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Wi-Fi vulnerability in Windows allows malicious attacks to be carried out completely unnoticed without logging into the network

News Software 06-13-2024 at 08:00 comment
Microsoft recently closed a security gap in the Windows Wi-Fi driver. The exploit would allow attackers to run malicious code on vulnerable systems via Wi-Fi. The vulnerability specifically affects Windows 10 and Windows 11, as well as all versions of Windows Server since 2008. An attacker does not need to have access to the target computer to…

Microsoft says Windows 11 is better than Windows 10 because of the… celebrity gossip available

News Software 05-27-2024 at 19:45 comment
Eventually, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10, so security updates will only be available to customers who are willing to pay for them. This will happen on October 14, 2025. And to encourage users to upgrade to the current version of the OS, the company decided to remind why Windows 11 is better than Windows 10.

Windows 11 Recall works even without NPU — the program was launched on an old Snapdragon 7c+, x86-x64 processors are not yet available

News Software 05-27-2024 at 13:43 comment
An enthusiast found out that the new Recall program in Windows 11 does not require a neural processing unit (NPU) in the processor. Recall functions are recording everything that happens on your PC to recover or search for data. However, the program did not work on a conventional x86-x64 processor, but on a PC with an older Snapdragon 7c+…

Microsoft launches Recall — artificial intelligence will record everything you do on your PC for quick recovery

News Software 05-20-2024 at 20:56 comment
Microsoft is launching Recall for Windows 11, a new tool that tracks everything a user sees and does on their computer. It makes it possible to search and restore everything that was ever done on the device.

Microsoft tests new «Start» Windows 11 menu with floating widgets and QR code recognition in «Scissors»

News Software 05-10-2024 at 11:30 comment
Microsoft has begun testing an original change to the Windows 11 «Start» menu that could introduce a floating bar with «accompanying» widgets. The new «Start» menu feature is already available in the latest public test versions of Windows 11.

Windows 11 24H2 will require chips with ARM v8.1 and SSE 4.2 — goodbye, Snapdragon 835 and older x86 processors

News Devices 05-06-2024 at 23:28 comment
Windows 11 supports a variety of ARM processors from Qualcomm. According to the official documentation, a computer with a Snapdragon 850 or higher processor is required for support. However, PCs with a Snapdragon 835, the original Windows on ARM chip from 2016, can bypass the hardware requirements and install Windows 11 at their own risk. This may…

AI Explorer: artificial intelligence in Windows 11 will allow you to create «snapshots» that can be played back later

News Software 05-06-2024 at 14:39 comment
On May 21, Microsoft is expected to introduce a new comprehensive AI-based feature called AI Explorer. This should be a truly useful and revolutionary feature for modern computing.

Steam statistics for April: Windows 11 reached 45.15%, Intel share loss, more laptops with RTX

News Games 05-03-2024 at 20:12 comment
In the April statistical survey Steam, we can see three tangible trends. The share of Intel processors has fallen to 65.63% after recently rising to 68.1%, the number of laptops with RTX 3060 and RTX 4060 has increased, and the share of Windows 11 is also growing steadily, despite its overall slight decline in recent years.

Microsoft has fixed a 2-year-old issue that prevented systems with certain Intel Rocket Lake chips from upgrading to Windows 11

News Software 04-15-2024 at 13:19 comment
Microsoft has made it easier to upgrade certain computers to Windows 11. In the latest Windows 11 update, the company fixed a bug that prevents computers with certain 11th-generation Intel Rocket Lake processors from running Windows 11 successfully. This bug was discovered in 2021, so we had to wait about 2 years for a fix. But now, owners of…

Microsoft is testing a grid layout for programs in the «Start» menu in Windows 11

News Software 04-01-2024 at 13:37 comment
The new design is somewhat reminiscent of the «Start» menu in Windows 10X and the Microsoft Launcher on Android.

We’ve had our fun, and that’s it: Microsoft stops supporting Android apps in Windows 11

News Software 03-06-2024 at 08:00 comment
The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) allowed Android applications to run on Windows. Now we can talk about it in the past tense because Microsoft has decided to close the project and cancel access to new programs right now.

Microsoft now «invites» even more PCs to upgrade to Windows 11

News Software 03-04-2024 at 15:58 comment
Starting in April «letters of happiness» from Microsoft will be displayed on unmanaged corporate devices running Windows 10 Pro and Pro Workstation.

Microsoft is rolling out a feature that «turns» your phone into a Windows PC webcam

News Software 03-01-2024 at 11:05 comment
Poor quality images at «zooms» seem to be a thing of the past.

Windows 11 update improves Copilot, widgets, and adds Generative Erase to Photos

News Software 03-01-2024 at 09:36 comment
Microsoft is starting to roll out the next update of Windows 11, which contains a number of improvements and new features. Some of them are focused on artificial intelligence.

Musk blasts Microsoft because he couldn’t skip account creation during Windows 11 setup

News WTF 02-27-2024 at 15:24 comment
When setting up Windows 11, you usually need to sign in with a Microsoft account — some users are unhappy with this requirement, and now they Elon Musk joined the company.

Windows 11 does not yet support Wi-Fi 7 and USB4 2.0, but Microsoft will soon fix it

News Software 02-26-2024 at 15:48 comment
Windows 11 does not currently support USB4 2.0 and Wi-Fi 7, despite the fact that the first Wi-Fi 7 certified devices are already on the market. Microsoft has already started integrating support for the technology, which the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced last month.

Microsoft boosts Windows Photos with Generative Erase — AI-powered eraser analog of Google Magic Eraser

News Software 02-23-2024 at 09:29 comment
The much-hyped «Magic Eraser» for easily erasing unwanted objects (objects, people) in photos will not remain the prerogative of Google and Samsung smartphones — soon a similar AI tool called Generative Erase will be available to Windows computer owners. Microsoft has just announced Generative erase — a new AI feature that will provide the…

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