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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...

Microsoft's latest Stable release of Edge, version 139.0.3405.111, quietly brings a small but useful productivity tweak — Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Summarization baked directly into the right-click context menu — alongside a roster of bug fixes and performance refinements that continue Edge’s steady AI-first evolution. (learn.microsoft.com, neowin.net) Background / Overview Microsoft has steadily integrated Copilot functionality into Edge over the past year, moving from optional sidebar...

Microsoft’s push into artificial intelligence is no longer an experiment — it’s a full-scale platform strategy that is reshaping productivity, enterprise operations, and the very architecture of the cloud, with the Copilot family, Azure AI services, GitHub Copilot, and a suite of industry partnerships at the center of that effort. rstory is the product of decades of research turned into broadly distributed services. The company’s long-standing investment in machine learning and natural...

Microsoft is pulling the plug on the legacy OneNote app that shipped with Windows 10: beginning October 14, 2025, OneNote for Windows 10 (the UWP “legacy” client) will reach end of support and be placed into a read‑only state, and Microsoft is actively steering users and organizations toward the modern OneNote on Windows app as the single, supported OneNote experience. Background / Overview OneNote has lived as multiple codebases on Windows for years: a UWP app preinstalled on Windows 10...

The ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X arrive as a decisive pivot for handheld PC gaming: ASUS hardware meets Xbox branding and a newly consolized Windows 11 experience, with both devices slated to reach stores on October 16, 2025. Background / Overview The ROG Xbox Ally family is the product of a high-profile collaboration between ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) and Microsoft’s Xbox team. ASUS provides the thermal, industrial and controller engineering pedigree; Microsoft supplies Xbox...

Microsoft has quietly begun testing a conversational, meaning‑aware file and image search inside the Copilot app on Windows 11, a change that lets you describe what you’re looking for instead of hunting for exact filenames — and it’s arriving first to Copilot+ PCs as a staged Windows Insider preview. Background Microsoft has been steadily folding larger and more capable AI subsystems into Windows under the Copilot and Copilot+ initiatives. The newest preview, delivered as Copilot app builds...

Microsoft quietly patched a vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allowed the assistant to read and summarize enterprise files without producing the expected Purview audit entry — a gap that, if exploited, could let insiders or attackers extract sensitive data while leaving no trace in tenant audit logs. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot is the company’s flagship AI assistant integrated across Office, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive and BizChat. It uses retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG)...

Microsoft has given a clear ultimatum to organizations still using the shared .onmicrosoft.com sending address: migrate to a verified custom domain or expect severe outbound throttling that will constrain external email to just 100 external recipients per organization in any 24‑hour rolling window for mail sent from MOERA (Microsoft Online Email Routing Address) domains. This restriction — aimed squarely at curbing abuse of freshly provisioned tenants and protecting the shared...

A handful of Arkane Lyon developers went public this month with an uncompromising demand: Microsoft must cut any ties that enable violence in Gaza — and remaining silent, they said, is tantamount to complicity. That open letter, penned by members of the French game‑workers’ union STJV at Arkane, landed inside a broader storm over Microsoft’s cloud and AI contracts with Israeli security services, renewed investigative reporting alleging deep technical integrations, and a widening movement of...

File system errors on Windows 10 and Windows 11 can look cryptic — a terse message, an error code, or “The parameter is incorrect” when you plug in a USB stick — but they usually point to fixable problems with system files, disk metadata, or the drive itself. This guide consolidates proven, non‑destructive troubleshooting steps (from quick restarts to offline repairs), explains what the common numeric error codes mean, and offers a prioritized workflow so you stop at the least‑disruptive fix...

Madison’s customer service teams face a fast-moving choice in 2025: treat AI as a risky experiment or as an operational staple that can speed answers, reduce costs, and free people for higher‑value, trust‑dependent work. The practical case for adoption is strong — local pilots and vendor case studies show large reductions in response time and ticket volume, campus‑approved copilots give a low‑risk path for early use, and the tools on this shortlist are the ones most likely to deliver...