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Windows 11 will soon ask for and remember your age so apps and sites know whether you’re an adult. That’s scary enough, but Microsoft is already on to the next…

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Virginia environmental officials ordered tech giant Microsoft on Monday to pay roughly $2.5 million after its Leesburg data center violated air quality standards during a week-long…

Microsoft is having a bit of a rough September when it comes to bugs. Another issue has been discovered in Windows 11. This time, it’s Excel’s copy and paste feature…

Microsoft just announced a Windows and Surface event for October 7, 2026. The event will be held in San Francisco and will focus on “how local AI will shape the…

Microsoft appears keen to go ahead with plans to build a data center in Slough, England. Plans could be submitted as soon as this autumn, according to The Slough Express….

At a Windows Insider meetup, Microsoft showed off an “instantaneous” File Explorer, according to one tester who shared the details with us. And now, Microsoft’s design and research lead Marcus…

Microsoft will hold a Windows and Surface event in San Francisco on October 7, 2026, at 10 AM PT (1 PM ET), its first major Windows event since May 2024….

There’s a certain kind of Windows annoyance that isn’t serious enough to justify hunting down an app for it. Maybe I want a shortcut that turns down whatever program I’m…

The Collective’s work also shows how AI can support more ambitious ideas behind the scenes. Ceej Tantengco-Malolos experienced this while organizing an art exhibit for women’s sports. With Copilot and…

Microsoft is drawing a line around how much autonomy it wants its future AI models to have: no resisting shutdown, no deceiving overseers, and no overriding human control. The company…

Microsoft has released the first detailed “Humanist AI” Code of Conduct which will govern the company’s in-house MAI models. The code published by the software giant also lays out set…

Microsoft has confirmed it’s preparing to roll out the long-promised DataGrid-style control for WinUI, which should convince more developers to build apps using Windows 11’s modern framework instead of WebView2…

Valve’s popular Steam Deck handheld pushed handheld gaming PCs into the mainstream with its affordable, Linux-based console, and its potential successor seemingly aims to make the same impact. Speaking to…

Windows 11 KB5129195 is rolling out now, and it addresses multiple critical issues we found in our tests, including a bug that broke audio on some PCs. Microsoft told me…

Paint never got close to being Illustrator. It was simply there whenever somebody needed to draw something, paste a screenshot, resize an image, or make a terrible school project. Paint…

New Orleans, LA, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Filmore, the intelligence layer for construction equipment dealers and rental companies, today announced early access to a new Copilot agent for…

BMW Group provides a more recognizable operating example. Microsoft says Azure helped BMW make vehicle data delivery and analysis 10 times faster, cutting the lead time for engineering insights from…

When you’re setting up Windows 11 on a new PC, click on “Sign in” on the login screen. A window will appear where you’re asked to enter your Microsoft account….

After years of complaints about how little you could customize the Windows Start menu, Microsoft is finally overhauling it in the 26H2 update. In reality, though, they are only catching…

Deals on Microsoft Windows and Office for Mac licenses are heavily discounted this weekend, with prices dipping to as low as $9.97. StackSocial is hosting deals on Microsoft Windows and…

Microsoft teamed up with America’s second-largest teachers union to release a “National AI Safety & Privacy Standard” Wednesday, and critics are warning about the union’s left-leaning bias and the coalition’s…

xAI’s Grok models are now available directly in Microsoft Copilot, expanding an increasingly broad integration that also spans GitHub Copilot, Office apps and Microsoft workplace tools. Grok has confirmed that…

Microsoft has spent the last year closing ways to set up Windows 11 without a Microsoft account, but there is apparently a new, remarkably simple workaround hiding in plain sight….

CFRA Research Senior Vice President Angelo Zino joins ‘Making Money’ to discuss Microsoft stock as CFRA raises its price target to 550. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Sunday that the…

When an app freezes, it’s a habitual action for most Windows users to open Task Manager, find the app, select it, and click End task. But Windows 11 has a…

You will soon be able to remap Copilot key to open Context Menu or Right Ctrl If you are in the majority who despise the Copilot key on your new…

Nguyenducquang/Getty Images Despite some of the operating system’s merits, the widespread pivot from using Windows 10 to Windows 11 hasn’t been smooth…

New Delhi, Sep 12 (KNN) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met Microsoft India and South Asia President Puneet Chandok and discussed expanding data centre capacity and advancing the…

Microsoft, MediaTek, and IAdea previewed the first digital signage solution built on Microsoft’s Device Ecosystem Platform (MDEP) at NRF 2026 in January, and Avocor and IAdea demonstrated a pairing of…