As we approach the end of 2025, it's a good moment to look back at the many improvements Windows 11 has received throughout the year, most of which arrived through monthly cumulative updates.

To start, Microsoft is enhancing "out of the box" hardware security by making sure all Copilot+ PCs will be Secured-core devices, according to the release. "Secured-core PCs provide advanced firmware ...

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Two decades after first showing that it’s possible to use computers for real-time voice and video communication using peer-to-peer networking, Skype shut down for good this week. Microsoft bought the ...

The year is nearly up, but Windows 11 still has a few festive treats up its sleeve. Here's what's still to come before 2026 begins.

In the aftermath of the devastating CrowdStrike outage this July, Microsoft vowed to do better even though it insisted that the event was an aberration. Evidently unwilling to take chances (or risk ...

Microsoft has released the optional KB5017380 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 20H2, Windows 10 21H1, and Windows 10 21H2. This update includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements, including a ...

Windows 11’s 2023 Update is here, bringing with it a number of new features to explore. But which ones are worth trying? We’ve listed our favorites, below. Windows 11’s 2023 Update is (eventually) ...

You don't have to say good-bye to legacy File Explorer features after all. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft just ...

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Microsoft released the new Windows 11 23H2 feature update today, and it comes with a ton of new features that may make Windows 10 holdouts willing to upgrade. While these features have already been ...

The Enterprise edition of any Windows version is aimed directly and more or less exclusively at businesses and other organizations of some scale, often with thousands or tens of thousands of PCs. It ...