Microsoft’s CEO imagines 20 million AI agents doing the work, as the company offers...
On Reid Hoffman's podcast, Nadella said he already runs 100 agents at once and that Agent 365 must keep them auditable. Microsoft expects under 5% of 60,000 eligible staff to take its exit offer, and a former Entra PM argues the company needs fewer people leaning into agentic work.
For 20 years, Windows apps like Java have nagged you with their own update...
After all the outrage over 'Microslop,' Microsoft said it's listening to your feedback and promised to make Windows 11 a "calm" operating system. Microsoft wasn't just referring to ads or upsells...
Microsoft took 31 years to let you kill Windows 11’s Sticky Keys popup, which...
We tested the new "Never turn on Sticky Keys with this shortcut" checkbox in Build 26340.9882. The original author of the dialog says he wrote it in 1995 because kids kept triggering Sticky Keys in Space Cadet Pinball, and Marcus Ash says Microsoft is working on modernizing legacy Win32 dialogs.
Microsoft built a native WinUI Registry Editor that makes Windows 11’s regedit look like...
Windows Latest found a native WinUI 3 Registry Editor in Microsoft's open-source Reactor repository, and I compiled it and ran it on Windows 11. It reads the real Registry with Mica and modern menus, but Permissions, Load Hive and .reg files are still unfinished in Microsoft's developer sample.
8GB of RAM is the new 16GB on Windows 11, says Microsoft, in an...
Windows 11 launched in 2021, and Microsoft now says today's 8GB laptops can keep up with 16GB PCs from that era. Part of it is newer chips, but Microsoft has also cut Windows 11's RAM use with better memory compression, lighter Widgets, Edge and Teams, and WinUI work that's still underway.
Windows 11 won’t make you wait for face unlock to fail before typing your...
Windows Hello no longer forces you to wait for face recognition or dig into Sign-in options to use your PIN. We installed the Experimental build to compare the old and new lock screens, and also looked at the low-light brightness toggle and the IR camera problem many laptops still have.
Windows 11 users won’t get Windows 12 in 2027, just a new wallpaper instead,...
Windows 11 has changed a lot since Microsoft's March quality pledge, from a movable taskbar to faster 8GB PCs. A bigger 27H2 release that could merge 26H1 and 26H2 makes more sense than Windows 12 right now, and the new wallpapers replacing Bloom are reportedly coming in early January.
Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord just showed why: no “Starting”...
Discord employees confirmed the side-by-side boot video shows two cold starts and that the new client auto-updates in the background. GPUI, not Tauri, draws its interface, mobile drops React Native, the web app moves to WebAssembly, and private testing is coming soon with Linux support confirmed.
Microsoft swears Windows 11 isn’t “less secure,” even as 1,100+ security fixes landed last...
Windows needed more than 1,000 security fixes in October, but Microsoft swears it’s not “less secure” and warns users against pausing updates.
Microsoft is betting on native WinUI over web app slop across Windows 11, and...
Six PowerToys tools moved from WPF to WinUI 3 in 2026, and Microsoft’s GitHub tracker says finishing the job could cut up to 85MB from the install. FancyZones and Workspaces are next, PowerToys Run is staying on WPF, and Microsoft wants third-party developers to follow with native WinUI apps.
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