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Google DeepMind’s latest robotics announcement marks a decisive push to move large multimodal models from the screen into the world of flesh-and-metal—introducing Gemini Robotics 1.5 and Gemini Robotics‑ER 1.5, two complementary models that split the job of thinking and acting to give robots longer-horizon planning, better spatial understanding, and the ability to use digital tools while operating in the physical world. Background / Overview Robotics has long been held back by two linked...

Ascot’s technology roadmap is no longer an aspiration — under Group CIO Owen Williams the carrier has turned modernization, cybersecurity, and data-driven AI into practical programs that are already reshaping underwriting and claims workflows across its global footprint. Background / Overview Ascot Group began as a Lloyd’s market participant and has expanded into a global specialty insurer and reinsurer with operations in Bermuda, the U.S., and the U.K. The company positions itself as “a...

Google’s Gemini is no longer just a conversational assistant sitting to the side of your work — it’s now an active collaborator inside Google Sheets that can generate natural‑language formulas, explain how those formulas work step by step, and diagnose and suggest fixes for formula errors, a set of capabilities that promises to change how people build and audit spreadsheets. Background / Overview The latest round of Gemini updates expands a progression that began in mid‑2025 when Google...

Microsoft’s abrupt decision to “cease and disable” a set of Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions used by a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defense marks a rare and consequential intervention by a major cloud provider — one that forces a broader reckoning about how hyperscale infrastructure, AI tooling, and state intelligence operations intersect. Background Microsoft opened a formal review in mid‑August after investigative reporting alleged that an Israeli military intelligence...

A surprising reversal in the lifecycle of Microsoft's desktop OS family has surfaced: as Windows 10 approaches its scheduled end of support this October, interest in the long-retired Windows 7 has spiked — a development that looks odd on the surface but makes sense when you unpack the data, the incentives, and the practical choices faced by millions of PC users and IT managers worldwide. Overview Statistical trackers and news outlets report that Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 in...

Microsoft has begun previewing an AI-driven organizational overhaul for the Windows 11 Photos app that automatically sorts images into four document-focused categories — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes — and is rolling the feature to Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs as part of a staged Microsoft Store update. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Photos app has evolved far beyond a simple image viewer. Over the last year the app has absorbed a string of AI-powered editing...

The Xbox Game Bar is one of the simplest yet most powerful built‑in utilities in Windows 11 — press a single key combo and you get an overlay for screenshots, recording, performance widgets, and (in recent builds) AI‑assisted gaming features — but small misconfigurations or updates can keep it from opening. This guide explains every practical way to open Xbox Game Bar in Windows 11, verifies the key shortcuts and settings, walks through troubleshooting scenarios, and outlines privacy and...

MSI arrived at Taiwan Expo 2025 in New Delhi with a tightly focused message: deliver a complete productivity ecosystem for modern enterprises by pairing compact, AI-enabled mini‑PCs with ergonomic monitors and portable displays designed for hybrid workplaces. Background MSI’s recent product push bridges two market forces: the emergence of on‑device AI acceleration and the steady demand for compact, easily deployable business hardware. The company’s Cubi NUC AI family — including the Cubi...

MSDynamicsWorld’s compact playbook—presented as “8 Keys to Success with AI”—is a pragmatic, business‑first distillation of what enterprise leaders must get right to turn generative AI from a headline into repeatable, measurable value. The guidance lands where it matters: prioritize tightly scoped objectives, run controlled pilots, build a lightweight Center of Excellence (CoE), instrument outcomes with product-grade telemetry (including Microsoft’s Copilot Dashboard if you run...

Microsoft’s long-standing reliance on OpenAI for the “brains” behind Copilot and large parts of its AI stack has shifted into a more complex posture this year, as Microsoft unveils MAI‑Voice‑1 and MAI‑1‑preview — two first‑party models designed to reclaim latency, cost and product control while positioning Microsoft as an active competitor in the foundation‑model landscape. Background Microsoft and OpenAI built a high‑visibility partnership that reshaped the modern consumer and enterprise...

