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Microsoft published a document on July 22 announcing KMS Hardware-Secured, a new requirement that binds Windows volume activation servers to a TPM chip. A few of our readers have messaged…

The compromised Wi-Fi gateways were discovered across multiple US cities as well as in India and Saudi Arabia, and impacted users were from companies in professional and financial services, legal,…

Microsoft on Monday launched its first cybersecurity-specialized model alongside a new AI cybersecurity platform at a small event in San Francisco, taking a big swipe at major players in the…

Key Takeaways: A bug in Microsoft’s maintenance process incorrectly affected more network devices than intended. The outage disrupted connectivity to Azure and other Microsoft cloud services in the West US…

SK announced at the ‘K-AI Summit’ held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, USA, that it had agreed with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Antropic to cooperate in the field…

I spent a lifetime working at Microsoft. In the early 1990s, I began building and supporting Windows 3.x environments in a university, often cursing whatever MS was doing to make…

Windows Latest had the most detailed coverage about Microsoft’s Global Device Identifier, or GDID that helped the FBI trace alleged Scattered Spider hacker Peter Stokes across three countries despite his…

More than 70 popular Windows apps now have fake websites impersonating them, and some are already serving malware. The list includes widely used tools like PowerToys, CrystalDiskMark, EasyBCD, Lively Wallpaper,…

Why you can trust Windows Central Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how…

New Outlook is “painful and drives me crazy,” one user told me as their organization prepared to ditch Outlook Classic. But does that mean Microsoft will hold off on its…

Being a Microsoft (MSFT +0.02%) and Meta Platforms (META -1.80%) investor in 2026 has been pretty disappointing. The stocks are both negative for the year, with Meta down nearly 10%…

Folksy wisdom holds that the surest way to make money during a gold rush was to sell shovels rather than swing picks. As with many emerging industries, quantum computing could…

Hackers Hijack Hotel Wi-Fi to Steal Microsoft 365 Credentials Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2026 Hackers compromised hotel Wi-Fi gateways to redirect users to fake Microsoft 365 login pages and steal…

Three years ago, Satya Nadella catapulted Microsoft to the front of the AI race and became “like a superhero,” one recent former Microsoft executive said. In February 2023, after betting…

Microsoft published a blog post on July 22 announcing KMS Hardware-Secured, a new requirement that binds Windows volume activation servers to a TPM chip. A few of our readers have…

Microsoft’s Surface hardware isn’t exactly popular, and things have only gotten worse since the company stopped experimenting with new form factors. But that doesn’t mean Surface isn’t winning in other…

If you have ever seen the word “Calculating” when trying to delete a folder with a ton of files in it, or a single large file, then know that it…

TL;DR: Get a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Home & Business for Mac 2021 for $42.97 (reg. $219) until July 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Whether you’re balancing household finances,…

Windows 11 includes dozens of useful features hiding in plain sight, and Reddit users are sharing the ones that make the biggest difference every day, or as the thread’s title…

TL;DR: Cancel Microsoft 365 and get the same apps for life with a Microsoft Office Pro Plus lifetime license on sale for $54.99. Microsoft 365 becomes a worse deal the longer…

By Mike Swift ( July 25, 2026, 00:21 GMT | Insight) — OpenAI and Microsoft could soon see the number of lawsuits alleging that ChatGPT guided people to commit suicide…

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I’ve been keeping an eye on global PC shipments as part of the ongoing RAM crisis for more than a year, and it seems that the component shortage has finally…

Microsoft’s big ‘reset’ of Xbox has left major scars on the brand, laying off 3,200 people across many Xbox gaming studios, like id Software, Arkane, and ZeniMax, and causing a…

Microsoft will place another meeting feature behind a paywall. Outlook’s Meeting Insight feature will be retired by early September 2026. After that date, meeting insights will not appear in event…

Windows 11’s right-click zone resizing for touchpads is officially out now. Now, you’ll be able to gain direct control over how large the bottom-right-click region is on your trackpad. The…

By Rachel Riley ( July 24, 2026, 10:39 PM EDT) — Microsoft urged a Seattle federal judge Thursday to pause a proposed class action alleging its Teams software illegally intercepts…

Knox has partnered with Microsoft on secure government access to commercial software The partnership targets a 90-day path to production-ready federal cloud environments The 2026 FedCiv Summit on Oct. 29…