Netflix teams up with Microsoft on cheaper streaming with adverts
Platform belatedly follows rivals in appealing to cash-strapped consumers as it loses subscribers
Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 review: cheaper, faster, better compact notebook
Small-frame Windows 11 machine has good keyboard, trackpad, slick design and better performance
Microsoft limits access to facial recognition tool in AI ethics overhaul
Company also restricts use of custom neural voice technology owing to deepfake concerns
Microsoft to retire Internet Explorer browser and redirect users to Edge
Company says decision to disable desktop app comes as web developers less likely to make sites compatible with browser, which first graced computers in 1995
Bill Gates: ‘Vaccines are a miracle. It’s mind-blowing somebody could say the opposite’
The Microsoft co-founder takes questions from scientists, academics and readers on Ukraine, Covid, Jeffrey Epstein and more
TechScape: Apple, Google and Microsoft are about to make passwords a thing of the past
In this week’s newsletter: safer than two-factor authentication and easier than remembering dozens of codes, the ‘Fido’ system will make our digital lives smoother
Picture perfect: how to take, store and print photos from your phone
If you keep precious camera moments locked away on a mobile they are at risk of being lost
Send us your questions for Bill Gates
Got something to ask the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist? Send it our way and we’ll put it to him
Video game developers set for cash influx as tech firms compete for deals
Companies including Microsoft and Apple are attempting to build ‘Netflix for games’
Pushing Buttons: Is the PlayStation Plus revamp actually good for gamers?
In this week’s newsletter: shelling out for yet another subscription service is unsustainable for many players – does that build a healthy games industry?
Sony to launch PlayStation rival to Xbox Game Pass
Subscription offers games for low fee as tech firms compete to establish Netflix-style streaming service
Surface Laptop Studio review: Microsoft’s top new quirky portable PC
Part laptop, part drawing tablet, part workstation, there’s nothing quite like this Windows 11 machine
Surface Duo 2 review: Microsoft’s dual-screen Android needs work
Novel device aims to be a multi-tasking power house, but gaps in hardware and software let it down
Microsoft beats expectations with $18.8bn profit
The software company’s success can be attributed to its cloud computing business
Pushing Buttons: the Microsoft-Activision deal is a chance to transform game development
In this week’s newsletter: whatever reservations we have about the merger, it’s a chance to bring meaningful, positive change for the people who actually make games