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Microsoft has quietly given IT teams a narrowly scoped but practical new lever: a Group Policy named RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp that can automatically uninstall the consumer Microsoft Copilot app from managed Windows 11 devices — but only under strict, intentional conditions and only as a one‑time cleanup action. Background Since Copilot became a central part of Windows, Microsoft has shipped multiple, overlapping experiences: the free consumer Microsoft Copilot app that appears on many...

Windows 11’s driver-update interface is about to get a usability overhaul after sustained criticism that many packages show up with opaque, generic titles such as “Microsoft Corporation – Driver Update”, leaving users and administrators unsure which device or function will be changed by an installation. Microsoft has acknowledged the problem and says it plans to surface more descriptive driver metadata — including device class information — in future updates, but the company has no public...

Microsoft has begun turning Copilot from an adviser into a checkout lane — embedding a native, in-chat purchase flow and a suite of merchant-facing AI tools that together convert conversational discovery into completed sales while offering retailers no-code templates for catalog enrichment and store operations. Background Microsoft’s recent announcement reframes Copilot not only as a productivity assistant but as a full commerce surface that can discover, recommend, and complete purchases...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build quietly gives IT administrators a one‑time, supported way to remove the consumer Copilot app from managed devices — but the new control is narrow, gated, and only addresses part of the broader Copilot footprint on Windows. Background / Overview The recent Insider Preview update introduced a Group Policy named RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp that lets administrators uninstall the consumer Microsoft Copilot app for targeted users on managed Windows...

EssFeed’s “Top 10 Insider Threat Detection Tools in the World — 2025” is a useful primer that names ten widely deployed solutions — Varonis, ObserveIT (Proofpoint), Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Sumo Logic, Forcepoint Insider Threat Detection, CyberArk, Teramind, Digital Guardian, and Netskope — but the list reads as an editorial roundup rather than a rigorously ranked market assessment; this feature unpacks the strengths, realistic protections, costs and operational...

Microsoft’s Copilot — the assistant Microsoft baked into Windows, Office, and a growing slate of business tools — registers almost no share of web AI visits, according to the first global AI traffic tracker of 2026, a finding that exposes a deeper measurement mismatch between what users do on the web and where Microsoft is placing its bets. Similarweb’s snapshot shows Copilot at just 1.1% of global web visits to AI chat platforms, while ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini command the lion’s share of...

We’ve all stood in front of an open fridge and asked the same helpless question: “What should I cook tonight?” Microsoft’s Copilot family of AI assistants promises to make that question obsolete by acting as a personal, pantry-aware recipe maker — one that can brainstorm menus, convert measurements, scale recipes for a crowd, propose allergy-safe swaps, and export shopping lists and timed cooking schedules. This capability sits at the intersection of large language models, browser-aware...

Société Générale has abandoned an internally developed AI assistant and is rolling out Microsoft Copilot across significant parts of the bank’s operations, a sudden reversal that spotlights a larger industry choice: buy the mature, integrated AI stack from hyperscalers or continue investing in costly, bespoke models that are hard to scale and govern. Background Société Générale built an internal AI capability and an organizational structure to exploit AI at scale, including a dedicated unit...

Microsoft’s move to bake Copilot directly into GroupMe shifts the app from a lightweight group chat into a place where AI can help plan, summarize, create, and keep groups on the same page — without forcing people to leave the conversation or fire up a separate app. The feature set is explicitly positioned around on‑demand collaboration: mention @Copilot in a group to get a visible assistant, use it to generate summaries or lists, and (according to Microsoft’s messaging) run the same...

Microsoft has quietly published an operational workaround to repair a timing-related provisioning regression that can leave core Windows 11 shell surfaces — Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and Settings — non-functional after certain cumulative updates, and at the same time Microsoft pushed an urgent Microsoft Edge security update that addresses a recently disclosed browser vulnerability; both actions underline how fast-moving modular deliveries and third-party browser component updates...

