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Next time you open Version History, toggle Only show named versions. All the autosaves disappear, and you’ll be left with a ...

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Microsoft has released a new report showing what people used its AI assistant Copilot for in 2025. The analysis is based on 37.5 million de-identified conversations and shows that in addition to ...

Since its release in 2009, it's been a continuing fallacy for pundits to hold up Mac OS X Snow Leopard as the perfect example of how Apple should update the Mac. It's a funny world where Apple is ...

I’ve had to do a few foreign language interviews in my time as a journalist, in which I’ve sent off questions via email in English and received answers back in a language that I don’t speak. There are ...

Fara-7B is Microsoft's first agentic small language model (SLM) designed specifically for computer use. With only 7 billion parameters, Fara-7B is an ultra-compact Computer Use Agent (CUA) that ...

AI might not be transforming every job yet, but it’s having a big impact on developers. AI might not be transforming every job yet, but it’s having a big impact on developers. is a senior editor and ...

After decades of using both Google's and Microsoft's productivity suites, it's clear that one continues to deliver the strongest combination of power, flexibility, and collaborative capability. I've ...

The Microsoft Authenticator app is a vital tool for securing your accounts with two-factor authentication (2FA). When it stops delivering approval notifications or one-time codes, it can lock you out ...