Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) Now that Windows 11’s first major post-release update has been issued, Microsoft has started testing a huge collection of new features, UI changes, and redesigned apps in the latest Windows Insider preview for Dev channel users. By and large, the changes are significant and useful—there’s an overhauled Task Manager , […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) October 14, 2025, marks the end of support and security updates for the Home and Pro versions of Windows 10. That means it’s also the end of official guaranteed feature plus security updates for Windows PCs that don’t meet Windows 11’s hardware requirements . Viewed from early 2022, that date is […]
Enlarge (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Microsoft announced that Windows 11 would be getting a few updates of note this month , and today, those updates are available for most Windows 11 PCs to install. The full list includes a preview of Windows 11’s virtualized Android apps, new versions of Notepad and Media Player (the latter of […]
Enlarge / Windows 11 is going to keep reminding you if your hardware isn’t supported, even if it’s already installed and running fine. (credit: @thebookisclosed on Twitter ) If you’re running Windows 11 on one of the many PCs that don’t meet its stringent system requirements , your experience so far probably hasn’t been all […]
Enlarge / The Windows Insider program’s new logo. (credit: Microsoft) Windows 11 will be getting a significant new feature update sometime this month, and Microsoft is taking the opportunity to make some changes to its Windows Insider public beta program. The company outlined its plans in a blog post, along with a new logo (it […]
Enlarge / A PC running Windows 11. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft will be tending to some of the unfinished parts of Windows eleven in an update next month, according to a blog post by Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay. Foremost among the new features will be a public preview for Android apps running in Windows […]
Enlarge / A look at the Home windows 11-style Task Manager, with Mica theming and dark mode support. (credit: FireCubeStudios ) Microsoft’s piecemeal approach to updating and unifying Windows 11’s new look has led to updates for all kinds of old and obscure corners of the operating system, including everything from the volume indicator and […]
Enlarge / The humble volume indicator, reimagined for Windows 11. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Improving Windows 11’s visual and functional consistency is shaping up to be a major priority for Microsoft this year, as evinced by the continued updates to core apps like Notepad , Paint, and Media Player, as well as the ongoing effort to […]
Enlarge / A minimalist view of the Firefox web browser. (credit: Firefox) Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox, Firefox 95, for Windows and macOS. It’s available now for all users on both platforms. The Firefox team says the new macOS version reduces CPU usage during event processing and that power usage is reduced […]
Enlarge / The new Notepad app in Windows 11. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Microsoft is continuing to update and refine Windows 11 two months after its public release, and the Notepad app is the latest bit of the operating system to get some attention. The updated version of the Notepad app is rolling out to Windows Insiders in […]