Windows 11 is no longer just another operating system upgrade, it has become a flashpoint in a much bigger fight over how much of your digital life you are willing to hand to a platform vendor.

Windows 11 has hit a billion users – and faster than Windows 10 – so how does that work given all the hate aimed at Microsoft's newest OS?

Timing is everything. Just as a serious new warning hits Windows users, with between 200 and 400 million users “vulnerable to cyber attacks,” Microsoft warns those users not to update Windows, even ...