Something to look forward to: Searching local files should be one of the simplest and most basic features an operating system offers, but Windows 11 still makes the process unnecessarily awkward.

Microsoft is about to let users turn off one of the most annoying features on Windows 11. Currently, whenever a PC user wants to perform a local search for files on their computer, Windows 11 also ...

Web IQ is a set of grounding APIs that let AI systems pull information from Bing's search index. Microsoft says the system returns passages rather than full pages, reducing the amount of context AI ...

Microsoft’s optional Windows 11 KB5089573 update adds 30 changes, including faster app launches, Windows Hello fixes, and NPU visibility. Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview update is aimed less at ...

Microsoft released .NET 11 Preview 4, a broad update covering runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C# and Entity Framework Core. The company said the fourth preview includes improvements ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. It seems Microsoft is continuing to deliver on its Project K2 promises, and the latest development is notable. As part of the broader initiative to address ...

PCWorld reports that Windows 11 still relies on code from the 1990s, particularly the Win32 API from Windows 95, for basic functions like right-clicking. Microsoft CTO Mark Russinovich acknowledges ...

Microsoft has reportedly started a new internal initiative to get Windows 11 running faster and more reliably. It's hoping to steer people away from the idea of ditching Windows in favor of a Linux ...

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Microsoft released an emergency patch for its ASP.NET Core to fix a high-severity vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges on devices that use the Web development ...

Patching is not enough: applications embedding the insecure library will need to be rebuilt, and affected tokens and cookies expired. Developers are advised to check their applications after Microsoft ...

Debloat tools claim to make Windows 11 more efficient by removing unnecessary processes and freeing up RAM. In practice, that's not the case. I've been writing about technology for more than 15 years ...