Microsoft recently released the latest Windows 11 version 23H2. As the thematic resource noted, the disk image (ISO file) of the OS has noticeably increased – up to 6.24 GB. This is approximately 7.586% more than Windows 10 22H2 (5.8 GB). At first glance, the increase is small. However, the...
Microsoft today announced the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview build 25987 to the Canary channel. Starting with this build, Microsoft will no longer pre-install the Windows Maps and Movies and TV apps on Windows 11 PCs. Thus, with a clean installation of Windows 11, starting with build 25987, these...
Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 11, has seen its market share rise significantly over the past month. This is reported in the latest Statcounter report. Generated by the Midjourney neural networkAccording to an October 2023 report, Windows 11’s market share rose from 23.64% in September to 26.14% in October. 2023....
Microsoft released update KB5031455 last week, bringing a host of new Windows 11 Moment 4 features to Windows 11 PCs, including the Copilot assistant bot, taskbar improvements, a redesigned Start menu, support for 11 file archives, and more. . As it turns out, the KB5031455 update causes installation problems for...
Microsoft has released a large functional update to Windows 11 2023 or 23H2, which is now available to all OS users without exception. It is considered the last major OS release before the release of Windows 12. There is a bit of confusion surrounding this update. The fact is that...
Microsoft has released Windows 11 23H2 (build 22631.2428) to OEMs such as Dell, HP and Lenovo. This was an important step before the full public launch and will allow manufacturers to ensure OS compatibility with their devices. The update is distributed as an “activation package” that includes features already present...
The NTDEV team of enthusiasts continues to improve their modification of Windows 11 called Tiny11. In February, a lightweight version of Windows 11 Pro 22H2 was introduced, which required 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage space to operate. Now the developers have moved even further. In the...
The Canadian-American organization PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) sent a petition to Microsoft calling on the company to rethink the upcoming withdrawal of support for Windows 10. Otherwise, “millions” of computers could be “thrown into a landfill overnight.” Illustration: PIRGWe’re now less than two years away from Microsoft ending support...
Microsoft has released a test build of a major Skype update. Users can already get access to innovations as part of the Skype Insider testing program. Skype 8.107 Preview is already available for all platforms supported by the service. The update offers an update to the design of the message...
In October 2023, the classic Windows CE operating system reached the end of its life cycle. This OS debuted back in 1996 as a lightweight version of Windows 95. Gradually, Windows CE evolved into a standalone operating system designed for PDAs, calculators, smartphones, and embedded systems. It received its own...
Microsoft introduced a major feature update to Windows 11 23H2, also known as Moment 4, at the end of September 2023. Its spread was slow and gradual. And now all its users can install the largest update to Windows 11 for the entire existence of this OS. Windows 11 Moment...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gave a new interview where, among other things, he admitted that the company’s departure from the mobile market was a mistake. When asked by a journalist about strategic mistakes, Nadella talked about exactly this. The decision that I think a lot of people talk about –...
In 2020, scientists decided to simply rework the alphanumeric characters they were using to represent genes, rather than trying to figure out the Excel function that interpreted their data as dates and automatically reformatted it. Recently, a member of the Excel team announced that the company is releasing an update...
Microsoft has fixed an issue that caused Windows 10 security updates released earlier this month to fail with error 0x8007000d. For systems affected by this issue, specifically Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 10 22H2, security update KB5031356 was not installed despite showing an installation progress bar. The company acknowledged the...
The deal between Activision Blizzard and Microsoft is finally closed. Microsoft Gaming and Xbox head Phil Spencer announced that Activision is now part of Xbox Game Studios. The deal was announced back in January 2022, but it was not closed in the original time frame. Sony actively interfered with this,...
According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Microsoft owes the US Treasury $28.9 billion in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest. That figure, which Microsoft disputes, is based on a long-running IRS investigation into how Microsoft distributed its profits across countries and jurisdictions between 2004 and 2013. Critics of the practice,...