{"id":6066,"date":"2024-01-07T17:17:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T22:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msftnewsnow.com\/?p=6066"},"modified":"2025-05-20T15:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T22:34:29","slug":"msft-news-now-sunday-tldr-ces-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msftnewsnow.com\/msft-news-now-sunday-tldr-ces-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The always entertaining CES 2024 starts in Las Vegas, and other TLDR stories from MSFT News Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top MSFT news now Sunday<\/h2>\n

Here are the top stories from the last week on MSFT News Now for the week ending January 6, 2024.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Microsoft released a new feature for Teams, dotnet-coverage tool, and a new Copilot app on iOS<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Windows 11 Insider Preview builds were unveiled in Dev and Canary Channels<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Xbox Game Pass announced a new lineup of games for the new year, including Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla, Resident Evil 2, Hell Let Loose, and more<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. Microsoft releases an update to the Beta Channel with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. Microsoft announces the Copilot key, coming to a keyboard near you<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    CES 2024 Starts on January 9 in Las Vegas<\/h2>\n

    \"CES<\/a><\/p>\n

    CES 2024<\/a> is the world\u2019s largest and most influential technology event, where global innovators and brands come together to showcase their latest products and breakthrough technologies.\u00a0 CES is a platform for companies to meet new partners and conduct business.<\/p>\n

    CES is known for its keynote speeches by industry leaders, which unveil the latest releases and boldest breakthroughs. The event will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 9th to January 12th.<\/p>\n

    Stay tuned to MSFT News Now<\/a> and we will let you know what gets announced this week at the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    CES 2024 is the world\u2019s largest and most influential technology event, where global innovators and brands come together to showcase their latest products and breakthrough technologies.\u00a0 CES is a platform for companies to meet new partners and conduct business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208461344,"featured_media":6075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2458,24,2487],"tags":[829,778,275,1213,1015,1216,667],"class_list":["post-6066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai-and-copilot","category-news","category-xbox-and-gaming","tag-copilot","tag-microsoft","tag-windows","tag-windows-11","tag-windows-11-insider","tag-xbox","tag-xbox-game-pass"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/msftnewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4f782d12-1a5e-4bed-a5c7-6dc0571ffc66.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfgCZY-1zQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23604,"url":"https:\/\/msftnewsnow.com\/new-home-experience-xbox-app-on-windows-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":6066,"position":0},"title":"Microsoft rolling out new home experience for Xbox app on Windows 11 for Insiders to get access to your games faster","author":"Dave W. 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