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Microsoft’s Release Preview drop KB5067036 delivers one of the biggest visible Start-menu refreshes to Windows 11 in months while bundling a broad set of Copilot and accessibility improvements, taskbar and File Explorer refinements, and a pile of reliability fixes — but it’s a staged, server‑gated rollout, so installing the update does not guarantee immediate exposure to every feature. Background / Overview Microsoft published KB5067036 to the Release Preview channel on October 21, 2025...

Microsoft has quietly extended Copilot Vision on Windows to support a typed input mode, letting you share app windows or your desktop with Copilot and type questions about what it sees — a capability now rolling out to Windows Insiders as a staged preview that broadens where and how Vision can be used. Background / Overview Copilot on Windows has been evolving quickly from a chat sidebar into a system-level assistant that can listen, see, and (in controlled previews) perform multi-step...

Microsoft’s Release Preview push for Windows 11 on October 28, 2025 is a feature‑rich, optional preview cumulative (KB5067036) that ships updated OS binaries for both the 24H2 and 25H2 servicing lanes while intentionally gating many visible features server‑side — meaning installing the package does not guarantee immediate exposure to every change. The package brings a practical Start menu redesign, File Explorer “Recommended Files” and Copilot quick actions, on‑device voice improvements...

Dean Hall — the designer best known as the creator of DayZ and the driving force behind the survival game ICARUS — framed the current debate over generative AI in gaming as a familiar cultural panic, likening it to the alarm that greeted Google and Wikipedia two decades ago, and told Wccftech that “AI is here” and that studios must decide how to manage its impact rather than whether it will arrive. Background The gaming industry has long used automated systems and procedural techniques to...

Satya Nadella’s 2025 annual letter crystallizes a decisive pivot in Microsoft’s corporate narrative: the company is now explicitly positioning itself not just as a cloud and productivity giant, but as the infrastructure and platform leader of an AI-first era—thinking in decades, executing in quarters while pouring unprecedented capital, engineering talent, and product focus into AI, security, and quality. Background Microsoft closed fiscal 2025 with a set of headline numbers and milestones...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a staged Insider preview that finally gives Copilot Vision a typed conversation path — you can now share an app or your screen with Copilot, type questions about what it sees, and receive text replies inside the same Copilot chat window (the update is delivered via the Microsoft Store as Copilot app version 1.25103.107 and higher). Background Microsoft has steadily moved Copilot from a sidebar curiosity into a system-level assistant in Windows that can listen...

Microsoft has begun rolling a modest but consequential update to the Copilot app on Windows that brings a text-in / text-out path to Copilot Vision for Windows Insiders — meaning you can now share an app or screen with Copilot and type questions about what it sees, with Copilot answering in the same chat window. This change converts a Vision experience that until now was primarily voice-driven into a true multimodal path where typed input, not only speech, is a first-class way to interact...

Battlefield: RedSec arrives as a free-to-play, standalone battle-royale experience built on Battlefield 6’s Frostbite foundation, launching globally on October 28, 2025, and promising cross-progression, massive destruction, vehicles, and a distinctly Battlefield-flavored loop aimed at carving space in an already crowded BR market. Background / Overview Battlefield Studios has taken the battle-royale formula and reworked it around what fans expect from a Battlefield title: destructible...

Microsoft has quietly pushed an update to the Intel OpenVINO Execution Provider—version 1.8.18.0—via Windows Update (KB5070604), a targeted component refresh that aims to improve on‑device ONNX inference on Intel CPUs, GPUs and NPUs for Windows 11 devices running 24H2 and 25H2. The package is delivered as a modular AI component and requires the latest cumulative update for the target Windows build before it will install; once applied it appears in Settings → Windows Update → Update history...

Sorry, I could not generate a response at this time. Source: Microsoft Support KB5068516: Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and 25H2, and Windows Server 2025: October 28, 2025 - Microsoft Support

Sorry, I could not generate a response at this time. Source: Microsoft Support KB5070349: Out of Box Experience update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and 25H2, and Windows Server 2025: October 28, 2025 - Microsoft Support

Microsoft has issued a targeted component update for AMD’s on‑device AI stack — KB5070605, which bumps the Vitis AI Execution Provider to version 1.8.26.0 for Windows 11 (version 24H2 and 25H2) devices. The public-facing note accompanying the package is short: the update “includes improvements” to the AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider, is delivered automatically through Windows Update, and requires that the device already has the latest cumulative update (LCU) for the applicable Windows 11...

Microsoft’s M365 Copilot has taken a decisive step from being an assistant to becoming a builder: employees in eligible tenants can now ask Copilot to generate working apps, automated workflows, and lightweight AI agents using ordinary natural‑language prompts. The update adds an App Builder agent, a Workflows agent, and an embedded, simplified Copilot Studio (lite) experience to Microsoft 365 Copilot — features Microsoft says are designed to let non‑developers create dashboards, charts...

The Snipping Tool in Windows 11 now does more than take screenshots — it can run a Bing‑powered visual search directly from a capture, giving desktop users a Google Lens–style experience for OCR, translation, product lookup, math solving and more, all from the familiar Win + Shift + S capture flow. Background / Overview Microsoft has been steadily evolving the Snipping Tool from a basic screenshot utility into a compact visual toolkit. Recent updates add built‑in OCR (Text Extractor), QR...

FlyOOBE’s newest public build tightens the project’s role as a compact, technician‑focused toolkit for installing and customizing Windows 11 on machines that Microsoft’s official installer blocks — and version 1.41.581 brings a targeted set of changes that trade automated safety checks for clearer operator control, improved update polling reliability, and several polish fixes to the Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) workflow. Background / Overview Microsoft’s consumer Windows 11 installer...

Microsoft’s optional Release Preview update KB5067112 for Windows 11, version 23H2, landed as a narrowly scoped cumulative package that patches several high‑impact reliability regressions and — perhaps more controversially — enables a “Personalized Offers” prompt during the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) and surfaces the control in Settings after setup. Background / Overview Microsoft ships two kinds of monthly updates that matter to most users: mandatory security rollups and optional...

Microsoft’s latest push embeds Copilot directly into three new Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — People, Files, and Calendar — that Windows 11 will automatically install on devices running Microsoft 365 desktop apps unless administrators opt out, turning taskbar‑centric mini‑apps into promptable, Copilot‑enabled shortcuts for contacts, documents and meetings. Background Microsoft designed the Microsoft 365 companion apps as lightweight, taskbar‑anchored surfaces that surface relevant...

Windows 11’s snipping workflow just gained a quietly powerful ability: you can now select an area of your screen and copy the text inside it without launching a separate OCR app — thanks to a new Text Extractor option in the Snipping Tool’s capture bar that’s rolling out to users. The feature plugs Optical Character Recognition (OCR) directly into the familiar Win + Shift + S capture flow, brings parity with long-time PowerToys users, and promises a faster, more accessible route to...

Microsoft has pushed emergency, out‑of‑band updates after security researchers and multiple incident responders confirmed active exploitation of a critical remote‑code‑execution flaw in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), forcing organizations to treat every WSUS host as a top‑tier remediation priority until it is patched or isolated. Background / Overview Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is the on‑premises Microsoft update distribution platform many enterprises use to approve...

Microsoft’s Copilot is no longer just a chat assistant — this week it gained a built-in, conversational path to build apps and automate work across Microsoft 365: the new App Builder and Workflows agents, surfaced through the Agent Store and a lightweight Copilot Studio lite experience for Frontier preview customers. These additions let employees generate interactive apps, dashboards, calculators and automated flows from plain-English prompts, bind them to existing Microsoft 365 content, and...