Hacker hijacked Microsoft’s X: “500,000 likes and we bring Clippy back,” all to pump a crypto token | Windows

Microsoft’s official X account, which has over 13 million followers, was hijacked on Thursday and used to promote a Clippy-themed crypto token. The company has confirmed the unauthorized access, removed…

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Microsoft is killing a decades-old Windows Media Player feature in November, and points users to the modern app | Windows

Windows Media Player Legacy is losing skins on Windows 11 in November, ending one of the most fun parts of the early-2000s player. Microsoft wants you on the modern Media…

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I turned Windows 11’s useless Copilot key into a screenshot button, here’s how | Windows

Microsoft pushed its dedicated Copilot key hard on laptop OEMs like a mobster running a protection racket. “Nice new laptop you got there; it’d be a shame if something happened…

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University Of Washington Opens GIX Location On Microsoft Campus With $42 Million Contribution | Windows

The University of Washington and Microsoft have expanded their longstanding partnership by opening UW’s first permanent, full-time location on Microsoft’s Redmond campus. The site will become the new home of…

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Microsoft Ignite puts AI agent security up front | Windows

Microsoft’s Ignite security program centers on AI agents with real access to identities, data and cloud resources. The company’s event guide, posted September 30 on the Microsoft Security blog, invites…

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Square 9’s Generative AI Unlocks Microsoft Dynamics’ Value | Windows

23 Press release from the issuing company: Organizations invest heavily in Microsoft Dynamics to manage critical business operations, but much of the information those systems need still originates outside the…

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Shure launches IntelliMix Bar Pro with Microsoft Teams… | Windows

By Alex Smith | 01 October 2026 Shure has announced the general availability of the IntelliMix Bar Pro, an all-in-one collaboration bar and touch panel for medium and large meeting…

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Windows XP had a hidden database of broken apps, and Microsoft used it to trick them into working | Windows

Windows XP ran old software so well partly because it shipped with a hidden database of problematic apps. When Windows spotted one of them, it could lie to the app…

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Windows 11’s WinUI just got basic features and less RAM hogging, after years of losing apps to the web | Windows

Microsoft is aware of the “framework gap” that pushes developers to the web or other frameworks, and it just rolled out one of the biggest updates for WinUI. Today’s update…

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Qualcomm’s “non-Extreme” Snapdragon X2 just embarrassed Intel’s premium laptop strategy | Windows

Last month, Windows Central exclusively covered a Signal65 report that showed Qualcomm‘s flagship Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme outperforming Intel and AMD in a premium laptop showdown. Now, a new follow-up…

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“Screamed into their pillows”: Nadella’s former advisor on the iPhone Duo, which should have been the Surface Duo 3 | Windows

Current and former Microsoft employees reacted to Apple’s iPhone Duo, and Mat Velloso, who spent four years as Satya Nadella’s technical advisor, joked that Surface Duo’s team was screaming into…

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Microsoft’s then-CEO called Linux a cancer, and now Windows 11 ships Linux containers with upgraded WSL | Windows

WSL Containers is now generally available on Windows, and Microsoft is already working on Compose. Microsoft has moved WSL Containers out of public preview, and it’s now generally available for…

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Takeaways from Microsoft exec speaking at Marquette Business Leaders Forum event | Windows

Kathleen Hogan, the chief strategy and transformation officer for Microsoft, was the featured speaker at the Marquette University College of Business Administration’s Business Leaders Forum event on Tuesday, Sept. 29….

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Microsoft Opens Work IQ Preview for Dynamics 365 | Windows

Microsoft has opened a public preview of Work IQ for business applications, which grounds Microsoft Copilot and agents in data from Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. The preview begins Sept….

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Windows 11 setup now offers to install TikTok and Netflix on your new PC | Windows

Windows 11 Get Started app can now install TikTok, Netflix and Spotify during the new Assisted Setup flow after OOBE Microsoft is testing an optional onboarding experience along with a…

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Microsoft explains if Windows 11 26H2 has issues, and whether you should skip the update | Windows

This year’s annual update, “Windows 11 26H2,” is officially rolling out, and it doesn’t come with anything new for consumers, but that doesn’t mean there are no bugs. If you…

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QSC Q-SYS and Microsoft Teams Rooms Standardisation — UC Today | Windows

Author transcript **Marcus Law:** Hello and welcome back to UC Today. Most enterprise Teams Rooms deployments standardize the big meeting rooms and stop there. The shared areas, the rooms that…

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Sibos 2026: SAS and Microsoft examine link between AI… | Windows

By Alex Smith | 30 September 2026 SAS and Microsoft will examine how financial institutions can turn AI insights into business actions while maintaining trust, governance and transparency at Sibos…

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Henry Cavill, arguably the world’s most famous PC gamer, has swapped to a Googlebook | Windows

Henry Cavill is famous for quite a few reasons. He’s played iconic characters such as Superman and Geralt from the Witcher. He wowed Tom Cruise by “reloading” his fists in…

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