Microsoft warns that killing VBScript could break Windows activation for businesses
VBScript is being phased out in stages after nearly 30 years as part of Windows
Hideo Kojima to part ways with Sony, will bring his new gaming projects to Xbox
Is anyone at Sony still interested in making video games?
Windows 11 can now reinstall itself from the cloud, no USB stick required
Cloud Rebuild works even if the currently installed OS is corrupted, and restores drivers automatically
Switzerland is paying $11 million to stop using Outlook and Teams
The openDesk suite will replace Microsoft 365 on 3,000 PCs, with 54,000 more possibly next
Editor's take: Switzerland is joining a growing list of European countries that no longer want to do business with Microsoft and other US IT giants. The federal government has already begun ditching Microsoft's productivity tools in favor of open-source alternatives, and the country's military authorities are moving even faster with the transition.
Windows users are getting Harry Potter ads as their Bing Wallpaper, and they aren't happy
Microsoft fails to find the magic
Microsoft promises faster Windows 11 boot times and better performance on 8GB PCs
The company claims "significant gains" but offers no benchmarks or release date
A Microsoft engineer says "typing code is absolutely over," here's what he means
GitHub Copilot's coding agent can now set up environments, run tests, and open pull requests
Microsoft unveils distraction-free Windows for developers, but anyone can replicate it
Project Zenith preloads coding tools on 64GB developer PCs, but Windows Developer Config brings the same setup to any machine
Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting monthly time limits, and you'll be able to pay for more
Game Pass tiers get 5, 10, or 15 monthly cloud streaming hours starting in November
Microsoft Defender briefly decided Google Search was malware
The false positive blocked Google links in Office 365 and Teams for about 8 hours
Microsoft will soon enable memory integrity by default on eligible Windows 11 PCs
Users will sacrifice full performance for improved security
The latest Microsoft Office 2024 Pro suite is now $49 in this limited-time deal
Unlock your productivity with the latest versions of Word, Excel, and Outlook
Windows may finally take no for an answer, adding a permanent opt-out for OneDrive backup nags
The option has appeared on stable Windows 11 25H2 PCs, but Microsoft has yet to confirm the rollout
Xbox unveils disc-to-digital feature designed to digitize existing physical games
Leverage the benefits of digital
Windows NT 4.0 turns 30: when Microsoft brought the Windows 95 look to the enterprise
NT 4.0 included the Start Menu, Taskbar, and Explorer shell. Much of the interface that's basically still with us
Microsoft confirms latest Windows 11 update is crashing games and rebooting PCs
Yet another Windows Update gone wrong
Modern Warfare 4 beta includes a campaign mission, Switch 2 support, and background shader compilation
Next Call of Duty will run on graphics cards as old as the GTX 970 and Radeon RX 470
Sony still hasn't decided when the PlayStation 6 will launch
Specs are likely locked in, but the memory crisis has upset everything
China pulls the plug on Windows 10 for government machines months ahead of schedule
The order comes weeks before Donald Trump's planned meeting with Xi Jinping
Windows is losing a command-line tool that dates back to the Windows 2000 days
Microsoft is removing WMIC a decade after saying it would
Disgruntled security researcher just dropped another Windows zero-day, right on schedule
ShieldBreak reportedly bypasses Microsoft's Windows Defender patch with a "100% success rate"
Sounding off: NightmareEclipse did it again. The security researcher who's been on a crusade against Microsoft has published a new zero-day flaw affecting all supported Windows versions. Redmond threatened to sue, but the researcher is keeping his promise to disclose a new dangerous flaw after every month's Patch Tuesday.
Windows 11's new CPU-boosting speed trick is rolling out to all apps
LLP temporarily increases the CPU's operating frequency so apps launch faster
Microsoft is killing off SMS login codes, citing AI-powered hacking
Microsoft Entra ID to phase out SMS authentication on February 1
Windows 11's latest update quietly ends support for picture passwords
The change affects both Windows 10 and Windows 11, but only for new enrollments