The Latest Breaking News from Windows

Microsoft is making some major Windows security changes following CrowdStrike outage

Microsoft is working with endpoint security companies to prevent CrowdStrike-esque outages from happening again.

TechRadar · Sep 13, 2024

Alienware AW2725QF review

Two native resolutions, one screen?

PC Gamer · Sep 13, 2024

Avast One Essential review

Avast One Essential doesn’t just deliver more antivirus protection than the free competition, it also outperforms most paid products. Its other features aren’t as impressive, though, and if you’re mainly after antivirus and don’t need the VPN, you might prefer the more lightweight (but just as effective) Avast Free Antivirus,

TechRadar · Sep 13, 2024

Microsoft confesses its recent security updates...broke Windows 10 security patches

An earlier Windows security patch reverted many updates installed in the past - and the only fix is to install more updates.

TechRadar · Sep 11, 2024

Curious about what’s in your photos, Windows 11 users? Soon you’ll be able to investigate with Bing reverse image search right from the Photos app

Microsoft’s updated Photos app now includes Bing-powered visual search, smoother gallery navigation, and quicker access to image-editing tools.

TechRadar · Sep 10, 2024

Huawei's 10-inch tri-folding phone confirms Satya Nadella was wrong for killing Windows Phone AND Surface Duo

Huawei has just unveiled its long-teased "tri-fold" smartphone, featuring two foldable apexes across a 10-inch display. I think this would be perfect for Windows. It's too bad Microsoft killed its mobile phone efforts—twice.

Windows Central · Sep 10, 2024

The next outage will impact your end users

Organizations that run their business applications at the Windows endpoint are highly vulnerable.

TechRadar · Sep 10, 2024

How to future-proof your back-to-school laptop

Everything you need to know to ensure your laptop will last longer than your course.

Creative Bloq · Sep 10, 2024

Your new iPhone 16 can sync images with the Microsoft Photos app on Windows 10, not just Windows 11

An upcoming update to the Photos app on Windows 10 will integrate iCloud into the app. The same functionality shipped to Windows 11 two years ago, but it is just now entering testing among Insiders running Windows 10.

Windows Central · Sep 10, 2024

My favorite File Explorer alternative just got better, but you won't see the biggest addition it its change log

Third-party file explorer, "Files," received an update recently that adds some handy new options. It also improves the performance of the app when connected to Google Drive.

Windows Central · Sep 10, 2024