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Depending on how you count them, there have been 15 major versions of Windows, with Microsoft's inconsistent naming scheme resulting in the current version of Windows being Windows 11—go figure. A lot ...

Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.

Microsoft is adding the ability to rename your user account to the Windows 11 Settings app, ported over from the legacy Control Panel.

Windows 11’s March 2026 update is shaping up to be one of the more substantial mid‑cycle refreshes, with nine new features ...

Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks.

Microsoft reverses Smart App Control change in Windows 11. A clean install is still required, with the toggle feature delayed.

The story of GraalVM in early 2026: a project settling into a quarterly cadence, tightening its support matrix, and—thanks to Oracle—being very explicit about what it is no longer going to be.

Top of an RBMK at the Leningrad plant. Control panels of a pre-digitalization nuclear plant look quite daunting, with countless dials, buttons and switches that all make perfect sense to a trained ...

Scrabbling for survival in an open-world sandbox filled with the undead, HumanitZ 1.0 is here after more than two years in early access. The indie zombie game lands neatly on the spectrum between the ...

The rise of artificial intelligence may bring far deeper changes than previously expected, to the point of altering how humans think. According to Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize winning psychologist ...

Windows 11 is more advanced than you might think. We show you how to take advantage of AI‑powered Copilot tricks, customization tips, hidden settings, multitasking tools, security tweaks, and more.