The WhatsApp Beta UWP recently received an update on Windows 11, adding a couple of useful features. However, they aren't entirely new to most users, as Android and iOS users have had them for years.

Web apps made Windows slower, clunkier, and less compelling. Microsoft is finally scrambling to fix it—it's about time.

Last week, I wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian expressing concern that Microsoft’s new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) APIs comprised a first step toward locking down the currently open ...

Fortunately I haven't yet encountered a UWP exclusive that I've wanted to play, but this just further reinforces my instinctive distrust of UWP. I'm not going to play a game that I can't mod, edit, or ...

This week, Microsoft finally released a new update for Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel. Build 25905 contains features Microsoft introduced earlier in the Dev Channel (Dev Drive, Windows Backup, ...

Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system is filled with a rich selection of programs and applications. Many better-known Windows programs come with antiquated interfaces and old-fashioned navigational ...

In 2023, Microsoft has shipped an update that makes it possible to use a Zune with a Windows 11 PC. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

I'm curious how much of these problems are caused by the design goal of protecting the security of the app store. They seem to have requirements that an app must always phone home to get verified, ...