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Today’s Dev Channel drop, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093), continues Microsoft’s methodical push of Copilot-era polish, cross-device continuity, and focused UX fixes — and it does so while leaning heavily on staged rollouts that keep the boldest features behind telemetry toggles. (blogs.windows.com, theverge.com, neowin.net) Background Microsoft released Build 26200.5761 to the Dev Channel on August 22, 2025, as part of the ongoing 25H2 development stream. This update...

Windows Insiders on the Dev Channel are receiving a focused, iterative update today: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093), a cumulative Dev-channel flight that mixes small but practical user-facing improvements, deeper Copilot-era integrations, and several targeted fixes — with a handful of known issues Insiders and IT teams should plan for. Background Microsoft continues to use the Dev Channel as a rapid-feedback playground for Windows 11, version 25H2 enablement-package...

Microsoft’s latest Insider build pushes Phone Link deeper into Windows 11’s Start menu and — for the first time in a widely reported rollout — brings a fuller, more visible iPhone experience to the desktop, while also layering cross-device conveniences and a handful of stability and Copilot-era polish into the Beta channel release identified by community reporting as KB5064093 (build 26120.5761). Background Since its rebirth as Phone Link (formerly “Your Phone”), Microsoft has steadily...

This week’s wave of security headlines delivered a clear, uncomfortable message for Windows admins and security teams: the internet’s trust fabric is fraying in ways that let attackers hide inside legitimate flows — and Microsoft’s own infrastructure, link‑wrapping services, and even patch releases have become part of the battleground. A sophisticated malvertising campaign launders phishing links through trusted wrappers and legitimate redirects to steal Microsoft 365 credentials; Microsoft...

Microsoft’s consumer-facing pricing can feel like a maze of subscriptions, promotions, and licensing fine print — and the piece you provided distills three practical, high-impact ways ordinary users and small businesses can cut that bill dramatically. The recommendations range from snapping up legitimate lifetime Office/Windows bundles and hunting education/refurbished deals, to using reseller and CSP channels for steep license discounts, and finally to practicing disciplined Azure and...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5761 (KB5064093) to the Beta Channel for Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2, continuing a pattern of incremental, tightly staged updates that blend UI polish, targeted bug fixes, and guarded rollouts of AI-driven experiences. osoft’s Beta Channel for Windows 11, version 24H2, has become the primary staging ground for iterative refinements rather than wholesale feature overhauls. The 26120.xxxx enablement-series builds deliver...

Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5761 (KB5064093) to the Beta Channel for Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2 — a staged preview that bundles a mix of incremental features, UI tweaks, and fixes while continuing to gate higher‑impact changes behind controlled rollouts and Copilot+ hardware requirements. Background Windows 11, version 24H2 is the current feature baseline for these Beta Channel flights. Microsoft uses the Beta Channel to test servicing and...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5761 (KB5064093) to the Beta Channel, a targeted quality-and-polish update for Windows 11, version 24H2 that layers a handful of incremental features, Copilot-era refinements, and several important fixes — while continuing Microsoft’s staged “Controlled Feature Rollout” approach that will enable many items only for sampled Insiders. Background Microsoft’s Beta Channel for Windows Insiders now maps to the Windows 11, version 24H2...

IBM’s strategy is deliberate: build industry-minded, governed AI that plugs into legacy systems and regulated workflows rather than chase consumer hype—and that choice may not win the popularity contest, but it can win durable enterprise value if the company executes the engineering, go-to-market, and trust work at scale. Background IBM has publicly staked a clear, domain-focused claim in the enterprise AI market. The company bundles model development, data plumbing, agent orchestration, and...

Microsoft has confirmed that its August 2025 security updates can break NDI-based streaming on affected Windows PCs, producing severe stutter, dropped frames, and choppy audio/video when Network Device Interface (NDI) is used with its default Reliable UDP (RUDP) transport — a regression that hits production workflows using OBS, NDI Tools and similar capture stacks and that currently has only an interim workaround while Redmond investigates. Background / Overview NDI (Network Device...

