Sean Endicott
Sean Endicott is the news writer at Windows Central, a website focusing on Microsoft, Windows 11, PCs, and gaming. He’s covered these topics for almost a decade, including the launch of three major versions of Windows as well as dozens of product launches from industry leaders such as Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo, ASUS, and Razer.
Sean focuses largely on daily news coverage of major companies within the industry. His role consists of writing articles about breaking news, covering content from press releases, and coordinating coverage of embargoed materials.
In addition to his news coverage, Sean communicates with developers to share news on the latest applications for Windows 11 as well as Microsoft’s applications on Android, iOS, and the web.
Sean studied broadcast journalism at Nottingham Trent University and worked in local television before joining us in the world of online news. You can find him on Twitter @Sean_Michael_UK.
If you're a fan of American football, or even if you're not, Sean's keen to tell everyone about the sport and how he uses Microsoft Teams to do film study with the youth team he coaches.
Latest articles by Sean Endicott
You can now move the Bing button in SwiftKey or hide it entirely
By Sean Endicott published
Move it Microsoft recently integrated the new Bing with SwiftKey. Now, you can rearrange where the Bing icon appears within the keyboard on Android.
Fallout 76 is currently broken on PC Game Pass, fix incoming
By Sean Endicott published
Failing Fallout Bethesda has confirmed an issue with Fallout 76 that prevents the game from updating through the Microsoft Store. The Steam version of the game is unaffected, causing some to criticize Microsoft.
Microsoft reportedly tests chips in stealth mode to boost AI performance
By Sean Endicott published
In house A recent report states that Microsoft is making its own AI chips to train AI, such as the model that powers GPT-4. Doing so could save Microsoft quite a bit of money.
OneNote now lets you erase your mistakes with a scribble
By Sean Endicott published
Scratch that A new feature for OneNote lets you erase content by scribbling over it with a pen. Scratch-out is in testing now among Beta Channel Insiders.
Microsoft should adopt this awesome Paint hack
By Sean Endicott published
Art in action A developer has created a mod for Microsoft Paint that adds support for creating animations.
Windows 10X can now run on both screens of the Surface Duo
By Sean Endicott published
Duo Dream A third-party developer recently managed to get Windows 10X to run on both screens of the Surface Duo.
Lenovo extends employee pricing to everyone, saving you up to $3,000 on the ThinkPad X1 Yoga
By Sean Endicott published
So much savings Lenovo's "you pay what we pay" sale allows you to purchase PCs and other devices for employee pricing. As a result, you can save over $3,000 on a ThinkPad X1 Yoga.
The Yoga 9i, arguably Lenovo's best laptop, is now for sale at Best Buy
By Sean Endicott published
For sale Lenovo launched its latest Yoga 9i last week. The convertible laptop runs on the latest internals from Intel and has up to 4K display.
Poll: Which form factor should Microsoft focus on for Windows 12?
By Sean Endicott published
Poll If Microsoft optimized the next version of Windows for different devices, which form factor do you think should be top priority?
You can now remove the Bing icon from Microsoft Edge, no Registry edit required
By Sean Endicott published
Go away The Bing icon in Microsoft Edge can now be hidden with a simple switch.
Microsoft is making it easier to browse through and share your photos on Windows 11
By Sean Endicott published
New View File Explorer gains a Gallery view in latest Insider build of Windows 11.
Microsoft Edge's Sidebar is coming to the Windows 11 desktop
By Sean Endicott published
On the side One of the best features from Microsoft Edge can now live on your desktop.
The Dell XPS 15 and XPS 17 are an insane value at $650 off
By Sean Endicott published
Save on the best Dell's spring sale slashes up to $650 off the XPS 15 and XPS 17. While the discounted models have last year's internals, they're still excellent PCs and deliver great value.
Microsoft Edge is making it easier to continue conversations with Bing Chat
By Sean Endicott published
More Bing! Microsoft Edge Dev has an update that adds a new option for having Bing Chat open automatically.
Microsoft adds power of ChatGPT to SwiftKey and Skype groups
By Sean Endicott published
AI everywhere Microsoft has added several integrations between the new Bing and its other apps, including SwiftKey, Skype, and Microsoft Start.
Watch a Blizzard game director code a game using nothing but ChatGPT
By Sean Endicott published
AI developer A Blizzard game director recreated Flappy Bird by having ChatGPT write all the code for the game. Here's how he did it.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070: Stock updates and where to buy it
By Sean Endicott published
Now available NVIDIA just launched its GeForce RTX 4070 GPU. The graphics card includes DLSS 3 support and the latest generation of ray-tracing cores at a starting price of $599.99.
Your next phone could feature an Arm chip made by Intel
By Sean Endicott published
Partnering up Intel and Arm announced a partnership that will allow designers to build low-power chips through Intel Foundry Services. The agreement is a major boost to IFS, which is aiming to surpass Samsung.
Windows 11 can now launch Android apps quicker without hogging system resources
By Sean Endicott published
So flexible An update just shipped for the Windows Subsystem for Android. Windows Insiders can now use Android app in picture-in-picture mode.
Meet the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070: A 1440p powerhouse for $599
By Sean Endicott published
More affordable power NVIDIA just unveiled its RTX 4070 GPU. With support for DLSS 3 and other improvements across the board, the graphics card looks like a strong contender for the best GPU for 1440p gaming.
ChatGPT will be a keyboard shortcut away, thanks to this PowerToys plugin
By Sean Endicott published
At your fingertips PowerToys Run is one of the best utility apps on Windows 11, and it's about to get even better by adding a ChatGPT plugin.
Start menu tweak in Windows 11 update sparks debate
By Sean Endicott published
Update time! Microsoft just rolled out the Windows 11 Patch Tuesday update for April 2023. The update includes several security fixes and a short list of changes.
Today is the last day you can use Microsoft Teams Free (Classic) — here's how to save your files, chats, and data
By Sean Endicott published
Last Chance The current free version of Microsoft Teams will be retired on April 12, 2023. Users can either pay to keep all their content or lose their data and transition to the new free version of Teams.
Microsoft and the U.S. Army have a plan to make the HoloLens combat-ready
By Sean Endicott published
new and improved The U.S. Army will spend $165 million on the next version of the IVAS headset from Microsoft. $76 million of that will be spent on developing version 1.2 of the system.
Here's what happened when Stanford created a virtual world full of ChatGPT-powered people
By Sean Endicott published
In a simulation A group of AI researchers from Stanford and Google Research ran a simulation full of characters powered by ChatGPT. The results were both illustrative and hilarious.
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