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Microsoft has begun pushing the Windows 11 25H2 feature update to many eligible Home and Pro PCs as part of the November 2025 update cadence, and the company is explicitly encouraging customers still on Windows 11 version 23H2 to move to 25H2 before the consumer servicing cutoff; Microsoft issued the latest cumulative updates (including the November quality rollups) and confirmed the broader, automatic rollout conditions for the 25H2 upgrade. Background Microsoft's modern servicing cadence...

Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday brings more than routine fixes — it marks a turning point for Windows 11 users still on version 23H2, and the company’s message is blunt: consumer PCs running 23H2 (Home and Pro) must move to a supported release or stop receiving monthly security updates after November 11, 2025. Background Microsoft’s servicing model ties support windows to specific Windows 11 feature releases. Consumer SKUs (Home and Pro) typically get 24 months of servicing per major...

Microsoft’s handheld moment has finally arrived: the ROG Xbox Ally X pairs ASUS’ ROG handheld engineering with Microsoft’s Xbox front end to deliver a Windows 11 portable that promises console‑grade controls and near‑desktop PC power — but it still arrives with software rough edges, library caveats, and battery tradeoffs that matter to real buyers. Background / Overview The ROG Xbox Ally X is the premium entry in ASUS’ new Xbox‑branded handheld family. It ships as a one‑piece, grip‑first...

Microsoft's November Patch Tuesday brings a focused mix of security patches and quality fixes that—for many users—will feel like cleanup duty after a rocky rollout of Windows 11 24H2; the cumulative updates (principally KB5046617 for 24H2 and KB5046633 for 23H2/22H2) resolve a clutch of high‑impact bugs (Task Manager reporting, WSL dev drive access, and intermittent black screens when using Alt+Tab), while also addressing multiple security issues including several zero‑day vulnerabilities...

Microsoft has rolled out native, system‑level support for third‑party passkey managers in Windows 11 — and with the Windows November 2025 security update the capability is now broadly available, including built‑in integrations for 1Password and an early‑access path for Bitwarden. This change converts passkeys from a browser‑centric convenience into a first‑class authentication surface for apps, browsers and native Windows flows, while Microsoft’s own Password Manager (from Edge) becomes a...

A single 1:00 a.m. email from a Microsoft recruiter — shared on the anonymous workplace forum Blind and picked up by social media — has touched off a wider, polarized debate about what after-hours outreach means for company culture, hiring practices, and the future of work–life balance in tech. Background A post on Blind reported that a Microsoft hiring manager sent an interview request at 1:00 a.m., prompting the poster to ask whether that timing was a "red flag" about the team's...

Microsoft has quietly pushed an emergency out‑of‑band update for Windows 10 — KB5071959 — to repair a bug that was preventing some users from enrolling in the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program and thus blocked delivery of critical security updates to eligible PCs. Background Windows 10 reached its official end of support on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft offered a one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program to keep eligible devices patched through October 13...

Microsoft appears to be preparing a tactile upgrade to Windows 11: hidden “Haptic signals” controls have surfaced in the latest Insider preview build, suggesting the OS will be able to trigger subtle vibrations for UI actions — a system-level layer of feedback that promises to make snapping windows, dragging files, and aligning objects feel physically responsive. Background / Overview Hidden configuration strings and a new Settings panel for Haptic signals were discovered in Windows 11...

Chrome’s omnibox is quietly mutating from a place to type URLs into a small command center for AI — and the latest Canary and Beta builds show Google is pushing that vision onto mobile as well as desktop. Background / Overview Google’s experiment to fold its Gemini AI into Chrome has accelerated into visible UI changes: a taller, chat-like “Ask Google” search box, an AI Mode button inside the omnibox, and a new “+” control that invites users to attach tabs, images, or files before asking a...

Windows 11 has just taken a major step toward making the passwordless future real for everyday users and enterprises alike: Microsoft has added a plugin model that lets third‑party password managers act as system‑level passkey providers, and leading managers — notably 1Password (MSIX build) and Bitwarden — have already integrated or are preparing to integrate with Windows so passkeys can be created, stored, synchronized and used natively across browsers and native apps. This capability is...

