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Satya Nadella’s offhand line on Microsoft’s latest earnings call — that “the next big accelerator in the cloud will be Quantum” — landed like a thunderclap across two markets: cloud infrastructure and the nascent quantum-computing industry. The comment was paired with a concrete milestone from Microsoft: the company announced the operational deployment of a Level 2 quantum system and emphasized progress toward reliable logical qubits. That combination of strategic messaging and demonstrable...

Security software is supposed to defend your PC — but when it’s outdated, duplicated, or packed with extras, it can quietly turn into the single biggest cause of a “slow but not ancient” Windows machine. Background Modern antivirus products have evolved far beyond a single malware scanner. What started as lightweight signature-based scanners is now a sprawling ecosystem of real-time engines, kernel drivers, network monitors, VPNs, password managers, browser extensions, and marketing modules...

A single‑plaintiff lawsuit filed in San Diego has turned what Microsoft calls a routine product lifecycle milestone into a flashpoint over security, consumer choice and the company’s AI strategy—alleging that ending free Windows 10 support will abandon as many as hundreds of millions of still‑functional PCs and effectively funnel users into Windows 11 and Copilot‑centric hardware. Background / Overview Microsoft’s published lifecycle calendar sets the end of mainstream support for Windows 10...

A Southern California man has filed suit seeking to force Microsoft to keep Windows 10 alive — a high-stakes legal challenge that crystallizes a fraught transition from a decade‑old, battle‑tested operating system to an AI‑first Windows 11 world and raises questions about security, consumer costs, environmental impact, and the limits of judicial intervention in software lifecycles. (courthousenews.com, learn.microsoft.com) Background Microsoft has scheduled the end of routine support for...

Windows 11 ships with more productivity horsepower than it gets credit for — and many of the best time-savers are hidden behind simple keystrokes, underused system apps, and quiet defaults you can tweak in minutes. The five features below — essential keyboard shortcuts, Focus Sessions in the Clock app, keyboard-first window management, instant screenshots via the Snipping Tool, and voice typing with automatic punctuation — are not new marketing bullets, but practical tools that shrink...

Microsoft’s move to fold Gaming Copilot (Beta) into the Windows Game Bar this week marks a decisive step toward making AI a first-class companion for PC players, while the simultaneous debut of Copilot 3D in Copilot Labs signals Microsoft’s intent to democratize 3D asset creation for creators and game developers alike. The two launches together extend Copilot from productivity and browsing into gameplay and creative pipelines, promising convenience and speed—but also surfacing fresh...

Microsoft’s Copilot 3D quietly introduces a one‑click route from flat photos to manipulable 3D assets, allowing users in Copilot Labs to upload a single JPG or PNG and receive a downloadable GLB model in seconds — a lab‑stage experiment that reshapes accessibility for hobbyists, educators, and indie creators while raising familiar questions about fidelity, rights, and long‑term platform strategy. ot 3D is surfaced inside Copilot Labs as an experimental, browser‑based feature intended to...

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has quietly but deliberately escalated a long-running policy debate: can India build its own global-calibre advisory giants to challenge the entrenched dominance of the international Big Four — Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG — and, if so, what structural reforms are required to make that possible? The June meeting convened by Principal Secretary Shaktikanta Das brought secretaries from Corporate Affairs, Revenue and Financial Services together with economic...

NTT DATA’s new global business unit for Microsoft Cloud signals a clear strategic shift: the systems integrator is consolidating Microsoft-focused sales, delivery and engineering resources into a purpose-built organization designed to move enterprise AI from pilots into production at scale while addressing sovereignty, compliance and industry-specific needs. Background / Overview NTT DATA framed the move as a reaction to accelerating enterprise demand for AI-enabled cloud transformation...

Microsoft’s announced retirement of Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has triggered not just user frustration but a formal legal challenge — a single‑plaintiff lawsuit filed in San Diego that asks a court to force Microsoft to keep providing free security updates for Windows 10 until its installed base falls below a plaintiff‑defined floor. Background / Overview Microsoft’s official lifecycle calendar sets Windows 10 end of support on October 14, 2025, after which routine security updates...

