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Xbox Player Voice requests reveal what fans want most from Microsoft
Xbox fans have wasted no time in submitting feedback to Microsoft with the new Xbox Player Voice portal. Here are the top 10 requests from players.
Microsoft is killing SMS codes for Microsoft account sign-in, aggressively pushes passkeys on Windows 11
Microsoft is ending SMS login codes for personal accounts and replacing them with passkeys, authenticator apps, and backup email on Windows.
Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0
You'll be able to run this Linux distro on both Azure and your desktop using Windows Subsystem for Linux. Here's what we know about it so far.
Boston Scientific invests $1.5B in MiRus with option to buy its TAVR business
Boston Scientific has invested heavily in Georgia-based MiRus, a rising name in the competitive TAVR landscape.
Microsoft Announces Fan Feedback Program 'XBOX Player Voice', And It's Now Live
"A simpler way to share feedback"
Five years later, Windows 11 brings back much-missed taskbar options (and more)
Microsoft is also testing a smaller taskbar and more customizable Start menu.
Microsoft admits faulty drivers were killing Windows 11 battery life for years
Microsoft is changing how Windows evaluates third-party drivers as bad ones were silently draining batteries and tanking performance for years.
Microsoft Confirms Active 0-Day Exploit—Check Emergency Mitigation Now
Microsoft Exchange users are urged to mitigate a zero-day vulnerability that CISA has confirmed is under active exploitation.
Windows boot partition runs out of space for Microsoft's May security update
Testing? We've heard of it
Microsoft confirms Windows 11 security update install issues
Microsoft has confirmed that the May 2026 Windows 11 security update (KB5089549) fails to install on some systems and triggers 0x800f0922 errors.
Microsoft Brings Back Windows 10-Style Taskbar and Start Menu Customization in Windows 11
If you were a user of the Windows 10 operating system with a customizable Taskbar location, you were familiar with Taskbar customization and different placements. However, Microsoft kept this feature restricted in Windows 11 for a long time. The company is now introducing full support for Taskbar an...
IRC to World Health Assembly: Close the Global Health Equity Gap — for the World’s Benefit
As the world faces the largest Ebola outbreak in more than a decade in a region with chronic violence and instability, and as infectious diseases such as the hantavirus command global attention, the International Rescue Committee is urging delegates gathering for the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA79) to make sustained investments into fragile and conflict-affected states.
Microsoft is retiring Teams’ Together Mode
The company wants to focus on improving video quality and performance instead of gimmicks.
Microsoft is rebuilding XBOX and Windows 11 while Surface collects dust
Xbox and Windows 11 are finally getting the leadership and fixes fans have asked for. Surface is still waiting for its turn.
Microsoft Confirms Active 0-Day Exploit—Check Emergency Mitigation Now
Microsoft Exchange users are urged to mitigate a zero-day vulnerability that CISA has confirmed is under active exploitation.
Microsoft admits customization is in Windows' DNA, promises new Windows 11 controls
Microsoft says Windows has personalization and customization in its DNA, and it plans to roll out new features over the coming months.
Get Microsoft’s core productivity apps for $130 with Office 2024
The apps you already know and love but without the subscription.
Microsoft rejects critical Azure vulnerability report, no CVE issued
A security researcher claims Microsoft quietly fixed an Azure Backup for AKS vulnerability after rejecting his report, and without issuing a CVE. Microsoft disputes the claim, telling BleepingComputer the behavior was expected and that "no product changes were made," despite the researcher documenting a silent fix.
Microsoft Exchange Active 0-Day Exploit—Enable Emergency Mitigation Now
Microsoft Exchange users are urged to mitigate a zero-day vulnerability that CISA has confirmed is under active exploitation.
Microsoft confirms more Windows 11 Start menu customization and improvements are on the way
Windows 11 now has a movable taskbar, but Microsoft is not done with upgrades. The company confirmed that more Start menu improvements and features are on the way.
Microsoft appears to rebrand Xbox as XBOX
Microsoft changes Xbox account name to XBOX after fan poll Microsoft appears to be changing Xbox branding to “XBOX”, at least across part of its public
The movable Taskbar is back on Windows 11 — here is how to test it now
Microsoft is now testing the option to move the Taskbar to the side of your screen on Windows 11.
UnitedHealth’s AI push now includes employee tracking
UnitedHealth Group is pushing deeper into artificial intelligence—and tracking whether some employees are actually using it, Bloomberg writes. The health care giant is monitoring AI engagement among some Optum workers, including whether they make at least one daily query using tools such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot. The effort is part of a broader companywide […]
Microsoft Stock (NASDAQ:MSFT) Jumps as Microsoft Plans to Roll Back Faulty Drivers
Tech giant Microsoft ($MSFT) has recently come under fire for releasing software updates that actually do more harm than good. But Microsoft may also have a plan to...