Microsoft has quietly pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28000 to the Canary Channel — a compact update that, on the surface, lists only a few bug fixes but also changes the OS-visible version to Windows 11, version 26H1, a move Microsoft says is platform-only and intended to support specific next‑generation silicon rather than to deliver a new consumer-facing feature wave. Background / Overview Microsoft released Build 28000 to the Canary Channel on November 7, 2025, and paired that...

Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7070 (delivered as KB5070300) to both the Dev and Beta channels, a focused preview that layers incremental UI polish, practical manageability improvements, and a handful of gated experiments atop the 25H2 preview stream. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Insider servicing model for the 25H2 preview line continues to favor small, enablement-driven packages and controlled feature rollouts. That means a single cumulative package — in...

Microsoft’s Canary-channel drop of Windows 11, version 26H1 (Build 28000) is real — but it is not a broad consumer feature update and will only be delivered to a narrow set of new devices that require deeper, low‑level platform work. Microsoft made this explicit in the Windows Insider Blog, describing the release as a platform-only update intended to “support specific silicon,” and stressing that 25H2 remains the primary feature track and that ordinary customers do not need to take action...

Australia’s federal government has signalled a major shift: an official, whole-of-government push to embed generative AI across the public service that includes plans to build an internal “GovAI” chat tool and even to explore using AI to draft sensitive materials such as business cases and Cabinet submissions — a proposal accompanied by demonstrable productivity gains from a recent Microsoft Copilot trial but also by stark warnings about data security, governance gaps and workforce impacts...

KPMG’s early-access collaboration with Microsoft to build an “Intelligent ERP” using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations reframes ERP from a passive ledger into a set of governed, agent-enabled services that can access, act and decide inside enterprise systems in near real time. Background / Overview For decades ERP systems were treated primarily as systems of record: durable stores of transactions, master data, and business logic. The current wave of...

KT’s announcement that it will debut a Microsoft Azure‑based “Secure Public Cloud” (SPC) in Korea marks a deliberate pivot from generic public cloud offerings to a sovereign‑aware platform designed to meet local regulatory, security, and operational expectations — a move that bundles Azure’s confidential computing and managed HSM capabilities with KT’s local governance, sales channels and managed‑service footprint. Background South Korea’s cloud market has been reshaped by stronger...

CPU shipments and PC sell‑in climbed sharply in Q3 2025 as a deadline-driven refresh — not normal seasonality — became the dominant market force: Jon Peddie Research (JPR) reports client CPU shipments rose 2.2% quarter‑on‑quarter while server CPU shipments jumped roughly 13–14% year‑on‑year, and multiple industry trackers conclude the movement was driven mainly by Microsoft’s Windows 10 end‑of‑support and large institutional refresh programs rather than a sudden revival in consumer demand...

KT Corp.’s new sovereign public cloud — built on Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure and announced this week — is a clear shot across the bow of Korea’s cloud market: it packages confidential computing, managed HSM controls and strict in‑country governance into a commercially supported, multi‑tenant public offering aimed first at financial institutions and manufacturing firms. Background South Korea’s regulated industries have long been constrained by stringent data‑residency and separation...

Microsoft has begun rolling Windows 11 into a more flexible, passwordless future by adding native support for third‑party passkey providers — notably 1Password and Bitwarden — so those services can act as system-level passkey managers alongside Windows Hello and Microsoft’s own synced passkey option. Background: what Microsoft changed and why it matters Passkeys are the FIDO/WebAuthn‑based replacement for traditional passwords: asymmetric keypairs where the private key is kept on a device...

Microsoft has quietly shipped an out‑of‑band (OOB) update — KB5071959 — that repairs a broken enrollment wizard preventing some Windows 10 consumer PCs from joining the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, restoring the ability for eligible devices to receive post‑end‑of‑support security patches. Background Windows 10 reached its official end of support on October 14, 2025, at which point Microsoft stopped delivering routine security and feature updates for the OS unless devices are...