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Since its release in 2021, one of the most consistent criticisms of Windows 11 has been Microsoft’s handling of app defaults. Compared to Windows 10, the newer OS makes it more complicated for users to move away from the company’s first-party offerings. For example, if you don’t want Edge to open every time you click

Microsoft is adding new AI features to its popular apps like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. The new set of tools, called Microsoft 365 Copilot, will let people do things like create PowerPoint decks with a short prompt or summarize meeting recordings. Copilot runs on the same underlying AI technology that powers the buzzy viral chatbot

Microsoft is promising significant changes to the way Windows manages which apps open certain files by default and how users can select programs to pin to their Start menu on the Windows desktop or on the taskbar. A new Settings deep link URI scheme will let developers send users directly to the right spot in

crypt-oh no — Crypto wallet would join coupons, cash back, and "buy now, pay later" add-ons. Andrew Cunningham - Mar 17, 2023 8:14 pm UTC A built-in cryptocurrency wallet is the latest finance-related feature to pop up in Microsoft's Edge browser. The Edge screenshots are all intended for internal Microsoft use only, indicating that Microsoft

Image: Microsoft If you’re the kind of power user that simply must live on the bleeding edge of software, then Microsoft would like to reward you. Well, sort of: It wants to send you a free USB drive for trying out the latest “Canary” build of Windows 11, anyway. It’s allotted some 8GB USB drives

The versatile 4G LTE version of Surface Pro X with 16GB of memory and the SQ2 chip has received a huge discount on Amazon (Image: Microsoft)Although the ARM-based Microsoft Surface Pro X may not be the most successful device the software behemoth's lineup, the good-looking 4G LTE Windows tablet may be worth consideration for some

The Office Suite, Outlook, Teams and Power tools are about to get an AI boost thanks to Microsoft 365 Copilot By Cliff Saran, Managing Editor Published: 17 Mar 2023 13:42 The first real buds in Microsoft’s $10bn commitment to OpenAI have started to blossom, with the tech giant revealing a new era of artificial intelligence

Home News Computing (Image credit: HJBC / Shutterstock) Microsoft has published a Powershell script to help IT teams fix a BitLocker bypass security flaw found in the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), simplifying the process of securing WinRE images. Per BleepingComputer (opens in new tab), the flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-41099, allows threat actors to bypass the BitLocker