We've been following along with Microsoft's secret Windows Core OS project since 2017, and now Microsoft is finally starting to talk about it, albeit discretely. We went hands-on with HoloLens 2 at ...

In a move designed to prevent its ever-growing range of products from drawing attention away from its core operating system, Microsoft has announced it will form a division solely focused on improving ...

Debloat tools claim to make Windows 11 more efficient by removing unnecessary processes and freeing up RAM. In practice, that ...

Windows 11 was a minor upgrade over Windows 10, which is surprising given how long Microsoft lingered on 10. According to a new report, Some elements of the ill-fated Windows 10X and Core OS projects ...

The new operating system should be able to make better use of modern multicore chips--in part through changes to adapt Windows to big servers. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...