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A hand holding an iPhone displaying a black hand-drawn question mark in the Microsoft Whiteboard app, resting over a sticker-covered laptop.
Microsoft Whiteboard is staying online, but personal users will lose access soon

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Whiteboard is moving to OneDrive for Business, cutting off personal accounts and deleting their boards in September.

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In this photo illustration, Microsoft Copilot AI logo is seen on a smartphone screen.
Microsoft will shut down Copilot Podcasts and wipe your saved audio

By Sean Endicott Published

App Microsoft is retiring its Copilot Podcasts feature on August 18, 2026. Users will lose all access to their AI-created audio, with no option to export or download files before the tool shuts down.

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The Edge Drop app interface displayed on a monitor, showing a list of shared images and a cursor hovering over the "Clear" button.
Edge Drop for Windows 11 hands-on: A great clipboard utility in need of a rebrand

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Hands-on with Edge Drop, a promising new third-party clipboard manager for Windows 11 that features drag-and-drop file stacking.

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A screenshot of Windows Movie Maker showing a range of transitions.
Windows Movie Maker still beats Clipchamp in one critical way

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Microsoft’s Clipchamp now requires OneDrive syncing to edit video projects. Windows Movie Maker never would have betrayed me like this.

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Microsoft Edge Vertical Tabs
Make any site dark mode with Edge’s new Web Remix tool

By Sean Endicott Published

Browsing Microsoft Edge is testing a new "Web Remix" feature in Canary builds that allows users to force any website into dark mode without needing third-party extensions.

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Microsoft Forms results page
Is Copilot enough to shift the balance between Microsoft Forms and Google Forms

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Microsoft Forms has added Copilot chat, offering suggestions, smarter edits, and clearer insights.

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Microsoft Teams app seen displayed on a smartphone screen and a Microsoft Teams logo on a laptop in the background.
I lost out on this Microsoft Teams feature before it even shipped

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Microsoft has paused development on new minimized views that would have made multitasking easier.

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Windows 11 desktop and the BleachBit tool opened.
BleachBit: Why we recommend this powerful open‑source Windows 11 cleanup tool

By Mauro Huculak Published

Windows 11 BleachBit is an open-source Windows 11 cleaner with advanced cleanup options. Check out the recommended settings, secure deletion, and safe usage tips.

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Windows interface showing an open notepad application. A dropdown menu is open and "new" is selected.
This 3KB notepad app proves modern Windows apps are bloated

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps Former Windows engineer Dave Plummer built a working notepad app that's just 2,686 bytes. The app illustrates how bloated modern software has become.

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Files 4.0 app promotional images on an ASUS Zenbook laptop screen.
This file explorer keeps shipping features Microsoft hasn’t matched

By Sean Endicott Published

Apps A third‑party file explorer just added Tree View, better multi‑pane controls, and cleaner navigation, once again beating Microsoft’s own File Explorer.

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