[embedded content] Microsoft Garage’s latest app Face Swap allows you to to transport yourself into fun scenes using a selfie. You need to just take a selfie, choose a scene from your camera roll or the web, and swipe through your results. This app uses facial recognition technology developed by Mic

Microsoft yesterday a ounced the release of usage metrics in the Power BI service for dashboard and report authors. With this new functionality, users can get access to key usage metrics for their dashboards and reports to prioritize their efforts on the most impactful, widely used content. Usage

Lenovo updated its ThinkPad X1 Yoga device with improved specs and security earlier this year at CES 2017. After almost 6 months, the device is finally available for purchase and users can get one for themselves right now from Lenovo’s official website. In terms of specs, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga inclu

Today Ghost Games, an EA studio, a ounced Need for Speed Payback, the new action driving blockbuster from one of the world’s best-selling video game franchises. Need for Speed Payback will be hitting stores on November 10, worldwide. This explosive adventure is filled with intense heist missions,

Just over a week ago, Microsoft introduced its new Surface to the world. This new laptop/tablet hybrid introduced several new improvements to the Surface Pro family, which we’ll explore more in our review. Things you’ll like There are more than a few things to like about the new Surface Pro, so we c

Some rather important games got significant updates today. Friday the 13th: The Game, Gears of War 4 and Phantom Dust all received patches will greatly improve the experience. Let’s start off with Friday the 13th: The Game, shall we? As you all know by now, Friday the 13th: The Game was a broken me

Microsoft is soon going to drop support for the classic Windows Phone apps in a future release of Windows 10 Mobile. These classic Windows Phone apps, also known as Silverlight apps, will no longer work in the future version of Windows 10 Mobile. Microsoft has already removed support for Silverligh

From time to time we post articles critical of Microsoft’s moves and strategies, and this is often met with complaints from readers that Microsoft, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, surely knows better than a simple writer on a blog. With Microsoft’s massive resources, access to researchers, ta

Microsoft recently a ounced the new OneNote that’s coming to Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. The company today started rolling out the new OneNote for Windows 10 to Windows Insiders in the Fast Ring, bringing the new look as well as some other new features. The new OneNote includes an improved lay

Today Bandai Namco’s released Tekken 7, the latest entry in the company’s long-ru ing 3D fighting game franchise to Xbox One, PC, and PS4. Tekken 7’s Xbox One version was a ounced back at Microsoft’s E3 2016 conference, and now the game is available today with some familiar faces and new characte

Legend calls them the Ravenii, encroaching armies of bloodthirsty monsters that once threatened to destroy humankind. Now, the threat has retu ed. Killer Instinct’s Iron Galaxy and Maximum Games just a ounced that their thrilling, fast-paced action game Extinction will release in Q1 2018. As far

Microsoft today a ounced a new revamp for Skype. The new revamp radically changes how Skype looks while keeping some of the most loved features of the app. It isn’t going to show up in all of your devices on day 1, but it’s still an interesting new look for the app. The new Skype includes a new min

Microsoft Edge got a couple of new features with the Windows 10 Creators Update in April. Along with all the new features, Microsoft makes significant improvements behind the scenes to improve Microsoft Edge’s performance and stability. These improvements were mostly added to the browser engine of

Plex just changed the game when it comes to watching television. Now Plex users can join the cord cutting revolution! With a Plex Pass, you can now watch and record your favorite free HDTV digital broadcast cha els, including local news and sports, on any device, anywhere in the world. That’s righ

Minecraft’s 1.1 Discovery Update, Mojang’s first big update of the year, is here and it’s launching today on Bedrock Engine platforms (Windows 10, mobile and virtual reality). It’s packed with tons of awesome features, including the Minecraft Marketplace! The studio’s very happy that they can now g

In an effort to provide MSPoweruser readers with more content, we’ve decided to increase gaming coverage as it’s an integral part of Microsoft. In the past, we’ve streamed exclusive Xbox One gameplay on Twitch but we’re making the move to Mixer as it offers an instantaneous streaming experience. We

Have you been interested in FIFA 17 but were unsure if you wanted to pick up the game? Well, now’s your chance to try it out. All Xbox Live Gold members on Xbox One can enjoy FIFA 17 for free thanks to Free Play Days. Starting on Thursday, June 1 at 12:01 AM PDT and ru ing through to Monday, June 5

Microsoft today a ounced the general availability of Dynamics 365 from Microsoft Cloud in Germany. Enterprise customers in Germany, the European Union and EFTA countries (European Free Trade Association) operating in highly regulated and data-sensitive industries such as schools, public sector org

Microsoft has just released a major advance to Bing Image Search. While you could for years search for different versions of a particular photo or image using Bing Image Search, the latest advance, called Bing Visual Search, will help you look for specific items in an image, like the chandelier in

Microsoft today a ounced the general availability of Cognitive Toolkit version 2.0 with some new features including Keras support, Java bindings and Spark support for model evaluation, and model compression to increase the speed to evaluating a trained model on CPUs. Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit th