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Moore and Microsoft Bring Agentic AI to Nonprofit Fundraising With SimioAccelerate Moore has introduced SimioAccelerate, a new AI-powered fundraising intelligence platform built in collaboration with Microsoft on Microsoft Azure, positioning the product as a way for nonprofits of varying sizes to use large-scale donor data, predictive modeling and autonomous AI agents to identify fundraising opportunities and turn them into campaigns. The platform was announced on April 27, 2026, during AFP...

Microsoft is testing one of the most meaningful Windows Update control changes in years, and it lands squarely on a frustration that Windows users have been airing since the Windows 10 era: updates that arrive at the wrong time, hide too much detail, and turn basic power actions into negotiations. The new Windows 11 experience, now beginning in Insider testing, adds options to skip setup updates, repeatedly pause updates in 35-day blocks, and shut down or restart without being forced into...

Microsoft is testing one of the most user-friendly Windows Update changes in years: a clearer split between ordinary power actions and update-triggering actions, plus a more flexible way to pause updates for up to 35 days at a time. For anyone who has watched a quick restart turn into a forced installation ritual, the promise is simple: Shut down should mean shut down, and Restart should mean restart. The changes are rolling out first to Windows Insiders in the Dev, Beta, and new...

Microsoft is testing the most user-friendly Windows Update change in years: Windows 11 users will be able to keep pausing updates in 35-day blocks without first being forced to install the pending patches. The change, highlighted by Mezha and now visible across Windows Insider coverage, directly targets one of the longest-running complaints about modern Windows: updates arriving at precisely the wrong moment. Just as important, Microsoft is also separating ordinary power commands from...

Microsoft is preparing one of the most consequential changes to Windows Update since the Windows 10 era: users will be able to pause updates repeatedly, in blocks of up to 35 days, with no stated limit on how many times the pause can be extended. The change, now rolling out first to Windows Insider testers in the Dev Channel and the new Experimental Channel, also restores clearer power options so users can shut down or restart without being forced into an update cycle. This is not the end of...

The April 2026 Windows 11 Patch Tuesday release has turned into another uncomfortable test of trust between Microsoft and its users. KB5083769, released for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, is now associated with a confirmed BitLocker recovery prompt on some machines and a separate wave of reported boot loops, blue screens, and automatic repair failures that Microsoft has not yet formally classified as a distinct known issue. The confirmed defect is narrow and technical, but the broader...

Microsoft’s latest Windows Update changes amount to a rare admission that reliability is not only a patching problem, but a relationship problem. The company is rolling out a more flexible update experience that lets Windows users choose a pause end date up to 35 days away and then extend that pause repeatedly, effectively removing the old practical ceiling on deferring updates. It is also separating normal power actions from update actions, improving setup-time choices, and attempting to...

Windows 11 has spent years feeling less like a shared project and more like something delivered from a sealed corporate pipeline. Features appeared, disappeared, shipped half-formed, or arrived in public releases before most enthusiasts ever had a meaningful chance to test them. Feedback often seemed to vanish into the void. The Windows Insider Program, once one of Microsoft’s most energetic community experiments, became harder to understand and less rewarding to participate in. That is why...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update changes are not a cosmetic tweak; they are a direct answer to one of the oldest complaints in modern Windows: updates that arrive on Microsoft’s schedule, not yours. The company is now testing a more flexible update model that lets users repeatedly pause updates in 35-day blocks, skip updates during initial setup, shut down or restart without being forced into installation, and see clearer information about driver updates. If these changes survive Insider...

France’s decision to move the Health Data Hub from Microsoft Azure to Scaleway is more than a cloud procurement story; it is a test case for whether European digital sovereignty can survive contact with real infrastructure, real workloads, and real public-sector risk. The French platform sits at the intersection of medical research, national health records, artificial intelligence, privacy law, and geopolitical anxiety over dependence on U.S. technology providers. By choosing a French cloud...

Microsoft is testing one of the most consequential Windows Update control changes since the Windows 10 era: Windows 11 users will be able to skip updates during initial setup, pause updates repeatedly in 35-day blocks, and shut down or restart without being forced into an update cycle. The change does not mean Microsoft has abandoned automatic patching, nor does it mean every device will immediately receive these options today. But for PC builders, repair technicians, power users, and anyone...

HM Revenue and Customs is moving Microsoft Copilot from experiment to infrastructure, handing roughly 28,000 staff access to the AI assistant and preparing for more advanced, agentic-style features across the department. The rollout follows a large Whitehall trial in which civil servants reported saving an average of 26 minutes per day, but the same evidence base also warned that generative AI is weaker on complex, nuanced, data-heavy work. For a tax authority that handles some of the UK’s...

Windows 11 can play almost anything, but recording what it plays remains oddly obscure for everyday users. The practical workaround is Audacity with Windows WASAPI loopback, a built-in Windows audio path that lets the free editor capture speaker output without paid plug-ins, dubious utilities, or a physical cable. For anyone trying to save podcast snippets, game audio, browser playback, meeting sound, or clean system audio for a project, the method is simple once the correct recording host...

Microsoft has quietly tightened one of Windows 11’s most controversial subsystems: Modern Standby, the sleep model that promised phone-like instant wake but too often delivered mystery battery drain, hot laptop bags, and unwanted wake events. Newly surfaced Microsoft documentation shows that Windows 11 24H2 introduced stricter wake controls and shorter default screen-and-sleep timers, changes that also carry forward into Windows 11 25H2 because the two releases share the same servicing...

Microsoft is testing the most user-friendly Windows Update overhaul in years, and the headline is simple: Windows 11 users may finally get meaningful control over when updates install and when PCs restart. The new Insider changes allow update pauses to be extended repeatedly, keep ordinary Shut down and Restart options visible even when updates are pending, and consolidate more update types into a single monthly reboot cycle. For a platform long criticized for interrupting work...

Microsoft has quietly given Windows administrators a new way to reverse one of its most contentious AI deployment decisions: the Microsoft Copilot app can now be removed from managed Windows 11 devices through policy. The new Remove Microsoft Copilot App setting arrives with the April 2026 Windows security update for Windows 11 version 25H2, and it works through both Policy CSP and Group Policy. The move is small in UI terms, but strategically significant: Microsoft is acknowledging that...

Microsoft Copilot Finished Last in an Excel AI Showdown — Here’s Why It Matters Artificial intelligence is becoming a serious productivity layer for spreadsheet work, but not every AI tool is equally prepared for the complexity of real Excel workflows. A recent comparison of four AI systems — Tracelight, ChatGPT, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot — put that difference on display. The test focused on five demanding Excel-related scenarios: extracting financial data from a long PDF, comparing...

Microsoft has moved Copilot’s most consequential Office upgrade out of preview and into everyday use, making agentic capabilities generally available across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The shift turns Copilot from a chat-style helper into an action-taking productivity layer that can edit documents, build spreadsheets, reshape presentations, and execute multi-step work inside the apps where Microsoft 365 users already spend their time. For Windows users, enterprises, and Microsoft 365...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update experiment is a major concession to one of the operating system’s longest-running complaints: users want more control over when updates interrupt their work. The new Pause updates experience lets Windows Insiders choose a specific pause end date up to 35 days away, then repeat that pause again and again with no stated limit. It does not eliminate Windows Update, but it meaningfully changes the power balance between Microsoft’s security-first update model...

Microsoft’s reported Windows K2 initiative sounds less like a flashy product codename and more like an admission that Windows 11’s next battle is about trust, speed, and everyday usability. According to recent reporting, Microsoft is preparing a staged revival effort that would tackle long-running complaints around the Start menu, responsiveness, customization, gaming performance, and the sense that Windows has spent too much time chasing AI while neglecting the basics. If accurate, K2 may...