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Microsoft is quietly testing a new feature for the Xbox PC app that shows a short, automated “postgame recap” after you finish a play session — a lightweight summary that highlights captures, achievements, and other session‑level moments — and the rollout has begun today for Xbox Insiders enrolled in the PC Gaming Preview. Background / Overview Microsoft has been repositioning the Xbox PC app from a Game Pass storefront into a central Windows gaming hub for several years. That evolution has...

Microsoft's latest demos show artificial intelligence moving out of a sidebar and straight into the places Windows users open every day: the taskbar and File Explorer — a practical, system-level push that folds Microsoft 365 Copilot and a new class of long-running agents into the Windows 11 shell for quick answers, document summaries, image edits, and background work you can monitor from the taskbar. Background / Overview Microsoft has been steadily folding Copilot features into Windows 11...

Productivity in Windows is rarely about finding a single magic app — it’s about mastering a set of tightly integrated, system-level tools that reduce friction, automate repeat work, and free your attention for the tasks that matter most. Built into modern Windows are powerful apps — from Microsoft Copilot to File Explorer, OneNote, and Focus Sessions — that, when combined into simple workflows, can transform how quickly and reliably you get things done. Background Windows has evolved from a...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview adds a cluster of small but practical features that sharpen daily usability: a built‑in network speed test accessible directly from the taskbar, new camera pan/tilt controls exposed in Settings, native support for .webp desktop backgrounds, plus new emoji and a redesigned, full‑page Widgets settings experience. The changes are rolling out through the Windows Insider program’s Release Preview and Beta channels and represent another example of Microsoft’s...

Microsoft’s flagship productivity assistant, Microsoft 365 Copilot, briefly read and summarized emails that organizations had explicitly marked “Confidential,” revealing a logic error that bypassed Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and sensitivity‑label protections and forcing IT teams to confront a new class of AI‑driven compliance risk. ([bleepingcomputer.cngcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-bug-causes-copilot-to-summarize-confidential-emails/) Background In late January 2026 Microsoft...

Microsoft’s February 10, 2026 ESU rollup, KB5075912, raises Windows 10 22H2 to Build 19045.6937 while quietly widening the platform-level work that will keep Secure Boot functional as Microsoft’s 2011 Secure Boot certificate authorities approach expiry later this year. The update is small on the surface — fixes for fonts, File Explorer renaming, and a GPU stability patch — but it carries two high-impact changes IT teams must treat as urgent: a fix for a shutdown/hibernation regression that...

Microsoft is quietly rolling a convenient — if subtle — diagnostic into Windows 11: a one‑click network speed test surfaced in Release Preview builds that lets users launch an internet speed check directly from the taskbar’s network menu, and the same update also brings camera pan/tilt controls, Emoji 16 additions, a full‑page Widgets settings panel, and support for .webp desktop backgrounds. Background Microsoft’s incremental approach to Windows 11 development has made the Insider channels...

Microsoft’s flagship productivity assistant, Microsoft 365 Copilot, briefly looked inside emails organizations had explicitly marked “Confidential,” summarised them in the Copilot “Work” chat experience, and — in doing so — highlighted a stubborn truth: embedding cloud AI into everyday productivity software multiplies both capability and risk. Background In late January 2026 Microsoft flagged a logic defect tracked internally as CW1226324 after telemetry and a service alert showed Copilot...

Microsoft has begun quietly testing a new way to close a gaming session on PC: postgame recaps — a short, automated summary that appears after you exit a game and highlights captures, achievements, and notable in‑game moments from your session. The feature is rolling out to Xbox Insiders enrolled in the PC Gaming Preview, and it arrives as another piece in Microsoft’s broader strategy to make the Xbox PC app a central, Xbox‑style hub for Windows gaming. Background Microsoft has been steadily...

Microsoft has shipped the most substantive MIDI upgrade in a generation: Windows 11 now includes a native, in‑box MIDI stack called Windows MIDI Services that supports both MIDI 1.0 modernizations and the new MIDI 2.0 standard — a change that promises to reshape music production workflows on Windows machines. ([blogs.windows.com]s.com/windowsexperience/2026/02/17/making-music-with-midi-just-got-a-real-boost-in-windows-11/) Background / Overview MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) has...

