Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a…
In Windows, an admin account has full access and control over your entire operating system, which is exactly what hackers hope for when sending malware out into the world. If you’re on a Windows account…
Microsoft has released version 125 of the Microsoft Edge browser and it’s an intriguing one with more news than usual. One of the most interesting additions is a new slider that lets you decide how…
If you have conducted an interview or received a file with a spoken text from your boss, typing is often a tedious task. However, Word offers to do this work for you with the help…
In 2023, Microsoft was a big believer in large language models, running in the cloud. At Microsoft Build, the company launched Phi Silica, a small language model designed to run specifically on the NPUs in…
If you use the Microsoft Edge browser at work, your days of texting a screenshot of a web page to your spouse or coworker are nearly over. Microsoft is adding screenshot prevention controls to Edge.…
Microsoft is planning to either add subtitles or even dub video produced by major video sites, using AI to translate the audio into foreign languages within Microsoft Edge in real time. At its Microsoft Build…
Microsoft’s Paint app now boasts not just one, but two AI art tools — Image Creator and Cocreator — and boy, are they something. First things first: Microsoft Cocreator, the scaled-down version of Microsoft’s Bing…
Many of Microsoft’s Surface devices aim at something: a tablet. A mini laptop. A pull-forward design. The Surface Laptop 2024 (7th Edition) is less about the Microsoft hardware than what’s inside it — namely, a…
A study analyzing Apple, Microsoft, and SpaceX suggests that return to office (RTO) mandates can lead to a higher rate of employees, especially senior-level ones, leaving the company, often to work at competitors. The study…