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You’ll no longer find “OneDrive Photos” in the Start menu apps list or in Windows Search results, as Microsoft appears to be quietly hiding the app while it figures out…

Microsoft Advertising is making another change to how advertisers use automated bidding, this time removing Max CPC from the setup of new campaigns. Microsoft says the setting can interfere with…

Microsoft Advertising will stop allowing advertisers to set Max CPC limits on new campaigns using several standalone automated bidding strategies starting Oct. 1, as the platform pushes advertisers toward conversion-based…

Microsoft appears to want to put its legal department on AI steroids. The company is seeking a principal legal engineer to help shape how its lawyers use artificial intelligence. The…

There’s a new hidden setting in Windows 11 Experimental build 26340.9212 called Open apps maximized. It does exactly what it says. If you turn it on, the next time you…

I told you that the Windows 11 August 2026 update could break certain games, reboot your PC out of nowhere, and cause other performance issues, including lower-than-usual frame rates. A…

Windows 11 has a command-line tool called Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC), which is mostly used by enterprises, but it’s also present on consumer PCs, and it has often been…

A Windows 11 update appears to break Microsoft Teams and Outlook on Windows on Arm PCs. Issues started popping up after the rollout of KB5121003, which began shipping this month…

Qualcomm‘s upcoming Snapdragon C chips are now surrounded by more question marks. Despite Qualcomm releasing benchmark comparisons last week, there are new unknowns about the processors. Last week, Qualcomm shared…

Windows 11’s “modern” right-click menu is far from perfect. It’s cluttered and considerably slower than the original Windows 10 context menu. But it’s getting better, and our benchmark shows the…

virtualization Broadcom’s VCF-or-nothing licenses are coming to Azure Microsoft has signalled it will end one of the last remaining ways to acquire VMware products outside of a big bundle. Redmond’s…

Microsoft rarely comes up with an interesting UX experiment for Windows 11 because it fears backlash, but it still moved ahead with a feature called “Drag Tray,” which sounded like…

TL;DR: Through August 23, you can get Microsoft Office for life for only $42.97 (reg. $219). Software subscriptions are only a good option if you won’t be using the apps for…

Written by Tiffany Doporto (Northwest ISD intern) For most students, Microsoft PowerPoint is simply a classroom tool used to create presentations. For Rebecca Sutherlin, a junior at Steele Early College…

Microsoft is slowly making Windows Media Player Legacy less useful, and their latest move is particularly telling. In Windows 11 Experimental Build 29648.1000 for Future Platforms, the old player’s caption…

The next evolution of Apple’s AirPods is out in the wild after a leaked video was posted online. Known as AirPods Ultra, the new wireless earbuds look basically the same…

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four critical vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, stating they are being exploited in the wild. The…

Last month, I shared six apps I install immediately after a clean install of Windows 11 or when setting up a PC. Each of those apps enhances an experience on…

NVIDIA’s self-made cloud gaming platform, GeForce NOW, has added official support for Mozilla’s Firefox web browser. Firefox users with a paid subscription to NVIDIA’s service can now play supported PC…

It’s about time for a new semester, and upgrading your PC can make the process much easier. You don’t need anything excessive to access most of the Windows software and…

Windows 11 is finally giving desktop apps individual privacy controls. In the latest Experimental build, you can go into Settings > Privacy & security and individually allow or deny apps…

Keeper Security has launched a certified Microsoft Power Platform connector for its Secrets Manager on Azure Logic Apps. The connector is also available in Microsoft Power Automate. The product is…

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced big updates for the Start menu and Taskbar on Windows 11 that would address users biggest complaints and bring highly requested features and functionality to…

Key Takeaways: Cross-Tenant Access Policies will replace legacy Exchange-based sharing mechanisms. The change affects Free/Busy sharing, MailTips, and calendar sharing between Microsoft 365 organizations. Microsoft recommends testing and completing CTAP…

Microsoft is sharply reducing its carbon removal purchases this year as the company spends heavily to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) business. The tech giant purchased 8.55 million metric tons…

Microsoft announced that it removed the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool from Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, as well as from Windows 11 beta builds released this week. WMIC…

When Microsoft made the launch of Windows 11 back in October 2021, the company touted it as the biggest visual redesign of the operating system in years. The centered Start…

Microsoft has finally admitted that Windows 11’s right-click menu became “cluttered and sluggish,” and it’s rebuilding the experience with a faster default layout and control over what appears when you…

I was absolutely blown away earlier this year by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 platform after spending a month with Lenovo’s Slim 7x (Gen 11). The System-on-Chip (SoC) was fast and efficient…