Microsoft built a 750W AI chip to challenge Nvidia's dominance, claims 3x performance gains over Amazon
The Maia 200 AI accelerator packs 140 billion transistors on a 3nm process
Microsoft 365's latest outage is a reminder that the cloud isn't always there
Users report Microsoft 365 "goes down multiple times a year"
Facepalm: Since launching Windows 365 in 2021, Microsoft has aggressively promoted its cloud PC subscription service, some say to the detriment of local computing. However, recent outages have illustrated the new risks that arise when users and businesses offload their software and files to external servers. Is Windows 365 reliable enough to become a pillar of IT?
Microsoft's BitLocker encryption comes with a catch: the keys may be on Microsoft's servers
The software giant surrendered encryption keys to the FBI last year
Windows on Arm gets native Xbox app as Game Pass titles hit 85% compatibility
Upcoming Arm CPUs from Nvidia could change the performance equation
Satya Nadella warns AI must go mainstream to avoid becoming a bubble
For the first time, Nadella acknowledges LLMs and chatbots could indeed be a bubble
Free Xbox Cloud Gaming with ads could arrive in the coming weeks
Microsoft is seemingly shifting toward a hardware agnostic model
Windows 95 had a secret restart trick most people never knew
An oft forgotten "feature" in the ancient OS
Microsoft rushes out emergency updates to fix a broken Windows Patch Tuesday
Microsoft breaks Windows again
Call of Duty's chart-topping run comes to an end
Bottom line: Amid Microsoft's ambition to turn Game Pass into gaming's dominant business model, one of its most valuable assets is showing signs of strain. Call of Duty, a $35 billion global franchise known for annual billion-dollar releases, appears to be in decline less than two years after Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft disrupts cybercrime-as-a-service platform tied to $40M in fraud
Cybercrime went SaaS: the subscription service facilitated phishing, fraud, and other criminal activities
Wikipedia is now getting paid by Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and other AI companies
The internet's largest free encyclopedia is adapting to the AI era
Microsoft begins testing Windows 11 26H1 as it retools the OS for next-gen chips
The update is mostly invisible, laying the groundwork for future Arm and hybrid processors
Dell admits customers are not buying PCs just because they "have AI"
Crystal ball: Nearly every major tech company is now trying to oversell this inflated "AI-powered" narrative, and the PC market is no exception. Dell, who happens to be shipping a lot of PCs to every corner of the world, is apparently taking a more skeptical stance moving forward, arguing that the push is misguided because customers are not lining up to buy new "AI PCs" at all.
Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why
Files can be permanently deleted if you aren't careful
Windows 11 performs worse than older Windows versions in nearly every benchmark
Why are we not surprised?
Office 2021, Windows 11 24H2, and other Microsoft products reach end-of-life in 2026
Microsoft is retiring more software – and security updates with it
Satya Nadella starts blogging about AI, wants to move the conversation beyond "slop"
Microsoft CEO invokes "bicycles for the mind" for the AI era
Microsoft wants to fix BitLocker's slowdown with hardware acceleration
Speeding up BitLocker, but only on new hardware
Hackers exploited BitLocker in ransomware attack on Romania's water agency
Around 1,000 systems were taken offline across the country
These popular browser extensions protecting your AI chats were actually copying them
Chrome and Edge add-ons found quietly recording your chats
Microsoft will soon deprecate the insecure RC4 encryption algorithm
A much-welcomed security change in Windows, 25 years in the making
Microsoft shares their hardware recommendations for gaming PCs at any budget
Redmond also has thoughts on keyboards, mice, and headsets for gamers
Users report Microsoft Copilot appearing on LG Smart TVs after software update
Almost everyone hates Copilot, so Microsoft is putting Copilot everywhere
Microsoft faces reality check on AI ambitions as Copilot and Foundry struggle to meet goals
Insiders claim it has scaled back sales quotas, Redmond says that's false
Winners & losers: It's hard to argue that we aren't in the midst of an AI bubble – analysts and AI CEOs largely agree. While there are no signs of a crash yet, Microsoft may be the first company to show signs that it overestimated enterprise and consumer interest.
Windows 11 is getting faster, smoother, and more "console-like" for gaming
Microsoft promises major performance, power, and graphics optimizations arriving over the next two years