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• The fresh Paint in Windows 11

  Posted on June 17, 2024 at 02:43 CDT by Mary Branscombe • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Mary Branscombe

  The changes Microsoft made to Paint for Windows 11 make it better than the version I’ve used for 20 years.

  The beauty of Microsoft Paint, especially in Windows 10, is how simple it is. It has all the basic tools for working with bitmaps, so if you need to crop or resize images; erase or blur a few pixels (such as personal information in a screenshot); or draw on the odd label, line, arrow, or box to create a diagram; Paint has everything you need.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.25.0, 2024-06-17).

  Windows 11 Layers, Microsoft Paint, Newsletters, Paint, paint.net, Windows 11

• Windows 11, Surface, and Windows Copilot

  Posted on September 25, 2023 at 02:45 CDT by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.39 • 2023-09-25

  MICROSOFT NEWS

  

  By Will Fastie

  In case we didn’t realize it already, Microsoft told us where we are headed.

  Last week, Microsoft held an event in New York. The bulk of the presentation was about AI, specifically Windows Copilot. Not Copilot, but Windows Copilot.

  This is deeply significant.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.39.0, 2023-09-25).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Microsoft News AI, Copilot, Microsoft, Microsoft Paint, News, Newsletters, Surface, Windows 11, Windows Explorer