Microsoft Edge to stop loading cleartext passwords in memory on startup
Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup.
Microsoft to automatically roll back faulty Windows drivers
Microsoft is introducing a new Windows Update capability that will allow it to remotely roll back problematic Windows drivers delivered through Windows Update.
Windows 11 KB5089549 can now be downloaded for USB installs using official Microsoft tool
Microsoft has made an update related to the Media Creation Tool, its official utility for downloading and installing Windows via ISOs.
On-Prem Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2026-42897 Exploited via Crafted Email
CVE-2026-42897 is exploited in on-prem Exchange; crafted emails enable spoofing, forcing urgent mitigation.
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
Thousands of Microsoft developers will use GitHub Copilot CLI instead
Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections
It's not entirely clear how the exploit works. Microsoft says it's investigating.
South Korea’s Antitrust Agency Raids Petrochemical Firms in Price-Fixing Probe
South Korea’s competition regulator has begun on-site inspections at four of the country’s leading petrochemical companies as part of an investigation
Powerful New Cybersecurity Tools Give Microsoft Stock (NASDAQ:MSFT) a Boost
They call it MDASH, a system that tech giant Microsoft ($MSFT) recently showed off that delivers powerful cybersecurity support. This could be a powerful new tool i...
Photos of Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming Controller Have Leaked Online Via Brazil
A shrunken, pocket-size gamepad.
Leaked images show Microsoft’s new Xbox Cloud Gaming controller
A Brazilian regulator has published photos of an unreleased Xbox controller.
UK opens antitrust probe into Microsoft's business software
Britain on Thursday launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft's dominance in business software that could lead to targeted action if the U.S. company is found to have "strategic market status" in the sector.
Windows Update will soon automatically roll back faulty drivers
Microsoft is making Windows Update a lot less disruptive.
Microsoft Is Retiring Copilot Mode On Edge, Because Everything Is Copilot Mode Now
Copilot features are now available on Edge for mobile.
Microsoft’s multi-agent AI system tops Anthropic’s Mythos on cybersecurity benchmark
Microsoft's new vulnerability-scanning system, codenamed MDASH, scored 88.45% on the CyberGym benchmark, surpassing single-model systems from Anthropic and OpenAI by using more than 100 specialized AI agents across multiple models.
Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs
Copilotification.
Forget Chromebooks and Pixelbooks: Google just introduced Googlebooks, which are specifically designed for AI
The new laptops, due this fall, mark Google's biggest laptop reset since 2011 — and are a direct shot at Apple and Microsoft.
Windows BitLocker zero-day gives access to protected drives, PoC released
A cybersecurity researcher has published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for two unpatched Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities named YellowKey and GreenPlasma, which are a BitLocker bypass and a privilege-escalation flaw.
Disgruntled researcher releases two more Microsoft zero-days
Security pros warn YellowKey claim could make stolen laptops a much bigger problem
Microsoft's MDASH AI System Finds 16 Windows Flaws Fixed in Patch Tuesday
Microsoft’s new MDASH AI system found 16 Windows vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s Patch Tuesday, including 2 RCE flaws in IKEv2 and TCP/IP.
Microsoft’s Xbox PC app hints at China expansion for Game Pass
An Xbox disc-to-digital conversion might be on the way, too
PS Plus Extra, Premium May 2026 games revealed as Star Wars Outlaws tops line-up
Fans will be hoping Sony unleashes the big guns to combat Microsoft and its Xbox Game Pass line-up for May.
Microsoft buyout offer prompts career reflection at age 47
Marisela Cerda received a buyout offer from Microsoft after nearly 25 years at the company. At 47, she hadn't started to consider when she'd retire.
"Project Saluki": A new Xbox Game Pass tier has been unearthed, alongside a curious "Positron" potential disc-to-digital program — and it could be huge
The newest Xbox Game Pass tiers appear to be specifically targeting the lucrative Chinese market, and is Microsoft also working on a disc-to-digital program?
Doozy of a Patch Tuesday includes 30 critical Microsoft CVEs
The good news: no 0-days. The bad news: busy week ahead for Microsoft admins
Sam Altman testimony in Elon Musk trial: Biggest takeaways
Sam Altman testified that he considered going to Microsoft to make 'a ton of money' during his ouster from OpenAI.
Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 120 flaws, no zero-days
Today is Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday, with security updates for 120 flaws and no zero-days disclosed this month.
