Latest articles by Sean Endicott
Forget Prime Day, this maxed-out Ultrabook with an RTX 4070 is still $650 off
top tier A $650 discount on the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Ultra brings the model with the highest specs to a lower price than the entry-level Galaxy Book4 Ultra on a normal day.
Each year I tell people to buy this mouse and keyboard, and I won't stop until all wrists are saved from agony
Just do it The Logitech K860 keyboard and Logitech MX Vertical mouse are ergonomic accessories designed to reduce wrist and arm strain. They're both on sale right now, but only for a limited time.
Prime Day is over, but you can still pay just $599 for an RTX 4050 gaming laptop
Super savings A $380 discount brings the HP Victus 15.6 gaming laptop with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 to just $599. The laptop aims to deliver solid 1920x1080 gaming at an affordable price.
A $770 discount gets you this 'monster of a gaming laptop' with an RTX 4080
Super powered A massive discount on the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i slashes $770 off the gaming laptop with a 14th Gen Intel Core i9 and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080.
Microsoft Office for life?! This Prime Day deal gets you Word, Excel, and PowerPoint forever for $79.99.
For life Microsoft Office Home & Student lets you use the classic Office apps without a subscription.
HP is here to combat hallucinations and bias when making AI models
Next Level HP just announced an integration between its Z by HP AI Studio and Galileo's Luna. The integration will help developers to detect and correct hallucinations and bias when making AI models.
HP's new OmniBook Ultra beats every single Copilot+ PC on the market in TOPS, and it runs on an AMD Ryzen AI 300 processor
TOP of the market HP just announced the OmniBook Ultra, OmniStudio X 27, and OmniStudio X 31.5 The OmniBook Ultra runs on an AMD Ryzen AI 300 processor and will receive a free update to be a Copilot+ PC in the future.
Microsoft OneNote's new AI feature is here to save my studying from horrible handwriting
Write this down Copilot in OneNote can already analyze typed notes to generate summaries and create to-do lists. Soon, the same features will work with hand-written notes.
Windows 11 File Explorer is about to get a shortcut for duplicating tabs
check it Two new Windows Insider builds rolled out to the Release Preview Channel this week. They bring a few new features and a ton of fixes to Windows 11.
Will this new Microsoft Teams feature make you grin, sigh, or cry? Custom emojis are now in testing.
Express yourself Custom emojis are on the way to Microsoft Teams. You can test them now if you're a Microsoft 365 Insider on a supported device.
Microsoft will put a stop to this cashback feature in Start
No more You will no longer be able to scan receipts in the Bing and Start apps to earn cash back.
If I lived in America, this Microsoft 365 deal would be the first thing I'd buy today
A whole year! Microsoft 365 provides access to the Office apps, OneDrive cloud storage, and several other apps and services. Right now, you can get a 12-month Microsoft 365 Personal subscription for $44.99.
Windows 11 will soon bring better widgets to your PC's lock screen
Grab it now! A new Insider build of Windows 11 shows improved information widgets on the lock screen and adds a new option to pin apps to the taskbar.
Why pay $1 million for a Counter-Strike gun? You can get a dBrand skin with the same pattern for $60... if you're lucky.
Big money A gun in Counter-Strike recently sold for $1 million. Now, dBrand has a range of skins inspired by that firearm, and you won't have to pay $1 million for any of them.
Microsoft steps back from OpenAI board, will no longer hold observer seat
Big changes After eight months of holding a non-voting observer seat on the OpenAI board, Microsoft has given up that seat. Microsoft continues to own 49% of the for-profit portion of OpenAI.
Windows 11's July Patch Tuesday update squashes bugs, brings improvements, and adds an ad to your PC
Update time! Microsoft just shipped Windows 11 updates for several versions of the operating system. The Patch Tuesday updates include several security fixes and add an ad to the Settings app.
Call it a MacBook Pro killer or the best Copilot+ laptop, the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge is already at a HUGE DISCOUNT
What a deal! The Samsung Galaxy Book4 is thin, light, and features the new Snapdragon X Elite processor. Right now, you can grab the flagship Copilot+ PC for $350 off.
Notepad on Windows 11 just gained two new features, but you'll want to disable at least one of them
at last A recent update to Notepad on Windows 11 adds support for spell check and autocorrect. Microsoft hasn't announced the update, but we've already seen the features roll out to PCs.
This new Windows 11 feature makes it easier to find your favorite apps and updates
Finally The Microsoft Store will soon have a search box within its Library section.
Microsoft explains why it's better to use a local account on Windows 11 — perhaps on purpose
Back again Microsoft has restored its guide on how to switch from a Microsoft account to a local account on Windows 11.
Microsoft fixes color distortion and audio issues on Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7
Update time! Microsoft shipped firmware updates for the Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 recently. The updates address several audio and video issues, including a bug that can cause color distortion.
Even Microsoft's AI says the new Outlook is worse than Mail & Calendar on Windows 11
Feel the hate The Microsoft Store listing for the Mail & Calendar app includes an AI-generated summary of reviews that criticizes the new Outlook.
Latest PowerToys update improves a feature I bet you didn't know existed
So much power Microsoft just rolled out an update to PowerToys that improves PowerRename, Paste as JSON, and that includes several bug fixes.
