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Why Go Passwordless? Passwords are the weakest link in account security. Microsoft estimates that passwords are involved in over 18 billion attacks every year — roughly 579 attacks per second. Weak or reused passwords are the primary entry point for account takeovers, phishing, and credential-stuffing attacks. The good news: Microsoft has made it genuinely easy to remove your password entirely. Since September 2021, all personal Microsoft accounts can go passwordless. And since May 2025, new Microsoft accounts are passwordless by default. Once you make the switch, you’ll sign in with something you have (your phone or a security key) and something you are (fingerprint, face, or PIN) — far harder to steal than a string of characters. ...

Recently, Authenticator users should have seen a reminder in the app when opening the app - Autofill in Microsoft Authenticator will stop from July 2025, and users are advised to use Edge instead. The plan is as follows: Starting June 2025, you will no longer be able to Add or Import new passwords in the Authenticator App. However, you can continue saving passwords through autofill until July. During July 2025, you will not be able to use autofill with Authenticator. From August 2025, your saved passwords will no longer be accessible in Authenticator. It can be seen that from stopping adding new passwords to disabling auto-fill, to being completely inaccessible, Authenticator is gradually stripping away its password-related functions, but many users use Authenticator precisely because it can synchronize and fill passwords across platforms. So why does Microsoft do this? ...

50 years is not a short time, whether for a person or a company. In 1975, Bill Gates and his good friend Paul Allen founded Microsoft, which truly brought microcomputers to ordinary people and profoundly changed the world. In the past 50 years, Microsoft has created many great products. Let’s review Microsoft’s milestones! Corporate Growth 1975: Microsoft Founded Bill Gates and Paul Allen established Microsoft, marking the beginning of a transformative era in personal computing. ...

On July 19, 2024, a significant number of Windows operating systems worldwide experienced a critical failure, resulting in blue screens or recovery mode. The incident disrupted various industries, grounding flights, halting hotel check-ins, and paralyzing retail operations. Even ATMs were out of service. Microsoft initially estimated that nearly 8.5 million devices globally were affected. Security software can have massive real-world consequences when it fails — as seen again when NSA exploited a Windows backdoor to attack China, raising serious questions about the trustworthiness of foreign security infrastructure. ...

When will Windows 12, the potential next-generation Windows OS, meet us? When is the accurate Windows 12 release date? This is a question that many Windows users are concerned about. Unfortunately, we judge based on the available information that it will not be coming in the short term. The following are the arguments supporting this conclusion. Our prediction was later confirmed when Microsoft announced Windows 11 25H2 — meaning Windows 12 is delayed by at least another year. For the naming argument, see why we believe Windows 12 is the next generation. ...