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Microsoft’s latest Canary‑channel flight — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1619 (KB5077230) — expands the company’s cross‑device continuity ambitions while delivering a suite of accessibility and sign‑in improvements that together sketch Microsoft’s near‑term priorities for Windows: seamless mobile‑to‑PC workflows, stronger biometric assurance, and more customizable assistive tools...

A coalition-backed analysis now sweeping headlines quietly takes the wind out of one of Big Tech’s most persistent climate narratives: the idea that artificial intelligence will be a near-term savior for global emissions. The report — authored by energy analyst Ketan Joshi and commissioned by nonprofits including Beyond Fossil Fuels and Climate Action Against Disinformation — examined 154 corporate statements and found the evidence base for headline claims thin, inconsistent, and in some...

Microsoft has quietly expanded Copilot Studio’s model roster: xAI’s Grok 4.1 Fast is now available in preview inside Microsoft Copilot Studio for select United States–based makers, offering a text‑only, fast‑reasoning option aimed at complex, agentic workflows while bringing fresh operational and governance tradeoffs that IT teams must evaluate carefully. Background Microsoft’s Copilot Studio has been evolving from a single‑model orchestration environment into a genuine multi‑model platform...

Microsoft’s slow-motion migration of the Control Panel continues: Insiders are now seeing the familiar “change account name” option surface inside the modern Settings app, a fresh sign that Microsoft is steadily consolidating legacy configuration surfaces even as it stages changes in the Dev channel and steers the OS roadmap toward a single, touch‑friendly configuration experience. Background / Overview For more than a decade Microsoft has been nudging configuration tasks from the...

Microsoft has publicly rejected claims that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using its cloud and AI products to carry out “mass surveillance of civilians,” a terse denial that follows a high‑profile investigative report and a fresh round of employee and public scrutiny over the role of hyperscale cloud vendors in controversial government operations. (theguardian.com) Background The immediate controversy began with reporting that leaked procurement and usage documents show...

[SOLVED] KB5077181 Failing at 78–79% — Full Start‑to‑Finish Fix Guide (With ISO Checks + BitLocker Notes) Posting this to help anyone dealing with the same issue I spent days fighting. My system refused to install KB5077181 (26200.7840) and always failed in the exact same way. Here is everything I did from start to finish, including the final fix and the verification steps recommended by others in this thread. --------------------------------------- 1. Symptoms of the Problem...