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Today’s Canary-channel release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27954 is a focused maintenance flight that fixes a handful of platform regressions while flagging a small set of high‑risk known issues that Insiders and developers must weigh before installing on active hardware. Background / Overview Microsoft released Build 27954 to the Canary Channel as a narrow quality update, not a feature sweep. The public notes describe a concise set of general improvements and targeted fixes intended...

Microsoft has opened the door for AI features to run natively across Windows PCs with the general availability of Windows ML, a system-managed ONNX Runtime and hardware abstraction layer that lets developers ship AI-enabled apps without bundling vendor runtimes or hand-tuning builds for every silicon variant. This release — now integrated into the Windows App SDK and targeting Windows 11 version 24H2 and later — promises smaller installers, automatic execution-provider selection for...

Microsoft’s latest push to put “agents” at the center of work—through a native Agent Store inside Microsoft 365 Copilot and a unified Microsoft Marketplace web destination—moves the company from experimental tooling to a platform play designed to make AI agents discoverable, governable, and commercially consumable at enterprise scale. The announcement signals a practical next step for organizations wrestling with where to start with agentic AI: packaged, partner-built agents and a single...

Microsoft’s decision to let Anthropic’s Claude models run inside Microsoft 365 Copilot marks a strategic inflection: Copilot is no longer a single‑vendor service built around OpenAI — it’s becoming a managed, multi‑model orchestration layer where IT teams can pick the engine best suited to each task. Background: why this shift matters now For three years Copilot has been synonymous with Microsoft’s close partnership with OpenAI: the GPT family powered headline productivity features across...

Lenovo’s latest SMB play is a clear bet that the next phase of enterprise AI will be decided on Main Street, not just in hyperscalers’ data halls — a set of pre-validated, channel-friendly bundles and partnerships that pair Windows Server Hyper-V readiness, Veeam-protected backup appliances, and whisper‑quiet edge inferencing hardware with Scale Computing and an AI‑driven XClarity management layer to reduce setup time, operational risk, and the people cost of running on‑prem AI. Background...

Microsoft has issued a stark final warning: extended support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 ends on October 14, 2025 — the same day mainstream support for Windows 10 wraps up — and organizations that fail to act risk serious security, compliance, and operational fallout. Microsoft is pushing customers toward cloud-first paths such as Microsoft 365 while offering an on-premises option in the form of Office LTSC 2024; at the same time it is making limited, paid safety nets available through...

Valve has quietly added a small but consequential item to the Steam beta: a visible check for TPM status and Secure Boot in the client’s System Information pane, and those values will soon be captured in the Steam Hardware Survey—an unobtrusive change with outsized implications for PC players, platform compatibility, and the future of anti‑cheat and DRM enforcement on Windows. Background The PC gaming industry has been moving steadily toward hardware‑level protections to combat increasingly...

Windows 11 can be reshaped to look and behave a lot like Windows 10 without abandoning the security and performance improvements of the newer OS, and a mix of built‑in settings, safe registry edits, and a handful of well‑maintained third‑party tools will get most users within striking distance of the familiar Windows 10 workflow. Background Microsoft’s Windows 11 brought a modern visual redesign — centered taskbar icons, rounded corners, and a compact Start UI — but for many professionals...

Microsoft has fixed a hard calendar on Windows 10: routine support stops on October 14, 2025, but Microsoft is offering a one‑year safety net — the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program — and has agreed to make that extra year truly free for users inside the European Economic Area (EEA). This package of options is short, targeted, and full of trade‑offs: it buys time, not a permanent escape from an unsupported OS, and enrollment has specific prerequisites and privacy implications...

Microsoft’s late-stage change to Windows 10 servicing has opened a narrowly scoped escape hatch: eligible consumer PCs can receive one additional year of security-only updates after October 14, 2025 — but the conditions matter, and claims that those updates are available without linking to a Microsoft Account are incomplete at best and misleading at worst. Background / Overview Windows 10 reached its planned end-of-support date on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft created a limited consumer...

