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Thread 'Copilot Vision: Multimodal AI Assistant for Windows That Sees, Translates, and Guides'
Microsoft’s Copilot Vision packs the promise of a truly multimodal assistant: point a camera or share a window, and the AI reads, summarizes, translates, highlights UI elements, and even talks back — a combination of visual comprehension and conversational voice that changes what “help” on a PC or phone can look like. The practical walkthrough in the PCMag UK piece captures that promise in everyday tasks — translating menus in Paris, identifying objects, summarizing manuals and web pages...
Thread 'EaseUS three tool playbook for Windows 10 end of life to Windows 11 migration'
EaseUS’ timed push of its backup and migration toolbox lands squarely on a fixed calendar: Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 after October 14, 2025, and EaseUS is promoting Todo Backup, Partition Master, and Todo PCTrans as the practical kit many users and small IT teams need to protect data and move to Windows 11 with minimal disruption. Background Microsoft’s lifecycle calendar sets a hard deadline: mainstream security and feature updates for Windows 10 editions end on October 14...
Thread 'Plan Windows 10 End of Support Migration with EaseUS Backup and Migration Toolkit'
EaseUS’ announcement this week positions the company’s backup and migration suite as a practical toolkit for users facing a hard deadline: Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and many machines will either need careful protection or a planned migration to Windows 11. The vendor’s pitch — built around EaseUS Todo Backup, EaseUS Partition Master, and EaseUS Todo PCTrans — is straightforward: create reliable backups, prepare drives for Windows 11, and migrate user data...
Thread 'Snapdragon X2 Elite for Windows on Arm: 5.0 GHz, 80 TOPS NPU, 18 cores'
Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon X2 Elite family promises to rewrite the rules for Windows on ARM by delivering dramatically higher clock speeds, an 18‑core top bin, and an 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU — claims that put Snapdragon X2 Elite and Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme squarely into contention with Apple’s M‑series and high‑end x86 mobile chips for premium Windows 11 PCs. Overview Qualcomm used its Snapdragon Summit to unveil the Snapdragon X2 Elite family — two primary PC‑focused SoCs: the standard...
Thread 'Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade lands on Xbox and PC, signaling multiplatform shift'
Square Enix’s decision to bring Final Fantasy VII Remake to Xbox and Xbox on PC marks one of the clearest signals yet that the company’s era of platform caution is over — and that decision has real technical, business, and cultural consequences for players, developers, and the platform landscape as a whole. The expanded Intergrade edition of Final Fantasy VII Remake is confirmed for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC (with Xbox Play Anywhere and cloud support), launching January 22, 2026, while...
Thread 'Microsoft 365 Copilot adds Claude models for multi model orchestration'
Microsoft has turned Microsoft 365 Copilot from a single‑vendor assistant into a true multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude models — notably Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends in Copilot’s Researcher agent and Copilot Studio, a move delivered as an opt‑in rollout and explicitly framed by Microsoft as additive rather than a replacement for OpenAI models. Background / Overview Microsoft 365 Copilot has been a flagship example of embedding...
Thread 'Lenovo SMB AI Ready Bundles Fast Track Production'
Lenovo’s latest push into the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market packages enterprise-grade, AI-ready infrastructure into pre-tested, consumption-friendly bundles designed to get small teams from purchase to production faster — but the payoff depends on careful workload sizing, contract scrutiny, and security hardening. Background Small and medium businesses face two converging pressures: the need to modernize aging on‑premises infrastructure and the demand to put AI to work in...
Thread 'Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme: Windows on ARM Aims to Rival M4 Macs'
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme doesn’t just promise a step forward for Windows on ARM — it promises a potential leap that could finally make a high‑end Windows laptop a credible, everyday alternative to Apple’s M‑series machines for creators, data scientists, and power users. The company’s Summit 2025 reveal laid out a bold spec sheet — a third‑generation Oryon CPU with as many as 18 cores and a 5.0 GHz boost, a redesigned Adreno GPU, and an 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU — and paired those...
Thread 'EEA Gets Free One-Year Windows 10 ESU Without Backup or Microsoft Account'
Microsoft’s last-minute course correction on Extended Security Updates (ESU) hands a narrow but meaningful win to Windows 10 users in the European Economic Area: Microsoft will no longer require payment or the prior “enable Windows Backup” / Microsoft Account condition for consumers in the EEA to receive the one-year post‑support security updates that run through October 13, 2026. Background / Overview Microsoft set October 14, 2025 as the official end-of-support date for Windows 10...
Thread 'Windows 11 vs Windows 10: Is upgrading worth it for multitasking, gaming, AI and security'
Microsoft's argument for upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 has moved beyond pure aesthetics: over the last few years Microsoft has layered meaningful multitasking, gaming, AI and security improvements into Windows 11 that — in many practical scenarios — do a better job than the equivalent Windows 10 features, even when Windows 10 tries to catch up. The short version: if you rely on multi‑monitor workflows, polished window management, the newest gaming I/O and HDR conveniences, or want...
