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Google’s on‑stage comments with Qualcomm at the Snapdragon Summit mark the clearest signal yet that Android is being retooled to run as a first‑class platform on traditional laptops and PCs — a move that pairs Google’s app and AI stack with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 silicon and changes the competitive geometry of the PC market. Background Google and Qualcomm used the Snapdragon Summit stage to describe a technical collaboration that goes beyond incremental optimization: Google’s Rick...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 family, unveiled at the company’s Snapdragon Summit, stakes an unmistakable claim: ARM silicon is ready to compete seriously in the premium Windows laptop arena. The announcement introduced two PC-focused SoCs — the Snapdragon X2 Elite and the flagship Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme — with vendor-stated headlines that include up to 18 CPU cores, a 5.0 GHz boost clock on the Extreme bin, a dramatically larger Hexagon NPU rated at 80 TOPS (INT8) for on‑device AI, and a...

Space42’s announcement that it will build the UAE’s first Sovereign Mobility Cloud, enabled by Core42’s sovereign public cloud platform and underpinned by Microsoft Azure, marks a notable push to fuse national data sovereignty with large-scale autonomous-mobility infrastructure and HD mapping services. The initiative, unveiled on the sidelines of the Dubai World Congress, positions Space42 as the application and systems integrator for a mobility-focused sovereign cloud stack intended to host...

Ralph Lauren has put a chatbot in the business of taste: Ask Ralph, a new in‑app conversational stylist developed with Microsoft and built on Azure OpenAI, began rolling out to U.S. Ralph Lauren app users on September 9, 2025, delivering brand‑curated, shoppable, head‑to‑toe outfit recommendations as visually composed “laydowns.” Background / Overview Ralph Lauren’s Ask Ralph is pitched as a digital analogue of the in‑store stylist: customers type natural‑language prompts — from scenario...

Raspberry Pi and NComputing have announced a strategic collaboration to bring the Raspberry Pi 500+ all‑in‑one keyboard computer to enterprise customers, positioning the device—paired with NComputing’s LEAF OS—as a practical, low‑cost alternative to legacy Windows 10 PCs as organizations confront Windows 10’s end‑of‑support on October 14, 2025. The hardware targets desktop replacement and thin‑client use cases with a compact keyboard form factor, modern ARM silicon derived from the Raspberry...

September’s list of Windows laptops isn’t a re-run of the familiar trade-offs—battery for performance, thinness for thermal headroom—but a clear sign that manufacturers have finally closed the gap on long-standing weaknesses: modern ultrabooks now ship with meaningful CPU and NPU gains, OLED screens are mainstream across form factors, and battery improvements plus smarter power management deliver genuinely all‑day use on multiple models. The ten models covered in the Hindustan Times roundup...

WinGet is the easiest Windows-native way to search for, install, update, remove, and migrate applications — and once you understand what it actually does (and what it doesn’t), it becomes hard to go back to hunting EXEs, accidental bloatware, and manual update checks. Overview WinGet (the Windows Package Manager) brings the convenience of Linux/macOS-style package managers to Windows: a single command-line client that talks to curated package sources, installs packages silently when...

Microsoft has quietly recast Copilot from a single‑vendor assistant into a deliberate multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude models—Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1—to Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Researcher and Copilot Studio surfaces, a change that begins immediately for opt‑in enterprise customers and has clear implications for governance, cost, and vendor strategy. Background Microsoft launched Microsoft 365 Copilot to embed large language models into the Office...

Bitdefender's new small-business bundle has landed in the United Kingdom, bringing an all‑in‑one cybersecurity suite aimed squarely at companies with up to 25 employees that need strong protection without a dedicated IT team. The offering — Bitdefender Ultimate Small Business Security — packages endpoint defense, identity and reputation monitoring, an unlimited VPN, and AI‑powered scam protection into a single subscription designed for rapid deployment and centralised management. Background...

Windows 11’s built‑in calendar covers the basics, but the real productivity gains often come from third‑party calendar apps that add deeper integrations, better visuals, and utility tailored to real workflows—this roundup examines five of the best free calendar apps for Windows 11, explains who each one is actually for, and weighs the functionality, privacy, and integration trade‑offs so readers can pick the calendar that fits their day. Overview Calendars on Windows 11 now sit at the...

