I recently upgraded my "unsupported" PC to Windows 11 and was immediately bombarded with banner alerts, ads, and current affairs news that I'd rather not be force fed by my operating system. Windows ...

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 ...

You'll see ads on your Windows lock screen if you have Windows Spotlight set as the display option. These ads often promote ...

Advertisements—sometimes prompts to do something that would financially benefit Microsoft and sometimes actual paid advertisements—are showing up all over Windows 11. Start menu ads are rolling out to ...

Microsoft keeps pumping more and more ads into Windows 11. In addition to self-advertising in the Start menu, app recommendations, and pop-ups for Game Pass games, there are now also pop-ups for cloud ...

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 started testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu, a new experiment the company says will help users find new "great" apps in the Microsoft Store. The trial is now rolling out in the Beta ...