Besides seeing your status in the top-right corner, Play Points can now be viewed in Google Wallet for Android. Play Points can now appear as a Google Wallet pass below your carousel of credit or ...

Microsoft says the October 2025 Windows security updates are causing smart card authentication and certificate issues due to a change designed to strengthen the Windows Cryptographic Services. This ...

Microsoft is rewriting Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. Microsoft is rewriting Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...

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AI Microsoft's new Gaming Copilot AI tool promises to be 'your personal gaming sidekick' but it mostly seems to do the work of a Google search, with the potential for 'hallucinations' Windows Copilot ...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows updates released since August 29, 2025, are breaking authentication on systems sharing Security Identifiers. Windows uses unique alphanumeric strings known as ...

On October 14, 2025, Microsoft ended Windows 10 support, putting the ten-year-old operating system to rest. This forces millions of users to upgrade their systems to Windows 11, and with its ...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC, not at it. This week, the company rolled out a Windows 11 update with new Copilot wake words ("Hey Copilot") tasks that start with spoken or typed commands. "We ...

Copilot Vision’s eyesight is improving, as the integrated Windows AI technology will soon be able to see entire documents, plus link to apps like Google Drive via a new connectors function. Separately ...

When your PC is acting up, one diagnostic tool at your disposal is the Windows Recovery Environment (or Windows RE). Windows RE offers a series of functions to help you root out whatever is ailing ...

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