Microsoft Software New Windows 11 preview build improves privacy for European users Location-storing API and cloud-based data harvesting are gone, though not for everyone By Alfonso Maruccia, February 20, 2025, 4:36 PM
Hardware Microsoft Microsoft Majorana 1 chip promises real quantum computing within years, not decades Chip harnesses exotic "topological" state of matter By Zo Ahmed, February 20, 2025, 8:41 AM 9 comments
AI Gaming Microsoft's new AI for game development called Muse can generate entire gameplay sequences New open-source AI aims to assist game designers, not replace them By Daniel Sims, February 19, 2025, 7:10 PM 7 comments
Software Microsoft Hacker group releases updated tool to activate almost all modern Microsoft software The MAS project is donation-free because "profiting from piracy is not good," the pirates say By Alfonso Maruccia, February 18, 2025, 2:03 PM 24 comments
Software Microsoft The Windows 95 setup was text-based for a good reason, Microsoft employee reveals Implementing graphics in the MS-DOS environment wasn't worth the effort By Alfonso Maruccia, February 18, 2025, 9:08 AM
Microsoft Software Microsoft drops Windows 11 24H2 support for 8th, 9th, and 10th-gen Intel CPUs – but only for OEMs Consumers don't need to worry By Rob Thubron, February 17, 2025, 12:26 PM 9 comments
Software Microsoft Third-party mod delivers the Start Menu Windows 11 deserves All app menus to the forefront By Zo Ahmed, February 16, 2025, 1:15 PM 29 comments
Wearable Tech Microsoft Anduril takes over military headset project from Microsoft, Palmer Luckey envisions "technomancer" soldiers Microsoft has fully exited HoloLens hardware development By Rob Thubron, February 12, 2025, 8:03 AM
Software Microsoft Microsoft proposes new Office and Teams pricing to avoid massive EU fine The European Commission could accept the offer and go after Apple and Google next By Alfonso Maruccia, February 11, 2025, 1:32 PM 7 comments
Software Microsoft Microsoft quietly removes 'Uninstall Edge' page that was just a promotion for its browser The page didn't actually tell users how to delete Edge By Rob Thubron, February 11, 2025, 10:26 AM 18 comments
Tech Deals Microsoft For a limited time, grab a full Windows 11 Pro license for just $18 Unbeatable deal By TechSpot Deals, February 10, 2025, 3:12 PM
AI Industry Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta push AI spending to new heights, set to surpass $320 billion this year The race for AI dominance - but, how much is too much? By Skye Jacobs, February 8, 2025, 2:07 PM 18 comments
Gaming Microsoft Obsidian's fantasy RPG Avowed is the first to enable Microsoft Store, Xbox, and Battle.net cross-buy Play everywhere with just one purchase By Daniel Sims, February 8, 2025, 12:26 PM 21 comments
Microsoft Software Windows 10's extended support starts at $61 per device, Microsoft reveals new details Sticking with Windows 10 after October 2025 will come at a steep price By Skye Jacobs, February 7, 2025, 9:59 AM 29 comments
Software Microsoft Latest Windows 11 build adds full MIDI 2.0 support and improved performance What could possibly go wrong? By Alfonso Maruccia, February 6, 2025, 6:39 PM
Microsoft Software Microsoft hides "official" workaround for installing Windows 11 on older PCs Despite Redmond's policy shifts, the Registry trick may still work anyway By Alfonso Maruccia, February 3, 2025, 1:17 PM 34 comments
Software Microsoft Windows 11 reaches highest market share as Windows 10 nears end of support Windows 10 still has a massive lead over Windows 11 By Kishalaya Kundu, February 3, 2025, 7:49 AM
Software Tech Deals Get a Microsoft Office lifetime license for $35, no subscription required Discounted over 80% off, available for Windows or Mac By TechSpot Deals, February 2, 2025, 3:20 PM
Security The Web Passkeys reach 15 billion accounts but fall short of expectations so far Why though? They're safer, easier and faster to use than traditional methods By Skye Jacobs, February 2, 2025, 10:15 AM
Hardware Microsoft Microsoft unveils $200 USB 4 Surface dock with HDMI 2.1 Significantly lower price but with half the USB ports By Daniel Sims, February 1, 2025, 11:06 AM
Industry AI SoftBank seems ready to invest (more) billions in OpenAI The Japanese conglomerate could become OpenAI's largest investor By Alfonso Maruccia, February 1, 2025, 7:42 AM
AI Microsoft Microsoft Cloud is now hosting DeepSeek AI model, even though its suspected of illegal data abuse Redmond is reportedly investigating whether the model "distilled" output from ChatGPT By Cal Jeffrey, January 30, 2025, 4:39 PM 12 comments
Microsoft Hardware Microsoft launches Intel-powered Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 for business Choose between Intel or Qualcomm Copilot+ PCs from Microsoft By Shawn Knight, January 30, 2025, 1:23 PM
Software Microsoft Microsoft improves Windows 11's iPhone integration, still nowhere near macOS mirroring Microsoft's Phone Link now treats Android and iOS devices equally By Daniel Sims, January 29, 2025, 9:07 PM
AI The Web Microsoft is investigating if DeepSeek illegally accessed OpenAI data to train its AI model "Substantial evidence" of data theft, says Trump's AI and crypto czar By Kishalaya Kundu, January 29, 2025, 12:40 PM 21 comments