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Microsoft has updated the new Cortana app for Windows 10 Insiders, taking the app to version 2.2003.27748.0.

The main improvement is greater support for languages other than English, with support for 12 languages: Italian, German, UK English, Japanese, Spanish from Spain and Spanish from Mexico.

The app otherwise remains quite limited and neutered, with support for only:

Lists and reminders

Simplified app launch

Email support

Calendar assistance

The update should roll out automatically to Windows 10 Insiders in the Fast Ring.

Starting today, customers who purchase a Mac Pro can choose to add a Radeon Pro W5700X graphics card with 16GB of GDDR6 memory to their machines when using Apple’s build-to-order feature, a new option that was just added.

When the ‌Mac Pro‌ was released, Apple said that the W5700X graphics card option would be coming in the near future, but it has taken a few months for it to show up.

Selecting the Radeon Pro W5700X adds an additional $600 to the price of the ‌Mac Pro‌, with Apple also offering an option to add two Radeon Pro W5700X graphics cards for a total of $1,600. It’s also available as a standalone purchase for $1,000.

These graphic card options are in addition to the default Radeon Pro 580X and Radeon Pro Vega II and Duo options that were already available.

Chuwi revealed the AeroBox last month, but a representative from the company recently confessed to TechRadar Pro that the mini-PC bears an identical motherboard to the Xbox One S.

AMD makes a lot of custom-tailored CPUs for its partners, some of which don’t have official model names. Such is the case with Microsoft’s Xbox One gaming consoles, which pack AMD processors. All eyes are currently on the upcoming Xbox Series X on the way, but Chuwi’s latest mini-PC could be using the same AMD chip as the Xbox One S.

As a quick recap, the Xbox One S features a custom octa-core processor that’s comprised of two Jaguar Compute Units (CUs) that each sport up to four CPU cores. The chip checks in at 1.75 GHz. On the graphics side, the APU has 768 shaders running at 914 MHz to deliver 1,404 GFLOPS of peak single-precision (FP32) performance.

Chuwi sells the AeroBox workstation with an AMD A9-9820 that seemingly tops out at 2.35 GHz. The AeroBox likely has more thermal headroom as opposed to the Xbox One, which would allow the APU can operate at higher clock speeds. However, Chuwi pairs the A9-9820 with a Radeon R7 350 discrete graphics card, suggesting that the manufacturer could be using salvaged chips that don’t meet the requirements for the Xbox One S. The Radeon R7 350 brings 512 shaders running up to 935 MHz, which peak to 957.4 GFLOPS of FP32 performance. 

Thanks to the higher-clocked processor, the AeroBox might offer more raw processing power, which comes in handy for office and productivity usage, than the gaming console. But the workstation’s graphics performance won’t be anywhere close to that of the Xbox One S. The math shows that that Xbox One S should deliver up to 46.6% higher FP32 performance than the AeroBox.

The AeroBox will only be available in Japan at launch. Chuwi still hasn’t put a price on the mini-PC yet.

TechRadar has discovered that Apple has filed a new document with the FCC on Wednesday that could very well be the next Powerbeats Pro 2 coming later this year.

The description for FCC ID BCGA2453 describes ‘totally wireless high-performance earphones’ and corresponds to Apple’s model numbers A2453 and A2454, which could be two new versions of the Powerbeats Pro. 

Unfortunately, Apple has requested that the FCC withhold external photographs, internal photographs, test setup photographs and the user manual until October 12, 2020 (potentially the day Apple has chosen to hold its annual iPhone unveiling event) so it will be awhile before we can confirm our suspicions.

Without photos or documentation there’s not a whole lot of information available inside the brief other than the wireless frequency the earphones will operate on (2.402-2.48 GHz) and some really technical information about the kind of wireless transmitter it will have inside. 

That said, in previous FCC filings, the Apple AirPods were model number A1722 as described in an FCC filing in 2016 and the new Beats Powerbeats were model number A2015 as described in FCC ID BCGA2015 – so the A2453 model name fits within the previously established naming scheme Apple’s cooked up.