Thread 'Microsoft 365 Copilot Expands with Anthropic Claude Models'
Microsoft’s quiet move to add Anthropic’s Claude models into Microsoft 365 Copilot is the clearest signal yet that Copilot is evolving from a single‑vendor showcase into a deliberate, multi‑model orchestration platform — one that balances performance, cost, and vendor risk while exposing enterprise IT teams to new governance and cross‑cloud complexities. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot arrived as a headline product built on deep integration with large language models, most visibly those...
Thread 'Microsoft 365 Copilot Adds Claude Sonnet 4 and Opus 4.1 Backends'
Microsoft quietly handed enterprise IT teams a new lever in the Copilot era: Microsoft 365 Copilot now offers Anthropic’s Claude models — notably Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends inside the Researcher reasoning agent and the Copilot Studio agent-building surface, making model choice a first‑class feature for organizations that want to route specific productivity tasks to the model best suited to them. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot transformed Office apps into...
Thread 'Lenovo SMB AI Ready Infrastructure Bundles for On Prem AI'
Lenovo’s new SMB-focused infrastructure bundles promise to make AI-ready on‑premises IT more accessible to small and medium businesses by packaging validated server hardware, partner software, cloud-enabled management, and consumption-based pricing into turnkey offerings — but the real value for a given organization will hinge on careful workload profiling, contract transparency, and security operationalization. Background Small and medium businesses (SMBs) face a squeeze: they need the...
Thread 'Raspberry Pi 500+ and LEAF OS: Low-Cost Thin Client for Windows 10 End of Support'
Raspberry Pi and NComputing have teamed up to launch the Raspberry Pi 500+ — an all-in-one keyboard computer bundled with NComputing’s LEAF OS — positioning the device as a low-cost, centrally managed alternative for enterprises wrestling with Windows 10’s imminent end of support and the complexity of mass Windows 11 migrations. Background The industry is entering a crunch moment: Microsoft has scheduled Windows 10 end of support on October 14, 2025, after which mainstream security updates...
Thread 'Copilot in the Newsroom: AI NFL Week 4 Picks and Editorial Guardrails'
Microsoft’s Copilot — when asked to pick every game in an NFL week and give a final score — has become more than a novelty: it’s a live experiment in where conversational AI fits in sports journalism, editorial workflows, and even the betting ecosystem. USA TODAY’s sports desk ran Copilot through a repeatable prompt for every Week 4 matchup, publishing the chatbot’s winner, a projected score, and a short human commentary for each selection. The experiment produced a tidy set of predictions...
Thread 'Microsoft Copilot Adds Anthropic Claude Models for Multi-Model AI'
Microsoft’s Copilot has taken a decisive step from a single‑vendor architecture toward a managed, multi‑model platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as selectable engines inside the Researcher reasoning agent and Copilot Studio, a move that delivers practical model choice to enterprises while introducing new operational, legal, and governance tradeoffs. Background For years Microsoft 365 Copilot relied heavily on OpenAI models as the backbone of its generative‑AI...
Thread 'Indian Markets Slip as IT Weakens; Metals and Defence Lead Amid AI and Tariff Fears'
Markets closed the session with a clear note of caution: Indian benchmarks slipped while a clutch of stocks — led by metals and defence-linked names — bucked the broader weakness, and global headlines about U.S. trade probes and AI-capital flows amplified investor uncertainty across asset classes. Background / Overview India’s equity market finished the trading day under pressure, with headline indices down and a mixed sectoral picture: metals and telecoms showed strength, while IT and real...
Thread 'Rip DVD to MP4 on Windows Mac: 3 Proven Methods'
The guide posted by Fossbytes outlining “3 Proven Ways to Rip DVD to MP4 on Windows/Mac” correctly documents three of the most common workflows people use today: a commercial all-in-one ripper (Tipard DVD Ripper), the open-source encoder HandBrake (with third‑party helpers for encrypted discs), and the multi‑platform VLC Media Player’s Convert/Save feature. Each approach has distinct trade‑offs in cost, ease of use, compatibility with copy‑protected discs, and control over output quality...
Thread 'EEA Secures One Year Free Windows 10 ESU Updates Through Oct 2026'
Microsoft has agreed to provide an extra year of free security updates for Windows 10 users in the European Economic Area (EEA), a concession won after more than two years of pressure from Euroconsumers and its Belgian member organisation Test-Aankoop — an interim fix that buys time for millions of users but leaves open legal, technical, and environmental questions about product lifecycles and digital market conduct. Background Microsoft set a formal end-of-support date for Windows 10...
Thread 'September 2025 Windows Laptops: Longer Battery, On‑Device AI, OLED Displays'
The laptop market in September 2025 looks unmistakably healthier than it did just a few years ago: OEMs have shifted from incremental updates to platform-level changes that deliver longer battery life, smarter on-device AI, and more consistent multitasking performance — a trend captured in Hindustan Times’ September 2025 roundup of the “10 best Windows laptops” and confirmed by independent spec checks and hands‑on reviews. Background / Overview Laptop complaints that dominated earlier...
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