Microsoft says the new Outlook for Windows (based on Outlook.com) has added over 15 productivity features, and it's the right time to switch.

Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 Search toggle that disables Bing, MSN, and Microsoft Store results, ending years of forced web results.

After years of backlash, Microsoft is overhauling the Windows 11 desktop. Upcoming updates finally bring back the movable taskbar, introduce a resizable and modular Start menu, kill the intrusive MSN Widgets feed, and deliver a native WinUI performance boost to make your OS blazing fast again.

Microsoft says Windows 11's modern context menu is slower than the Windows 10 version, especially if you've unknowingly enabled extensions.

Microsoft told Windows Latest that Collections and Sidebar are no longer available with Edge 149, which began rolling out on June 4, 2026.

Microsoft recently deleted an official Windows 11 guide that claimed built-in Windows Security was the only antivirus protection users needed. While Microsoft Defender remains highly capable for everyday browsing, the quiet removal shows the complicated reality of depending on a single security layer.

Microsoft revealed the Surface Laptop Ultra with NVIDIA's RTX Spark chip delivering 1 petaflop of local AI compute, yet the Copilot+ PC label was completely absent from the event. Two years of Recall controversies, Copilot backlash, and a diluted brand may explain why NVIDIA wanted to keep its distance.

At Build 2026, Microsoft showed off a future where agents could customize Windows 11 in a way that truly makes it feel "personal."

Microsoft is finally ditching the resource-heavy web wrappers and React Native components that have slowed down Windows 11. At Build 2026, the company confirmed it is aggressively rewriting the Windows shell and first-party features entirely in native WinUI code to make the OS fast and responsive.

Microsoft has confirmed that it'll let you customize the context menu to your liking, which means you'll be able to add or remove items.

At the Build 2026 developer conference, Microsoft encouraged developers to build more native apps for Windows 11.

After years of playing it safe with predictable updates, Microsoft is making the Surface brand experimental again. The new compact Surface RTX Spark Dev Box combines a bizarre, 1000 ventilation hole aluminum chassis with a massive 1 petaflop of unmetered, local NVIDIA AI processing power.

At Build 2026, Microsoft pledged to make Windows 11 the ultimate platform for building AI. Moving past intrusive chatbots, the OS is adding secure agent runtimes, local Aion models, and deep Linux container integration to unify a fragmented developer ecosystem and win back developer trust.

To unlock the raw power of the NVIDIA RTX Spark superchip, Microsoft is bringing deep platform-level optimizations to Windows 11 on Arm. The new Workload Profile Scheduling intelligently scales tasks across 20 CPU cores to deliver unmatched performance for local AI agents and everyday workflows.

Jensen Huang says Microsoft and NVIDIA have worked closely to make sure Windows apps run properly on N1X-powered PCs.