Discord is working on a Windows on Arm app

An early Arm64 dev build is available for testers, and Discord has confirmed it will support Windows on Arm soon.

Microsoft makes Windows 10 extended security updates free, but there’s a catch

Consumers will have to turn on Windows Backup if they want a year of free Windows 10 security updates.

Microsoft planning ‘major’ Xbox layoffs next week

Microsoft is also planning thousands of job cuts that will impact other parts of it businesses.

A week in Xbox VR with Microsoft and Meta’s new $399 headset

The Quest 3S Xbox Edition is a custom colorway VR headset bundled with an Xbox controller.

Riot is shutting down studio behind its Minecraft-like game

Hypixel Studios will shut down over the next few months.

Windows 11’s indicators for volume and brightness can soon be moved out of the way

The latest test build of Windows 11 also includes a new Recall homepage.

Microsoft’s Xbox UI update lets you pin games and customize your homescreen

Xbox owners now have a lot more customization options for the homescreen.

Microsoft adds Steam games to its Xbox PC app on Windows

Xbox Insiders get access to Microsoft’s new aggregated gaming library this week.

Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, have surprisingly never met before. That all changed at a recent dinner hosted by Sysinternals creator Mark Russinovich.

The worlds of Linux and Windows finally came together in real life, and Dave Cutler, Microsoft technical fellow and Windows NT lead developer, was also there to witness the moment and meet Torvalds for the first time. “No major kernel decisions were made,” jokes Russinovich in a post on LinkedIn.

Microsoft is blocking Google Chrome through its family safety feature

Microsoft’s parental controls have been wreaking havoc with Chrome for more than two weeks.

Inside Microsoft’s complicated relationship with OpenAI

The cracks are showing in this unique tech partnership.

Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox has an AMD chip inside and is ‘not locked to a single store’

The next generation of Xbox devices is all about playing games anywhere.

Microsoft should change its Copilot advertising, says watchdog

An advertising watchdog has recommended that Microsoft discontinue or modify some of its Copilot claims.

Signal says it won’t add AI or ads like WhatsApp.

WhatsApp announced yesterday that it will now show ads from businesses through its Stories-like feature, months after adding an unnecessary floating AI button to the main chat interface. In response, Signal president Meredith Whittaker has promised “no AI clutter, no surveillance ads — whatever the rest of the industry does” for the independent nonprofit messaging app.

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Microsoft’s Windows Hello facial recognition no longer works in the dark

Windows Hello face unlock in dark rooms has been disabled to fix a vulnerability.

Microsoft accidentally swapped Windows 11’s startup sound with Vista’s

The Windows Vista boot sound appears in the latest Windows 11 Dev Channel build.

Microsoft just teased its next-gen Xbox console, and nobody noticed

Microsoft’s Xbox handheld work is an early look at the next Xbox consoles.

Microsoft’s new Copilot Vision can ‘see’ your apps on Windows

Copilot Vision is now available to all Windows users in the US.

Microsoft is just leaving some Liquid Glass here.

Who did the glass-like design first? Was it Apple with its Aqua transparency effects in 2000, or Microsoft with its Aero Glass theme in Windows Vista in 2007? Either way, Microsoft seems to think Apple’s Liquid Glass design bears some resemblance to its glass look in Windows Media Center, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Whatever you think, just don’t call it that.

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Nintendo’s Switch 2 is the fastest-selling game console of all time

The Switch 2 has reached a record-breaking 3.5 million units sold in just four days.