The Windows Central Podcast sits down with Microsoft CVP Marcus Ash to discuss all things Windows 11 | Windows
In this episode of the Windows Central Podcast, Daniel Rubino and Zac Bowden sit down with Marcus Ash, Corporate Vice President of Design and Research for Windows at Microsoft. The…
Read moreApple confirmed iPhone-to-Windows clipboard sync is coming, but only because the EU forced its hand | Windows
Your iPhone and your PC are about to get a bit closer. Apple is working on allowing your iPhone’s clipboard to connect to your Windows 11 clipboard. The feature was…
Read moreMicrosoft denies Windows 11 is spying on desktop PCs, reveals what the service actually does | Windows
A viral X post claiming Microsoft secretly added a new background service to spy on Windows 11 desktop PCs has racked up over 110,000 views since Friday. But the account…
Read moreApple Plans iPhone-to-Windows Copy and Paste in EU After Microsoft Request | Windows
Apple is working on a new feature that will support cross-device copy and paste between iOS devices and Windows PCs. Microsoft asked for the feature using Apple’s EU interoperability request…
Read moreCan Palantir pull off a Microsoft-style comeback? Here’s what options say | Windows
Hopes are running high that high-profile software provider Palantir can shake off its nine-month bear market and rally after earnings Monday night. After all, the chart of Microsoft was looking…
Read moreMicrosoft Expands Windows Hello ESS to External Fingerprint Readers | Windows
Key Takeaways: External fingerprint readers can now work with Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-In Security. ESS protects biometric authentication using TPM and Virtualization-Based Security. This update is rolling out to Windows…
Read moreCitic Securities Adjusts Price Target on Microsoft to $560 From $600, Maintains Buy Rating | Windows
Market Closed – Nasdaq 04:00:00 2026-07-31 pm EDT Pre-market … more Source www.marketscreener.com
Read moreThe Windows 10 lock screen photo is becoming a travel destination, and it’s a real New Zealand beach | Windows
The Windows 10 lock screen photo, the sweeping shot of sea caves and dunes that greeted a billion desktops for a decade, has become a viral travel destination. Steve McCurry,…
Read moreMicrosoft Teams is fighting AI deepfake meetings with a new Report button, rolling out August 2026 | Windows
Microsoft has just confirmed that it’s rolling out a new feature in Teams that allows you to report a security issue during a meeting, so organizations, IT admins, or security…
Read moreThis OLED Windows laptop can boost your summer exam prep with fast performance and plenty of RAM — all for under $900 | Windows
The harsh reality of heading back to school is the exam prep work. I’ve been there. Strict deadlines, heavy revision, and pressure on your shoulders. It can be intense when…
Read moreLinux didn’t just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers | Windows
No, Linux desktop market share has not crossed 10% in North America, and Windows is not suddenly losing millions of users. 2026 is not the year of Linux, for those…
Read moreLibreOffice Promotes Free, Endless Support | Windows
With Microsoft Office 2021 exiting support in October, The Document Foundation is promoting LibreOffice as a better alternative. This free, full-featured office productivity suite has no end-of-support date and doesn’t…
Read moreBronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman LLC Urges Microsoft | Windows
NEW YORK, Aug. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC, a nationally recognized investor-rights law firm, announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Microsoft…
Read moreUK Watchdog Investigates Microsoft Over AI-Linked Subscription … | Windows
Britain’s competition and consumer watchdog has opened an investigation into whether Microsoft misled customers about higher-priced Microsoft 365 subscriptions after adding artificial intelligence features, according to reporting by Bloomberg. According…
Read moreMac users can own Microsoft Office apps for a one-time $50 payment | Windows
TL;DR: Get a Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021 lifetime license for Mac for $49.97 (reg. $219) and own Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and OneNote with no monthly subscription. There’s something satisfying…
Read moreMicrosoft Teams’ redesign stops your accidental screen shares and Leave clicks, rolling out now | Windows
I previously noticed that Microsoft has finally acknowledged that some of us accidentally share our screens and end up in an embarrassing situation. It’s largely due to how Teams’ current…
Read moreWindows 11’s WinUI 3 modernization just reached one of its oldest legacy tools, meet the new Print Management | Windows
Microsoft is quietly testing a new Print Management app for Windows 11 and it appears to be another step in the company’s broader push to move older parts of the…
Read moreMS Word opens twice as slow on Windows 11 PCs as on MacBooks, and Microsoft has no excuse | Windows
Independent lab testing just showed that Microsoft Word opens a lot slower on Windows laptops than it does on MacBooks. Two separate tests, run with robot-controlled precision, found the same…
Read moreAI Agents At OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft Broke Out, Broke In, Obeyed | Windows
AI Agents take the spotlight from both OpenAI and Anthropic. (Photo by Imen Ben Youssef / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images) Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images First, What…
Read moreThere’s a 40-year-old bug in every copy of Excel and Microsoft says it will never fix it | Windows
Here’s a party trick that works on every copy of Excel ever shipped. Open a blank sheet, type 60 into a cell, and format that cell as a date. Excel…
Read moreUnexpected item in the bagging area as Windows Activation error pops up at check-in | Windows
Bags weighed down by a Microsoft license key Weary travelers making their way through airports have enough to contend with these days without some Microsoft borkage popping up over departure…
Read morePay once, use it forever — MS Office 2024 Pro Plus is just $55 for a limited time | Windows
TL;DR: Get Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus for just $54.99 (reg. $249.99) and own Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Access with a lifetime license for one PC. So many…
Read moreWindows 11’s Photos app just got debloated, but Microsoft is already ruining it with a WebView2 sequel | Windows
Microsoft Photos for Windows Insiders in the Experimental channel just got a lot cleaner with fewer icons crowding the top bar and a shorter right-click menu that opens instantly, both…
Read moreOneNote’s best feature isn’t built by Microsoft, it’s a free add-in called Onetastic | Windows
Microsoft OneNote has been around since the era of Office 2003, originally as an add-on in the same way that Visio or Project was. Through its evolution, it became a…
Read moreWindows 11 Search is fixing its biggest annoyance, will find files in folders you actually use | Windows
Like many of you, I rely on Windows 11 Search all the time because I frequently create and download files. However, you may have noticed that Search is not very…
Read moreMicrosoft’s new Surface Pro finally feels worth its price — Snapdragon X2 models get massive $450 back-to-school cut | Windows
Microsoft’s Surface Pro is on sale just in time for back-to-school season. The flagship 2-in-1 runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite or Snapdragon X2 Plus processor, both of which promise…
Read moreI switched to HP’s $6,000 Omen Max 45L pre-built gaming PC for two weeks, and the price isn’t what’s giving me second thoughts | Windows
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Read moreSamsung proves Microsoft was wrong to give up on Surface Duo so quickly: The new Galaxy Z Fold 8 is the Surface Duo 3 of my dreams | Windows
Ever since Microsoft threw in the towel with Surface Duo, I’ve been what I call “smartphone homeless.” Well, technically that era of my life began with the death of Windows…
Read moreThinkPads from 2008 are some of the hottest used laptops right now — Here’s how (and why) they’re being turned into Windows 11 PCs | Windows
If you asked me what the most exciting ThinkPad on the market is, I might say the latest T14 because it’s highly upgradeable, or the latest X1 Carbon because it’s…
Read moreWindows 11 File Explorer just changed how file sizes work, how to see MB and GB right now | Windows
Microsoft is finally updating File Explorer in Windows 11 to display file sizes in appropriate units (KB, MB, or GB) in the Details view, rather than showing every file size…
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