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This last week, I replaced WSL with Microsoft’s Coreutils for my daily work. This meant natively running commands like ls, grep, find, cat, and the rest on Windows; the same…

Every time I install Windows 11, I turn off the same handful of features before I do anything else. They’re not necessarily bad features, but I don’t need widgets, recommendations,…

If you’ve ever groaned at yet another software subscription renewal, this deal will feel like a breath of fresh air. Microsoft Office 2021 is available now as a lifetime license — no…

The latest perpetual version includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Access, with a polished interface, dark mode support, enhanced security features, and long-term stability. Unlike software that constantly changes, Office…

If you have a Dell PC, Microsoft’s Windows 11 update may have broken it, causing shutdowns, performance issues, and overheating, and Dell has finally released the full list of affected…

Microsoft just confirmed Windows 11’s out-of-box experience is getting faster and more efficient before the end of 2026. But Windows President Pavan Davuluri’s latest update doesn’t mention the one OOBE…

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021, not IoT Enterprise LTSC, is reaching the end of support in January 2027, as originally scheduled, and you have the option to either move to…

You’ve probably seen headlines about Windows 11 improving in different ways this year: redesigned dialogs, a movable taskbar, less Copilot. Now we have confirmation from one of Microsoft’s most senior…

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Mark Russinovich is the CTO of Microsoft Azure, and as it seems, a big fan of id Software’s classic 1993 FPS, DOOM. I’ve seen the game running on practically every…

adaptive hibernate policy, live in the latest Windows 11 Insider build, changes how aggressively your PC drops into deep hibernation based on remaining battery level, instead of handling Sleep the…

Microsoft may have stopped caring about Microsoft To Do, and today’s Outlook update makes it even more obvious. New Outlook for Windows has now started rolling out support for Planner,…

Classic Outlook for Windows is already rolling out a Copilot button in the ribbon menu, so you have an experience similar to other Office apps, but is that it for…

Ten years ago, we launched AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, a fully managed Microsoft Active Directory in the AWS Cloud. In that original announcement, Jeff Barr described a…

Elon Musk shocked the world, once again, when he announced on SpaceX’s first earnings his Gigawatt ambitions for next year. He “conservatively” aims to build & deliver an incremental 6-8GW…

Marquette Business welcomes Microsoft Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer Kathleen Hogan as the speaker at the annual Business Leaders Forum on Sept. 29. The event will take place in the…

AI is ending the era of scarce vulnerabilities, making powerful offensive capabilities abundant and forcing cybersecurity teams to move beyond reactive patching toward fundamentally safer software construction. That reality was…

The ASUS Zenbook A16 is not a gaming laptop, but what if it were a gaming desktop? One YouTuber sought to find out what happens when you connect an eGPU…

Copilot already lives inside New Outlook for Windows and even mobile apps, including Android and iOS. On mobile, you have the Copilot button next to the compose button. On Windows,…

If you use a Steam Deck, then the first thing I would always recommend is to install Decky Loader. From there, one of the first plugins I’d recommend is SteamGridDB,…

The Seagate Xbox Expansion Card is a must-have accessory for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. It’s a plug-and-play drive with quick enough speeds to play games right…

Another month into the scorching summer season, and things have just heated up for Xbox Game Pass as we have a couple of major highlights coming in its latest batch…

We [force] installed OneDrive Photos on your PC, Microsoft effectively told Windows Latest in a statement when I asked why the app suddenly showed up on PCs. The company also…

Players of Dovetail Games’ popular train simulator, Train Sim World 6, on Xbox One and PS4 have unfortunate bad news to endure. Currently the game and all DLC content have…

Microsoft confirms Windows 11’s AutoPlay dialog is next for a WinUI 3 update. AutoPlay, the pop-up that asks what to do when you plug in a USB drive or SD…

Security researchers have spent the past year watching AI accelerate attacks that already exist. A harder question is whether AI can create attack techniques that didn’t exist before. An AI…

For the longest time, Windows has suffered from an inconsistent user interface design. It started with Windows 8, but got worse over the lifespan of Windows 10, with various levels…

The agreement will explore how Microsoft can efficiently use Saint-Gobain’s building products, such as prefabricated sandwich panels, structural grids for ceilings to accommodate large diameter cables and fire-rated glazing, to…

Enterprises can now easily acquire Channelscaler’s AI-driven PRM and channel automation platform, using their Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) to fund their investment Channelscaler, the category-defining platform for modern partner…