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Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s declaration that “the people of Bihar have to celebrate four Diwalis this time” crystallizes a compact campaign narrative rolled out across religion, welfare, fiscal policy, and electoral ambition—each “Diwali” a deliberately chosen signal aimed at different voter constituencies as the Bihar Assembly elections approach on the political calendar. Background Amit Shah spoke these words during an outreach trip to Bihar on September 27, 2025, a day after Prime...

Florida law enforcement and federal immigration authorities have reported a dramatic surge in interior enforcement activity: over the last five months officials say more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the United States without authorization were arrested in Florida, and state leaders announced nearly $30 million in federal reimbursements tied to immigration operations — developments that underline how state-level enforcement, federal funding incentives and the revived 287(g) model...

Setting up a new Windows PC should feel like opening a fresh notebook — clean, fast, and yours — but the out‑of‑the‑box Windows 11 experience often ships with features that intrude on privacy, performance, and focus. This feature unpacks the seven settings and behaviours many power users disable immediately, verifies the how‑to steps against official documentation and independent reporting, and weighs the real trade‑offs so you can decide which changes to make first. Background Windows 11...

The new Windows 11 Start menu arriving with the 24H2/25H2 rollout is the most significant redesign of Microsoft’s app launcher since Windows 11’s original release — and for many users it’s a clear usability win: a single, scrollable surface that consolidates Pinned, Recommended, and All apps; multiple “All apps” views that include grid and category modes; stronger user controls to hide Microsoft’s recommendations; and a built‑in mobile sidebar powered by Phone Link. Background / Overview...

I spent five mornings running Copilot in Outlook as a deliberate experiment: every workday I opened my inbox, let Copilot triage and summarize the worst of it, used its drafts to reply to routine messages, and relied on its coaching to polish anything that mattered. The result was predictable in one way — a much calmer morning routine — and surprising in several others: Copilot didn’t just write faster replies, it changed how I decided what deserved attention, what could be archived, and...

Microsoft and OpenAI’s relationship has gone from strategic bedrock to an increasingly strained, public tussle — and the fallout is already reshaping how enterprises choose AI vendors, how hyperscalers build infrastructure, and how Windows users see generative AI integrated into the tools they use every day. The RedmondMag dispatch that kicked off renewed chatter framed the split as messy and consequential, calling out a string of operational missteps, behind‑the‑scenes enterprise deals, and...

Microsoft has begun testing an AI-powered Auto‑Categorization feature in the Windows 11 Microsoft Photos app that automatically sorts images into four practical buckets — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes — for Windows Insiders running the app on Copilot+ PCs, with the update arriving via Photos version 2025.11090.25001.0 (or later). Background Microsoft has been steadily transforming the Photos app from a simple image viewer into a productivity surface that leverages...

Microsoft 365 remains one of the most capable and convenient productivity subscriptions on the market, but the recent price reshuffle tied to Microsoft’s push to bundle Copilot and Designer has exposed real friction between perceived value and the reality of usage limits, regional pricing, and vendor lock‑in — a tension that many long‑term users now find hard to ignore. Background Microsoft 365 started life as Office 365 and over more than a decade has evolved from a set of desktop apps...

Microsoft’s Copilot is now at the center of a fast-escalating enterprise privacy debate after a recent industry write-up claimed the assistant can access an average of three million sensitive records per organization — a figure that, if true, reframes the risk surface of deploying generative AI inside Microsoft 365. The allegation, originally reported in secondary coverage, captured attention because it ties a widely deployed productivity feature directly to the scale of potential data...

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Microsoft 365 just became significantly more expensive for consumers, and for millions of longtime users the decision to keep paying is suddenly complicated: Microsoft has folded its AI assistant, Copilot, and its Designer image tools into the Microsoft 365 Personal and Family bundles, raised U.S. prices by $3 per month, and left many subscribers juggling the trade-offs between genuinely useful AI features and a price increase that in some cases amounts to a 30–43% jump. Background...

Microsoft’s rush into AI, a visual overhaul with Windows 11, and a drive to consolidate services under Microsoft 365 and Copilot have produced some undeniably bold moves — and a handful of casualties. Among the most nostalgic and useful losses are five apps that many users quietly relied on for years: Windows Movie Maker, Paint 3D, Mail (the built‑in Windows Mail app), Microsoft Lens, and WordPad. These apps weren’t just utilities; they were approachable tools that lowered the barrier to...

Microsoft’s Copilot is no longer a neat demo or a sidebar curiosity — it has become a deeply woven productivity layer across Windows, Microsoft 365 apps, OneDrive, and the Edge browser, and choosing whether to adopt it requires weighing clear time-saving gains against licensing, privacy, and accuracy trade‑offs. Background / Overview Microsoft uses the name Copilot as an umbrella for several AI-assisted offerings: the consumer Copilot experience, the Copilot app and Copilot Pro for...

Microsoft’s vice‑chair and president, Brad Smith, announced that the company has “ceased and disabled a set of services” used by a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defence after an expanded review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged Microsoft cloud and AI products were being used to store and process large volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. Background / Overview The immediate trigger for Microsoft’s action was an investigative package...

Microsoft's scheduled end of support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, is no longer a distant deadline — it's a clear inflection point for IT teams and individual users alike, and it leaves an estimated hundreds of millions of devices exposed unless proactive steps are taken. The company will stop providing free security updates, feature updates, and technical assistance for Windows 10 after that date. For many organizations this is a binary strategic decision: upgrade to Windows 11 and...

Microsoft has quietly begun previewing an AI-driven tidy-up for Windows 11 photo libraries: the Microsoft Photos app will now automatically scan and group images into four focused, document‑like categories — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes — and the capability is rolling out to Windows Insiders running the updated Photos build on Copilot+ PCs. Background / Overview Microsoft has been steadily reworking Photos from a simple viewer into a productivity surface, folding in...

Microsoft’s vice chair and president Brad Smith confirmed that the company has “ceased and disabled a set of services” to a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an expanded internal review found evidence that parts of earlier investigative reporting were accurate, including the consumption of Azure storage in the Netherlands and the use of Microsoft AI services—moves prompted by media reports alleging large‑scale storage and AI processing of intercepted Palestinian phone calls...

Windows 10 reaches its official end-of-support threshold on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has provided a one-year safety valve through the Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that lets many users keep receiving critical security patches through October 13, 2026 if they enroll now. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched in 2015 and has had a decade-long lifecycle; Microsoft’s lifecycle policy sets October 14, 2025 as the last regular support day for consumer editions...

Clipboard History is the kind of small, steadfast Windows convenience that quietly compounds into real productivity gains — and it deserves more attention than it gets. In everyday use the feature solves a trivial but frequent pain: the one-shot nature of Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V. Enabled once and learned, Windows Clipboard History turns the clipboard into a lightweight, searchable workspace that handles up to 25 items (including small images and formatted text), supports pinning, and can optionally...

Windows 10’s end-of-support date is no longer a distant calendar note — it is a real inflection point for millions of desktops and enterprise fleets — and the migration patterns unfolding now look strikingly different from the Windows 7 transition five years ago. StatCounter’s late‑summer 2025 snapshot shows Windows 11 narrowly leading web‑active desktops at about 49.0% while Windows 10 remains substantial at roughly 45.6%, leaving a small Windows 7 tail at under 4%. Microsoft’s lifecycle...