ICYMI: April 25, 2022

A lot can happen in a week. Seven days might not seem similar much, simply it tin be an eternity in the tech news cycle. Betwixt Windows news, hardware and software developments and Microsoft'southward fast-paced movements throughout the engineering science landscape, it's never easy to keep your manus on the pulse of technology. Not to mention everything that'southward going on right here at Windows Central!

Every week nosotros're going to compile the biggest stories into one post, so you never fall behind – In Instance You lot Missed It (ICYMI).

Windows

This week the big news was a new build of Windows 10 Technical Preview. The main points of interest in Build 10061 include:

New Mail and Agenda apps
Start, Taskbar, and Action Center Improvements
Continuum improvements
Task View improvements
Virtual Desktop improvements

This latest update also features a new Contact Support app, support for the upcoming new version of the Xbox app, and a new Solitaire Collection.

That's a lot of new additions. But fear not, we accept everything you lot demand to know about Build 10061 correct here

Even though 10061 is as new equally it gets for the full general public, we did take hold of a glimpse of Build 10064 in a set of leaked screenshots

Speaking of leaks, it appears AMD CEO, Lisa Su, may take slipped up by revealing that Windows 10 volition be released in July

It wasn't all about Windows x, however. Windows 8.1 got a slew of patches, most 30 of them, in fact.

Other notable items:

What's new in Microsoft Design Language 2 for Windows ten
Microsoft will pay you lot if you identify a security upshot in Projection Spartan for Window 10
How to dual-boot Windows x Technical Preview alongside Windows 8.i
How to brand a full backup of a Windows 10 or Windows 8.one PC
How to customize the Personalization settings in Windows x

The Microsoft Band picks up some new tracking features

Microsoft

Microsoft released their Q3 earnings for financial year 2022, posting $21.7 billion in revenue. That was upwards from $20.4 billion the aforementioned time last year.

The bump in earnings was helped in office by the 8.half dozen million Lumia phones sold last quarter, not to mention in the $713 1000000 in Surface-related revenue.

Meanwhile, another popular product, the Microsoft Band, picked up some new tracking features:

Comparative insights
Sleep recovery
Fettle benefit
V02 max
Run/exercise observations

Microsoft also tagged their former Lionhead Studio master to piece of work on new Xbox and HoloLens games.

That'due south seemingly just the tip of the iceberg, as Microsoft's General Manager of Developer Experience, Bryan Biniak, teased us this week with promises of new "products and services" to be discussed at Build 2022.

Other notable items:

Microsoft to open offset flagship shop outside of Due north America in Sydney, Commonwealth of australia
Cortana allegedly 'ported' to piece of work on Android by hacker group
Microsoft to sell unique 32GB version of Surface 3 just for schools
Erstwhile Xbox exec's startup will apply 'unannounced technology' from Microsoft
Yahoo scores favorable terms in re-negotiated Bing search deal

Extra and Miscellaneous

Other buzz effectually the technology globe is that Nokia is reportedly planning to render to the smartphone arena in 2022. Still, it looks like information technology may be without their renowned Hither Maps division, equally rumor has it that they are shopping information technology around to other companies, including Apple tree.

Later on their profits tumbled Q2 of 2022, Qualcomm is looking to bounciness back by having Samsung industry their Snapdragon 820 chips, taking advantage of Samsung's thinner 14-nanometer CPU wiring.

On the consumer front, we took a look at a couple of interesting media devices that are headed to market. First, is the PiPO X8 'Windows TV box + Desktop Tablet', an odd-looking swain, that is a hybrid TV set superlative box and PC.

Then in that location was the stunning Acer 34-inch curved QHD gaming monitor Who wouldn't want to rock some video games on that thing?