Latest articles by Zac Bowden
Windows 11 version 24H2 review: A focus on quality and performance makes the 2024 Update a worthy upgrade
By Zac Bowden last updated
Version 24H2 Platform improvements, general quality of life updates, new AI features, and more headline 2024's annual Windows 11 feature update.
How to disable or uninstall Windows Recall
By Zac Bowden last updated
Power off If you don't want to use Windows Recall, Microsoft has built-in a quick and easy ways to disable or uninstall it. Here's how to turn off Windows Recall and delete the data it has collected.
Best Microsoft Surface PCs in 2024
By Zac Bowden, Cale Hunt last updated
Updated There's a Surface PC for all types of users.
Best Windows on ARM laptops 2024
By Zac Bowden, Rebecca Spear last updated
ARM Looking for a new Windows laptop with an ARM processor? We've got you covered with our in-depth roundup of the best on the market!
Microsoft's big Windows 11 2024 Update is now available, here's what you need to know
By Zac Bowden published
24H2 Windows 11 version 24H2 is now generally available. These are the biggest new features!
Microsoft's new Copilot can watch what you do on the web, and chat with you in real time while you do it
By Zac Bowden published
👀 Copilot Vision will look at the web alongside you to help and assist, if you let it.
"Click To Do" is Windows 11's answer to Android's "Circle To Search" — an AI overlay that understands what's on screen and helps complete actions
By Zac Bowden published
AI DO Windows 11 is getting its very own AI screen analyzer which lets you do tasks with just a few clicks.
"Quite unlike anything we’ve seen before:" Microsoft launches wild new Copilot experience that blurs AI and human interaction, designed to be your friend rather than a tool
By Zac Bowden published
Her IRL Microsoft has taken the wraps off a major update launching today for Copilot that’s designed to make it more human and interactive.
Windows 11 is getting a flurry of powerful new AI features designed exclusively for Copilot+ PCs — here's what's coming
By Zac Bowden published
AI Unveiled today, Windows 11 is getting four powerful new AI features that will only run on Copilot+ PCs, and it starts with "Click To Do."
Microsoft is adding AI to Windows search on Copilot+ PCs — will this fix Windows 11's bad search experience?
By Zac Bowden published
Descriptive Search Microsoft wants to fix Windows Search so that it finds the files you're after just by describing what you remember about them using AI.
Windows 11 2024 Update (version 24H2): New features, availability, Copilot+ PCs, and everything you need to know
By Zac Bowden last updated
vNext Windows 11 version 24H2 is the latest version of Windows 11 that's now available to all PCs running older versions of Windows 11. Here's everything you need to know!
Under pressure from privacy advocates, Microsoft agrees to filter passwords and credit card info from Windows Recall 'snapshots.' Here's how it works.
By Zac Bowden published
Smarter Windows 11's upcoming Recall AI app will automatically censor out passwords, national IDs, and credit card information from snapshots captured by the Recall app.
"Anything sensitive is always encrypted:" Microsoft's controversial Windows Recall feature that remembers everything you do using AI is finally secure, but will trust follow?
By Zac Bowden published
Secure After fierce blowback, Microsoft has outlined new fixes to Recall's security, but questions remain about whether people will opt to use it.
It's not a bug, you actually CAN uninstall Windows Recall if you don't want it on Copilot+ PCs
By Zac Bowden published
Uninstallable Microsoft has now confirmed that Windows Recall is removable from the OS if it’s something you’re not comfortable with having installed on your device.
Beelink EQR6 Mini PC review: The office computer has never been so brilliantly small and mighty
By Zac Bowden published
Review I'm reviewing the Beelink EQR6, the company's latest productivity-focused mini PC designed for people with office-based workflows.
Qualcomm reportedly wants to buy Intel in a potential takeover that would shake up chip industry
By Zac Bowden published
BREAKING NEWS A new report claims Qualcomm has approached Intel about a possible takeover of the company in recent days. The report claims a potential buyout or deal is "far from certain" at this stage.
Windows 11 is finally letting you change what the Copilot key does
By Zac Bowden published
Copiloy key A new Windows 11 preview build has introduced a new feature that lets you customize the Copilot key on PCs with a dedicated Copilot button.
The next big Windows 11 feature update may have just had its release date revealed (Update: or not)
By Zac Bowden published
Release date A new forum post by Microsoft that details changes coming to Microsoft Copilot for Windows enterprise users may have finally given us the date for when version 24H2 will begin rolling out.
Microsoft unveils Copilot Pages — a digital canvas for multiplayer AI collaboration at work
By Zac Bowden published
Pages Microsoft has today announced Copilot Pages, a new persistent canvas in Microsoft Business Chat that enables “multiplayer AI collaboration.”
Microsoft has scrapped Edge's big UI refresh with rounded tabs
By Zac Bowden published
RIP? Unveiled last year, the "new look and feel" for Microsoft Edge is no longer coming.
Best laptops with number pads 2024
By Zac Bowden last updated
Updated Looking for a new Windows laptop with a number pad? You've come to the right place. Using our expert reviews, we've rounded up the best laptops with a number pad you can buy right now.
Huawei's 10-inch tri-folding phone confirms Satya Nadella was wrong for killing Windows Phone AND Surface Duo
By Zac Bowden published
Looking back The Huawei Mate XT "tri-fold" packs a 10-inch display into your pocket, and I wish it ran Windows.
This new Windows laptop doesn't have a webcam until you want it to
By Zac Bowden published
Unique The Honor MagicBook Art 14 features the world's first detachable laptop webcam!
The Surface Pro 10 and Surface Pro 11 are Microsoft's latest 5G devices — and you can order them now
By Zac Bowden published
5G baby Microsoft has announced that the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Pro 11 with 5G connectivity are now available to order.
Qualcomm unveils new 8-Core Snapdragon X Plus chip built for more affordable Windows on Arm laptops
By Zac Bowden published
Snapdragon X Qualcomm has today announced that it's launching a new, lower-tier Snapdragon X SoC designed to bring the new generation of Windows 11 on Arm to a more affordable range of devices.
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