This year, Microsoft pushed users on taking advantage of its offer to upgrade their PCs to Windows 10 for free. That meant the company used a variety of tactics to get people to install an updater and run it to replace their old operating systems with the new one. Overall, Microsoft ... Read More »
Update: An earlier version of this story reported that Capossela was interviewed by Softpedia. While Softpedia was reported elsewhere as originating the story, the actual interview was done by Windows Weekly. ExtremeTech regrets the error. From mid-2015 to 2016, Microsoft ran two simultaneous experiments. First, it made Windows 10 free ... Read More »
To say that 2016 was a good year for helpful apps would be a colossal understatement. A perfect storm of artificial intelligence, big data, excellent interface design, and fresh takes on otherwise stale categories left this year chock full of potential candidates. Some existing apps even added so many great and ... Read More »
Windows is the most used operating system in the world. It has a long history, being improved from one version to another, but at the same time, new problems have appeared and users started complaining about the performance of their devices. Plus, hackers exploited vulnerabilities and gained remote control access ... Read More »
Microsoft today announced yet another feature coming to Edge with the Windows 10 Creators Update in early 2017. The firm today revealed the new Payment Request API for Edge’s web platform which will allow web developers to integrate simpler and more intuitive payment systems on their websites and online stores. ... Read More »
Microsoft’s announcement of Windows 10 on ARM is a momentous occasion. Companies like Apple have been rumored since 2012 to be working on bringing macOS to ARM. Even just weeks before the MacBook Pro refresh rumors were swirling that Apple’s new laptops were ARM based. Yet it is Microsoft who ... Read More »
Microsoft has revealed to the world tonight its plans for making mixed reality mainstream in 2017 and how it managed to get Windows 10 – the full OS – to run phone hardware (Windows 10 on ARM). That’s a lot of info to digest with a ton of implications for ... Read More »
A new cumulative update for Windows 10 on PC and Mobile is rolling out this Patch Tuesday, featuring a number of new bug fixes and under the hood improvements. Today’s update is rolling out for both Release Preview and Production Rings, meaning the public is getting this update too. The ... Read More »
Microsoft pushed out a new cumulative update to the Windows 10 release channel yesterday, and a number of users are reporting that it’s causing their internet connection to stop working, although there’s speculation that the update isn’t the cause at all. The update, KB3201845, is designed to fix various issues ... Read More »
The next big update to Windows 10 is coming soon. Windows 10 Creators Update promises a whole load of improvements and upgrades to Microsoft’s PC software, making it smarter, faster and more flexible than ever before. First revealed back in October, Windows 10 Creators Update is set to launch early ... Read More »