Valve's Steam beta now surfaces whether your PC has Secure Boot and TPM enabled, making it trivial for gamers to see if their system will pass the new breed of anti‑cheat checks that many publishers are rolling out. The status shows up under Help → System Information in the Steam client (look under the Operating System section), and the Steam beta already exposes both the Secure Boot state and the TPM details so you can confirm compliance without digging through UEFI or Windows tools...

Microsoft's push toward cloud-first sign-ins has made installing Windows 11 without a Microsoft account more awkward than it used to be, but practical workarounds remain that let privacy-minded users create a local account during OOBE (out‑of‑box experience) or pre-build installation media that removes the online account requirement entirely. This feature guide walks through the accepted methods—Command Prompt during setup and Rufus-customized media—explains what each approach does under the...

Microsoft quietly opened a new chapter for Microsoft 365 Copilot on September 24, 2025, adding Anthropic’s Claude models — Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends in key Copilot surfaces and turning Copilot from a single‑vendor service into a managed, multi‑model orchestration platform for enterprises. Background For years Microsoft 365 Copilot has been synonymous with deep integration of OpenAI’s models across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams. That...

Rufus’ latest release sharpens a tool millions rely on for creating bootable USB media: version 4.10 arrives with a native dark mode, formal support for Microsoft’s Windows UEFI CA 2023 Secure Boot certificates (so you can build 25H2-compatible Windows 11 media), the ability to save an existing USB drive back to ISO (UDF only), improved VHD/VHDX error reporting, and a handful of reliability fixes that address long-path crashes, timezone DBX false positives, and persistence problems in Linux...

Upgrading to a new Windows 11 PC is a milestone for many, but the day you unplug your old Windows 10 laptop is also when critical security, privacy, and environmental decisions need to be made—this guide pulls together practical, verified steps to securely erase personal data, responsibly retire or repurpose hardware, and avoid the common pitfalls too many users overlook. Background Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, meaning Home, Pro...

Microsoft’s Copilot has added Anthropic’s Claude family as selectable backends inside the Microsoft 365 Copilot experience, giving enterprise customers a choice of models — Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — in the Researcher reasoning agent and in Copilot Studio’s agent-building tools. The rollout is opt-in, must be enabled by tenant administrators, and ships with explicit caveats about third‑party hosting and data handling; Microsoft keeps OpenAI as a primary backend while opening the...

Microsoft has quietly handed many Windows 10 users a one‑year safety net: a consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that can deliver critical and important security patches through October 13, 2026 without the per‑device fee originally expected — but only if users meet strict technical prerequisites and accept account‑centric conditions that raise privacy, cost, and long‑term support questions. Background / Overview Microsoft set a firm end‑of‑support date for Windows 10: October...

The clock is now unmistakable: free servicing for Windows 10 stops on October 14, 2025, and with that deadline looming Microsoft’s push toward Windows 11 just got another major tailwind — amplified today by Qualcomm’s unveiling of the Snapdragon X2 Elite family, a next‑generation PC chipset that promises notable performance, dramatic efficiency gains and new on‑device AI — the kind of hardware upgrade that gives many users a compelling reason to replace aging Windows 10 machines rather than...

Microsoft has quietly made official Windows 11 version 25H2 installation media available for download — Release Preview ISOs for the 26200 build family are now hosted on Microsoft’s servers (x64 and Arm64) alongside a lean enablement package (eKB) that upgrades fully patched Windows 11 24H2 systems with a much smaller download and a single reboot. Background / Overview Windows 11’s annual feature update cadence has evolved into a servicing-first model: most feature work is shipped inside...

Microsoft has quietly turned a previously single‑vendor Copilot architecture into a multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude models — Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends in Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Researcher agent and in Copilot Studio, with the rollout announced on September 24, 2025. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot began as a tightly integrated productivity assistant built around a close partnership with OpenAI. That relationship delivered...