When a computer feels slow, the diagnostic tools are already installed. Windows and macOS show which programs consume processor, memory and disk, and which launch automatically. Microsoft’s official performance guidance lists common causes: low storage, too many startup apps, outdated software and hardware that no longer fits the workload. The first three have built-in fixes; … Read more
Microsoft has shipped security updates on an unscheduled basis for .NET 8, .NET 9, .NET 10 and the third release candidate of .NET 11. The driver is CVE-2026-111497, a buffer overflow rooted in how the framework invokes the Brotli decompression algorithm. The company’s advice is to install the patches immediately. Details went up on the … Read more
On 22 October Science published the peer-reviewed paper in which Microsoft says DxO — the Diagnostic Orchestrator announced as MAI-DxO — gets 83.2% of 304 New England Journal of Medicine cases right, against 36.1% for generalists. For emergency admissions the figures are 80.3% versus 46.8%. The paper is public, peer reviewed and explains its method. … Read more
Microsoft is now rolling out All Accounts—called Unified Inbox in some materials—for the new Outlook on Windows. According to Message Center notice MC1519843, published 21 October, deployment started in late September 2026 and was set to finish by late October. The view gives users one message list spanning several linked mailboxes, but it does not … Read more
People using a free chatbot often ask if upgrading pays. On 22 October 2026, the first paid tier ranges from €4.99 a month (Google AI Plus) to $20 before tax (Claude Pro, with no cheaper paid option). For the four assistants, the offer is similar: more use before a cap, the strongest models and extra … Read more
A friendly voice on the phone claims to be from Microsoft support and warns that your computer is infected. The solution, the caller insists, is to install a program so a technician can inspect it remotely. No such technician exists; the software is the doorway. The guide is for home users, especially those who help … Read more
Microsoft has secured a court order in Florida to seize and redirect domains belonging to YAM Store, an underground marketplace that sold compromised Microsoft 365 and Google environments along with the phishing kits built on top of them. The Digital Crimes Unit announced the action on October 14, describing infrastructure tied to more than 1 … Read more
You shut the lid on Friday at 80 percent, open it Monday and find 30 percent — or a chassis warm enough to feel through a backpack. On plenty of recent Windows laptops that is not a dying cell. Closing the lid no longer suspends the machine the way it used to: it drops into … Read more
Microsoft says its flagship operating system now feels noticeably quicker, claiming months of under-the-hood work have made Windows 11 up to 20% more responsive. The company also insists that a reworked memory manager delivers a “meaningful difference” on machines with just 8GB of RAM — a claim that so far rests on Microsoft’s own word … Read more
Microsoft shipped its October 2026 Patch Tuesday on October 13, and the release has rewritten the record books: somewhere between 1,407 and 1,415 vulnerabilities were closed in a single monthly batch, the first four-digit total in the programme’s 23-year history and more than the roughly 1,100 fixes Microsoft shipped across the whole of 2025. The … Read more