Microsoft

Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, Microsoft has become woven into the fabric of everyday life. The success of Windows, Office and Xbox has made it one of the first U.S. public companies to be valued at over $1 trillion.

Microsoft says RGB is responsible for recent Windows 11 and game crashes

LED software could be causing system instabilities in Windows 11, and crashing games, including Arc Raiders, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, and The Finals.
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Windows 11 trials new privacy features, with per-app control for camera, microphone, and location access

Windows 11 may soon allow you to authorise or block camera, microphone, and location access on a per-app basis for non-store apps.
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Windows 11 weather app takes 1.2GB of RAM, 5x more than macOS equivalent

Windows 11's built-in weather app wastes loads of RAM, even before any user interaction, due to its web-based design, on top of showing ads.
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Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop shown freezing when multitasking, due to its 8GB of RAM

With just 8GB of memory, the Microsoft Surface Laptop 13in can’t keep up with basic multitasking, as Windows 11 alone takes about 4GB after a fresh startup.
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Microsoft debuts ad-supported Xbox game streaming, but only with free titles, or ones you own

Microsoft is testing a free ad-supported Xbox cloud game streaming tier, offering one-hour play sessions for free-to-play titles, and games you own.
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Microsoft just brought four OG Xbox games to PC, with more console classics to come

This early release brings Microsoft's Xbox Backward Compatiibility emulation tech to the PC, complete with several graphical enhancements.
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Microsoft finally lets you pause Windows 11 updates until the exact date you want, and more, in latest patch

Microsoft releases a big Windows 11 update focusing on the user experience, with improvements to recovery, update scheduling, and Bluetooth reliability.
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Microsoft just confirmed that this Windows 11 bug is hoarding up to 500GB of your storage

Windows 11's Capability Access Manager service is eating hundreds of gigabytes of your storage capacity over time, although not everyone is affected.
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Microsoft reportedly had a Copilot OS in the works, focusing on web-based apps

Microsoft appears to have been developing a lightweight web-based OS, built around web apps, Copilot and AI.
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