4 ways Satya Nadella threw cold water on Elon Musk's case
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was called to the stand Monday at the ongoing Musk-v-Altman trial. But Nadella may have hurt Musk more than helped him.
Microsoft denies Windows 11 CPU boost trick is a lazy fix, says Apple does this and you love it
Microsoft VP Scott Hanselman defends the new Windows 11 Low Latency Profile, explaining why CPU boosting is standard thing on Mac and Linux.
Microsoft is upgrading Windows 11 touchpad with four new gestures
Microsoft just released new Windows 11 Insider builds featuring massive touchpad gesture upgrades, automatic scrolling, and some system fixes.
Double Fine Is Unionizing
The Psychonauts developer is the latest Microsoft studio to unionize
Microsoft brings free Windows 11 upgrade, big improvements to File Explorer, with new builds
Microsoft has released new Windows builds under the Experimental and Beta channels. They bring improvements and fixes.
“Windows 11 Still Relies on Code From the 1990s…” Microsoft Stock (NASDAQ:MSFT) Slips on Revelation of Windows 11 Code
The old saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But tech giant Microsoft ($MSFT) may be taking that to an unexpected extreme as it revealed that Windows 11
Microsoft warns of sophisticated phishing campaign heavily targeting health care organizations
Microsoft Threat Intelligence is warning of a large scale, multistage phishing campaign that disproportionately targeted the health care sector, sending “code of conduct” themed emails to lure users into credential theft and token compromise.
Microsoft internal document shows buyout offers to US employees
Microsoft offered buyouts to thousands of US employees to cut costs amid AI infrastructure spending plans. The offers include cash and insurance.
Did Microsoft just tease a new Xbox UI?
Microsoft is working on a more consistent Xbox UI across consoles, PC, and cloud gaming.
Project Helix Stream: Xbox Game Dev Update Spring '26 Is Here
Microsoft, this is a welcome surprise.
Radiologists speak out against whole-body MRI screening in prominent editorial
Matthew S. Davenport, MD, MBA, and Scott B. Reeder, MD, PhD, made their plea to patients and providers in an opinion piece published May 6 in JAMA.
STRANGER THAN HEAVEN launches this winter
STRANGER THAN HEAVEN will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store this winter, publisher SEGA and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced. It will also be avail…
Xbox changes continue with new console boot animation
Microsoft’s new Xbox CEO continues to make changes that are designed to please fans.
Microsoft Says Edge Password Security Vulnerability Is ‘By Design’—Is It Time To Switch To Chrome?
Microsoft Edge loads all your saved passwords, decrypted and in plaintext, into memory at startup. Google Chrome doesn’t—is it time to switch browser?
Xbox Is Ditching Microsoft's Copilot AI
The AI assistant is no longer coming to consoles and will be removed from the Xbox mobile app.
Microsoft's Windows 11 update just fixed memory leaks, slow startup, and File Explorer bugs
Microsoft is fixing Windows 11's biggest bugs. The new update stops the File Explorer white flash, lowers RAM usage, and speeds up PC startup.
Remakes Of Myst And Riven Are Coming To PlayStation, Xbox And The Microsoft Store
Both remakes were already released on Steam and the macOS App Store.
TAVR or SAVR? Cardiologists and heart surgeons highlight the care that goes into each decision
When heart patients require aortic valve replacement, would they be a better fit for TAVR or SAVR? Such decisions are not made lightly, clinicians emphasized in a new joint statement.
Ex-Microsoft marketer used free AI to launch her first solo venture
Kristin Ginn founded trnsfrmAItn, an AI consulting firm, using free AI tools for business testing, strategy, and client acquisition.
Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is bringing more technical expertise into the Xbox platform team.
Microsoft Says Edge Password Security Vulnerability Is ‘By Design’—Is It Time To Switch To Chrome?
Microsoft Edge loads all your saved passwords, decrypted and in plaintext, into memory at startup. Google Chrome doesn’t—is it time to switch browser?
Microsoft Edge keeps cleartext passwords in RAM, security researcher warns
Microsoft Edge “by design” keeps all saved user passwords unencrypted in RAM for the entire session.
Microsoft is finally ditching the junk MSN feed in Windows widgets
It’s part of an effort to fix Windows 11
Microsoft Details Phishing Campaign Targeting 35,000 Users Across 26 Countries
Microsoft disclosed a credential theft campaign targeting 35,000+ users at 13,000+ organizations across 26 countries.
Microsoft quietly scrubbed its 32GB RAM gaming recommendation after gamers called it out
People weren't a fan.
