Microsoft is readying an update for collaboration platform Teams that will allow admins to change the way meetings are displayed for all attendees.

As explained in a new entry to the company’s product roadmap, meeting hosts will soon be given the option to enable Together Mode for all participants. The update is still under development, but should take effect by the end of May.

Launched in the summer of 2020, Together Mode for Microsoft Teams brings all attendees into a shared virtual background , with the goal of “making it feel like you’re sitting in the same soom with everyone else”.

Together Mode in Microsoft Teams

Although the ambition behind Together Mode is a noble one, the execution leaves plenty to be desired. In this writer’s opinion, the virtual background filled with floating heads only serves to emphasize the fact a meeting is not, in fact, taking place in-person.

While Microsoft’s AI system does a decent enough job of cutting out each person’s home office background, and some people will get on with the feature better than others, there’s an unwelcome strangeness to the final result.

The idea that meeting hosts should be able to dictate that everyone uses the feature is particularly strange. While there’s something to be said for operating on a level playing field, some users are bound to find the feature more helpful (or unhelpful) than others, which makes a blanket policy counterproductive.

However, not all of Microsoft’s attempts to introduce variety to the way Teams meetings are displayed have been quite so divisive.

Last year, the company rolled out a series of new presenter modes designed to help Teams users flex their presentation style to the occasion. Standout Mode, for example, seats the presenter’s video feed in front of the slide deck, while Reporter Mode places content above the shoulder in the style of a news broadcast.

The features were an example of the way in which virtual backgrounds and clever positioning of content can legitimately improve the quality of video meetings , delivering on Microsoft’s stated ambition to “help presenters deliver content more professionally and offer meeting participants dynamic experiences”.

Here's how you can save Wordle offline and play for years to come

While Wordle has been bought by the New York Times for an undisclosed amount, a method has been discovered to play the game offline for years to come, while still being able to share your daily results as normal and using our page to find today's Wordle answer .

Since the debut of Wordle in November 2021, which was meant by Josh Wardle to be used as a way of keeping in touch with his partner , it’s grown into over 300,000 users playing a day. Sharing your score to Twitter has been a big part of this, with it being unlikely to log on to the social website and not see a tweet with green and white dots.

But some users have been anxious as to how their winning streak would continue, once the buyout by the New York Times is complete. In the past, some games have moved behind a paywall, requiring you to sign up. But while Wardle mentioned in a tweet that saving your streaks is in progress, users have already found alternate ways if the dreaded scenario comes true.

However, with countless copycats having appeared on the App Store, but still appearing on the Google Play Store, there’s a risk that we could see an influx of these once the sale is complete.

A time capsule of January 2022

Across the years there have been other games that have taken off, similar to Wordle. Eventually, they either slowly faded away or were bought by another company.

Flappy Bird was one such game in 2013 before the developer took it down from both the Apple App Store and Google Play Stores. There was also Temple Run back in 2011, where there would be leaderboards between my friends and family as to how far we could run.

But Wordle has a userbase that wants to keep the daily routine of solving a word, winning the day , then sharing it with friends and family. Users have discovered that saving the page in a web browser, will also store the words that are to come for many years.

Launching this on Safari on my MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021) loaded up Wordle with no issues. I switched off the Wi-Fi, just in case it was trying to reach the site, but sure enough, the latest word was ready to be solved.

The only downside is that my streak is reset - but it’s a small price to pay for the changes that may be coming to Wordle soon.

I’m expecting a dedicated app to appear on most platforms - from the App Store to the Nintendo Switch in time. The New York Times will want to make the game available on more platforms than just the web. But as long as you can share those green and yellow marbles on social media, users may have no issue with this.

For the time being, Wordle is still the same as it was in December, but if you want to move to your PC or Mac to get ahead of the curve for the changes that may happen to the game in the coming months, it wouldn’t be a bad move.

She-Hulk on Disney Plus: what we know so far

She-Hulk will smash her way onto Disney Plus sometime this year, but it seems that the superhero's live-action debut is still some way off.

