Sean Endicott

Apps Soon, Microsoft Teams will no longer support linking an Android device to send and receive text messages through Teams on Windows 11. Luckily, an alternative is already available.

Surface A recent post from Microsoft features a gigantic Surface Laptop, but is it the largest Surface ever?

Apps Microsoft Publisher will reach its end of on October 1, 2026, giving you over a year to convert any existing files.

News Microsoft Copilot will no longer help you pirate Windows 11. Lenovo also shined this week at Mobile World Congress with multiple concept devices and a new Yoga Pro.

Surface Microsoft’s new uBreakiFix partnership makes Surface repairs easier with official parts and trained technicians. Whether in or out of warranty, you now have more repair options for Surface hardware.

Gaming The ROG Ally is an excellent gaming handheld, but its short battery life holds it back. A new kit from JSAUX allows users to replace its 40Wh battery with a larger 65Wh alternative.

Apps PowerToys now supports converting video formats and extracting audio through Advanced Paste.

Computing Intel just announced an expansion of its Core Ultra (Series 2) processor family of devices to include more chips with vPro.

Gaming NVIDIA just released the Game Ready Driver for the RTX 5070. The company also fixed a black screen bug and rolled out additional support for several games, including FragPunk and Star Wars Outlaws.

AI Searching Bing for ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, or other AI tools now displays a shortcut to Microsoft Copilot.

Deal The ASUS VivoBook S 15 with a 3K OLED display and AI-focused Snapdragon X power is down to just $599.99.

Computing The next Snapdragon X Elite will likely have 50% more cores than the original.

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 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.

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.

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.