You cannot install Xcode natively on Windows — but there are four practical workarounds that get you to a working iOS build and release workflow from a Windows PC: run macOS in a virtual machine, rent a Mac in the cloud, build a Hackintosh, or use cross‑platform build tooling such as xtool. The Mac Observer’s step‑by‑step primer lays out the same four options and frames them as trade‑offs between convenience, cost, and legality. Background Xcode is Apple’s official integrated development...

Flyoobe, the unofficial successor to the Flyby11 patcher, has quietly added a notable new convenience to its Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) toolkit: the ability to set a default browser immediately after installation and even fetch and install a third‑party browser during first run. This addition moves Flyoobe beyond raw bypass mechanics into the territory of post‑installation customization, making it easier for users of unsupported hardware to finish Windows 11 setup in a way that matches...

Microsoft has confirmed that the August cumulative security update for Windows 11 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) is causing severe stuttering, lag, and choppy audio/video when using NDI-based streaming flows — an issue that hits production tools such as OBS and NDI Tools and has forced broadcasters to apply a manual transport-mode workaround while Microsoft investigates. (support.microsoft.com, bleepingcomputer.com) Background Microsoft shipped the August 12, 2025 cumulative update...

Microsoft has quietly begun testing a conversational, meaning‑aware file and image search inside the Copilot app on Windows 11, bringing natural‑language discovery and a redesigned Copilot home to Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs as part of a staged Microsoft Store preview. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Copilot initiative has evolved quickly from a simple sidebar assistant into a system‑level AI layer in Windows 11. Over the past year the company introduced Copilot Vision, improved...

Microsoft’s Xbox app on Windows 11 has quietly started to act less like a storefront front end and more like a full-fledged PC gaming hub, now testing a “My apps” tab that will surface, download, and launch third‑party apps and rival storefronts from within the Xbox UI itself. Background The Xbox app’s evolution over the past year has been deliberate: move beyond a Game Pass portal and build a singular, cross‑store experience that makes PC gaming feel cohesive across devices. Microsoft has...

Microsoft’s recent earnings and Benzinga’s automated competitor snapshot together paint a picture of a software powerhouse that is both dominant and vulnerable — dominant because of unmatched scale in cloud and productivity; vulnerable because the market is pricing aggressive AI monetization into Microsoft’s premium multiples and regulatory scrutiny is intensifying. Background / Overview Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is organized around three principal segments: Productivity & Business Processes...

Microsoft has quietly handed developers more control over how much assistance GitHub Copilot asserts in the editor, adding several practical toggles and workflow options in the August 2025 Visual Studio update so that suggestions appear on developers’ terms rather than at every keystroke. Background The Visual Studio team shipped a targeted set of changes in Visual Studio 2022 (v17.14.13) intended to reduce interruptions from Copilot-style completions and predictions. These adjustments...

Chemist Warehouse has quietly added a digital colleague to its HR team — an AI assistant named AIHRA that drafts responses to hundreds of routine HR queries each week, reshaping how the retail pharmacy giant manages volume, preserves specialist time, and rethinks talent retention across a distributed store network. Background / Overview Chemist Warehouse, one of Australia’s largest pharmacy retail groups operating more than 500 outlets, faced a classic HR scaling problem: a small central...

If your Windows 11 PC feels sluggish, there’s a good chance a growing pile of cached and temporary files is the culprit — and Windows already gives you simple, safe tools to clean them up without resorting to risky third‑party “optimizers.” Background / Overview Every day Windows and the apps you run create temporary data: thumbnails and preview caches for File Explorer, delivery and update caches for Windows Update and Delivery Optimization, browser caches, DNS resolver entries, Microsoft...

Microsoft has begun quietly testing a conversational, semantic file and image search inside the Copilot app on Windows 11, bringing natural‑language discovery and a redesigned Copilot home to Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs as part of a staged Microsoft Store rollout. Background Microsoft's Copilot initiative has steadily migrated from a simple chat helper into a platform-level assistant for Windows 11, with two parallel threads: broadly available Copilot features and a premium...