Why? Well, with the revelation that Ms Marvel is due to be released on June 8, and with Moon Knight landing on Disney Plus on March 30, we shouldn't expect She-Hulk to arrive until this fall (or spring, for those of you in the southern hemisphere).

Still, while we await an official launch date announcement, there's plenty of news surrounding this Marvel Phase 4 project. She-Hulk's director has been teasing what we can expect from the Marvel TV series, as well as whether it could get a second season. Meanwhile, Mark Ruffalo has hinted at the role that Bruce Banner/Hulk will play in proceedings, and we've heard rumors of characters who may cameo in the show, including a certain Man Without Fear. If you're all caught up on that, you may want to check out our guide on how to watch the Marvel movies in order , or read up on our rankings of every MCU movie to date .

But we digress. Below, you'll find all of the above information and more concerning She-Hulk on Disney Plus. That includes its potential release date, confirmed cast, possible story threads, and more. Potential spoilers follow for She-Hulk , so proceed at your own risk.

She-Hulk release date: what we know

There's still no official release date for She-Hulk. With Ms Marvel landing its rumored summer 2022 launch date , and Thor: Love and Thunder arriving in theaters in July, we shouldn't expect She-Hulk to debut before September 2022 at the very earliest.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek had previously confirmed that Ms Marvel would be released before She-Hulk (thanks to Reddit for the catch), so it wasn't surprising to see this confirmed in mid-March with Ms Marvel's June release.

It's possible that She-Hulk's release has been delayed somewhat by rumored reshoots. A report from OneTakeNews claimed that She-Hulk had undergone reshoots in January, which were reportedly completed by the end of that month. However, on March 7, Marvel leaker BigScreenLeaks suggested that another round of reshoots had taken place. If that's true, it's clear that the show wasn't ready to be released just yet. Hopefully, though, that's the last of any pick ups needed for the TV series to land this year.

Away from all that speculation, we know that She-Hulk will feature more episodes than any of previous Disney Plus show. Kevin Feige told journalists (per Collider ) that “She-Hulk is being developed as 10 30-minute episodes.” WandaVision consisted of nine episodes, while The Falcon and the Winter Soldier , Loki and Hawkeye have all run to six – albeit longer – instalments. Moon Knight will also comprise six episodes, so She-Hulk will be the longest Marvel show yet. You know, when it actually arrives.

She-Hulk trailer: is there one?

No, but Disney Plus subscribers have seen some footage with November 2021's Disney Plus Day special showcasing a few brief scenes from the show.

Barely stretching to 30 seconds – and that includes the title screen – the clips introduce Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters. “I’m a normal lawyer,” she says, before the footage cuts to a tall, green female figure. “Well, not that normal…” she admits.

Next, we see Walters back in human form, rigged up to some monitoring equipment under the control of Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner/Hulk. “These transformations are triggered by anger and fear,” he tells her. The final piece of footage (in the style of a TV commercial, no less) shows Walters telling us “Don’t make me angry, you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry”; a reprise of the famous catchphrase from the long-running The Incredible Hulk TV show from the 1970s.

Later on, we get a very brief glimpse of She-Hulk's green leg – dressed in a ball gown – as she steps onto a red carpet.

When will a trailer land online? Don't bet on it happening any time soon. Thor 4's teaser will come first, so don't expect a She-Hulk trailer until the summer at the earliest.

She-Hulk story: what's the plot about?

Before we dive into what the show's plot may entail, let's briefly recap who She-Hulk is.

For the uninitiated, Jennifer Walters – aka She-Hulk – was created by Stan Lee and John Buscema, and made her first appearance in 1980’s The Savage She-Hulk #1.

In the comics, she’s a lawyer who – after being critically injured in a shooting – receives a blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner. While they have the same blood type and the transfusion saves her life, there are consequences of the big, green angry kind. Like Banner, she becomes prone to turning a bright shade of emerald, also gaining superhuman strength, speed, endurance and regeneration when she loses her temper. Although, she does retain significantly more of her personality while she’s, well, Hulking out.