Excel’s new Copilot features promise to shave hours off messy cleanup and insight-hunting—but they also introduce fresh failure modes you must master before trusting the results with real work. Background / Overview Excel’s in‑grid COPILOT function brings generative AI directly into the worksheet as a callable formula, enabling natural‑language prompts that can classify, summarize, parse, or even generate multi‑row outputs that “spill” across the grid. Microsoft documents the feature as...

Microsoft Edge is set to get a new layer of defense against malicious sideloaded extensions, a move that could materially reduce a long-standing browser attack surface — but the timing and scope announced in some reports remain only partially verifiable against Microsoft’s public roadmaps and documentation. Reports say Edge will be able to detect, revoke and remove sideloaded extensions judged to be malicious, with a rollout targeted for November 2025; Microsoft’s extension platform already...

Microsoft has announced it has “ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit within the Israel Ministry of Defense” after an expanded review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged the use of Microsoft Azure and AI tools to ingest, store and analyse large volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. Background The allegation chain began with an in‑depth investigative package that described a bespoke, cloud‑backed surveillance pipeline reportedly...

I installed macOS in a VM on a Windows PC so you don’t have to — the process works, but it’s fiddly, fragile, and legally murky, and the practical alternatives are usually better for most users. Background / Overview Running a second operating system inside a virtual machine (VM) is a routine task for Windows users who want to test Linux, run legacy Windows builds, or isolate experimental software. Virtualization tools such as Oracle VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, and Microsoft’s built‑in...

Less than three weeks before Microsoft’s fixed end-of-support date for Windows 10, millions of PCs still face a hard choice: upgrade, buy time, replace, migrate, or accept growing risk — and each path has clear trade‑offs, costs, and technical caveats that every user and IT manager should understand now. Background and overview Microsoft has set a firm end-of-support date for Windows 10: October 14, 2025. After that date, Windows 10 will continue to boot and run, but Microsoft will stop...

Microsoft has quietly reintroduced the ability to run video files as desktop backgrounds in Windows 11 Insider builds, a modern reboot of the long‑forgotten Vista era “DreamScene” and a sign that native animated wallpaper support may soon be a standard personalization option for millions of users. Background / Overview Windows has flirted with animated wallpapers before. In 2007 Microsoft shipped Windows DreamScene for Vista Ultimate, which let WMV and MPG clips play behind icons and...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of Azure cloud and AI services for a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defence after an internal and externally assisted review found evidence that elements of investigative reporting about mass surveillance of Palestinians were supported by Microsoft’s business records and telemetry. Background / Overview In August 2025 a consortium of investigative reporters published a high‑profile series alleging that an Israeli military intelligence...

Microsoft has started rolling a targeted AI-driven organizational upgrade to the Windows 11 Photos app that automatically groups images into four narrowly defined document-like categories — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes — and the feature is currently being previewed for Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Photos app has been steadily acquiring AI capabilities over the last year, from on-device Super Resolution upscaling and OCR to...

Microsoft’s last official day of mainstream support for Windows 10 is October 14, 2025, but a dispute between the software giant and European consumer advocates has rewritten the practical end‑of‑life story: the company will offer a free, one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) option for consumer devices in the European Economic Area (EEA) without the specific OneDrive/Windows Backup requirement it had originally proposed — though the concession comes with important caveats and a hard end...

Microsoft has agreed to provide a no‑cost, one‑year extension of Windows 10 security updates for consumer PCs in the European Economic Area (EEA), altering the enrollment conditions that drew criticism and sparking a fresh debate about regional fragmentation, planned obsolescence, and user privacy. Background Microsoft set an end‑of‑support date for Windows 10 of October 14, 2025, after which feature updates and mainstream technical support cease for that OS. For users who need more time to...