As the dust settled on Microsoft’s shock price rise for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which jumped 50% from $19.99 to $29.99 in the U.S. in what amounts to an extra $120 a year, fans reacted with a mixture ...

Microsoft today confirmed that customers will be able to run cloud workloads from its Saudi Arabia East datacenter region from Q4 2026, marking a major milestone in the company’s long-term investment ...

Microsoft beat Wall Street's expectations across revenue and earnings. Analysts are concerned that Microsoft's AI spending is accelerating too fast. Microsoft stock is now trading at its cheapest ...

Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.

Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows ...

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But you’re right to be confused. But you’re right to be confused. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. The confusion ...

The internet can be a tricky place sometimes. This week, you've likely seen stories or Reddit posts about Microsoft Office being rebranded to Microsoft 365 Copilot. While a rebrand did happen, it was ...

What Microsoft’s 2026 Product Plans Reveal About Its AI Push Your email has been sent Microsoft’s 2026 product plans put AI front and center, shifting it from an optional add-on to a core layer across ...

Today we began reaching out to our Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers in Australia regarding a subscription alternative that we could have communicated more clearly when we changed our ...

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Word will save new documents to the cloud by default. AutoSave will also be enabled by default. You can turn off these options if you prefer to save your files locally. Microsoft has long been pushing ...