Microsoft is finally letting you remap the Copilot key nobody asked for
Two years after replacing Ctrl and Menu keys on millions of keyboards
Microsoft's new tech cuts Forza Horizon 6's shader loading time from 90 seconds to four seconds
Advanced Shader Delivery moves compilation to the cloud, Nvidia RTX support coming later this year
A Windows 11 speed boost is coming as soon as next month, along with a taskbar you can finally move
The Low Latency Profile feature promises snappier app launches and shell responsiveness
Forza Horizon 6 Benchmark: 47 GPUs Tested
1080p, 1440p, 4K Tested Forza Horizon 6 is one of the best-looking racing games yet, but max settings and RT can crush modern GPUs. We tested 47 graphics cards to see what it really takes to run well.
Microsoft is baking even more Copilot functionality into the Edge browser
Are you still browsing the web, or is Copilot browsing you at this point?
A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it
YellowKey exploit bypasses BitLocker full volume encryption via USB stick and WinRE
Windows is getting a cloud feature that fixes bad drivers before they wreck your PC
Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery rejects buggy drivers and replaces them automatically
Forza Horizon 6 leaks online a week before launch, Microsoft starts banning players
Microsoft's biggest racing game in years has already been cracked and shared online
Oops: The sixth game in the popular Forza Horizon racing series has leaked online more than a week before its official launch date. The racer is due out on May 19 for the general public and May 15 for buyers of the premium edition but according to reports, the game has been cracked and is readily available online for PC if you know where to look.
Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data
The latest move in a widening standoff over who controls Europe's digital infrastructure – but private companies are exempt
Microsoft is adding a feature that briefly maxes out your CPU to make Windows feel snappier
Low Latency Profile early numbers are promising: 40% faster app launches, 70% snappier menus
Cutting corners: Microsoft has a giant Windows problem, but developers are reportedly hard at work to significantly improve the operating system in critical areas, tackling things like overall responsiveness and CPU utilization. New details have emerged about one of those changes.
Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted
Microsoft is calling it a bug
Microsoft Edge stores all your saved passwords unencrypted in memory
The behavior was first documented in 2022 and has persisted for at least four years
Microsoft kills Gaming Copilot for Xbox consoles and mobile
"This is 100% too good to be true"
The Pentagon just signed AI deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia - and cut Anthropic out entirely
The US military is bringing AI into classified environments, and it has a very specific list of who's in and who's out
Microsoft admits Windows 11 lost its way, Nadella pledges to "win back fans"
Microsoft built Windows 11 around web wrappers and Electron apps. Now it's trying to undo that.
TL;DR: Microsoft is trying to repair Windows 11's reputation and overhaul its app ecosystem, and both efforts center on one idea: get back to fundamentals and make the OS feel like a fast, coherent, native-first platform again. That shift runs from Satya Nadella's pledge to "win back fans" to internal engineers publicly declaring that "Native apps are back!" for Windows 11.
Microsoft releases the earliest DOS source code ever discovered as open source
Redmond needed an OS, Tim Paterson joined the fray, and the rest is history
EU is considering new rules for cloud and AI under the Digital Markets Act
US innovates, China replicates... Europe regulates?
Xbox revenue falls again as hardware sales suffer another massive decline
CEO Asha Sharma has responded
PowerToys 0.99.1 boosts multi-monitor management
The latest PowerToys update brings new tools like Power Display for multi-monitor brightness control and Grab and Move for simpler window handling, along with refinements to modules like Command Palette and Keyboard Manager.
Microsoft's "Windows K2" plan promises a faster Start menu, instant search, and fewer botched updates
Fixing Windows before macOS and Linux eat its lunch
Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is down to $35
Copilot integration, a refreshed development environment, and a steep discount make this one worth a look
Windows Insiders can now pause updates indefinitely, in 35-day increments
Users can also reboot without applying updates and skip updates during initial setup
The next Xbox could be waiting on the memory market
Xbox chief Asha Sharma says volatile memory costs make early hardware decisions risky and could affect final pricing
Microsoft rolls out Copilot "vibe working" mode for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
What exactly does "engagement" in a word processor mean?
In brief: Microsoft is bringing Copilot's "agentic" mode to its Office productivity suite. With it, users will be able to provide instructions and let the system generate documents on their behalf. Despite ongoing concerns about hallucinations, the Redmond-based company says customers have responded positively to these capabilities.
Xbox may be working on an even cheaper Game Pass, and possible Netflix bundle
Starter Edition with lower-cost access, capped streaming, and a broader back catalog