When Microsoft began shipping keyboards labeled “Copilot+” with a dedicated Copilot key, the gesture felt like a signal: AI was now a hardware-first priority for Windows. What started as a promotional flourish, however, has quickly exposed the long-running tension between hardware gimmicks and...
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Microsoft’s Windows 365 is taking a pragmatic step toward wider frontline and shift-worker adoption by launching Windows 365 Cloud Apps in public preview — a feature that streams individual Windows applications from a shared Cloud PC so organizations can deliver Outlook, Word, OneDrive and...
Microsoft’s decision to let organizations stream single Windows applications from the cloud — instead of entire Cloud PC sessions — marks a pragmatic pivot in how enterprises will adopt Windows 365 for day-to-day workforces and frontline roles. The new Windows 365 Cloud Apps feature, now in...
Microsoft’s attempt to build a safe, centralized app ecosystem for Windows began as an inspired idea and then spent more than a decade bouncing between half-measures, bad product bets, and shifting incentives — but over the last two years Microsoft has quietly rebuilt the plumbing and the...
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Microsoft’s app-store experiment started with a clear promise — a single, safe place to find and automatically update Windows software — but for more than a decade the reality was a sequence of missteps, confusing platform shifts, and fragmented developer incentives that left most PC users...
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Microsoft's decision to remove the registration fee for individual developers publishing to the Microsoft Store is more than a pricing change — it's a clear signal that the company intends to make the Store a lower-friction, broader distribution channel for independent Windows software creators...
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Microsoft has acknowledged a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 cumulative Windows updates that can cause unexpected User Account Control (UAC) elevation prompts and MSI Error 1730 failures for non‑administrator users when applications trigger Windows Installer (MSI)...
The short DrugsControl.org post titled “Gameing — Rummy Game for Windows 10” reads like an unexpected detour: a public-health and regulatory site publishing a short item about a desktop card game and where to get it. The page frames itself as a general-interest item, but offers little technical...
Macrohard: Elon Musk’s ‘AI Software Company’ Sets Sights on Microsoft
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On August 22, 2025, Elon Musk said he’s building “a purely AI software company called Macrohard” to take on Microsoft—framing it as tongue‑in‑cheek in name but “very real” in intent. Here’s what he actually announced, what...
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Microsoft has quietly changed the Microsoft Store’s update model: the long-standing, user-facing toggle to permanently disable automatic app updates now appears to be replaced on many consumer devices by a limited pause-only option that forces automatic updates to resume after a fixed interval...
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Microsoft has quietly changed how the Microsoft Store handles app updates on Windows 11 and Windows 10: the long-standing option to permanently turn off automatic app updates in the Store UI is being removed for many users, and instead the Store now only offers time-limited pause options...
Microsoft’s Snipping Tool for Windows 11 has taken another small step toward being a genuine, all‑in‑one capture utility: a test build of the app now lets you pick a program window when starting a video recording, rather than forcing a free‑draw rectangle. That improvement — arriving in Snipping...
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The Windows Package Manager, more commonly known by its command-line utility name "winget," has rapidly become one of the most essential tools for power users and IT professionals embracing automation and efficiency on modern Windows systems. As Windows 11 cements its position across enterprises...
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For years, managing software updates has been an often-frustrating patchwork experience for Windows users. Each application seems to have its own update checker—or sometimes none at all. Power users cobble together workflows with the Microsoft Store, standalone updaters, command-line tools like...
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Microsoft is poised to revolutionize the Windows Update experience by integrating third-party applications and drivers into its update ecosystem. This initiative aims to streamline the traditionally fragmented update process, offering a unified solution for both operating system and application...
Windows Update stands as one of the most critical underpinnings of Microsoft’s desktop ecosystem, persistently delivering crucial security patches, feature upgrades, and stability fixes for over two decades. Yet, one of its most persistent pain points remained glaring: the fragmentation of app...
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Microsoft is quietly ushering in a significant transformation for Windows users and developers alike, one that could fundamentally reshape the way applications are updated across the ecosystem. The company is currently testing a unified update system, known as the Windows Update Orchestration...
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Managing software installations on Windows has traditionally been a manual and time-consuming process. However, the advent of package managers like Chocolatey and Microsoft's WinGet has revolutionized this task, offering streamlined and automated solutions. While Chocolatey has been a staple in...
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In an exciting development for Windows 11 users, Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday update for November 2024 has invigorated the oft-overlooked Copilot key on keyboards, allowing users to map it to any application of their choice. Gone are the days when this key served mainly as a portal to...
In a move that has the Windows community buzzing, Microsoft has unleashed a preview update for Windows 11, packed with the exciting feature of remapping the newly introduced Copilot key. This little key, a beacon of Microsoft’s AI efforts, now has the power to open any application of your...