Mikael Markander

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'There are too many urgent problems to solve': Bill Gates pledges 99% of his wealth over the next 20 years

6 days ago | pcworld.com | Mikael Markander |Joel Lee

According to CNN, it’s now clear that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will donate an additional $100 billion to the Gates Foundation, which is now celebrating its 25th anniversary. Bill Gates intends to donate most of his fortune to the Gates Foundation in the coming years, with the explicit goal of not wanting to die a rich man. “People will say a lot of things about me when I die, but I am determined that ‘he died rich’ will not be one of them,” said Gates.
Windows 11 is about to make app downloads easier, but there's a risk

6 days ago | pcworld.com | Mikael Markander |Joel Lee

Microsoft is currently testing a number of new features and experiences for Windows 11, ranging from agentic AI for PC management to an AI-driven “Fix it” button for troubleshooting to a new Start menu design with a useful phone companion panel. There’s actually a lot more coming, but here’s one that seems like a double-edged sword: Microsoft wants to make Microsoft Store apps downloadable in Windows Search.
Want to use both new and classic Outlook apps? Soon, says Microsoft

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Mikael Markander |Joel Lee

Since last year, Microsoft has been pushing users to move from classic Outlook to new Outlook, and has even gone on record with an official “death date” for classic Outlook. But users aren’t as enthusiastic about the new Outlook, resulting in slow adoption and migration. To Microsoft’s chagrin, many are still sticking with the classic Outlook app.
L'auto-remplissage des mots de passe va disparaître de Microsoft Authenticator

1 week ago | lemondeinformatique.fr | Mikael Markander |Joel Lee

Mauvaise nouvelle pour ceux qui se servent d’Authenticator de Microsoft comme gestionnaire de mots de passe sur leur smartphone. La firme de Redmond a annoncé la fin dès cet été de la fonction autofill. Celle-ci propose de remplir automatiquement les sites et les applications avec les identifiants enregistrés. A partir du mois d’août, tous les mots de passe sauvegardés disparaîtront. Microsoft prévoit une transition en trois étapes.
Microsoft is killing Authenticator's password manager features soon

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Mikael Markander |Joel Lee

If you use Microsoft’s Authenticator app on your mobile phone as a password manager, here’s some bad news: Microsoft is discontinuing the “autofill” password management functionality in Authenticator. According to the announcement post (spotted by BleepingComputer), the transition will take place in three stages over this summer. Starting in June, you will no longer be able to store new passwords in Authenticator.
Missing 'recent files' app lists in Windows 10's Start menu are back again

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Mikael Markander |Joel Lee

Update on May 5, 2025: According to a (spotted by Windows Latest), the removal of “recent files” app jump lists in Windows 10’s Start menu was confirmed to be a bug caused by the integration of account control experiences in the Start menu. The bug was fixed with a service change that rolled out on April 25th. If you’re still running into this issue, make sure your device is connected to the internet so it can receive the automatic resolution.
Ads have crept into Microsoft's popular free PC Manager app now, too

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Mikael Markander |Joel Lee

Microsoft has really fallen in love with advertisements, haven’t they? Ads have invaded all sorts of spaces over the last few years, including the Windows 11 Start menu, the Surface app, and the Copilot AI assistant, plus Microsoft is even testing a free, ad-supported version of Office. And to no one’s surprise, the ad creep continues.
Microsoft targets pesky bugs plaguing the classic Outlook app

2 weeks ago | pcworld.com | Mikael Markander

Last week we reported that Microsoft will roll out a fix for the spiking CPU usage problem in the classic Outlook app for Windows. Classic Outlook may have been rendered obsolete by the new Outlook app for Windows users, but Microsoft isn’t leaving lingering Classic Outlook bugs un-squashed. Microsoft will also fix problems with blank sections appearing in some users’ calendar view, and the bug that makes the “special paste” keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + V not work.
Mozilla Firefox finally has native profile switching with latest update

2 weeks ago | pcworld.com | Mikael Markander |Joel Lee

Today, Mozilla has released version 138 of its popular Firefox web browser for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The biggest draw of this update is the profile manager feature that makes it easier to separate work, play, and everything else. With separate user profiles, you’ll be able to have separate bookmarks, tabs, browsing history, and more. Profile management has long been one of the defining benefits of Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers over Firefox.
DDoS attacks have skyrocketed 358% year-over-year, report says

2 weeks ago | pcworld.com | Mikael Markander |Joel Lee

During the first quarter of 2025, the total number of DDoS attacks increased by 198 percent compared to the last quarter of 2024 and by 358 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to a new report by Cloudflare. A total of 20.5 million DDoS attacks were stopped during the period, of which 6.6 million attacks were directly targeted at Cloudflare’s infrastructure.