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Microsoft exec's vision of Windows 12 and beyond could terrify some of you

The 'computer can actually look at your screen and is context aware' - are we heading towards a computing utopia, or a data dystopia?

TechRadar · Aug 14, 2025

Kiss goodbye to your keyboard and mouse, in Microsoft's vision for the Windows OS in 2030 they'll both 'feel as alien as it does for Gen Z to use DOS'

And it's all thanks to, yup you guessed it, AI.

PC Gamer · Aug 6, 2025

Microsoft teases the future of Windows: 'The computer will be able to see what we see, hear what we hear, and we can talk to it'

Windows in 2030 will be about sophisticated AI and voice commands according to a Microsoft executive's prediction.

TechRadar · Aug 6, 2025

"Anything sensitive is always encrypted:" Microsoft's controversial Windows Recall feature that remembers everything you do using AI is finally secure, but will trust follow?

Microsoft has detailed how it's improved Recall's security with encryption and Windows Hello authentication. Recall's data is now isolated in a VBS Enclave, meaning it's no longer readable by third-party apps and users.

Windows Central · Sep 27, 2024

Microsoft describes Recall's new security features, says the feature is opt-in

Microsoft is detailing a new security model for Recall following a major PR blunder and concerns about the feature earlier this year.

Tom’s Hardware · Sep 27, 2024

Microsoft says it still isn't sure how many devices were hit by CrowdStrike outage

Initial CrowdStrike outage estimation was based on crash reports, but millions more could have gone unreported.

TechRadar · Jul 29, 2024

Ian McKellen’s former understudy lauds actor’s work ethic: ‘A vanishing breed’

Actor, playing John Falstaff in ‘Player Kings’, fell from stage during a fight scene

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024

Short-term let campaigners stage Holyrood protest over licensing scheme

The Scottish Government has been accused of “demonising” the operators of short-term letted accommodation, with campaigners against new…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 5, 2023

Microsoft is turning to Rust to safeguard some of its most crucial core code

Rust promises a more secure Windows, but the team of developers is already looking beyond Rust.

TechRadar · Apr 28, 2023

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 5 episode 5 recap: the unsinkable Midge Maisel

In The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Midge has some problems in international waters and Zelda gets hitched.

WhatToWatch · Apr 28, 2023