TL;DR: Microsoft has dropped the $19 fee that developers were charged to publish their apps on the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 and 11, making it the first major digital store to offer free app ...

Microsoft is getting rid of developer onboarding fees for the Microsoft Store on Windows, the digital distribution platform for its flagship operating system, the company announced Monday during its ...

While the company might be pulling back some of its investments in the infrastructure that makes it run, Microsoft remains, at least publicly, intensely focused on AI and Copilot. The company's annual ...