Microsoft has quietly added a one‑click network speed test to the Windows 11 taskbar in the Release Preview channel — but it’s important to understand that the new control is a launcher that opens a browser‑hosted speed‑test widget (currently surfaced via Bing) rather than a native, in‑OS measurement tool. Background / Overview Windows 11 continues to evolve through incremental Insider and Release Preview updates that place small but highly discoverable utilities where users already look for...

Microsoft is quietly testing a one‑click internet speed checker tucked into Windows 11’s taskbar that aims to make routine connectivity checks faster — but for now the feature is a shortcut to Bing’s web‑based speed test rather than a native, in‑OS diagnostic, and that design choice brings both clear convenience and real technical and policy trade‑offs. ps://www.theverge.com/tech/880756/windows-11-speed-test-build-in-update-preview) Background / Overview Windows has long left ad‑hoc...

Microsoft has confirmed that a logic bug in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat allowed the assistant to read and summarize emails labeled “Confidential” from users’ Sent Items and Drafts folders for several weeks, bypassing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protections that organizations set up to stop automated processing of sensitive content. Background / Overview Microsoft 365 Copilot is sold and positioned as an AI productivity layer that sits on top of the familiar Office apps (Outlook, Word, Excel...

Microsoft’s latest Release Preview flight for Windows 11 brings a batch of practical, user‑facing refinements — most visibly Emoji 16.0 in the emoji panel and a Taskbar‑accessible network speed test — while quietly adding deeper platform capabilities for IT and security teams, including an in‑box Sysmon and expanded recovery/backup options for managed devices. Background / Overview Microsoft continues to shift Windows 11 from a once‑a‑year cadence to a continuous‑innovation model: smaller...

Microsoft’s latest Release Preview wave quietly folds two practical features into Windows 11 that are likely to be noticed by very different audiences: a quick-access network speed test surfaced in the taskbar and the long-requested arrival of native Sysmon (System Monitor) as an optional, first-class Windows feature. Both additions reflect Microsoft’s pragmatic approach to feature design: make routine diagnostics more discoverable for everyday users, and give security teams a baked-in...

Microsoft has confirmed that a code error in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat allowed the assistant to read and summarise confidential emails from users’ Sent Items and Drafts for weeks — a failure that bypassed sensitivity labels and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protections organizations rely on to keep sensitive content out of automated processing. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot and the integrated Copilot Chat experience were introduced as a productivity layer across Office applications...

Microsoft’s public denial came fast, but the questions it raises about cloud governance, law‑enforcement use of AI, and corporate responsibility are anything but settled. Background In mid‑February 2026 a batch of leaked documents reported by major investigative outlets showed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dramatically increased its use of Microsoft’s cloud services in the second half of 2025. The files, as reported, indicate ICE’s stored footprint on Microsoft Azure...

Microsoft's enterprise AI assistant, Microsoft 365 Copilot, briefly processed and summarized emails that organizations had explicitly marked as confidential — a behavior the company has attributed to a server‑side code error — exposing a troubling gap between AI convenience and established enterprise data controls. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot is positioned as an embedded productivity layer across Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Microsoft 365 surfaces. The assistant’s value...

Microsoft has publicly rejected claims that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using its cloud and AI tools to conduct mass civilian surveillance, even as investigative reporting and leaked procurement files show a dramatic expansion of ICE’s use of Microsoft-powered cloud services during a period of stepped-up immigration enforcement. Background The story began with a detailed investigative report that drew on leaked internal documents showing ICE’s cloud footprint on Microsoft Azure...

Microsoft’s terse public reply to fresh reporting that U.S. immigration authorities and foreign militaries are increasing their dependence on Azure cloud services has reignited a debate over cloud governance, corporate responsibility, and the limits of platform neutrality in the age of ubiquitous AI and elastic storage. New document disclosures and investigative reporting show Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) significantly expanding the amount of data it hosts on Microsoft Azure...