Microsoft Edge Gets Free 24-Hour Video Calls, Screenshot Tool, and Shopping Features

Microsoft today announced a slew of new features coming to its Chromium Edge browser. From a report: There are PDF improvements, a built-in screenshot tool, support for more themes, and new shopping features in time for the holiday season. But the most notable addition is the one powered by Skype because for better or for worse, 2020 is the year of…

Microsoft Contractors Are Listening To Some Skype Calls

Contractors working for Microsoft are listening to personal conversations of Skype users conducted through the app’s translation service, according to a cache of internal documents, screenshots, and audio recordings obtained by Motherboard. From a report: Although Skype’s website says that the company may analyze audio of phone calls that a user wants to translate in order to improve the chat platform’s…

I Tried Skype’s New 50-Person Video Calling Feature, My Personal Hell

Humanity has dreamed of live video calling between groups of people since the late 19th century—almost since the invention of the telephone. Today, in the comparatively futuristic year of 2019, what we’ve been granted are a slew of imperfect video conferencing applications like Skype, Google Hangouts, and Zoom. It’s rare that I’ve seen someone successfully… Continue reading I Tried Skype’s New 50-Person Video Calling Feature, My Personal Hell