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Xbox unveils the Nano Controller, a smaller, cheaper alternative that fits in your pocket

Windows PCs with outdated certificates will stop receiving security updates, here's what to do

Microsoft is turning Windows Search into an AI agent-like experience

Microsoft and Adobe hit with green-card suspensions as Vance accuses tech firms of sidelining American workers

Nvidia and Microsoft say the "agentic PC" era starts with the Surface Laptop Ultra

Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,600, running Nvidia's RTX Spark chip

Something to look forward to: Microsoft has just revealed the starting price and release date for its new ultra-tier Surface laptop, along with other notebooks powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark SoC. The company's flagship model is expensive, even next to the MacBook Pro it's meant to rival, but it remains to be seen how RTX Spark stacks up against Apple's M5 Pro.

Microsoft's Windows and Surface event starts at 1 pm ET, watch it live for more on RTX Spark

For a limited time, get a Windows 11 Pro license for just $8

Microsoft's fix for shader compilation wait is coming to Nvidia, Intel, and Qualcomm GPUs

Windows 11 26H2 is rolling out, but it doesn't add anything new, it just turns on what was already there

The takeaway: Microsoft has officially released Windows 11 26H2 to the stable channel, rolling it out to all eligible users. The update is described as an "enablement package" that simply switches on dormant features delivered with previous monthly updates. It's a tiny 174 KB download for devices that are already up to date with all cumulative updates.

The Netherlands is building its own Linux OS to break free from Microsoft

Report finds that Microsoft Copilot's human reviewers can see users' uploaded photos and sexualized AI edits

Microsoft says it loves AMD, just not enough to put it in a new Surface device

The latest Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus suite is $49 in this limited-time deal

After 40 years, Excel is breaking one of its oldest rules: one cell, one value

First look: Microsoft is testing a version of Excel that allows users to put more than one value inside a cell, a break from the spreadsheet program's longstanding one-cell, one-value model. The new capability includes lists, arrays in cells and nested arrays. It is available on an opt-in basis to Microsoft 365 Insiders in the Excel Beta Channel for Windows and Mac.

Microsoft gutted the Age of Empires studio while folding it into Activision

Microsoft wants Copilot to become an "OS" that writes your documents and manages your work

Ripple effect: Microsoft may be backing away from the Copilot+ PC branding, but it's doubling down on the bigger idea behind it: turning AI into a layer that actively runs your computer and gets work done for you. Its latest Copilot overhaul pushes that vision further than before, combining Office, coding tools, and autonomous agents into what CEO Satya Nadella calls a "new OS for work." Public testing begins in the coming weeks.

Nobody wanted an "AI PC," so Microsoft stopped calling it that

Microsoft's smaller Surface Pro and Surface Laptop get faster Snapdragon chips and much higher prices

Microsoft revives the Surface Mouse with haptic feedback, six-month battery life

Microsoft's new patent wants Xbox games to rewrite themselves as you play

Microsoft takes down EvilTokens phishing service that used AI to mine hacked inboxes for payment fraud

The takeaway: Cybercriminals used a subscription service called EvilTokens to steal access to Microsoft accounts and mine victims' inboxes for payment information, internal reporting lines and trusted business contacts. Microsoft said the platform's AI-assisted tools compromised 12,000 customer accounts at 10,000 organizations over several months.

Microsoft's Automatic Super Resolution upscaling now works on Intel Copilot+ PCs, too

Xbox lays off 268 more people as Activision takes over Halo and Bethesda absorbs Obsidian

In a nutshell: The next round of Microsoft's previously announced layoffs includes major studio consolidations and possibly more closures. The Halo franchise just got its biggest shakeup in years as the Xbox manufacturer seeks to cut costs and the number of moving parts. Meanwhile, the fates of Ninja Theory and Arkane Lyon hang in the balance.

Internet Explorer is finally, truly dying, and Microsoft wants you ready by 2029