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Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is one of the "Big Five" tech giants, well known for licensing Q-DOS from Seattle Computer…

Microsoft account

Microsoft accounts are the central feature of modern Microsoft services. Though there have been a variety of Microsoft account types dating to the 1990s, the latest incarnation was pioneered in 2019…

Microsoft Copilot's recall feature

Recall is a feature of Windows 11 that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using Copilot, Microsoft's Artificial intelligence(AI)…

Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11

In a Windows insider blog published March 28, 2025, under the section "[other] changes", the removal of bypassnro.cmd script is announced. This script is used to complete a new Windows installation…

Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft 365 (sold as Office 365 from 2010 to 2020) is a suite of productivity software applications that includes Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. The addition of "365" to…

Minecraft

Minecraft is a 2011 multiplayer sandbox game made by Mojang Studios. Once acquired by Microsoft, the game began to harvest telemetry data, force users to comply with an ever shifting EULA to keep…

Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes

Minecraft Alpha was published and sold by a small developer, advocating for consumer ownership, promising Digital Rights Management (DRM)-free software free optional updates, and a free copy of the…

Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers

For the past 5-8 years, Mojang, the developers of the title Minecraft, and a subsidiary of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios publishing brand, have enforced countless server shutdowns citing violations…

Windows installation USB drives

Since the release of Windows 10, Microsoft has sold USB drives with an installer preloaded. They are deeply write-protected, and have no official way to be formatted and reused for anything other…

Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) discontinuation

Microsoft discontinued support for Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) starting with the 24H2 release of Windows 11. All users who have installed this version or later can no longer use their devices…

Xbox

Xbox is a series of gaming consoles created by Microsoft since 15 November 2001.