Sean Endicott

Windows Microsoft Copilot will share a guide on how to activate Windows 11 without a license, and you don't need to trick the tool to make it respond.

Windows 11 An upcoming update will clarify CPU usage on Windows 11. Microsoft is also testing a new system tray icon for the emoji panel.

Laptops Lenovo’s ThinkBook Flip is both absurd and glorious. It’s an AI PC with an 18.1-inch folding display that flips all the way around.

Laptops Lenovo's latest concept PC can get up to an hour of video playback by sitting in the sun for 20 minutes. The company also unveiled a universal charger that uses USB-C.

News A busy few days by Microsoft meant the death of Skype wasn't even the biggest news story this week.

Apps Microsoft's new Copilot app for macOS has a few native features, but it's largely a web wrapper.

Apps The looming death of Skype made me reflect on the great times I had on the platform over the years — including dating my wife long distance.

Windows A new theme for Windhawk lets you customize Windows 11 to look more like Windows Vista.

Browsing Microsoft Edge will no longer support uBlock Origin. That ad blocker will stop working on Chromium browsers in the near future.

AI Former Surface head Panos Panay was on stage for Amazon today to announce Alex+.

Browsing The popular ad blocker uBlock Origin has stopped working for many people. Chrome, Edge, and several popular browsers will soon stop being compatible with the extension.

Laptops The Razer Blade 18 features a dual mode display that can switch from 4K gaming at 240Hz and FHD+ gaming at 440Hz. The Blade 16 won our best gaming laptop of CES 2025 award earlier this year.

Deal This Microsoft 365 deal drops the price of the subscription to just $59.99. That's an especially good deal considering the recent price increase to Microsoft 365.

Browsing A developer created a playable version Pong within the Chrome browser. The game uses the favicons of Chrome to span gameplay across 240 open tabs.

Apps Battery Flyout is a handy app for Windows 11 that shows detailed battery information through the system tray. The app just received a major update that improves support for PCs powered by Snapdragon.

News Windows Phone, Windows 95, and the Halo TV series filled this week's headlines. We also got the chance to discuss Microsoft's shifting Surface lineup.

Browsing The Edge Add-ons site, a Microsoft webpage dedicated to browser extensions and themes, just got a significant revamp. The update makes it easier to find your favorite extensions and themes.

AI OpenAI's Brad Lighcap stated the company now has over 400 million weekly active users. That's an increase of 100 million in less than three months.

Apps Despite a support document and an Outlook notification claiming account setting defaults would change, Microsoft has said no change is on the way.

Apps Microsoft is putting the final touches on a feature for Copilot in Excel that will make it easy to important data from the web and other documents.

Computing Microsoft just announced the world's first quantum chip to use a topoconductor. The chip could create a path to quantum computers being a reality.

Windows 11 Confusion caused by a support document led many to believe Windows 11 dropped support for many older Intel chips, but that is not the case.

Browsing Microsoft Edge just got a big update that improves the speed of at least 14 UI elements by 40% on average. The speed boost is thanks to Microsoft's migration to WebUI 2.0.

Surface The Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 are now available with Intel processors, but how do they compare to their Snapdragon-powered siblings?

Apps Microsoft's Notepad app now requires a paid subscription to use the AI-powered Rewrite feature.