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Microsoft needed a win with Windows’ latest update, but even its fix needed fixing

At a time when trust in Windows is at a low, Microsoft’s latest bungled security patch has caused another headache.

Microsoft switches F1 sponsorship from Alpine to Mercedes

Microsoft switches F1 sponsorship from Alpine to Mercedes

Mercedes has announced a multi-year partnership with the American conglomerate

Bill Gates Warns World Is 'Going Backwards' as Global Child Mortality Rises for First Time This Century

Bill Gates Warns World Is 'Going Backwards' as Global Child Mortality Rises for First Time This Century

In his 2026 annual letter, Bill Gates warns that global child mortality rose in 2025, blaming foreign aid cuts for a historic 'backward slide.

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How to fix Windows 11's annoying shutdown bug (and why it's happening)

Learn how to fix the Windows 11 bug preventing some PCs from shutting down and why it only affects certain users.

Microsoft CEO urges AI developers 'to get to a point where we are using this to do something useful,' or 'lose even the social permission...to generate these tokens'

Satya Nadella used his Davos platform to warn that AI’s future hinges on proving real-world utility.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman Predicts 'Personal AI Companions' For Everyone Within Five Years

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman tells Davos 2026 that 'intimate' AI companions will soon navigate life alongside humans as 'ever-present friends.'

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Halo: Campaign Evolved devs say its first-ever PS5 release of Xbox's flagship is a chance to grow its community — "We don't and we won't take it lightly"

While Halo: Campaign Evolved's availability on PS5 is seen as controversial by some, its devs view it as a chance to grow and connect the franchise's community.

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Windows 11's Xbox app arrives on Arm PCs — just in time for Nvidia's rumored debut with its N1X CPU

Windows 11's Xbox app arrives on Arm PCs — just in time for Nvidia's rumored debut with its N1X CPU

Xbox app debuts on Arm PCs as Microsoft boasts that over 85% of Game Pass titles now work with Arm CPUs.

Microsoft unveils wave of new Windows 11 features in Paint and Notepad — with better Markdown support and a new AI Color Book mode coming soon

Microsoft unveils wave of new Windows 11 features in Paint and Notepad — with better Markdown support and a new AI Color Book mode coming soon

Microsoft has unveiled a selection of new features coming to Paint and Notepad on Windows 11 soon that bring new AI capabilities and quality of life improvements. Here's the lowdown.

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Another Windows 11 issue breaks apps and causes crashes — and I'm not talking about the error code 0x803f8001

Another Windows 11 issue breaks apps and causes crashes — and I'm not talking about the error code 0x803f8001

Windows 11 apps are crashing thanks to a cloud-storage bug in the latest patch, proving that even basic file saving is now a gamble.

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A quote that somehow feels like the final nail in the coffin of the console wars: 'We're able to honor the Halo legacy on PlayStation'

A quote that somehow feels like the final nail in the coffin of the console wars: 'We're able to honor the Halo legacy on PlayStation'

A dagger to my heart.

Windows 11 apps like Notepad, Snipping Tool, and the Xbox Ally Armoury Crate aren't loading and throwing up a "Check your account" box — what is error code 0x803f8001? Here's what we know.

Windows 11 apps like Notepad, Snipping Tool, and the Xbox Ally Armoury Crate aren't loading and throwing up a "Check your account" box — what is error code 0x803f8001? Here's what we know.

Windows 11 is currently a minefield as a 0x803f8001 error blocks core apps. If your PC is refusing to open Notepad, you aren't alone.

Windows Central

Nebius Just Scored a Major Supercomputer Win. Should You Buy NBIS Stock Here?

Nebius Just Scored a Major Supercomputer Win. Should You Buy NBIS Stock Here?

Nebius has multiple positive attributes, but it also has a very high valuation, while its sector is not as beloved by the Street as it once was.

Microsoft 365 and Teams were down — live updates on outage affecting office software

Microsoft 365 and Teams were down — live updates on outage affecting office software

Microsoft programs appear to be suffering an outage.

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The Xbox PC app is now rolling out publicly for Windows Arm PCs — Microsoft Prism now supports "85%" of Xbox Game Pass titles

Microsoft's Prism translation layer just got a beefy update. After a few months in testing, the Xbox PC store is now available on Windows Arm devices.

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Microsoft finally kills the "Save as JPG" chore — Windows 11 backgrounds get a modern brain

Stop opening Paint just to fix your wallpaper. Windows 11 Build 26220 finally treats WebP files like real images, letting you set web-saved art as your background instantly.

North Korean hackers target Microsoft Virtual Studio Code

Contagious Interview keeps evolving, as Lazarus hacker now abuse Microsoft Visual Studio Code, too.

The Conversation

Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology

Imagine the internet suddenly stops working. Payment systems in your local food store go down. Healthcare systems in the regional hospital flatline. Your work software tools, and all the information they contain, disappear.

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'I think this is crazy': Anthropic's CEO takes a potshot at Nvidia and the US government for selling AI chips to China

It's not really biting the hands that feed it, more just a little nibble.

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Microsoft CEO says AI needs to have a wider impact or else it risks quickly losing ‘social permission’ — also says that the technology should benefit more people to avoid a bubble

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses AI's wider impact and what it needs to do to not be a bubble.

If you're tired of fighting with your mouse cursor across acres of multi-monitor screen space, Microsoft's latest PowerToys update has it all wrapped up for you

To the top, to the bottom, to the left, to the right.

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Satya Nadella says Microsoft could lose "social permission" to burn electricity for AI unless it offers something useful — "That, to me, is ultimately the goal"

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says employees need to learn AI skills and companies should integrate the technology as a "cognitive amplifier" or risk losing "social permission" to burn electricity on it.

Tom’s Hardware

Busted ATM shows Windows 7 login page on screen — asks for username and password instead of PIN to dispense cash

An ATM in Manchester, England, is still running the 17-year-old operating system for dispensing cash.

Windows 11 update is breaking sleep mode on some PCs — but there's one trick that might help

Microsoft might have fixed that bug with shutdowns, but its latest Windows 11 update means sleep mode now locks up some PCs.

Nvidia's long-awaited N1X Arm chip for the PC will be released within months according to a new report

N1X out by the end of March, next-gen N2 in 2027.

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