A California resident has filed suit asking a court to stop Microsoft from turning off routine updates for Windows 10 this October, arguing that the company’s decision amounts to forced obsolescence that favors Windows 11 and Microsoft’s push into generative AI—and that the legal challenge could reshape how OS end‑of‑life transitions are handled in the future. Background: what’s happening and why it matters Microsoft has officially scheduled Windows 10 end of support for October 14, 2025. On...

A confusing product page for a 15.6‑inch Lenovo IdeaPad has surfaced on a third‑party site, promising a modern Windows 11 laptop with 1 year of Microsoft Office 365, Wi‑Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.x, and a blend of eMMC + PCIe SSD storage, but the listing mixes multiple processor and display claims in ways that should make any buyer pause before clicking “buy.” Background The IdeaPad family spans a wide range of budget and mainstream consumer laptops, often reused across markets with differing CPUs...

Microsoft has quietly added a striking new capability to Copilot Labs: Copilot 3D, a free, browser-based experiment that turns a single JPG or PNG into a downloadable GLB 3D model — a low-friction bridge from a flat photo to an immediately usable 3D asset. Background / Overview Microsoft introduced Copilot 3D as part of Copilot Labs, the company’s public sandbox for early-stage AI features, on or around August 8, 2025. The feature is positioned clearly as experimental: it’s available to...

Microsoft’s cloud is now at the center of one of the most consequential surveillance controversies of the 2020s, with multiple investigations alleging that Israel’s Unit 8200 has used a bespoke enclave inside Microsoft Azure to ingest, store and analyze millions of intercepted telephone calls from Gaza and the West Bank—data that investigators say was later used to inform arrests and even airstrike targeting. Background: how cloud computing and modern SIGINT converged The modern intelligence...

Xiaomi’s Mi Pad 2 blurred the lines between Android tablets and Windows slates by shipping in two distinct software configurations: a lightweight MIUI-flavored Android model and a version that ships with the full desktop Windows 10 running on an Intel Atom x5‑Z8500. The Windows edition is not an emulation or a stripped-down mobile SKU — it’s the x86 Windows experience squeezed into an 8‑inch metallic chassis, a 64 GB storage footprint, and a price tag that shocked the market for what was...

With little more than two months on the clock before Microsoft’s scheduled cutoff for Windows 10, a single consumer’s courtroom challenge has moved a technical lifecycle event into the public-policy arena — and raised urgent practical questions for millions of home and business users about security, cost, and choice. The lawsuit, filed in San Diego County, asks a judge to force Microsoft to keep issuing free security updates for Windows 10 until the OS’s installed base falls to a...

KDE’s blunt assessment—that Microsoft’s Copilot hardware key is “dumb”—is more than a snarky one-liner: it marks a coordinated, practical response from a major open‑source desktop project to a vendor-driven hardware change that has irritated users across platforms. KDE developers have moved from critique to code, adding support in KDE Frameworks to recognize the Copilot key and preparing remapping capabilities in upcoming Plasma updates so users can reclaim that key for their own workflows...

Microsoft Israel’s country manager framed one of the sharpest business axioms of the AI era in blunt terms: growth no longer equals headcount growth, and companies that cling to the old equation risk being left behind — even as they pour tens of billions into AI infrastructure and continue to post record profits. Background: a paradox at the heart of modern tech In a wide-ranging interview with Calcalist, Alon Haimovich — Microsoft Israel’s Country General Manager — described how the company...

Microsoft has quietly moved its Copilot brain into two places gamers and creators will notice first: the Windows Game Bar as Gaming Copilot (Beta) for Xbox Insiders, and Copilot 3D inside Copilot Labs for instant 2D→3D conversions — changes that make Microsoft’s Copilot a practical tool for both play and creation, not just a productivity gimmick. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Copilot strategy has been to embed AI across Windows, Office, Edge and Xbox. The recent moves extend that...

Microsoft has quietly set an expiration date for Windows 11 SE — the slimmed-down, education-focused edition of Windows — announcing that the OS will receive no further feature updates or security patches after October 2026. Background / Overview Windows 11 SE was launched in 2021 as Microsoft’s attempt to deliver a controlled, low-cost Windows experience for K–12 classrooms and other education environments. Built as a web-first, locked-down variant of Windows 11, SE limited app installation...