Ads in Microsoft Windows' Start menu are nothing new, and it's no surprise that they're coming to Windows 11. Microsoft has been testing ads in beta releases, and this week the update that places ...

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 ...

I like ads within Windows. There, I’ve said it. By ads, I don’t mean crapware, like the omnipresent Candy Crush or similar apps that clutter consumer PCs. Nor do I like to see banner ads, pop-ups, and ...

Microsoft later told The Verge that this ‘feature’ was “not intended to be published externally and was turned off.” Thank goodness, although the company didn’t guarantee that the feature won’t show ...

Windows Latest spotted that when using Copilot, some queries result in small ads popping up in the side-panel for the AI. The example provided is a query comparing Amazon Prime Video to Netflix, which ...

Microsoft is now promoting some of its products in the sign-out flyout menu that shows up when clicking the user icon in the Windows 11 start menu. This new Windows 11 "feature" was discovered by ...

Ads in Windows 11 File Explorer? Not on our watch! Ads mistakenly appeared inside Windows 11 File Explorer and have since been disabled. Twitter user Florian B was testing out Windows 11 Insider ...

Windows 10 may be “free,” but there’s a price to pay for claiming your no-cost upgrade from Windows 7 or 8: The operating system’s brimming with ads designed to coax you into buying this app or using ...