Although Walters shifted between her human and Hulk forms in earlier stories in the comics, later iterations have kept her green 24/7, with the character enjoying the added confidence and strength that comes from her gamma-irradiated DNA.

The Disney Plus Day footage suggests that She-Hulk's TV incarnation will shift back-and-forth between her two selves – at least to start off with – but we’re guessing the She-Hulk origin story will look pretty similar on-screen. However it plays out, it’s clear that Banner will try to help his cousin come to terms with her rage-induced transformations.

The most intriguing thing about She-Hulk's live-action adaptation is its format. In December 2020, Kevin Feige told Emmy Magazine (via SlashFilm ) that the show will be a “half-hour legal comedy”, which suggests the series may have as much in common with Ally McBeal as The Incredible Hulk.

Indeed, if She-Hulk goes down the “case of the week” route – with Walters defending a different superhero or villain in court – the show has the potential to take the MCU in some fun new directions. The decision to hire Jessica Gao as head writer – a veteran of the likes of Silicon Valley, Robot Chicken and the legendary ‘Pickle Rick’ Rick and Morty episode – certainly suggests that comedy is going to be just as high in the mix as the series' action sequences.

And there’s another thing about She-Hulk that could distinguish her from the rest of the MCU.

Years before breaking the fourth wall became a key component of the Deadpool brand, Jennifer Walters was having conversations with writer-artist John Byrne via the comic-book panels he was creating. Feige told Emmy Magazine that the new TV show will “stay true” to Byrne’s 1980s run, which suggests that fourth wall-breaking (or, this being She-Hulk, smashing) may be on the agenda. And, given Maslany's self-aware “you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry” quote in the Disney Plus Day Marvel show reel, that certainly seems like it'll be the case.

Away from the comedy aspect, director Kat Coiro (Marry Me, Brooklyn 99) has also suggested that we'll see plenty of heart and character study as part of its make up.

"I never choose a project based on genre," Coiro told reporters in February 2022 (per The Wrap ). And I actually don’t think very much about genre, I think about character. I think about the emotional lives of the characters and, you know, can I bring something? Can I bring a mix of humor and heart to this? Because that is what I love to watch."

Ruffalo has also opened up on what fans can expect from the series. Speaking to Access Hollywood on The Adam Project red carpet (thanks to Twitter user Tatwalters for the video), Ruffalo described Maslany as "freaking legendary" before teasing how the cousins' dynamic will play out in the show.

"I'm passing the Banner onto her," he said. "And there's some really good, funny, cool and long scenes between the Professor [Hulk] and her. We've never the Hulk interact with people in the way that he does in that show. It'll be really interesting."

She-Hulk cast: who’s joining Jennifer Walters in court?

Here's who has been officially confirmed as part of She-Hulk's cast so far:

Having played multiple clones in Orphan Black, taking on two versions of a single character should be a doddle for Tatiana Maslany. The star has confirmed to the Scott Hasn’t Seen podcast (via the Direct ) that the bigger, greener version of herself is “all CG… I’m in mo-cap the whole time. I’m on platforms with mo-cap where I have a little head on the top of my head.” That should, at least, be a new experience for the Emmy-winning actor.

Mark Ruffalo continues to vie with Samuel L. Jackson in a game of “who can appear in the most MCU projects without getting title billing” by returning as Bruce Banner/Hulk for the ninth time (not including animated anthology series What If…? ). The Disney Plus Day footage suggests the character is now able to shift between his human and Smart Hulk forms at will, but it's unclear how big of a role he'll have in proceedings.

MCU newcomers in the She-Hulk cast include The Good Place star Jameela Jamil as Walters’ long-term comic-book foe Titania, Kidding’s Ginger Gonzaga as (according to Deadline ) Walters’ as-yet-unnamed best friend, and Hamilton star Renée Elise Goldsberry as (also via Deadline ) a character “referred to as” Amelia.

