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The image and brief caption that ran with The Herald Journal’s “Ravens Cowboys Football” item do more than illustrate a single play—they crystallize a preseason narrative that, taken alone, can mislead as often as it informs; careful inspection of the accompanying facts, verified box-score lines, and the image’s unknown metadata show a clear pattern: this was a diagnostic preseason performance, not a predictive regular-season verdict. eason football functions as a controlled audition...

The AI infrastructure era is consolidating around three firms that sit at the intersection of design, fabrication, and deployment: Nvidia for compute architectures and software stacks, TSMC for the advanced manufacturing that turns designs into reality, and Microsoft for the cloud fabric and enterprise distribution that scale AI into production—an argument laid out in the AInvest analysis and reinforced by company disclosures and independent industry data. Background The AI transition is not...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 24H2 test build quietly removes two long-running pieces of Windows heritage — WordPad and Windows Mixed Reality — while shipping a set of newer, developer‑ and servicing‑focused features that point to where Microsoft wants Windows to go next. The change is consequential: WordPad’s removal severs a nearly 30‑year lineage of a lightweight rich‑text editor bundled with Windows, and the Mixed Reality exit formally pulls the plug on a consumer VR/AR foothold Microsoft once...

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The Los Angeles Rams edged the Dallas Cowboys 31–21 in a preseason clash that read like a scouting report more than a scoreline: Stetson Bennett delivered a disciplined, efficient night (16-of-24 for 188 yards and two touchdowns), Blake Corum supplied short-yardage finishing in two early TDs, and the Cowboys walked away with a productive offensive preview overshadowed by Joe Milton’s elbow soreness late in the fourth quarter. Background Preseason football is a laboratory: coaches trade the...

Microsoft partners’ marketing materials briefly set off a flurry of headlines claiming Windows 11 would get Wi‑Fi 7 support in a spring “24H1” update — but the public record and vendor guidance tell a different, more complex story about timing, drivers, and what it will actually take to get multi‑gigabit wireless working in real Windows environments. Background / Overview Dell’s promotional collateral for new XPS laptops (which referenced “Windows 11 version 24H1” being available for...

Microsoft’s plan to add Linux and Android subsystem support to Windows 365 Cloud PCs — long visible on the Microsoft 365 roadmap — resurfaced in headlines recently, but the full story is more nuanced than a single preview date. Microsoft documented nested virtualization for Cloud PCs (the technical route that enables Windows Subsystem for Linux and the Windows Subsystem for Android to run inside a Cloud PC) as a roadmap item and began preview rollouts in 2022; more recent Microsoft...

Microsoft has quietly unlocked one of the most consequential features Windows on Arm owners have been waiting for: the Xbox PC app can now — in preview — download and run compatible games locally on Arm-based Windows 11 devices. Background Windows on Arm has long been pitched as the battery‑friendly, always‑connected alternative to x86 laptops, but the platform’s gaming story has been uneven. Early Arm laptops shipped with native app support for a few titles and heavy reliance on cloud...

Microsoft’s Windows 10 S and the accompanying Surface Laptop were less a surprise and more a strategic recalibration: a deliberately simplified, cloud-first Windows SKU paired with a premium clamshell that wore Microsoft’s design language like a banner. Announced as a classroom-friendly combination, Windows 10 S locked down app installs to the Microsoft Store and emphasized manageability, while the Surface Laptop showcased a high‑resolution 3:2 PixelSense display, Alcantara palm rest, and...

Microsoft's warning about servicing Windows installation images with a fresh Microsoft Defender package is a timely reminder that new installations can inherit an invisible security gap: the antimalware binaries and definitions embedded in ISO/WIM/VHD images become stale the moment an image is created, and until those components are updated the freshly installed system may be less protected during its first minutes or hours of operation. This week’s coverage — spurred by a recent news item —...

