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Archived but Not Forgotten: The Story of Microsoft’s Facebook SDK for Windows 10 and HoloLens
The GitHub repository for Microsoft’s official Windows SDK for Facebook now sits in archived, read-only state—a silent monument to an ambitious 2015 push to make Universal Windows apps more...
Windows 11’s New Speed Test Button Opens Bing’s Web Tool, Not a Native Diagnostic
Microsoft is quietly slipping a network speed test button into Windows 11’s system tray, but it won’t run a local diagnostic. Instead, a single click fires up your browser and loads Bing’s...
DJI Ends Support for Virtual Flight Sim, Pushing Windows Drone Pilots Toward Free and Pro-Grade Alternatives
DJI officially stopped maintaining its Virtual Flight app on March 21, 2024, a quiet move that forces thousands of drone photography newcomers to reconsider their training tools on Windows PCs. The...
OpenAI’s Nonprofit to Get $100B+ Stake in For-Profit Arm Under Microsoft MOU
{ "title": "OpenAI’s Nonprofit to Get $100B+ Stake in For-Profit Arm Under Microsoft MOU", "content": "OpenAI has disclosed that its nonprofit arm could receive an equity stake exceeding $100...
Bypassing Microsoft’s Browser Lock-In: MSEdgeRedirect Steers Windows 11 Links to Your Preferred Browser
Microsoft has spent years nudging Windows users toward Edge, but the OS is still peppered with hard-coded pathways that bypass your default browser choice entirely. Taskbar searches, Widgets, weather...
Microsoft's First Rust Kernel Module Ships in Windows Insider Builds: The win32kbase_rs.sys Milestone
Windows Insiders recently spotted an unfamiliar file in their system directories: win32kbase_rs.sys. The "_rs" suffix isn't a coincidence—it marks the first Rust-written kernel module Microsoft has...
Windows 11 Insider Builds Add Full-Screen Subscription Reminder, Sparking Adware Concerns
Microsoft is testing a full-screen renewal prompt in Windows 11 that appears when a Microsoft 365 subscription lapses, and early reactions from Insiders are far from welcoming. The new...
Microsoft Store Insider Build Overhauls Downloads, Adds External App Update Detection
Microsoft has begun testing a significant overhaul of the Windows app store that, for the first time, allows the Microsoft Store to detect and surface updates for programs installed from outside its...
Microsoft Adds Anthropic’s Claude to Office 365 as US Rescinds AI Chip Export Rule
The U.S. government’s surprise decision on May 13, 2025, to scrap a major AI chip export-control framework has collided with a new congressional push to force domestic prioritization of...
Kemono Loading Failures Surge: Windows Experts Detail 7 Fixes to Restore Access
Kemono users worldwide are encountering blank pages, persistent loading spinners, and HTTP errors when trying to access the popular aggregation platform. The disruptions, which began surfacing across...
Five PowerToys Features That Would Banish Third-Party Bloat for Good
{ "title": "Five PowerToys Features That Would Banish Third-Party Bloat for Good", "content": "A fresh wishlist of five high-impact PowerToys features from the enthusiast community and one tech...
Microsoft's Copilot Labs Gets Verbatim 'Scripted Mode' Powered by In-House MAI-Voice-1 AI
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman announced on September 10, 2025, that Copilot Labs now features a new "Scripted Mode" for audio generation, letting users have text read verbatim by the...