The developer of Task Manager believes Windows has become a marketing tool, even as a Microsoft president boasts about ...

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The tool works on all current builds of Windows 10 and Windows 11 and uses the same internal A/B test logic that Microsoft ...

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Microsoft is rewriting Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. Microsoft is rewriting Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...

Microsoft saved its most powerful AI tools for paying customers in the first phase of its AI evolution. Now, the company has announced a series of Copilot features coming to all Windows 11 PCs, ...