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Microsoft is quietly re-routing the venerable F1 help shortcut in Microsoft Edge so it summons Copilot in the sidebar during testing — a small change with outsized implications for usability, privacy, and enterprise control that every Windows user and IT pro should notice now. Background / Overview Microsoft Edge has for years honored a simple desktop convention: press F1 and you get help — typically a support page, the Get Help app, or a static documentation site explaining browser features...

Haldiram’s is in advanced discussions to bring US sandwich chain Jimmy John’s to India through an exclusive franchise partnership with Inspire Brands, a move that would mark Haldiram’s first large-scale foray into Western-style quick‑service restaurants (QSRs) and position the century‑old snacks and restaurant group to take on international rivals such as Subway and Tim Hortons. Background / Overview Haldiram’s is best known as India’s largest ethnic food services company, with a sprawling...

Boeing has formally launched the Virtual Airplane Procedures Trainer (VAPT), a cloud‑first pilot training platform built on Microsoft Azure and powered by Microsoft Flight Simulator, aimed at letting pilots rehearse cockpit procedures on laptops and iPads — starting with the Boeing 737 MAX and positioned explicitly as a pre‑sim, procedural rehearsal tool rather than a replacement for certified full‑flight simulators. Background / Overview Boeing introduced VAPT at the European Aviation...

Microsoft's consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 — the one‑year safety valve intended to keep older PCs patched after end of mainstream support — is failing to enroll for a noticeable number of users, leaving affected machines at elevated risk unless owners take corrective action or upgrade to Windows 11. Reports show two consistent failure patterns: the enrollment wizard tells users their region is unsupported, and other devices — particularly those that are or were bound...

RadarKit’s new AI Visibility Tracker promises to give brands the same kind of rank‑tracking clarity for LLMs that SEO tools delivered for search engines — but the promise comes with methodological caveats, vendor claims that need independent scrutiny, and a crowded landscape of emerging alternatives that require careful procurement questions. Background The shift from classic search engines to assistant‑first discovery is no longer a hypothetical: users increasingly receive consolidated...

Matt Garman, the chief executive of Amazon Web Services (AWS), told CNBC that in the coming AI age the most valuable talents won’t be narrow technical chops like coding but critical thinking, creativity, adaptability and strong communication skills—a message he says he gives his own children and one that reframes how higher education and employers should prepare people for work. Background Matt Garman took the reins of AWS with deep experience inside Amazon and has overseen a strategic pivot...

Kalyan Undinty, until recently Senior Vice President — E‑commerce at WPP, has announced his departure from the agency network in a LinkedIn note that he framed as the close of an “incredible journey,” thanking mentors, colleagues, clients and his team as he moves on to the next chapter of his career. Background / Overview Kalyan Undinty’s exit was first reported in a short item by Storyboard18, which reproduces the text of his LinkedIn message and highlights the public expressions of...

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Online gaming firm Gameskraft’s latest restructuring has rippled through India’s gaming ecosystem: the Bengaluru-based company has cut more than half of its workforce amid a twin shock — a sweeping new federal law that effectively bans cash-based online games and the exposure of a massive alleged fraud by its former chief financial officer. The combination of regulatory upheaval and internal governance failure has forced Gameskraft into an emergency retrenchment that industry observers...

The Web3 Summit in Berlin closed with a flurry of technical milestones and provocative economic proposals that together signal a decisive pivot for Polkadot: move DOT from a passive staking instrument into the active fuel of an on‑chain economy, while simultaneously delivering the production primitives (elastic scaling, one‑click rollups, and cross‑chain liquidity rails) needed to make that shift practical. What happened in Berlin is equal parts engineering progress and a policy debate—Gavin...

Google Play Store is rolling out an AI-powered review summary that condenses what users actually say about apps into a short paragraph and topic chips, making it far easier to judge an app at a glance without wading through dozens of individual reviews. Background / Overview Google has quietly begun surfacing a new element on Play Store app pages called “Users are saying” (or similarly labeled), which sits in the Ratings & Reviews area and contains an AI-generated, three-to-four sentence...

Boardroom conflicts that used to be managed in private are now public spectacles—with immediate consequences for share prices, employee morale, and brand trust. Background The last two years have shown a steady increase in high-profile leadership disputes that spilled beyond corporate minutes and into social feeds, regulatory filings, and mainstream headlines. The phenomenon is not industry-specific: global consumer giants, automakers, philanthropic trusts, and small analytics firms alike...

The last quarter of 2025 has crystallised a decisive shift in how Asia‑Pacific (APAC) organisations must treat Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) work: regulators are simplifying what must be reported but demanding audit‑grade proof for the datapoints that remain, supervisors are embedding climate risk into operational tools, and enforcement is moving from warnings to quantified penalties that can hit balance sheets and reputations alike. Background / Overview Regulatory momentum...

India’s food regulator has quietly — and decisively — raised the bar on compliance, forcing food businesses, importers and marketers to rethink testing, labelling and supply‑chain controls all at once. Background The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has stepped up enforcement across several fronts: faster turnaround on laboratory reports for imported consignments, a push to adopt internationally recognised analysis methods, clarified classifications for honey that exceed...

Boeing’s new Virtual Airplane Procedures Trainer (VAPT), powered by Microsoft Azure and the Microsoft Flight Simulator platform, is a cloud-first training product aimed at letting airlines and flight training organisations practise Boeing procedures on lightweight devices such as iPads, laptops and desktops — with an initial focus on the 737 MAX and a roadmap for additional Boeing types. Background Boeing unveiled the Virtual Airplane Procedures Trainer at an industry summit, positioning it...

TPG Telecom is building a real‑time “digital twin” of parts of its 5G network to model how extreme weather, power loss and other disasters could degrade coverage and critical services — a project the company says is funded in part by a roughly $1.3 million federal grant and developed in partnership with university researchers and emergency services partners. Background / Overview Digital twins — live, data‑driven virtual replicas of physical systems — have moved from industrial shop‑floors...

The Web3 Summit in Berlin closed with more than the usual post-conference energy: Polkadot’s ecosystem surfaced a sequence of technical milestones, ambitious economic proposals and tangible product news that together sketch a clear strategic pivot — from “token-first” narratives toward an operational, revenue- and usage-driven Polkadot. The summit produced two kinds of headlines: practical infrastructure updates that move Polkadot 2.0 closer to production (elastic scaling, faster block...

For generations Pakistan’s schools have treated education as a ticket to a job: age‑gated classes, standardized curricula, and high‑stakes exams that reward memorization over invention. A recent feature in Business Recorder argues that this model is not only outdated in the era of abundant digital tools and generative AI, it is actively harmful to national development—and lays out a practical, four‑stage blueprint for remaking classrooms, universities, and public policy so they prepare...

The wave of senior appointments and role reshuffles reported in the latest CXO Moves bulletin underscores a market in flux: global AI firms are professionalizing operations, consumer-goods incumbents are resetting leadership for growth, and technology vendors are reorganizing to marry product, platform and go‑to‑market priorities. Storyboard18’s roundup of executive movements — spanning Britannia, Panasonic, OpenAI and a raft of other brands — offers a useful lens on how boards and CEOs are...

AvePoint’s third quarter fiscal 2025 results landed as a clear operational milestone: total revenue topped $109.7 million, SaaS revenue accelerated to $84.0 million (up 38% year‑over‑year), ARR reached $390.0 million, and non‑GAAP operating income expanded to $24.1 million (a 22.0% non‑GAAP operating margin) — a combination that prompted management to raise full‑year guidance and that analysts framed as validation of the company’s shift to a SaaS‑first model. Background AvePoint is a...