Microsoft is facing its second Microsoft 365 outage in two weeks. This time web apps like Outlook and Teams are impacted, and Microsoft recommends using the desktop apps to access data and documents while it works on identifying the root cause. The last major Microsoft 365 outage on November 25th affected Exchange Online and Microsoft teams.
Google’s top trending searches for 2024 are out now and the top recipe is for Olympics chocolate muffins after Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen popularized the sweet treats. Other surprisingly popular searches include Baby Reindeer as the most searched for TV show and The New York Times’ Connections game beating Palworld and Helldivers 2 for the top gaming spot.
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CosmOS 1.3 adds the ability to create contacts and connect to Bluetooth devices with your voice, which seems useful. Humane is also promising that the update will “unlock an extra hour of battery life.”
Verge alum Sam Sheffer posted a video showing off some of the new things you can do.
Not much has changed in this updated version of Rode’s wireless microphone system, but it does have a lot of great color options. They aren’t smaller like the Wireless Micro, but at least you can match it to the color of the shirt you clip it to.
After seeing this animated short to promote Monument Valley 3, I’d watch 10 others like it.
The company, Embodied, announced this week it had lost funding and will close up shop, reports Aftermath. That will brick Moxie, its cloud-connected $799 educational robot.
The company won’t offer refunds or warranty and repair services. That leaves caregivers with distraught kids and robots that shut down despite otherwise functioning hardware — a situation consumer protection groups have lobbied the FTC to go after.
YouTube is now testing multiplayer on two of its casual Playables games, Ludo Club (which is basically Sorry!) and Magic Tiles 3 (a music game).
More new Playables features are on the horizon: “We’re just getting started testing out new features for YouTube Playables with more to come in the future,” YouTube says.
