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Microsoft hasn’t said “Windows 12” on stage, but the evidence — from Microsoft’s Copilot messaging and Copilot+ PC specs to emulator improvements, analyst market forecasts, and leaked Windows build strings — converges on a clear picture: the next major Windows milestone will be an AI-first, hardware-accelerated, and more modular OS that ships features continuously rather than in one monolithic jump. erview The conversation about a successor to Windows 11 stopped being pure rumor some time...

Microsoft is rolling out automatic local backups for OneNote on iOS devices starting in mid‑March 2026, a change designed to give mobile-first users a self‑service recovery option that mirrors the desktop backup experience and to reduce dependency on IT for basic notebook restores. Background OneNote has long offered platform‑specific backup behavior: the Windows desktop version includes automatic and manual local backups, and the macOS client supports a limited backup model. Mobile versions...

Microsoft’s gaming business entered a new chapter on February 20, 2026, when Satya Nadella tapped Asha Sharma, a senior Microsoft AI executive, to lead Xbox and the broader Microsoft Gaming organization—while long‑time leader Phil Spencer announced his retirement and Xbox president Sarah Bond resigned. The move was accompanied by a rapid internal reshuffle that promoted Matt Booty to Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer and a public pledge from the new leadership to “recommit...

LibreOffice has gone on the offensive — not just at Microsoft but at a fellow office-suite vendor — accusing ONLYOFFICE of being “fake open‑source” and partnering with Microsoft in a way that, LibreOffice says, reinforces format-based vendor lock‑in for users and governments alike. The Document Foundation (TDF) lays the charge in a recent post that reopens the long, bruising fight over document standards and places the debate about openness and interoperability squarely in the center of...

NetSpeedMonitor still lives in the memory of many Windows users as the tiny, no‑nonsense taskbar meter that put upload and download speeds front and center — and for Windows 10 (64‑bit) users who want that simple readout, it’s still a viable option, but only with clear caveats: the original project is effectively dormant, modern Windows limits third‑party taskbar toolbars, and getting a safe, working copy often means using community forks or compatibility‑mode workarounds...

Microsoft’s tiny, indestructible Notepad — the app millions of Windows users open for quick edits, config fixes, and pasted snippets — is showing signs that it’s about to support inline images, a surprising development that widens Notepad’s remit from minimalist text scratchpad to a lightweight Markdown-capable note authoring surface. Evidence for the change first surfaced in Windows Insider screenshots and “What’s new” release panels, and multiple outlets and Insider chatter now report an...

Microsoft’s Copilot emerged as the clear favorite in Android Central’s recent reader poll — a decisive result that surprised many because broader usage and traffic data paint a much more complicated picture of which AI chatbots people actually use in the wild. Background Android Central asked its readers which AI chatbot they prefer, and of the more than 1,600 respondents, 61% selected Microsoft Copilot, with Google’s Gemini at 17% and OpenAI’s ChatGPT at 8%. The story included a selection...

Microsoft’s newest Canary‑channel flight for Windows 11, build 28020.1619, delivers a substantial set of continuity and accessibility updates—most notably an expanded Cross‑Device Resume experience that finally begins to feel like a practical, Android‑to‑PC “handoff,” alongside meaningful improvements to Narrator, Voice Typing, Voice Access, and Windows Hello sign‑in security. The release broadens who and what can resume across devices, introduces finer user control for screen‑reading and...

Microsoft’s Elevate for Educators rollout in New Delhi — announced at CM SHRI School, Pandara Road — signals a moment when classroom practice and large-scale corporate AI initiatives intersect: teachers there are already using Microsoft Copilot to build lesson plans, generate formative assessments, create posters and infographics, scaffold complex concepts, and design personalised supports that aim to make classrooms more inclusive and engaging. What began as a series of pilot workshops and...

Microsoft's latest tweaks turn a once‑cryptic Group Policy failure into a practical early‑warning tool for administrators, adding precise, actionable diagnostic information to Event ID 1096 so you can find out whether a bad registry.pol, an access/IO error, or a SYSVOL replication problem is to blame — and do it without guesswork. Background / Overview Group Policy remains the central configuration mechanism in Windows networks: Administrative Templates and registry-backed settings are...

