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Looking back at Windows Mixed Reality, the VR we hardly knew
By Cale Hunt published
Microsoft @ 50 Windows Mixed Reality didn't make it to its 10th anniversary, but it made a significant splash in the VR world during its limited run.

Microsoft's Windows dark mode has been embarrassingly incomplete for nearly a decade
By Zac Bowden published
Windows It's been almost 10 years since Windows gained a dark mode, and it's still broken and incomplete in the latest version of Windows 11.

Content funding on Windows Central
By Daniel Rubino published
How do we fund the content that you read on Windows Central?

How Microsoft 365 excelled my American football team to back-to-back northern championships
By Sean Endicott published
365 FTW OneDrive, Excel, Clipchamp, and Microsoft Forms have been key to my American football team's success.

Do you need to buy all of Office or is Word enough?
By Cale Hunt published
A few words... Microsoft lets you buy standalone core Office apps like Word, but it's clear that the Microsoft 365 subscription service is the company's first priority. Here's what you need to know.

Windows 11's new Start menu sidebar for Phone Link is unnecessary and only adds more clutter
By Mauro Huculak published
Opinion Microsoft is building a new sidebar to show mobile devices alongside the Start menu, but I don't believe this is the correct design approach. Here's what I think about this feature.

The enormity of Microsoft's Windows Phone shut-down mistake is becoming increasingly clear in the AI era
By Jez Corden last updated
AI woes Microsoft has an Apple-shaped AI nightmare on its hands, as OpenAI realizes the limits of partnering with Microsoft.

Elon Musk calls Microsoft's controversial AI Recall a "Black Mirror episode" but NPUs will protect your privacy on Copilot+ PCs
By Kevin Okemwa published
RECALL THAT? Windows 11's new Recall feature allows apps to "travel back in time," and Microsoft says your privacy is safe with an NPU.

ARM64 and AI are driving a 'Great Reset' in the Windows PC industry, a transformation unlike any witnessed in the past three decades
By Daniel Rubino published
OPINION Microsoft's Copilot+ AI PCs result from a perfect storm of AI and Qualcomm's new processors, reshaping the entire Windows PC ecosystem. It's the biggest shift since Windows 95 and the rise of internet PCs.

Microsoft's quest for short-term $$$ is doing long-term damage to Windows, Surface, Xbox, and beyond
By Jez Corden published
Satya Microsoft has made some baffling decisions in recent years. From sucking the life out of Surface to putting ads in the Windows Start Menu to killing Xbox-exclusive games, what exactly is going on?
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