Sean Endicott is a News Writer at Windows Central, where he covers Windows 11, Surface hardware, Microsoft 365, AI, apps, and the broader Windows ecosystem. He has been writing about Microsoft since 2017 and has published well over a thousand articles across the site.
His coverage spans breaking news, analysis, feature reporting, and opinion, with a focus on developments across Microsoft’s software and hardware platforms. This includes Windows updates, Surface launches, changes across Microsoft 365, and the company’s increasing focus on AI and services across its ecosystem.
In addition to daily reporting, Sean writes Windows Wrap, a weekly column that collects the most important stories from the week and looks at how they fit together across Windows and the wider PC space.
Before joining Windows Central full-time, Sean worked in journalism and media production after earning a First Class degree in Broadcast Journalism from Nottingham Trent University. He has experience in live production and broadcast environments, which led into covering fast-moving technology news and developments as they happen.
Outside of tech, Sean is an award-winning American football coach based in Nottingham, England. He was named BAFCA Youth Coach of the Year in 2024 and continues to coach youth American football alongside his work covering Microsoft.
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Surface Apple's iPhone Duo video features a real 2018 Surface Magazine article during its split-screen demo, likely poking fun at Microsoft's foldable history.

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Windows 11 Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview build lets you turn the dedicated Copilot key back into a standard Right Control key. It also adds support for Emoji 17.0 and improves File Explorer.

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Surface Apple’s iPhone Duo highlights a painful truth for Microsoft: Apple knows exactly what its hardware stands for, while Surface no longer has a reason to exist.

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Microsoft just announced new family safety features for Windows 11 that speed up parental approvals. The tech giant also introduced new developer APIs that bring controls to more apps.

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Apps Microsoft is automating routine Edge extension reviews to keep up with an influx of submissions driven by AI development tools.

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Windows 11 Windows 11 will soon feature automatic theme switching. You'll be able to schedule changes for specific times or have your PC set them based on your location.

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Windows 11 Microsoft is expected to release over 650 security patches for Windows 11 as AI speeds up the race to find and fix bugs.

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Windows 11 Microsoft swapped Bing Wallpaper backgrounds for a fullscreen movie promo, putting promotional text directly on Windows 11 desktops.

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Apps Battery Flyout adds a Battery Status widget to Windows 11 so you can check your PC and accessories.

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Apps Notchify replicates the Dynamic Island of macOS without requiring an actual notch.

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Xbox I skipped my lunch break and researched the history of Moa meat so you don't have to try the over-spiced and dry Moa McNuggets.

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Windows 11 Project Zenith tailors Windows 11 for developers, but its core idea could pave the way for an AI-free Windows or other custom configurations.

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Gaming Qualcomm released new Adreno GPU drivers for Snapdragon X and Snapdragon X2 PCs, bringing stability and quality fixes to titles like Halo Infinite and Avowed.

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Windows 11 Microsoft just announced Project Zenith, a new Windows 11 experience for developers. Devices will come with dev tools preinstalled and settings pre-enabled to tailor to developer workflows.

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Apps Microsoft Teams will soon let users temporarily pause all notifications. Here is how the new quiet feature works and how it differs from Do Not Disturb.

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Laptops Dell announced the Dell 14S, a budget-friendly 14-inch Windows 11 laptop built to take on Apple's MacBook Neo with a lightweight chassis, multiple colors, and full-day battery life.

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Apps Battery Flyout's latest update brings power management and detailed battery tracking straight to the Windows 11 Taskbar, complete with ARM64 support and a new widget.

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Windows 11 Microsoft is rolling out long-awaited Taskbar and UI fixes in Windows 11 26H2, but where is the flagship Surface hardware to actually show them off?

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Apps The latest update to Microsoft Edge brings new security tools and admin controls, but it also gets rid of one of my favorite Edge features.

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Microsoft Over 41,000 people have signed a petition opposing Microsoft's planned $5.4 billion hyperscale data center in Leeds, England.

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Windows 11 Hidden code hints that Link to Windows will soon let Android users remotely shut down or restart their PCs or put their PCs to sleep.

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Apps Microsoft renamed the Microsoft 365 Roadmap as the "AI at Work Roadmap," even though most of what it tracks has nothing to do with AI.

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Apps Microsoft delayed the shutdown of legacy Whiteboard and its standalone app, giving personal account holders extra time before losing saved content.
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