It’s been nearly two weeks since Microsoft, a multi-trillion dollar company, shipped a $600 handheld “Xbox” that can’t be relied on to sleep, wake, or hold a charge while asleep in my tests. Neither Microsoft nor Asus would admit there’s a problem with the white Xbox Ally or offer a timeline to fix it after […]
Microsoft is now rolling out an out-of-band fix for Windows 11 to address a major bug the company introduced with its latest monthly Windows 11 update. The original update released on October 14th accidentally broke the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), leaving people unable to use a USB mouse or keyboard to recover their PCs or […]
Meta is getting ready to pull support for its desktop Messenger apps on Windows and macOS. Both apps have already been removed from the Microsoft Store and Mac App Store, and existing users are starting to get notifications that the desktop apps will disappear fully in December. A Meta support page, first spotted by Apple […]
As Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 10 and gets ready to mark the 40-year milestone of its operating system, it’s looking forward to what’s next for Windows. Microsoft might not be ready to announce Windows 12 just yet, but it clearly wants to turn every Windows 11 PC into an AI PC that Copilot controls […]
Windows 10 is so popular that Windows 11 only overtook it in terms of usage just a few months ago. That’s why I’m surprised that Microsoft is still, kind of, going ahead with its end of support cutoff today. At one point last year, I wasn’t sure if Microsoft was actually going to end support […]
Microsoft is updating its Copilot app on Windows to allow it to create documents from a chat session and connect to Gmail and Outlook accounts. The updated Copilot app is rolling out initially to all Windows Insiders, ahead of a general release to all Windows 11 users. Copilot on Windows can now create Word documents, […]
Microsoft is getting ready to release a new OneDrive app on Windows next year that will include a photo gallery, people view, AI-powered slideshows, and editing features. It’s part of a number of new features coming to OneDrive in the coming months, including a new Photos Agent and AI-powered mobile editing. The new OneDrive app […]
It’s been a while since Apple last mocked Windows security, but the iPhone maker has just released an ad that hits Windows hard. The eight-minute commercial pokes fun at the CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue that took down millions of Windows machines last year. Apple’s ad follows The Underdogs, a fictional company that’s […]
Microsoft first quietly started testing improvements in Windows 11’s dark mode in August preview builds of the operating system. Now it’s making the changes official, with improvements to the dark mode consistency throughout File Explorer actions like copying, moving, or deleting files and folders. If you try to copy a large file in Windows 11 […]
Microsoft is cracking down on bypass methods that let Windows 11 installs use a local account, and avoid an internet requirement during the setup process. In a new Windows 11 test build released today, Microsoft says it’s removing known workarounds for creating local accounts as they can apparently cause issues during the setup process. “We […]