Restart Office to apply changes to your privacy settings keeps popping up

If the "Restart Office to apply changes to your privacy settings" message keeps popping up on your Windows 11/10 PC, use the ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft: KB5070311 triggers File Explorer white flash in dark mode

Microsoft has confirmed that the KB5070311 preview update is triggering bright white flashes when launching the File Explorer in dark mode on Windows 11 systems. "After installing KB5070311, you might ...

How to save Word files locally by default (instead of OneDrive)

Microsoft Word can save your documents online to OneDrive, which can be great for data redundancy and remote access. But it’s ...
TechRepublic

Major Microsoft Teams Performance Update Rolling Out in January 2026

Major Microsoft Teams Performance Update Rolling Out in January 2026 Your email has been sent Microsoft is splitting the Teams calling stack into a new background process on Windows to cut launch ...
The Verge

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update improves and breaks dark mode

Microsoft is now working on a fix for a brief white screen flash when opening File Explorer. Microsoft is now working on a fix for a brief white screen flash when opening File Explorer. is a senior ...
TechRepublic

Microsoft Silently Fixes 8-Year Windows Security Flaw

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-9491, allowed cybercriminals to hide malicious commands from users inspecting files through Windows' standard interface. We waited long enough. Image: Unsplash Microsoft ...

Why Microsoft discontinued WordPad after 30 years

After a 30-year run, Microsoft has discontinued WordPad, leaving fans of this simple word processor upset. Fortunately, there ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Quietly Kills IntelliCode as AI Strategy Shifts to Subscription Copilot

Microsoft has begun decommissioning IntelliCode in VS Code, ending free local AI-assisted completions and shifting its ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 KB5070311 update fixes File Explorer freezes, search issues

Microsoft has released the KB5070311 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 systems, which includes 49 changes, including fixes for File Explorer freezes and search issues. KB5070311 is an optional ...
CNN

Oxford’s Word of the Year 2025 is utterly infuriating

And it has become so ubiquitous online that the Oxford Dictionary named “rage bait” as its Word of the Year on Sunday. Use of the term has increased threefold this year, suggesting people know “they ...
The Verge

Microsoft is quietly walking back its diversity efforts

Microsoft is toeing the line in Trump’s America. Microsoft is toeing the line in Trump’s America. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for ...
WREG

13-year-old shot in head after MS town Christmas parade, grandmother says

PANOLA COUNTY, Miss. — A 13-year-old was shot in the head Monday night after a Christmas parade in Crenshaw, Mississippi, his grandmother says. She identified her grandson as Jayden Stokes, an 8th ...