5 Biggest Announcements at Microsoft Build 2018 By Andrew E. Freedman Here’s what you missed at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in Seattle, including a new focus on phones and a bold bet on AI.
Microsoft Gives AI a Responsible Makeover By Andrew E. Freedman After Facebook's assorted mess-ups with user data, Microsoft's AI and privacy stances appear refreshing.
Alexa and Cortana Will Finally Work Together By Andrew E. Freedman At Build, we finally saw how Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana will work together.
Outlook Has a Reply for the New Gmail, and It Looks Like This By Andrew E. Freedman Microsoft has upgraded Outlook for Windows 10 on desktops, online and on iOS and Android smartphones.
Microsoft Has a New Weapon to Fight Tech Support Scams By Paul Wagenseil Microsoft is using machine learning to spot and shut down tech-support scams.
Microsoft Patch Fixes Intel's Buggy Spectre Patch: Do You Need It? By Henry T. Casey Microsoft's released a fix for system issues caused by one of Intel's Spectre patches. Here's how to download it and how to find out if you need it.
Microsoft: Spectre Patch May Slow Down Older PCs By Lucian Armasu Microsoft, Intel say there's a 'significant slowdown' once Spectre patches are applied to older Windows PCs.
Major Security Flaws Exist on Intel, AMD, ARM CPUs By Henry T. Casey, Paul Wagenseil Three wide-reaching security flaws affect PCs, Macs and smartphones released over the last two decades. Here's what you need to know.
Apple Mail, Outlook Fooled by Malicious Fake Emails By Marshall Honorof A new vulnerability called Mailsploit can not only spoof email addresses, but run malicious code right from an email client.
All Mixed Up: I Spent 8 Weird Hours Wearing Microsoft’s New Headset By Andrew E. Freedman The Cliff House in Windows 10 Mixed Reality lets you use apps and programs, but it's not suited for doing actual work.
Harman Kardon Invoke Review: Great Speaker, But Cortana Needs Work By Mike Prospero The first smart speaker with Cortana sounds fantastic, but Microsoft's virtual assistant lags behind Alexa and Google Assistant.
Windows Phones Are Really, Truly Dead By Andrew E. Freedman Microsoft's Joe Belfiore revealed that the company is no longer working on new features or hardware for Windows 10 Mobile.
Microsoft Goofs, Posts Price of First Cortana Speaker By Andrew E. Freedman Microsoft unveiled Harman Kardon's Invoke speaker, the first with Cortana, before Microsoft Build this year. Now we have a price: $199.95.
Samsung's Mixed Reality Headset Hands-On: Premium Sight and Sound By Philip Michaels Samsung's HMD Odyssey is joining Microsoft's array of mixed reality headsets as we get closer to the Oct. 17 launch of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
Help Me, Tom's Guide: Outlook's Broken on My iPhone! By Henry T. Casey Microsoft's Outlook email and calendar services are failing iPhone users who updated to iOS 11. Here's how to get back to work.
How Good Is Xbox Tech Support? Report Card 2017 By Sherri L. Smith Undercover testing by Tom’s Guide reveals the overall high quality of Microsoft’s Xbox Support, including a phone number call back option that is just great customer service.
Gaming Support Showdown: Sony vs. Microsoft vs. Nintendo By Tom's Guide Staff We went undercover and tested the tech support packages offered for Xbox, Nintendo and PlayStation. Here are our rankings.
Are Microsoft's Mixed Reality Headsets the Affordable Savior of VR? By Sherri L. Smith, Mark Spoonauer Learning from the slow adoption of virtual reality, Microsoft is taking a smarter approach with its mixed reality headsets.
Microsoft Battles Prime Day With Its Own Sale: Here Are the Best Deals By Andrew E. Freedman Microsoft is taking aim at Amazon's Prime Day with its own set of sweet deals.
Apple HomePod vs Amazon Echo and Google Home: How Each Stacks Up By Mike Prospero The new HomePod looks pretty advanced, but does it it have right combination of features to take on Amazon, Google and newer upstarts?
4 Ways Microsoft Plans to Win the Future By Andrew E. Freedman Microsoft showed off its new vision at its Build developer conference, and its plans are revealing.
WannaCry Ransomware Outbreak Isn't Over Yet By Paul Wagenseil The WannaCry ransomware attack hit China especially hard Monday, and experts warned that new strains were about to appear.
I Got Lost in a World Where VR and HoloLens Collide By Andrew E. Freedman Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Academy is teaching coders to make apps that work across AR and VR headsets.
Microsoft Unveils Mixed-Reality Motion Controllers By Andrew E. Freedman Microsoft introduced motion controllers for upcoming Windows 10 mixed-reality headsets at its Build developer conference in Seattle.
Microsoft Finds Way to Put Windows 10 on iPhone, Android By Andrew E. Freedman Microsoft plans to put Windows 10 software onto all of your devices, including those running Android and iOS.
I Jumped Off a Building In a Windows MR Headset By Andrew E. Freedman A VR experience called 'The Ledge' shows a $299 headset that Microsoft is working on with its hardware partners can be enough for a hair-raising experience.
Intel Used Cortana to Make a Smart Home By Andrew E. Freedman In a demo at Microsoft Build, Intel showed off how Cortana can power a modern smart home, as Microsoft and Intel are making a push to expand the digital assistant's powers.
Here’s What Cortana Will Do in Devices By Andrew E. Freedman At its Build developer conference, Microsoft showed off how Cortana will work on speakers, cars and more devices.
Microsoft Bets Big on AI, Chatbots By Andrew E. Freedman Microsoft used its annual developers conference to sharpen its focus on bringing Cortana, artificial intelligence and chatbots to the forefront of computing.
HP and Microsoft Partnering on Cortana Device By Andrew E. Freedman HP has signed a partnership deal with Microsoft to build hardware that supports Cortana.
