How Microsoft is betting on AI agents in Windows, dusting off a winning playbook from the past

Microsoft is pushing AI agents deep into Windows, reviving a platform strategy that once made the PC operating system ...
Fix It Homestead on MSN

If your system is running fine, the maintenance move that buys you time through 2026

Your servers, laptops, and line-of-business PCs might feel stable today, but the calendar is working against them. With key ...

Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying

Windows 10 wasn’t perfect; these examples of what it did right are cherry-picked. But part of the operating system’s ...
PCMag on MSNOpinion

The Best of Windows 11 in 2025: See the 12 New Features I Liked Most

Microsoft didn’t release a major new version of Windows in 2025, but it did deliver a lot of significant updates. Here's my ...

Microsoft to end support for Windows 11 SE in 2026

Windows 11 SE, Microsoft’s education-first OS for K–8 classrooms, will reach end of support in 2026, forcing schools to ...
Hackaday

Benchmarking Windows Against Itself, From Windows XP To Windows 11

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s ...

The great programming transformation: How AI and Rust are quietly dethroning C in Linux - and Windows

Maintainers and developers are now using AI to help build Linux. Simultaneously, Rust has graduated to being a co-equal language with C for mainstream Linux development. However, the programming world ...
CNET

Windows 10 Users Can Still Get Free Security Updates. Here's How

Microsoft no longer officially supports Windows 10, so do this if you want to keep using your older PC securely.