Don't let your iPhone or Android have all the fun: setting up lock screen widgets on PC is a piece of cake with Microsoft's ...

Recently, users discovered that Microsoft is preparing new widgets for Windows 10's Lock Screen. In addition to the weather forecast, there are now sports, traffic, finance, and more. Windows 10 ...

The first Windows 11 preview build in 2024 introduced a new weather widget for the operating system's lock screen with richer visuals and the ability to open more weather data from the lock screen (in ...

TL;DR: Windows 11 and 10 users could soon have more customization options for lock screen widgets, moving away from the current all-or-nothing approach. Microsoft plans to allow users to pick and ...

A new Windows 10 preview build is rolling out to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel. Today's preview build backports Windows 11's new rich weather interface on the lock screen to Windows 10.

As we approach the end of 2025, it's a good moment to look back at the many improvements Windows 11 has received throughout the year, most of which arrived through monthly cumulative updates.

You can now remotely lock your computer, send files between the phone and Windows 11, and even share the clipboard.

Digital assistants help us look up the weather, play our favorite music, and allow us to quickly access a lot of our personal information. And between Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Microsoft Cortana ...

...at least not in Windows 10. I've tried everything. It may well depend on using Edge as one's default browser (I use Firefox and don't have any plans to change that). The lock screen inevitably ...

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