Microsoft has quietly changed the rules: Windows 10 users inside the European Economic Area (EEA) will receive a one‑year extension of free Extended Security Updates (ESU) through October 13, 2026, without the previously announced requirement to enable Windows Backup or redeem Microsoft Rewards — a regional concession prompted by pressure from consumer groups and European regulatory expectations. Background / Overview Microsoft set a firm end‑of‑support date for consumer editions of Windows...

ExplorerPatcher has quietly become the Swiss Army knife for Windows users who loathe the design-first choices in Windows 11 and want the productivity-first behavior of Windows 10 back — restoring classic context menus, a movable taskbar, the familiar Start layout, and the full File Explorer ribbon, all without reinstalling the older OS. The hands-on accounts from power users reflect a consistent pattern: install ExplorerPatcher, tweak a handful of settings, and many of the most annoying...

Microsoft has given millions of Windows 10 users a narrowly scoped lifeline: a one‑year, consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) path that can keep eligible PCs receiving critical security patches after the official end‑of‑support date— and, crucially, major outlets report routes that let many European consumers obtain that extra year without a direct payment. Background / Overview Microsoft’s official lifecycle for Windows 10 sets a firm end‑of‑support date for consumer editions: October...

The next MetaTrader 5 update promises a subtle but important shift for developers and traders: a dedicated CodeBase category for MQL5 Services, improved handling of input parameter names in MQL5 source, and a set of compiler/debugger tweaks — but the announcement also raises a bigger compatibility question, because the report claims this will be the last MT5 build to support older Windows releases (Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows Server 2008). Those two threads — developer convenience and...

Microsoft has quietly re-engineered Copilot’s product story from «single‑vendor shortcut» into a deliberate multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as selectable engines inside Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Researcher feature and in Copilot Studio’s agent builder, letting business users toggle between OpenAI and Anthropic models for specific tasks. Background Microsoft’s Copilot began as a headline-grabbing integration of large language models...

Microsoft and Curated for You have quietly crossed a major line between inspiration and checkout: starting Sept. 17, Microsoft Copilot users can ask natural-language fashion questions — “What should I wear to a beach wedding?” or “Outfit ideas for Italy” — and receive context-aware, shoppable visual curations powered by Curated for You that place product edits from Revolve, Steve Madden, Tuckernuck, Rent the Runway and Lulus directly inside the Copilot interface. Background This...

Databricks’ newest deal with OpenAI marks a clear inflection point in enterprise AI: the company announced a strategic partnership to embed OpenAI’s models directly into Databricks’ platform and its Agent Bricks product, projecting the arrangement will generate roughly $100 million in revenue and make GPT‑5 — OpenAI’s next flagship model — available to Databricks’ enterprise customers. Background Databricks has spent the last three years positioning its Data Intelligence Platform as the...

Space42’s announcement at the Dubai World Congress marks a major step toward building a sovereign mobility cloud in the UAE — a purpose-built, sovereign-enabled platform for hosting HD mapping, telematics, fleet operations, traffic management and digital twins — backed by Core42’s Sovereign Public Cloud layer and Microsoft Azure’s enterprise-grade cloud and AI capabilities. The initiative promises tighter data residency controls, confidential compute options and a single platform designed to...

EaseUS' timed play for Windows 10 users is straightforward: back up everything, prepare disks for UEFI/GPT and Secure Boot, and move user data and applications to Windows 11-capable hardware — and the vendor’s familiar trio of tools (EaseUS Todo Backup, EaseUS Partition Master, and EaseUS Todo PCTrans) is being positioned as a one‑stop kit to do just that before Microsoft’s Windows 10 support cutoff on October 14, 2025. Background / Overview Microsoft has formally set a hard end‑of‑support...

Microsoft’s latest move on Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) changes the late-life calculus for millions of PCs: users inside the European Economic Area (EEA) will be able to get the one‑year ESU extension without the previously announced conditions, while the rest of the world still faces conditional enrollment options or a modest fee. This is a pragmatic — and regulatory‑tinged — compromise that matters for security, privacy, and device‑lifecycle planning as Windows 10 hits its...