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April 9, 2026
The MacBook Neo is the best thing to happen to Windows in years
If there's one thing I know about Microsoft after covering the company for more than 20 years, it's that it will always respond to a competitive threat. Apple's MacBook Air convinced Microsoft and ...
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April 8, 2026
Microsoft’s executive shake-up continues as developer division chief resigns
Microsoft is losing another veteran executive. Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft's developer division (DevDiv), is resigning from the software giant after 34 years. Liuson spent the past 12 years lea...
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April 8, 2026
Why Microsoft’s war on Windows’ Control Panel is taking so long
Microsoft first started trying to get rid of the Control Panel in 2012, with the launch of Windows 8. More than a decade later, it's still working on migrating all the old Control Panel items into ...
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March 20, 2026
Windows 11 is finally getting a movable taskbar
It's taken almost five years, but Microsoft is finally bringing back the ability to move the Windows taskbar to the top or sides of your screen. The movable taskbar is part of some much bigger chan...
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March 20, 2026
This is Microsoft’s plan to fix Windows 11
Microsoft has faced a breakdown of trust in Windows 11 and a backlash over AI additions to its operating system in recent months. After promising to rebuild trust in Windows earlier this year, Micr...
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March 17, 2026
Microsoft appoints a new Copilot boss after AI leadership shakeup
Microsoft is doing another executive shuffle today to reorganize how it engineers its Copilot assistant. Different teams have been working on the consumer and commercial sides of Copilot for years,...
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March 12, 2026
Microsoft’s head of experiences and devices is retiring, triggering a shakeup
Rajesh Jha, executive vice president of Microsoft's experiences and devices group, is retiring after more than 35 years at the software giant. Jha was a big part of the team that helped move Micros...
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March 3, 2026
Microsoft’s big developer conference returns to San Francisco in June
Microsoft is moving its annual Build developer conference from Seattle back to San Francisco and making some changes along the way. This year, the event will be held at Fort Mason, the former US Ar...
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February 23, 2026
Inside Microsoft’s big Xbox leadership shake-up
Xbox fans had been anticipating the retirement of Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer for years, but what most hadn't expected was the departure of Xbox president Sarah Bond too. For many outside the...
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February 20, 2026
Read Xbox chief Phil Spencer’s memo about leaving Microsoft
Xbox chief Phil Spencer has just announced in an internal memo that he's leaving Microsoft after 38 years. In a memo entitled "A new chapter for Microsoft Gaming," Spencer reveals to Xbox employees...
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February 20, 2026
Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft
Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft after nearly 40 years at the software giant. Xbox president Sarah Bond is also leaving Microsoft, in what is a major shakeup to the management of Xbox a...
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February 5, 2026
Here’s what Xbox is working on for 2026
Microsoft has a big year ahead for Xbox as it marks its 25-year milestone. After the tough decision to release more Xbox games on rival consoles two years ago, 2026 is a chance to refocus on the pl...
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February 4, 2026
Google Cloud’s customer chief returns to Microsoft as head of security
Microsoft has a new head of security. Hayete Gallot, who left Microsoft in October 2024 to become the president of Google Cloud's customer experience, is returning to the software giant as the exec...
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February 4, 2026
GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents
GitHub is making Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI's Codex AI coding agents directly available inside GitHub today. A new public preview adds Claude and Codex to GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Stud...
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February 3, 2026
AMD hints Microsoft could launch its next-gen Xbox in 2027
Microsoft confirmed last year that it's working on a next-gen Xbox console in partnership with AMD. Now, AMD is hinting that the next Xbox console, which will use custom AMD chips, could be launchi...
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February 3, 2026
Claude Code was down, forcing developers to take a long coffee break
Anthropic's Claude AI models experienced a major outage today, impacting products like Claude Code. Developers were seeing a 500 error when trying to use Claude Code, and Anthropic said that it was...
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January 29, 2026
Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows
Windows is in a weird spot. In its 40-year history, the operating system has weathered its fair share of missteps, but Windows 11 is testing the patience of its users in new ways. Persistent bugs, ...
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January 28, 2026
Windows 11 has reached 1 billion users faster than Windows 10
Windows 11 now has 1 billion users. Microsoft hit the milestone during the recent holiday quarter, meaning Windows 11 has managed to reach 1 billion users faster than Windows 10 did nearly six year...
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January 28, 2026
Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings in Q2 as gaming declines
Microsoft just posted the second quarter of its 2026 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $81.3 billion in revenue and a net income of $30.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent...
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January 28, 2026
Windows 11’s ability to resume Android apps on your PC is getting closer
Microsoft is getting ready to improve Windows 11's ability to resume Android apps on a PC. The software giant first introduced its cross-device resume last year, letting Windows 11 users resume One...
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January 27, 2026
Xbox Cloud Gaming’s new design teases the future of Xbox console UI
Microsoft has started testing a refreshed web experience for Xbox Cloud Gaming that looks even more console-like. Xbox Insiders can now try out the preview UI, which includes updated navigation fea...
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January 26, 2026
Microsoft’s latest AI chip goes head-to-head with Amazon and Google
Microsoft is announcing a successor to its first in-house AI chip today, the Maia 200. Built on TSMC's 3nm process, Microsoft says its Maia 200 AI accelerator "delivers 3 times the FP4 performance ...
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January 26, 2026
Microsoft’s first Windows 11 update of 2026 has been a mess
Microsoft's first update for Windows 11 in 2026 has been a buggy mess, to say the least. After reports of shutdown issues on some machines, Microsoft issued an emergency update to fix its January 2...
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January 22, 2026
Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft
Developers have been comparing the strengths and weaknesses of Anthropic's Claude Code, Anysphere's Cursor, and Microsoft's GitHub Copilot for months now, looking for a winner. While no individual ...
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January 22, 2026
AMD’s faster Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU arrives on January 29th for $499
AMD announced an improved version of its popular Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor at CES earlier this month, and it's now confirming a release date and pricing today. The new Ryzen 7 9850X3D will debut on...
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January 20, 2026
Microsoft’s free Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming soon with ads
Microsoft has been testing its ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming service over the past few months, as I exclusively revealed in October. Now, the software giant is getting close to testing the free st...
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January 19, 2026
Bungie’s Marathon shooter launches on March 5th
Bungie is putting an official date on Marathon today, its delayed extraction shooter. The slick-looking shooter from the makers of Halo and Destiny was originally set to release in September, but w...
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January 16, 2026
Asus now claims it’s not dropping the RTX 5070 Ti amid memory shortages
The GPU market is turning into a mess again. Asus told Hardware Unboxed earlier this week that it was winding down production of its RTX 5070 Ti, but the PC maker is now walking back that claim and...
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January 15, 2026
Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions
Microsoft's library of books is so heavy that it once caused a campus building to sink, according to an unproven legend among employees. Now those physical books, journals, and reports, and many of...
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January 14, 2026
Microsoft might have just leaked Forza Horizon 6’s release date
Microsoft is getting ready to show the first gameplay of Forza Horizon 6 next week, and it might also be ready to put a date on its release, too. X poster Xbox Infinite claims they received a Forza...
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