Busting the 8 biggest Microsoft Windows myths
Storage drives need to be defragmented. USB sticks have to be ejected. Antivirus software slows down your PC. Who isn’t familiar with these common “wisdoms” about Windows? But are any of these […]
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Outlook, OneDrive outages caused by DDoS attack, Microsoft says
Microsoft has confirmed that the service outages for Outlook, OneDrive, and other Microsoft 365 services on June 5 were caused by a malicious attack. Hackers flooded Microsoft’s servers with denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks […]
Microsoft Outlook: Here’s a fix for slow startups
If you’re a Microsoft 365 subscriber experiencing Outlook freezes at startup, there’s some good news on the way—Microsoft’s not only aware of the issue and working on a fix, but it has […]
Microsoft is working on a cloud-based Windows
“The cloud” was a big tech buzzword about a decade ago. Everything would be accessible everywhere. And that more or less happened — with a little prep work and a decent connection, […]
Microsoft Teams now has a profanity filter
Dropping an F-bomb into a conversation with your friends over Friday night drinks is probably perfectly acceptable. But in a conversation about a client over Teams? Probably not. A new profanity filter […]
Microsoft says you can now test Windows Copilot
Microsoft said Thursday that it has begun shipping its AI-powered Windows Copilot in a test build for Windows, along with a revised Settings menu that uses a card-based dashboard to allow users […]
Microsoft 365 Copilot AI’s steep price: an ill omen for Windows users
If you thought that Microsoft wouldn’t capitalize on its AI opportunity for businesses, think again. Microsoft will tell its corporate partners this week at Microsoft Inspire that it will charge a whopping […]
Microsoft Teams’ newest filter applies your makeup for you
Most people know the feeling of having an off-morning—e.g., sleeping past your alarm or the coffee just not kicking in. Putting on a full face of makeup is one way to shake […]
Microsoft 365 makeover: Office docs are getting a new default look
Microsoft Office, which was renamed Microsoft 365 a while ago, is about to undergo drastic visual changes. Microsoft is giving its Office suite a new standard theme across all individual applications such […]
Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and others agree to AI safeguards
Several of the top American companies developing AI have agreed to work with the U.S. government and commit to several principles to ensure public trust in AI, the White House said Friday. […]
