As I’ve said before, passwords suck. Microsoft agrees—last year, it announced a goal of getting one billion users to embrace passkeys instead. As part of that effort, setting up a passkey for a ...

Figuring out how to keep a chip cool is one of the biggest challenges to designing a more powerful and sustainable chip. Microsoft says it’s making progress on a new solution. Figuring out how to ...

You won’t have to enable Windows Backup to get extended Windows 10 security updates in the European Economic Area. You won’t have to enable Windows Backup to get ...

With Copilot Vision, I can ask the AI about anything on the screen of my Windows PC or seen through the camera of my mobile device. Microsoft's Copilot Vision AI can analyze, summarize, and answer ...

Microsoft Unveils Microfluidic Cooling Breakthrough to Tame Overheating AI Chips Your email has been sent AI’s heat problem may have met its match. Microsoft says it has successfully tested a ...

Four years after the launch of Windows 11, Microsoft is finally ending support for Windows 10, but what does that mean? Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...

Windows 10 PCs can receive free security updates until October 2026. To qualify for free personal updates, enroll with a Microsoft account. Customers in any of the 30 countries in the EEA ...

Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025. Most users worldwide must enroll in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program to continue receiving patches; however, customers in the ...

Microsoft has released a new Windows Insider Preview Build 26220.6772 that could make it harder or impossible to set up Windows 11 without first signing in to a Microsoft account. Spotted by our ...

Microsoft has released the final non-security preview update for Windows 10, version 22H2, which includes fixes for the out-of-box experience and SMBv1 protocol connectivity. This is an optional ...

Just a couple of weeks ahead of the end of Windows 10 support, Microsoft made a rather unexpected move and dropped all the requirements for enrolling devices in the Extended Security Updates program, ...

Private customers should only receive security updates for Windows 10 in exchange for money or data. Consumer advocates force Microsoft to provide them for free. It's good news for Windows 10 users: ...