Windows 11’s first big update of 2026 was supposed to harden security and smooth out rough edges. Instead, it has left some users staring at blank desktops, stalled shutdown screens, and boot loops ...

Inside the company, engineering teams have been pulled into a "swarming" effort to stabilize Windows 11's core behavior – a shift that acknowledges how far the ...

Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over ...

Microsoft has brought Windows 11 to over a billion users in record time. The operating system is spreading faster than ...

Windows 11 is a legacy PC operating system, and these archaic Microsoft apps and system components prove as much.

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On November 20th, 1985, a then not-so-big company called Microsoft announced that Windows was commercially available. Read the full story of the Microsoft operating system below. Windows 1 to 11: The ...

Not all versions of Windows were created equal, at least not according to Windows users. Windows XP was a legendary operating system that Microsoft found hard to replace. It didn’t help that XP’s ...

Microsoft is fundamentally restructuring its Windows operating system to become what executives call the first "agentic OS," embedding the infrastructure needed for autonomous AI agents to operate ...

With Microsoft officially ending support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, many users face a choice: upgrade to Windows 11 or risk using an OS that no longer receives vital security updates. If your ...

Canva Unveils a ‘Creative Operating System’ to Power Your Imagination Your email has been sent Canva has rolled out what it calls its biggest product evolution yet, the Creative Operating System, a ...

Latest Statcounter findings indicate that, aside from in the Americas, there’s close to a 50-50 split with Windows 11. Statistics released Tuesday by web traffic analysis site Statcounter reveal a ...