Neowin News Feed for: Criticism

Microsoft keeps getting roasted whenever it tries to promote Copilot

Usama Jawad — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:34:02 +0000

Microsoft apparently can't figure out how to market Copilot to the masses, and as a result, it's getting roasted regularly on social media. Read more...

Another ex-Windows head denounces Microsoft after it got slammed for "bad" performance

Sayan Sen — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 15:20:01 +0000

Microsoft recently got slammed by an ex-engineer for the "comically bad" performance of Windows 11. Following that, another former Windows guru has now criticized the company with a dose of sarcasm. Read more...

Valve faces backlash for allowing school-shooting game on Steam

Usama Jawad — Fri, 25 May 2018 10:54:01 +0000

Valve has got itself into hot water for allowing a game, which allows you to "hunt and destroy" children in a school-shooting, on Steam. The developer says not to take the title too "seriously". Read more...

YouTube star Logan Paul gets into hot water for insensitive dead body video

Usama Jawad — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:16:01 +0000

American YouTuber Logan Paul is receiving backlash for publishing an insensitive video featuring an apparent suicide victim in Japan's Aokigahara forest. The vlogger has already apologized. Read more...

HTC's default keyboard app is now showing ads [Update]

Usama Jawad — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 21:34:01 +0000

It appears that the TouchPal keyboard app, which comes pre-installed on many Android devices - primarily HTC's - has suddenly started to show advertisements, leading to online backlash. Read more...

'The Emoji Movie' gets teased in lackluster trailer

Usama Jawad — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 06:54:01 +0000

'The Emoji Movie' teaser trailer has officially been released. It has been received harshly by viewers, with many criticizing it over social media. It is scheduled for an August 4, 2017 release. Read more...

Brazilian judge rules for a nationwide ban of Whatsapp

Usama Jawad — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:42:01 +0000

A Brazilian judge has ordered a nationwide temporary ban of WhatsApp following the company's refusal to help in an investigation related to child pornography. Despite the ban, it is working normally. Read more...

Twitter explains random favorite tweets in Timeline

Shreyas Gandhe — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 02:27:04 +0000

Twitter's Dick Costolo has tweeted about the recent change in the Timeline behavior which placed other users' favorited tweets in the user's feed, after receiving some criticism. Read more...

Huawei exec: Windows Phone isn't open enough and costs too much

Andy Weir — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:23:54 +0000

Asked about Huawei's Windows Phone plans, an executive responded instead by listing the company's issues with the platform, including OS licensing costs, limited customization and "the ecosystem". Read more...

Amazon's bid for domains is "anticompetitive"

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:06:17 +0000

Amazon has come under fire for their applications for the new TLDs, such as .book, .author and .read, with some calling it "anticompetitive" or a way to further their own business. Read more...

Google responds to Instant Search criticism

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:43:29 +0000

Google’s rollout of their new Instant Search last week was definitely something new for the world of search. In an industry that typically innovates in small, incremental baby steps (at least as far as the... Read more...

Microsoft to fix Window's URI security flaw after criticism

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:00:27 +0000

Microsoft plans to fix a bug in the Windows operating system that has been blamed for a handful of critical vulnerabilities in Windows software. The flaw lies in the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) handler technology... Read more...

Ion Storm-ed by Deus Ex demo criticism

Sun, 30 Nov 2003 09:04:11 +0000

Ion Storm-ed by Deus Ex demo criticism Designer Warren Spector addresses accusations of Xbox bias in wake of Invisible War demo release.When Eidos released the PC demo for Deus Ex: Invisible War,... Read more...

Windows CE plan draws criticism

Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:18:37 +0000

As part of its effort to deal with the threat of open-source software, Microsoft plans to let device makers modify more of the source code of its specialized Windows CE operating system. But some say... Read more...