#microsoft torque

Computer giant Microsoft, of all companies, wants to help you with the launch of  Torque powered by their own Bing search engine. One of three projects initally launched under Microsoft Garage, their own version of Google's 20% program devoted to employees developing projects that greatly interest them, Torque brings a rather different approach to the voice search function by incorporating gestures to the smartwatch. Microsoft has announced to completely remove the Adobe Flash component from Windows through the KB4577586 "Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player" starting June 2021. In July 2017, Microsoft, along with Adobe and their industry technology partners, announced that Adobe Flash Player would no longer be supported after December 2020. Microsoft has announced that the support for Windows 7 will come to an end on January 14, 2020, after its first release in 2009. To know more, visit Microsoft's FAQ section here. The last quarter numbers from Microsoft are out and it's not looking very good. As such, Microsoft has announced it will lay off 5,000 workers in the next 18 months including the 1,800 it sent out the door earlier today. Read more in our articles including "Microsoft battles Google Now with Bing Torque for Android Wear" and "Microsoft to end Adobe Flash support for Windows 10 in July".