Microsoft's big Windows 10 Anniversary update launches on August 2

Microsoft's latest major refresh of Windows 10 will be released publicly on August 2, the company confirmed Wednesday morning. In a blog post, Microsoft outlined the full list of new features coming with the update, including security upgrades, improvements to Cortana and features aimed at making touchscreen devices with Windows 10 more useful. The news comes almost a year after the consumer launch of Windows 10, which has been one of the company's major turning points under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella. The operating system has seen massive (if, at times, unintentional) adoption by both business and consumer users in that time, and these upgrades may further spur adoption across those markets as well. With the launch of the Anniversary Update, users will now be able to do more with Cortana, the Microsoft virtual assistant that shipped with the operating system last year.