Hardware

Because it’s always about Microsoft, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft 365 for consumers, Microsoft’s new font, Microsoft’s defense of Huawei, Microsoft employees freaking out about climate change, and so much more.

Because summer ends when I say it ends, this edition of Short Takes looks at Slack and its inability to turn a profit, Microsoft testing 5G game streaming in Korea, deep fake videos, mega-yachts, and Window 10 update quality, and so much more.

Because AI that requires human intervention is only artificial, not intelligence, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s new Edge milestone and why so few people seem interested, Xbox’s voyeurism problem, Microsoft’s further embrace of open-source, and so much more.

Because wormable is a fun word, this edition of Short Takes looks at a serious new Microsoft update warning, Surface PCs getting throttled by a firmware update, Cortana’s summer of defeat, human-powered AI, and much more.

With the Surface Go now a year old, let’s take a look at how well it has held up during a year of hard use.

In this Ask the Admin, I look at what you need to know before connecting a high resolution 4K display to a notebook.

Microsoft is planning a hardware event for later this year where the company may announce new devices based on chips by companies other than Intel.

Microsoft is releasing a Developer Edition of the HoloLens 2 but unlike the first generation device, this SKU won’t save you any money.

Microsoft’s second-generation Hub is now available and it features a completely redesigned exterior that allows the device to be upgraded with a modular computing unit and can also run on batteries.

Microsoft has announced a Surface Hub event for April where the company is expected to finally do a deep dive on the hardware that is inside the collaboration device.