Powerbeats Pro 2? What’s the deal?

Beyond this filing we really don’t have any idea what Apple is cooking up – so take everything that follows as pure conjecture.

Certainly some of the things Apple could add to the Powerbeats Pro would be noise cancellation – a feature taken directly from the Apple AirPods Pro – and an IP68 water-resistance rating like the iPhone 11 Pro. The latter would be a bit tricky – most earphones really stick to an IPX4 rating – but some sports enthusiasts buds like the Jaybird Tarah Pro go up to IPX7.

How much of that Apple will decide to implement remains to be seen, but both upgrades would be a substantial improvement on the Powerbeats Pro that are currently on store shelves now.

Today is Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month, and it means that all supported versions of Windows are getting updates. For Windows 10, that still means all versions except for 1511, although other versions are restricted to certain devices or SKUs.

As usual, Windows 10 versions 1909 and 1903 get the same update. KB4549951 brings the build number to 18363.778 and 18362.778, respectively. You can manually download it here, and these are the highlights:

Updates to improve security when using Microsoft Office products.

Updates to improve security when Windows performs basic operations.

Updates for storing and managing files.

Here’s the full list of fixes:

Addresses an issue that prevents certain apps from installing if they are published using a Group Policy Object.

Security updates to the Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Cloud Infrastructure, Windows Virtualization, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Kernel, Windows Media, Windows Shell, Windows Management, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Virtualization, Windows Storage and Filesystems, Windows Update Stack, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine.

Those still on Windows 10 version 1809 will get KB4549949, bringing the build number to 17763.1158. You can manually download it here, and it has the same highlights and fixes. There is one known issue to be aware of though.

Windows 10 version 1803 is only supported for Enterprise and Education SKUs, but those users will get KB4550922, bringing the build number to 17134.1425. You can manually download it here, it has the same highlights as the above updates, but a shorter list of fixes.

Security updates to the Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows Kernel, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Media, Windows Shell, Windows Management, Windows Cloud Infrastructure, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Core Networking, Windows Storage and Filesystems, Windows Update Stack, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine.

Windows 10 version 1709 is also only supported for Enterprise and Education SKUs, and those users will get KB4550927, bringing the build number to 16299.1806. You can manually download it here, and it has the exact same changelog as the update for version 1803.

Windows 10 version 1703 is only supported for the original Surface Hub, but it still gets KB4550939, bringing the build number to 15063.2346. You can manually download it here, and these are the highlights:

Updates to improve security when Windows performs basic operations.

Updates to improve security when using Microsoft Office products.

Here’s the full list of fixes:

Addresses an issue that causes a memory leak in the LsaIso.exe process when the server is under a heavy authentication load and Credential Guard is enabled.

Addresses an issue with running klist.exe that causes lsass.exe to stop working and generates an access violation error (0xC0000005).

Addresses an issue with merging Windows Defender Application Control policies that sometimes generates a duplicate rule ID error and causes the Merge-CIPolicy PowerShell command to fail.

Security updates to the Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows Kernel, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Media, Windows Management, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Core Networking, Windows Update Stack, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine.

It also has the same known issue as the update for version 1803.

Windows 10 version 1607 is only supported for LTSC customers and Windows Server 2016 customers, and those users will get KB4550929, bringing the build number to 14393.3630. You can manually download it here, and these are the highlights:

Updates to improve security when Windows performs basic operations.

Updates to improve security when using Microsoft Office products.

Here’s the list of fixes:

Security updates to the Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows Kernel, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Media, Windows Cloud Infrastructure, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Core Networking, Windows Update Stack, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine.

Finally, Windows 10 version 1507 is only supported for LTSC customers, and those users will get KB4550930, bringing the build number to 10240.18545. You can manually download it here, and it contains the same highlights and fixes as the update for version 1607, but the same known issue as the update for version 1803.

As usual, these are mandatory updates, meaning that you can either manually install them, get them through Windows Update, or they’ll be installed automatically.