can use Instagram with the help of an Instagram growth service to boost sales, increase brand awareness, and improve their audience engagement rates....