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Microsoft is killing 15 products in 2026, including Windows 11 24H2 and Office 2021
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (1738+ words) Microsoft is walking away from more products this year than it did in 2025. Products that still run on millions of devices, including Windows 11 24H2, Office 2021, SQL Server 2016, and Windows Server 2012’s last ESU year, all expire in 2026. While 2025 was mostly about…...
Windows 11 Copilot now tells you what’s slowing down your PC, while using 1GB RAM itself
17+ hour, 40+ min ago (1054+ words) Windows 11 is testing a new AI-powered feature that will allow Copilot to understand system resource usage, including current CPU and RAM usage, and help you identify the root cause of a problem. Ironically, Copilot for Windows ships with a private…...
Microsoft has run out of reasons to push Edge over Chrome, so one of the four is just Microsoft recommended
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (1180+ words) Search “chrome” on Bing, and you’ll be greeted with a panel that compares Edge against Chrome across four meaningless categories, including Earn Rewards, Built-in VPN, AI personalization, and Microsoft recommended, with Edge checked on all four and Chrome crossed out…...
Microsoft confirms Secure Boot update failing on some Windows 11 PCs, blocks update due to known issues
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1135+ words) Microsoft has confirmed that Secure Boot certificate updates are failing or being blocked on some Windows 11 PCs due to known issues. The company says it is working with PC makers on a patch, but you may still need to take…...
You can't fully disable Microsoft's GDID Windows 11 tracker, but these settings limit what it captures
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (900+ words) No, we haven’t suddenly turned into a crime reporting publication, but it was Microsoft that handed the FBI a way to trace Stokes’ Windows PC across VPNs, proxy servers, and three countries. The tool is called a Global Device Identifier,…...
Microsoft's Edge 150 caves to Chrome users with Google sign-in, but sidebar apps got dropped in the same update
3+ day, 13+ min ago (678+ words) Microsoft released Edge 150 a few days ago, and I’ve been bouncing between Windows and macOS devices to dig into it and see what the company has cooked up. Edge 150, aka version 150.0.4078.48, comes with neat technical adjustments for IT admins and…...
Windows 10 is still getting Windows 11 features, but it's only for developers
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (1006+ words) We recently installed WSL Containers on Windows 11 and built a custom Linux container from scratch to see how it held up without Docker Desktop. Microsoft has now confirmed that WSLc works on Windows 10 as well, opening it up to a…...
Microsoft Teams just added 7 new features, but paused the one that fixed multitasking in meetings
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (945+ words) June 2026 was a big release for Microsoft Teams, but there’s more on the table than I expected, with another update in the works for release through the summer. Teams will be getting apps in Private Channels, a new Speaker-focused layout…...
Microsoft's New Outlook is fixing one of email's most embarrassing mistakes, plus faster categorization
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (675+ words) Microsoft has confirmed that three new features are coming to the new Outlook for Windows, and there’s one change that might make it a bit more useful than the Classic version. New Outlook is testing a feature that will send…...
Microsoft is letting you sign into Bing with a Google or Apple account, no MSA needed
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (426+ words) Less than a month ago, when I tested signing into Edge with a Google account, I noticed how Microsoft Rewards got activated even without logging in with a Microsoft Account. I thought it was a bug, but now I realize…...