Microsoft is improving the user authentication UI. It is called Windows Hello, the authentication UI that appears when you log in to the Windows OS with a computer. The newly improved UI is in the form of a passkey using PIN, face, and fingerprint recognition. Although passkeys were supported before, they were still desktop-centric UIs and difficult to use in various environments. It is undergoing beta testing on Windows Insiders. After all testing is complete, all Windows 11 […]
Microsoft announced the new ‘Surface Pro’ and ‘Surface Laptop’. This is the first product of Microsoft's next-generation AI-based PC brand 'Copilot Plus PC'. The numbers have disappeared from the model name, which seems to mean that they are starting a new Surface brand. ‘Recall’ is available on Co-Pilot Plus PC. This feature, which Microsoft internally calls AI Explorer, lets you view everything you've seen or done on your computer, including emails, websites, and slide decks. ]
Microsoft has announced Aptos, a new typeface for its Office products. Aptos is a typeface inspired by mid-20th century Swiss typography and succeeds the Calibri typeface that has been the default typeface in Outlook for 16 years. Microsoft has been testing new typefaces since 2021 and has named one of them, Bierstadt, Aptos, after a town in Santa Cruz, California. 👁️ Designer's Eye Aptos was created by Steve Matteson, who created Segoe, the default font for Windows. […] ]
Microsoft unveiled AI Copilot at the 'Future of Work' event. It applies to everyday tools provided by Microsoft: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams. You can even use Power Apps to create apps by writing the functionality you want in the prompts. He said it would fundamentally change the way we work and increase productivity. Google has also recently applied AI to its business tools, which is like the invention of the steam engine. In particular, Business Chat uses all of the user’s apps and data to […] ]
This is a Microsoft Designer Sizzle video by Not Real, based in Madrid, Spain. This video introduces Microsoft Designer, an AI tool for designers recently released by Microsoft. Not Real creates vivid movement based on high-sensitivity graphic assets. It shows high quality in any form of expression, whether it be photography, typography, illustration, or 3D. Recently, he created a video depicting various Microsoft products. Creative Direction: Valeria Moreiro […]
Microsoft's emojis are now open source. The 1,538-emoji library is available on Figma and GitHub. John Friedman shared the details on Medium about why they released emojis. He also said that they eliminated various biases such as culture, religion, sexual orientation, and politics. Microsoft, which was skeptical about open source in the past, has shown since acquiring GitHub that it is serious about open source. Apple's emojis were popular for a while, but they are consistent, sophisticated, and even […]
Maso’s own colorful design language