Microsoft has taken a long-running complaint about Notepad’s overstuffed right‑click menu seriously: Insiders are now seeing a compact, File Explorer–style context menu that surfaces core edit actions in a single top row while keeping AI and less‑used commands below — a move that trims pointer travel and restores much of the app’s original quick‑edit ergonomics. Background Notepad’s makeover has been one of the quieter but consequential threads in Windows 11’s evolution. Over the past year...

For millions of Windows 11 users the “dark mode” experience has felt unfinished for years — that may finally be changing as Microsoft pushes dark-themed treatments into long-neglected File Explorer dialogs in recent Insider builds, with the first visible changes appearing in Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081) and follow-up Beta/Dev flights. Background: why Windows’ dark mode has been uneven Windows has supported a user-selectable dark theme for years, but the implementation has historically been...

OpenAI’s name has been at the center of another wave of rumors: this time that the company is preparing a standalone search application built on ChatGPT and could debut it as early as May 5. The claim—pushed by regional outlets and forum chatter—points to a newly visible subdomain, search.chatgpt.com, and suggestions that OpenAI has filed SSL cert requests and domain records as proof the product is imminent. The reality is more nuanced: OpenAI has already integrated a purpose-built ChatGPT...

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop arrives as a surprisingly traditional clamshell in a product family built on experimentation—and that choice will matter as much for Windows users as it will for Microsoft’s long-term hardware partners. Background: what Microsoft actually announced Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop as part of its May launch that introduced Windows 10 S and a renewed focus on education-focused hardware. The device is a classic 13.5‑inch clamshell with a PixelSense touch...

PCWorld’s latest buying guide makes a blunt, useful promise: you don’t need to spend like a streamer to get a webcam that looks good, hears well, and doesn’t fight with your laptop, and its recommendations reflect a strong value-first editorial approach that favors real-world performance over spec-sheet showmanship. Background / Overview PCWorld’s roundup tests webcams the way most people use them: under everyday lighting, clipped to laptops and monitors, and judged on image quality, noise...

Microsoft has quietly tightened control over Microsoft Store app updates: recent reports from the Windows ecosystem indicate the Store no longer lets everyday users permanently turn off automatic app updates, limiting them instead to temporary pauses that re-enable themselves after a short, fixed interval. Background The Microsoft Store has evolved from a minimal app catalog into a central distribution channel for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users. Over the last several years Microsoft added...

Microsoft’s File Explorer in Windows 11 is being outfitted with a fresh set of quick-action buttons and context-level shortcuts that aim to cut clicks, speed up common workflows, and fold AI-powered tasks directly into the shell — changes that show Microsoft is treating File Explorer as more than a file browser and increasingly as a productivity surface. Background File Explorer has long been the central nervous system for PC file management, but its interface and capabilities have lagged...

Microsoft’s move to put the full Windows desktop into the cloud—branded as Windows 365 and marketed around the new “Cloud PC” concept—changed how organizations and users think about Windows devices: instead of tying a personalized Windows experience to a single laptop or desktop, Microsoft offered a per‑user, cloud‑hosted Windows instance that streams the entire OS, apps, data, and settings to any connected device. Background Windows virtualization has been a part of enterprise IT for years...

Microsoft’s push around the Windows 10 Creators Update was never just about fresh UI flourishes — it was a strategic bet that 3D creativity, deeper Xbox integration, and platform-level mixed-reality hooks could re-accelerate Windows 10 upgrades and lock more users into Microsoft’s device and services ecosystem. Background / Overview The Windows 10 Creators Update (officially Windows 10, version 1703, often referred to as the Creators Update) began rolling out on April 11, 2017 as a staged...

Microsoft’s latest education-focused Surface rumors have resurfaced in full color: leaked images and tipster posts claim a clamshell “Surface CloudBook” in four finishes — Platinum, Burgundy, Cobalt Blue, and Graphite Gold — with an Alcantara-covered keyboard and a cloud-optimized Windows SKU aimed at schools. The rumor cycle ties those visuals to broader strategic moves Microsoft and partners were already making in 2017: the introduction of Windows 10 S / Windows 10 Cloud as a Chromebook...