The new Surface Laptop Ultra is built for local AI, but its power draw and unknown battery life raise doubts about its practicality.

Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 26H2 to the masses, months after it promised to fix Windows in major overhaul. Did it deliver? Here's our report card.

Microsoft Windows makes available ten "energy recommendations" that extend your laptop's battery life by hours -- and they can all be launched with just a single click.

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WSL is central to our commitment to making Windows the best place to build, run and manage Linux workloads. As AI, cloud-native development, containers, and open-source ecosystems continue to converge...

Microsoft is giving Copilot a major update with Today views, vibe-coded apps and dashboards, and autonomous "Autopilot" agents.

Microsoft has launched a new Surface Mouse, which mimics the Logitech MX Master 4 in its support for haptic feedback. Based on my experience, it's a luxury, not a must-have productivity feature.

Every year, hundreds of contestants compete to solve elaborate puzzles in Microsoft Excel for a small cash prize and bragging rights. Unfortunately, AI like Copilot and ChatGPT can now solve them in a...

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Travelers fighting jet lag usually pick one of two strategies: sleep on the plane or arrive early and get acclimated to the new time zone. An NFL football game showed both strategies at work. Which wo...

Gemini's new Windows app promises a productivity boost, but it fails at basic tasks that competing AI apps like ChatGPT handle easily.

From local AI to the cloud and back again: This week's Smart Mode discusses how AI's productivity argument now boils down to how local AI will save you money. And at IFA, companies had a lot to say on...

The fact that a queer dating app collapsing in Dallas at the onset of the Republican convention there was not lost on critics on X.“Of course ... of course,” posted podcaster Wajahat Ali.Downdetecter,...

Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.