Secure remote access starts with tight control over who is allowed to log in — and on Windows that control point is most often the Remote Desktop Users group. Properly configuring that group, understanding how authentication flows differ across domain‑joined, workgroup, and Entra‑joined machines, and choosing the right management toolchain (UI, PowerShell, Intune or Azure RBAC) are the difference between a manageable environment and a risky one. Background / Overview Remote Desktop Protocol...

Microsoft is quietly turning one of Windows’ oldest, simplest utilities into something much more capable: internal builds of Windows 11 Notepad reportedly include image support as part of the app’s extended Markdown and formatting features, a change that could reshape how millions of users stash quick notes, screenshots, and ideas on their PCs. This development arrives at a moment of transition for Windows’ built‑in editors—WordPad has been removed from Windows images, and Notepad has...

If your Windows 11 PC has started to feel sluggish, the good news is that most slowdowns are fixable without a full reinstall or expensive upgrades — and a concise, prioritized plan will get you back to a responsive machine in an afternoon. Background / Overview Windows grows more feature-rich with every update, and richer software means more background activity, services, and user-facing helpers that can chew CPU, memory, and disk cycles. The practical checklist PCMag and other community...

Microsoft’s Copilot Studio has added xAI’s Grok 4.1 Fast to its model picker, making a high‑speed, large‑context, tool‑capable text model available in preview for United States‑based builders — but only after organization administrators explicitly opt in. The move expands Copilot Studio’s multi‑model lineup and gives enterprises a new performance‑oriented option for agentic workflows, while underscoring a recurring trade‑off: more model choice means more governance, contractual complexity...

Microsoft hasn’t formally announced a product called “Windows 12,” but the industry signals are strong enough that we can move beyond rumor stage and produce a reasoned forecast of what the next major Windows milestone will emphasize: an AI‑first desktop experience tightly coupled to new hardware tiers, a modularized and more secure OS core, and a deployment model that favors faster, componentized feature delivery over monolithic version jumps. The short version: expect Copilot embedded...

People often treat ChatGPT and its peers like private assistants — but when you type, upload, or speak sensitive material into a chatbot, you may be handing away control of that information in ways most users don’t expect. The short list published by mainstream outlets — identity documents, medical results, bank and investment details, login credentials, and proprietary corporate material — is accurate as a starting point, but the full picture is more complex. This feature unpacks the five...

Australian small businesses have moved quickly from curiosity to routine use of generative AI: a fresh survey by Small Business Loans Australia (SBLA) finds four in five firms now use AI tools, and many report large reductions in labour time. Background The snapshot behind the headlines is straightforward: SBLA surveyed 200 Australian business owners and decision-makers about current AI use, estimated time savings, and expectations for future profitability if AI were “perfected” across core...

Microsoft’s Copilot Chat quietly summarized emails labeled “Confidential,” bypassing the data‑loss protections administrators relied on and forcing a hard assessment of how AI features must be governed inside Microsoft 365. ([bleepingcomputer.cingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-bug-causes-copilot-to-summarize-confidential-emails/) Background Microsoft 365 Copilot is now a default productivity layer inside Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote that uses generative AI to...

Microsoft opened TechEd North America 2012 in Orlando with a clear message: the company was no longer merely tolerating the cloud — it intended to own the platform narrative. Satya Nadella used the keynote to place Windows at the center of that strategy by dubbing it the Cloud OS, while Microsoft pushed a combined story around Windows Server 2012, Windows Azure, System Center and new management tools that promised a unified path for enterprises moving toward hybrid and public-cloud models...

Cloud sovereignty is only as strong as the thinnest, most ambiguous stream of data that crosses a border — and for many sovereign-cloud promises that stream is metadata. The recent conversations around the AWS European Sovereign Cloud and Microsoft’s EU Data Boundary have exposed a stubborn, uncomfortable truth: keeping files and application data physically inside a jurisdiction is necessary but not sufficient. Operational traces, telemetry, audit logs, routing records, billing details and...