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    Surface Go 4 and Laptop Go 3 Discontinued: Microsoft Shrinks the Budget Surface

    Microsoft’s smaller Surface PC strategy reportedly changed on June 30, 2026, when reports said the company had stopped production of the Surface Go 4 and Surface Laptop Go 3 and had no current plans for new Surface Go or Surface Laptop Go successors. That is not just another product-line...
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    Earnest Yuen Retirement: How Age of Empires Proved Microsoft’s Patient PC Stewardship

    Earnest Yuen, a Microsoft gaming veteran whose credits span Windows 95-era work, Xbox publishing, Killer Instinct, and the modern Age of Empires revival, announced on June 19, 2026, that he is retiring after 31 years at Microsoft. His exit is not the kind of executive churn that usually...
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    Windows Tops 1.6B Devices and Bing Reaches 1B Users—Microsoft’s Next Consumer Push

    Microsoft used its April 29, 2026, fiscal third-quarter earnings call to say Windows now exceeds 1.6 billion monthly active devices and Bing has reached 1 billion monthly active users for the first time. The numbers matter less as a victory lap than as a map of Microsoft’s next consumer...
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    3 Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Office for Budget-Conscious Users

    When rising subscription costs and new features like the forced Copilot integration push even the most loyal users to question their software choices, open source office suites have suddenly become a hot topic. If you’ve ever found yourself sighing at yet another subscription fee, you’re not...