Some long-awaited Microsoft Teams features, like threaded conversations and the option to react with multiple different ...

Clapping is both a scientific event and a social gesture. A study explores the complex physics behind the sound of clapping. The noise originates from compressed air, not just hand collisions ...

“Shame on you,” the protester said. “You claim that you care about using AI for good, but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military … All of Microsoft has blood on its hands.” ...

The results: The hand configuration that produced the loudest clap—85.2 dB—consisted of holding the hands 45 degrees to each other with the palms partially overlapping. If one were more ...

The Focus Mode turns Microsoft Word into a distraction-free editor. It removes the clutter of the Ribbon and makes a tiny dent on the writer's block. Click on the Focus Mode button at the bottom right ...

Clapping hands spew out a jet of air, visualized here by baby powder. That jet helps explain the sweet sound of applause. Yicong Fu, Cornell University By Emily Conover March 4, 2025 at 8:00 am ...

The latest such update is more expressive hand gesture emoji on Gboard. Google’s approach to emojis has been more fun than the bubbly, almost plastic look that Apple has adopted on iOS.

The folded hands emoji shows two hands placed firmly together, meaning please or thank you. A common alternative use for this emoji is for prayer, using the same gesture as praying hands.

Microsoft's new Surface Pro, its first hybrid Copilot+ PC tablet, doesn't look much different than its predecessors. It's still a sleek and sturdy tablet with a kickstand.

From my hands-on experience at the event, I am happy to report that five of Microsoft's new AI offerings are actually helpful in solving real-world problems.

The light behind the folded hands emoji was removed in the iOS 8.3 update in 2015. There are also varying versions of it depending on whether you use Apple, Android or Microsoft devices.