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Microsoft is reportedly preparing another Windows 11 Start menu overhaul in 2026, with new settings that would let users disable major sections, choose smaller or larger layouts manually, and reduce the clutter that has made Start feel less like a launcher than a promotional dashboard. The move...

Microsoft executives were debating in 2017 and 2018 whether to give OpenAI hundreds of millions of dollars in discounted Azure computing, according to emails shown in federal court during the Musk v. Altman trial in May 2026. The emails matter because they puncture the clean origin myth of the...

Microsoft’s reported Windows K2 initiative is an internal effort, surfaced by Windows Central and echoed by XDA, to refocus Windows 11 in 2026 on performance, reliability, gaming, and fewer forced Copilot touchpoints rather than another wave of conspicuous AI branding. That matters because...

Microsoft’s consumer-app problem is newly visible because Satya Nadella told investors in late April 2026 that Microsoft is doing “foundational work” to win back fans across Windows, Xbox, Bing, and Edge. The trouble is that Windows users do not experience a strategy deck; they experience the...

Microsoft is removing Microsoft Edge’s ability to pin websites and web apps to the browser Sidebar, with existing pinned apps scheduled to disappear in a future update, while Copilot remains available in the same interface area. The change has no announced removal date, but Microsoft’s own...

Microsoft is preparing to retire the Edge sidebar app list in upcoming browser updates starting with Microsoft account users, disabling new pinned apps now and removing existing app tower shortcuts later while leaving Copilot and the side pane available without a confirmed final retirement date...

Microsoft is retiring the Microsoft Edge sidebar app list in upcoming browser updates, starting with users signed into Microsoft accounts, removing the ability to add new sidebar apps while preserving Copilot in the Edge sidebar for now. That is the plain fact; the more interesting story is what...

Microsoft is retiring the Microsoft Edge sidebar app list in the near future, beginning with users signed in with personal Microsoft accounts, while leaving Copilot available in the browser and continuing to treat it as a core Edge experience. That is the plain version of the news, but it...

Microsoft is phasing out the Microsoft Edge Sidebar app list in 2026, beginning with Microsoft account users, as part of a stated effort to “simplify” the Windows 11 browser while preserving Copilot integration. That makes the move more than a minor interface cleanup. It is a revealing test of...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told investors during Microsoft’s fiscal 2026 third-quarter earnings cycle that the company is doing “foundational work” to win back fans across Windows, Xbox, Bing, and Edge, with Windows 11 quality, performance, updates, and core-user trust now pushed back toward...

Microsoft said on May 1, 2026, that its Windows quality push since March has produced Insider-facing changes to update restarts, File Explorer performance, Widgets behavior, Copilot placement, system responsiveness, and the Insider Program itself, with most of the newest work landing first in...

Microsoft’s latest reminder that Windows 11 has a trust problem arrived this week through a fan-made Behance redesign by Raditya Aryaputra, spotlighted by Windows Central, that imagines a cleaner Start menu, quieter Search, simpler Widgets, and a desktop stripped of ads and AI clutter. The...

Microsoft and OpenAI have moved from a tightly coupled, quasi-exclusive alliance into a more open and strategically flexible relationship, ending one of the defining arrangements of the generative AI boom. The revised pact keeps the two companies deeply connected through Azure, intellectual...

Microsoft’s reported K2 Plan for Windows 11 reads like an admission that the company’s flagship operating system has drifted too far from the basics: speed, consistency, reliability, and user trust. After years of visible AI promotion, design fragmentation, File Explorer complaints, and...

Microsoft and OpenAI have rewritten the rules of one of the technology industry’s most consequential alliances, turning a once-exclusive cloud relationship into a more flexible multi-cloud AI partnership while keeping Azure at the center of the story. The amended agreement, announced on April...

Microsoft is taking another big step in its enterprise AI strategy, and Hong Kong is one of the first markets to feel the impact. At the Microsoft AI Tour in Hong Kong on April 22, 2026, the company framed the next phase of Copilot adoption as a shift from experimentation to Frontier Success—a...

Microsoft is turning the Windows 11 taskbar into something more ambitious than a row of pinned apps and system icons: a live control surface for AI agents. In the latest Release Preview build, Windows now shows progress for agents directly on the taskbar, starting with Researcher in Microsoft...

Microsoft’s Task Scheduler is one of the most underappreciated automation engines in Windows 11, and the irony is hard to miss: the company is spending enormous energy selling a future built around Copilot, AI, and low-friction productivity while leaving a decades-old built-in automation...

Microsoft’s AI spending spree looks unsettling at first glance because the bill is real, the data-center buildout is massive, and the payoff is still unfolding. But the latest investor materials show why the bear case may be too simple: Microsoft Cloud demand remains strong, Azure continues to...

Microsoft’s recent selloff is a reminder that even the market’s most admired giants can be punished when expectations outrun execution. The company is still enormously profitable, still central to enterprise software, and still one of the core platforms for the AI buildout. But the stock’s sharp...