There may also be a screen debut for a behind-the-scenes mainstay of the MCU – speaking to the Straight Outta Gotham podcast (reported by the Direct ), Geeks Worldwide’s Casey Walsh suggested that Walters may address Kevin Feige directly as part of her fourth wall-obliterating antics. Surreal as that'll be, it should provide some extra humor to what's expected to be the funniest Marvel show thus far.

And, when it comes to Marvel heroes, Feige may be the tip of the iceberg. Disney’s official description of the show says that, in addition to the returning Hulk, “She-Hulk will welcome a host of Marvel characters to the series” – including Emil Blonsky/the Abomination.

Having made an unexpected comeback in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings , Tim Roth will reprise his performance-capture role as the Hulk’s mutated gamma rival – a character he first played in the otherwise forgotten, Edward Norton-starring The Incredible Hulk back in 2008. And, according to The DisInsider , Roth will be back in his human form as Blonsky.

We wouldn't be surprised to see Blonsky's new BFF Wong (from Doctor Strange) coming along for the ride – and, while this is just speculation on our part, Wong may not be the show's only guest star. We're about to dive into major Spider-Man: No Way Home spoilers here, so don't look past the image below unless you've seen the movie.

Now that Spider-Man: Far From Home has confirmed that Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock/Daredevil is part of the MCU, he seems a logical candidate for a cameo. And, if you believe rumors doing the rounds on Reddit , Cox's Murdock is likely to cameo throughout She-Hulk's 10 episodes. Marvel leaker KC Walsh has suggested Murdock will appear in episodes 8 and 9, but we'll have to wait to see if that's true or not.

Surely She-Hulk is calling out for a courtroom face-off between Marvel’s most high-profile superhero lawyers? They’ve come up against each other in the comics, notably in a case involving Captain America in Charles Soule and Javier Pulido’s 2014 comic series run, so it wouldn’t be a massive leap to see similar on screen. Here's hoping that this is the case. And yes, that pun is completely intended.

Other potential cameos include Howard the Duck (per Picsou magazine, thanks to Twitter user Tuttiquantinoob for the find) and Frog Man (per MyTimetoShineHello ). Take these with pinches of salt for now, but don't be shocked if they do appear in She-Hulk as a couple of Walters' clients.

She-Hulk's MCU future: could she appear in other Marvel projects?

It's possible. The MCU – or should that be the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse (MCM) now? – is becoming ever more interconnected, especially with No Way Home and Loki teasing the multiverse's arrival before Doctor Strange 2 explore its more thoroughly.

While we don't expect She-Hulk to be part of any interdimensional hopping between different universes, we wouldn't be surprised to see her cameo in future movies or TV shows. After all, Ruffalo's Banner/Hulk may start to take less of a starring role in Phase 4 and beyond, so any new Avengers (or, whisper it quietly, Heroes for Hire) line-up will need a new green, super-strong individual to add to their ranks.

Providing She-Hulk's TV series is another Marvel-ous hit, we imagine Maslany's gamma-irradiated alter-ego will crossover into other live-action productions. She'd lend some serious weight and humor to proceedings, and both of those are never a bad thing where Marvel projects are concerned.

Curiously, She-Hulk is unlikely to be a WandaVision-style one-season deal. “Some of the shows that I mentioned [which included She-Hulk], we are keeping in mind a structure that would lead into a season two and a season three in a more direct way than, say, a show like WandaVision,” Feige told assembled journalists at a Television Critics Association (TCA) panel in August 2021 (per IGN ).

According to prominent Marvel leaker MyTimetoShineHello , too, She-Hulk is in line to be a multi-season show. So expect She-Hulk to follow Loki in receiving a second season . For her part, Coiro was remaining tight-lipped when asked about that possibility, telling The Wrap : "I will let Kevin Feige answer that question! For now, we have done a season and it’s coming out sometime this year, and we’ll go from there."

Answers like that are always code for "yes, a second season is on the way", so we suspect that a follow-up season is already in the works. For the time being, we'll wait for She-Hulk's first instalment to arrive, whenever that will be.