Windows 11 users are waking up to a redesigned Start menu that scales automatically and groups apps into categories, whether ...

Microsoft has rolled out a new way to further mismanage the Windows 11 Start menu: displaying ads in the form of recommended apps. The ads are part of the KB5036980 update that rolled out to Windows ...

With the latest optional update KB5036980 for Windows 11 version 23H2 and 22H2, Microsoft is adding ads for programs and Windows services that users can buy in the Microsoft Store to the Windows 11 ...

Microsoft has enabled Start menu ads in the optional KB5036980 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2. The company first announced that it was working on adding ads to the Windows 11 ...

Working subtle advertisements into products seems to be the way of the future, with platforms like Discord testing the ad waters now as well. However, Microsoft has been well ahead of the curve and ...

Some things should never have ads on them, and it’s the unofficial policy of Tech.co that desktop computer start menus are among them. And yet, start menu are just what Windows 11 has recently ...

A few weeks after rolling out a beta test of a feature that displays “recommendations to help you discover great apps from the Microsoft Store” in the Windows 11 Start Menu, Microsoft has announced ...

Microsoft has an ongoing obsession with using its massive Windows install base to push products and services. If you're a realist, you'd call these ads, but Microsoft would prefer you call them ...

Microsoft is now showing a new alert in the Start menu titled “Action advised – back up your PC,” and the alert is yellow-themed, which makes it quite obvious that Windows 11 needs your attention. The ...

ExplorerPatcher, a third-party Windows UI customization utility, released its latest version, 22621.1992.56.1, earlier today. The new version fixes a bug wherein the Start menu on Windows 10 would ...