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Microsoft Isn't Launching Windows 12 in 2025—Here's What You're Getting Instead
Microsoft isn’t shipping a product called Windows 12 in 2025. Instead, the company is pouring next-generation AI capabilities into Windows 11 and a new class of Copilot+ PCs—machines with...
Firefox 143 Sneaks Microsoft Copilot into the Sidebar While Tightening Privacy and Adding Pinned Apps
Firefox 143 has arrived, and it marks the first time Mozilla has woven Microsoft’s Copilot directly into its browser interface. The update places an AI chat sidebar at users’ fingertips, allowing...
WSL2 vs. Native Ubuntu: Phoronix Benchmarks Expose 13% Performance Hit on Windows 11 25H2
A new Phoronix benchmark blitz reveals that running Ubuntu 24.04 inside WSL2 on Windows 11 25H2 extracts a 13% performance penalty compared to bare-metal Ubuntu on the same hardware. The gap widens...
Microsoft Repurposes Xbox Button for Multitasking: Long Press Opens Task View in Windows 11 Insider
Microsoft has quietly changed how the Xbox button works on Windows 11 Insider Preview builds, giving gamepad users a faster way to manage open windows. A long press of the Xbox button now opens Task...
No Cash, Just ID: Microsoft Opens Store to All Individual Developers Free of Charge
Microsoft has just erased the $19 registration fee for solo developers publishing to the Microsoft Store, replacing the old credit card requirement with a government ID and selfie-based identity...
Microsoft Copilot’s NFL Verdict: Give the Ball to Marshawn Lynch
Artificial intelligence is now officially on the NFL sideline, and when it replays the one play Seattle fans can never forget—the goal-line pass intercepted in Super Bowl XLIX—it delivers a...
Microsoft PowerToys 0.95 to Deliver Automatic Light/Dark Theme Switching for Windows 11
Microsoft is finally plugging one of Windows 11’s most glaring personalization gaps, using its PowerToys utility suite to add scheduled automatic theme switching. The feature, teased alongside the...
Microsoft's New Narrator Braille Viewer Lets Sighted Users See Braille Output—No Hardware Needed
Microsoft just eliminated a persistent barrier for sighted accessibility testers, teachers, and developers who need to follow Narrator’s Braille output. The August 29, 2025, Windows 11 Insider...
6 PowerToys Utilities That Make Windows' File Explorer Finally Work Like a Pro Tool
Windows File Explorer remains the most-used desktop utility on the planet, yet its gaps – limited file previews, clumsy bulk renaming, and cryptic “file in use” errors – have driven legions...
Microsoft's Quiet Week: PowerToys 0.93 Shrinks by 55%, Store Bans Bundle Spam, and Critical Zero-Day Fix
Microsoft's PowerToys 0.93 slashed its installation footprint by 55% and cut built-in extension load times by 70% in a release that prioritizes engineering discipline over flashy new features. The...
Microsoft's Azure Surges 39% in Q4 2025, Driving $76.4 Billion Revenue Record
The closing quarter of Microsoft’s fiscal year 2025 arrived with a thunder, sending ripples through markets and the wider technology landscape as the company not only shattered Wall Street’s...
Unlocking Windows Sandbox in Windows 11: Secure Testing and Productivity Simplified
Windows 11 continues to ignite spirited debate within the technology ecosystem, yet beneath its sometimes controversial exterior lies a trove of professional-grade tools designed for both security...