Microsoft Edge Stores All Saved Passwords in Cleartext Process Memory at Launch
Microsoft Edge decrypts every stored password into process memory the moment the browser launches and keeps them there as cleartext, regardless of whether the user ever visits those sites.
Forza Horizon 6 Will Target 4K 30 FPS on Xbox Series X—60 FPS Calls for Upscaling
With the official launch of Forza Horizon 6 around the corner, Microsoft and Playground Games have just divulged a little more information about the upcoming driving sim, specifically its world, car line-up, and official console performance modes and expected frame rates. Firstly, and perhaps most i...
Microsoft Defender Misidentifies DigiCert Certificates As Malware, Triggering Global Disruptions
A significant technical malfunction in Microsoft Defender has triggered widespread alarm across the global cybersecurity community, after the platform mistakenly identified legitimate digital certificates issued by DigiCert as malicious software. The error, which surfaced in late April, led to false
Apple Held The Line On MacBook Pricing While Microsoft Hiked Surface Prices, But The iPhone 18 Is Where The Streak Reportedly Breaks
Apple's dreams of eschewing price hikes have finally hit an uncompromising wall of memory-led cost inflation.
‘Restart And Shut Down’—Microsoft Confirms Windows Update ‘Disruption’
Check your PC now as these critical Windows Update changes go live.
Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha
Microsoft Defender is detecting legitimate DigiCert root certificates as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, resulting in widespread false-positive alerts, and in some cases, removing certificates from Windows.
Microsoft Defender Mistakenly Flags DigiCert Root Certificates as Malware
Microsoft Defender triggered widespread false positive alerts after a faulty security update caused it to flag two legitimate DigiCert root certificates as malicious, potentially disrupting SSL/TLS validation and code-signing operations across enterprise environments worldwide.
Microsoft Defender flagging "Cerdigent" trojan malware on Windows 11, Server PCs worldwide
Microsoft Defender is flagging “Cerdigent” trojan malware alerts on Windows 11 and Windows Server PCs across multiple regions worldwide.
Asus releases new 14-inch 2-in-1 with 144 Hz OLED display; global launch coming soon
Asus has finally started selling its new 14-inch 2-in-1. An alternative to the Surface Pro before Microsoft releases the Surface Pro 12, the ProArt PZ14 combines a 144 Hz OLED display with up to 32 GB LPDDR5X RAM and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-88-100 chipset.
OpenAI Introduces AI-Generated Pets For Its Codex App
It’s like Microsoft’s Clippy, but useful.
‘Action Is Needed’—Microsoft Changes Windows Update In 10 Days
Microsoft's critical Secure Boot security is about to expire on more than 1 billion PCs. Here's what to do.
Your Windows PC's security foundation could expire in 8 weeks — Here's how to check if you're eligible for a new Secure Boot certificate
The slow decline of outdated Windows versions continues as Microsoft confronts expiring Secure Boot certificates for the first time ever.
The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS
Op-ed: Valve has made a dent in Windows' gaming share, but can it keep going?
Surgery still outperforms GLP-1 drugs in terms of heart health
Both treatment options are effective, but metabolic and bariatric surgery was linked to more significant cardiovascular risk reductions than GLP-1 medications.
Microsoft details Windows 11 improvements it brought to Windows 11 in April
Over the last few weeks, Windows 11 received plenty of much-needed fixes and improvements, and Microsoft has now recapped them all.
Microsoft’s faster, less annoying Windows 11 is coming into focus
Microsoft is starting to roll out its promised changes to make Windows 11 cleaner, calmer, faster, and more productive.
Windows 11's April update is now breaking third-party backup apps
Windows 11 update KB5083769 is causing software failures with several backup programs. Microsoft hasn't released a fix yet.
Microsoft fixes Remote Desktop warnings displaying incorrectly
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing newly introduced Windows security warnings to display incorrectly when opening Remote Desktop (.rdp) files.
Microsoft releases first big update after Nadella's vow to 'win back fans'
: Lots of fixes, some performance tweaks. Fingers crossed there's no out-of-band patch to follow
Microsoft's Xbox Mode Starts Making Its Way To Windows 11 PCs
Microsoft, Xbox mode, Windows 11
Microsoft admits Windows 11 lost its way, Nadella pledges to "win back fans"
During Microsoft's fiscal Q3 2026 earnings call, Nadella put consumer Windows front and center. As part of Microsoft's broader push to reconnect with users across its platforms,...
Radiologists among physician specialists facing higher risk of being sued, AMA says
About 38% of rads surveyed said they had defended against at least one lawsuit, with such specialists at a higher risk than others in internal medicine.