NVIDIA’s R470 U4 package — driver version 472.12 — is a Production Branch (RTX/Quadro) release that originally shipped on September 20, 2021 and remains a frequently referenced build in both desktop and server contexts; however, whether it is the “best” driver for Windows Server systems depends on use case, hardware, and the maintenance policy for your production environment. Background / Overview NVIDIA distributes drivers in multiple families: GeForce Game Ready, Studio, RTX/Quadro...

Intel’s name quietly appears inside OEM driver files, Mesa and compute-runtime commits list new device IDs, and forum sleuths have turned every breadcrumb into headlines — yet no Arc B770 swept the CES stage. The tiny file flagged in an HP Panther Lake driver package — containing firmware labeled BMG‑G31 — has reignited discussion about the fabled Arc B770, but the presence of firmware in a driver bundle is not the same as a retail-ready GPU launch. The evidence points to a product still...

NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang told a long-form podcast audience that a single, all-knowing “God AI” might exist someday — but not within any practical horizon we should plan around — and his remarks have reopened a familiar industry debate about timelines, risk, and the right policy posture for AI today. Huang framed “God AI” as a hypothetical system that would master human language, molecular and genomic languages, physics, and more in one monolithic intelligence, and he called that vision...

Core Keeper’s underground keeps growing — and the next big expansion, Void & Voltage, arrives with a thump on January 28, 2026, bringing a new biome, heavy new weaponry, and a full suite of automation gear that reshapes late‑game goals and cooperative base design. The update also coincides with the debut of a Nintendo Switch 2 edition, meaning the game’s signature eight‑player co‑op and conveyor‑belt chaos are about to hit a wider, higher‑performance audience. This feature unpacks what’s...

AMD’s machine‑learning driven FSR “Redstone” landed as part of the Adrenalin 25.12.1 driver in December 2025, but the full suite of features is explicitly built for RDNA 4 (Radeon RX 9000) silicon — leaving owners of RDNA 3 GPUs watching from the sidelines and asking whether that door might ever be opened. The short answer today is: technically possible in limited ways, unlikely in full form unless AMD approves a targeted pathway — and the reasons are rooted in hardware design, developer...

Fastfetch 2.57 lands with a focused set of desktop-detection, terminal, and Windows changes that together sharpen the tool's cross-platform usability while beginning a deliberate wind-down of legacy Windows support. Background Fastfetch has established itself as a modern, performance-oriented alternative to older "neofetch"-style utilities for producing compact, attractive system information displays in terminals. The project is actively maintained, with releases that frequently mix feature...

Born2Invest’s short how‑tos and product blurbs about AMD drivers, legacy ATI cards, and the Amazon Prime Video Windows app are useful clickbait for casual readers, but a careful technical review finds important gaps, overstated claims, and missing safety guidance that could expose everyday users to unstable installs or unsupported configurations. Background Born2Invest repackaged three disparate topics into eyebrow‑catching headlines: an “AMD A9‑9425 driver” troubleshooting note, an HD 3650...

An all‑AMD dual‑boot powerhouse built by ETA Prime — pairing an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D with an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and running SteamOS on one NVMe and Windows 11 Pro on the other — shows that the long‑standing assumption “Windows always wins at native 4K AAA” no longer holds as an absolute. In a hands‑on comparison of several modern triple‑A titles at 4K, some games favored SteamOS, others favored Windows, and the deltas were often driven by driver behavior, shader‑caching and...

Microsoft’s next push to make AI useful for organizations isn’t another flashy end-user feature — it’s a measurement platform that promises to turn Copilot adoption into boardroom-ready metrics and actionable operational controls for SaaS teams and IT leaders. Background / Overview Microsoft has expanded its monitoring and reporting capabilities for Microsoft 365 Copilot under the umbrella of Copilot Analytics, a unified analytics experience that merges the Copilot Dashboard, Microsoft 365...

Stripe and Microsoft have teamed up to bring a full, in‑chat checkout experience to Copilot, enabling U.S. users to discover and buy products from merchants such as Etsy sellers, Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie without ever leaving the Copilot conversation—an integration powered by tokenized payments, merchant catalog plumbing and an open interoperability layer called the Agentic Commerce Protocol. Background Microsoft unveiled Copilot Checkout publicly around the NRF 2026 retail...