Zac Bowden is a Senior Editor at Windows Central and has been with the site since 2016. His expertise is in exclusive coverage about Windows, Surface, and hardware. He's also an avid collector of rare Microsoft prototype devices, and was fortunate enough to daily drive both the fabled Lumia McLaren and Microsoft Band 3, along the Surface Mini and even Surface Neo. Keep in touch with him on Twitter and Threads!
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Microsoft The company blames a network upgrade which caused an outage across Microsoft 365, Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, and more.
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LIVE Join Daniel and Zac on October 7 for the LIVE Windows Central Podcast.
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Bing A new browser extension and operator tag will allow users to turn off all AI features in Bing search results.
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Windows 11 Commercial editions of Windows 11 version 23H2 have reached the end of support, with a final security update being released today.
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Review For $80, the new Surface Mouse 2 is an absolute no brainer if you want to add haptics to your Windows 11 PC experience.
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Podcast Podcast: Daniel and Zac discuss the likelihood of Windows 12 in 2027, and why we think it's unlikely to happen next year.
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Windows 11 A new Registry Editor sample app has caused a stir online after people mistook it for a real replacement for the existing Registry Editor on Windows 11.
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Windows 11 Microsoft will add Copilot integration to Windows 11's new search experience later this year, but the company promises it'll be opt-in instead of opt-out.
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Windows 11 Windows 11 has gained a number of improvements and optimizations designed specifically for devices with 8GB RAM, and it's all already rolling out.
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Podcast On this week's episode: New Windows 11 features, cheap Windows laptops, MacBook Pro with touch, and more!
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Windows 11 Windows 10's (and prior) ability to reposition the Taskbar by dragging it with your mouse is not coming to Windows 11, Microsoft confirms.
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Windows 11 An overhauled context menu system headlines Microsoft's latest non-security feature update for Windows 11 this month.
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Copilot A popup on webOS-powered LG TVs has confirmed that Microsoft is ending support for Copilot on smart TVs this year.
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Surface Mini LED is a new technology for Microsoft, and it's causing a bit of a stir on the new Surface Laptop Ultra. Here's what you need to know.
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Surface Microsoft has issued its first post-launch firmware update for Surface Laptop Ultra that addresses some of the biggest issues users have noticed since launch over a week ago.
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Podcast On this week's episode: Windows and Xbox teams clash over the future of Xbox's console OS
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Windows 11 An upcoming change to the sign-in screen on Windows will streamline the authentication method chosen for login.
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Xbox A new report claims the Windows and Xbox teams have clashed over the direction of the OS for Microsoft's next-gen Xbox consoles.
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Podcast On this week's episode: RTX Spark is here, and we've been reviewing the laptops that come with it. Here's what we really think.
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Windows 11 After a period of stagnation, Microsoft is evolving Copilot+ PCs and adding new AI experiences to Windows 11 that will dynamically run on device or in the cloud.
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Review Microsoft's top of the line Windows 11 PC is finally here, and it's giving the MacBook Pro a real good run for its money.
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NVIDIA The first RTX Spark PCs launch tomorrow, and I've spent the last week testing what this new chipset from NVIDIA is good at.
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Microsoft It's not often that Microsoft holds dedicated Windows & Surface events, so all eyes are on its October 7 keynote to deliver something truly meaningful.
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