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Microsoft’s lab teams have demonstrated a bio‑inspired, AI‑optimized in‑chip microfluidic cooling system in partnership with Swiss startup Corintis, claiming up to 3× the heat removal of conventional cold plates and a 65% reduction in peak silicon temperature rise in GPU tests — results that, if validated at scale, could redefine datacenter density, energy use, and chip architecture. Background The thermal challenge at hyperscale is acute: modern AI accelerators pack enormous power into...

OpenAI and SAP announced a high-stakes partnership to deliver a sovereign AI service for Germany’s public sector — “OpenAI for Germany” — a program that pairs OpenAI’s models with SAP’s Delos Cloud and Microsoft Azure infrastructure to meet Germany’s exacting data-sovereignty, security, and compliance requirements. Background Germany has pursued digital sovereignty as a policy priority for several years, driving a wave of vendor‑neutral sovereign cloud projects and public-sector...

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Microsoft’s 2025 Windows 11 feature update — version 25H2 — arrives as a careful, operationally minded release rather than a headline-grabbing rework: it’s an enablement package that flips on features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream, removes a few long‑deprecated tools, and resets the support clock for devices that adopt it. Background / Overview Microsoft’s engineering and servicing strategy for Windows has continued to evolve away from “big rebases” toward a shared servicing...

Fast Company’s recent dispatch lands like a corrective: despite the torrent of vendor claims, glossy demos, and executive mandates, AI tools are not yet producing the broad, measurable productivity lift companies expected. That headline — that AI copilots, chat assistants, and generative models “aren’t making much of a difference” in day-to-day corporate outcomes — is a useful shock to the system. It forces IT leaders and business strategists to stop treating model access like a strategic...

Windows Server 2019 administrators face a simple but urgent choice: rely only on built‑in protections or add a purpose‑built server antivirus to harden critical services and data. A recent roundup of “7 Best Antivirus for Windows Server 2019” names ESET, Bitdefender, Norton, Avast, VIPRE and others as options to consider — but the list mixes consumer and server products and omits important deployment caveats that every admin should know before buying. Background / Overview Windows Server...

Microsoft’s Game Pass strategy moved from aggressive growth to an unmistakable consolidation play this week as ID@Xbox head Chris Charla confirmed the company has struck deals with more than 150 partner studios in what he described as Microsoft’s “largest investment in Game Pass to date.” That initiative—unveiled publicly during Gamescom and discussed in a Eurogamer interview—was framed as a broad push to expand catalog breadth, surface more indies and mid‑size projects to subscribers, and...

Microsoft’s long‑running maintenance of Windows 10 reaches a hard stop this autumn, forcing millions of home users and small businesses to choose between upgrading hardware and software, paying for a short-term security lifeline, or continuing on an increasingly risky unsupported platform. Background / Overview Microsoft has set a fixed end‑of‑support date for mainstream editions of Windows 10 (version 22H2): after October 14, 2025, Microsoft will no longer provide regular security patches...

The moment macOS Tahoe and Windows 11 version 25H2 reached the public eye in 2025, one thing became impossible to ignore: Apple shipped a visibly ambitious, conversation-starting update while Microsoft rolled out an annual Windows release that—by design and by Microsoft’s own messaging—adds almost nothing for everyday users. Background / Overview Apple used WWDC and its public release cycle to push a clear, opinionated visual and productivity upgrade with macOS Tahoe (macOS 26): a new...

The abrupt countdown to Windows 10’s servicing sunset has thrown millions of users into a practical dilemma: stay with a familiar, functioning operating system that will no longer receive routine security fixes, or move — often at cost or effort — to a supported platform before the October 14, 2025 deadline. Background / Overview Microsoft has set a firm end-of-support date for mainstream Windows 10 editions: October 14, 2025. After that date, Windows 10 Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education and...

Microsoft will stop delivering routine security patches, feature updates and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions on October 14, 2025 — a hard, calendar‑driven cutoff that forces consumers, small businesses and IT teams to choose between upgrading to Windows 11, buying time with a limited Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, replacing hardware, or continuing to run an increasingly risky, unsupported OS. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched in 2015 and has...

Microsoft is quietly testing native video wallpapers inside Windows 11 Insider Preview builds, restoring a DreamScene‑style capability that lets ordinary video files act as looping desktop backgrounds and eliminating the immediate need for third‑party tools for basic animated wallpapers. Background Microsoft first experimented with animated desktop backgrounds in 2007 with Windows DreamScene for Windows Vista Ultimate, which allowed WMV and MPG clips (and specially configured AVIs) to play...

Microsoft’s demonstration this week of microfluidic cooling — tiny liquid channels etched directly into silicon to carry coolant where the heat is generated — represents one of the clearest and most practical moves yet to tackle the runaway thermal problem at the heart of modern AI datacenters. The company says lab-scale prototypes remove heat up to three times more effectively than contemporary cold plates, cut peak silicon temperature rise by as much as 65 percent, and allow coolant to...

Sonata Software’s inclusion in Microsoft’s 2025–2026 AI Business Solutions Inner Circle is the latest signal that the IT services firm is consolidating its position as a strategic Microsoft partner and an active player in the enterprise generative AI market, but the recognition also raises important questions about vendor alignment, deliverable governance, and what elite partner status actually guarantees to customers. Background: what the Inner Circle designation means — and what it does...

As organizations pick up pace after the summer, cybersecurity teams face a compacted calendar of risk: Microsoft’s Windows 10 end-of-life, new behavior in Windows 11 and OneDrive, increasingly sophisticated browser threats, an emerging privacy storm around activity-capture features, and long-standing but re-emerging remote access weaknesses. These are not isolated items — they form a cascade where one change amplifies another, and the cumulative effect amplifies enterprise attack surface and...

Apple Devices on Windows has finally taken the awkward “device” duties out of iTunes and given Windows users a focused, modern tool to back up, update, restore, and move large files to iPhones and iPads — fast, over USB, and without relying on iCloud. The app is a straightforward replacement for the old iTunes device workflow, but it comes with a few important caveats: you should create an encrypted local backup before attempting major updates or restores, use a direct motherboard USB port...

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn will begin using members’ profile information, public posts, resumes and activity to train generative AI models by default in a policy change that takes effect November 3, 2025 — but a new “Data for Generative AI Improvement” toggle in Settings lets you opt out for future training if you act now. Background / Overview LinkedIn’s change is part of a broader push by major platforms to fold user-generated content into the datasets that power generative AI features...

Microsoft’s announced cutoff for routine Windows 10 updates has moved from a distant lifecycle footnote to a real-world deadline, and the options Microsoft has offered for consumers are leaving many users stuck between inconvenient choices: upgrade hardware to meet Windows 11’s stricter baseline, pay for a short-term security bridge, or continue running an increasingly risky, unsupported OS. Background / Overview Microsoft has fixed the end-of-support date for most Windows 10 editions as...

Microsoft’s clear deadline for Windows 10 support changes everything for the millions who still run the OS: if you’re on Windows 10, routine security updates, feature fixes, and standard technical support stop on October 14, 2025 — and Microsoft has published a narrowly scoped consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program as a one‑year bridge for eligible devices. Background Microsoft announced that Windows 10, version 22H2 and related mainstream SKUs will reach end of support on October...