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Windows 11’s latest optional preview update, KB5067036, is producing an odd — and potentially costly — regression: clicking the Task Manager window’s Close (X) button can fail to terminate the app and instead leave behind a live taskmgr.exe process, and repeated opens-and-closes spawn additional orphaned Task Manager instances that quietly consume RAM and CPU until explicitly killed. Background / Overview Microsoft published KB5067036 as an optional, non‑security preview update on October...

Microsoft has added Python 3.14 to Azure App Service for Linux, letting developers create new apps that run the latest Python runtime from the Azure portal and automate deployments through the Azure CLI, ARM templates, or Bicep — while App Service continues to handle OS and runtime updates so teams can focus on code. Background Python 3.14 is the newest stable release of the language, officially published on October 7, 2025, and it brings a combination of performance-focused interpreter...

Microsoft and Meta have opened the door to a mainstream, headset-driven Windows desktop: Mixed Reality Link for Windows 11 is now rolling out broadly to Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S users, turning those headsets into fully capable virtual Windows workstations that can connect to local PCs and cloud-hosted Windows instances. Background Microsoft introduced Mixed Reality Link as a way to bring the full Windows 11 experience into headset-based mixed reality environments during public previews that...

Microsoft has quietly simplified how update names appear in Windows, replacing long, machine-oriented strings with concise, human‑friendly titles that foreground the update type, the canonical KB number, and—when helpful—a compact build or component version. Background: why update titles mattered (and why they were messy) For decades, Windows update labels have balanced two competing needs: machine accuracy for enterprise tooling, and readable information for human operators. The traditional...

TourRadar’s latest platform release is a clear bet on rawthentic travel discovery: the Vienna-based marketplace has rolled out AI-powered discovery tools, expanded its TourRadar Moments user-generated content (UGC) experience across the platform, and kicked off a US$1 million partner fund to reward creators, agents and travellers — a package of changes designed to shorten the path from inspiration to booking and to turn social proof into a measurable growth engine. Background TourRadar began...

Haut.AI’s SkinGPT and patented Skin Atlas have pushed generative AI from novelty to real-world productization in skincare, promising hyper-realistic skin simulations, privacy-preserving image anonymization, and enterprise-ready personalization built on Microsoft Azure — a development that has already attracted major retail partners and industry awards while raising important questions about scientific validation, privacy, regulatory risk, and responsible deployment. Background / Overview...

Samsung’s mobile-first browser has officially crossed the desktop divide: on October 30, 2025 the company opened a region‑gated beta of Samsung Internet for PC, bringing cross‑device synchronization, Galaxy AI’s Browsing Assist, and Samsung Pass credential sync to Windows 11 and Windows 10 (version 1809 and later) machines in the United States and South Korea. Background / Overview Samsung Internet began life as a core part of the Galaxy software stack, a Chromium‑based mobile browser that...

The Preview pane in File Explorer now shows a hard stop — “The file you are attempting to preview could harm your computer” — for many files Windows marks as coming from the Internet, and while that message is a deliberate security hardening it can break productivity; this guide explains exactly why it appears, how Windows decides which files are blocked, verified methods to restore previews for trusted files, safe bulk workflows for power users and IT, and the trade‑offs administrators must...

Microsoft’s incremental Windows 11 25H2 update arrives as more than just a cosmetic refresh — it’s a strategic enablement package that flips long‑staged feature flags, formalizes months of Insider previews, and tightens the platform around AI‑first productivity, accessibility, and security priorities. The package may install quickly, but the payoff spans Start menu ergonomics, smarter window management, built‑in accessibility, and deeper ties to Microsoft 365 and Copilot experiences — with...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 desktop can now be streamed natively into Meta’s Quest 3 and Quest 3S headsets: Mixed Reality Link has moved out of preview into broad availability, shipping alongside Meta’s Horizon OS v81 rollout and an updated Windows client that together deliver a private, multi‑monitor virtual workspace for mainstream users. Background / Overview Microsoft and Meta have spent the last year iterating on a joint concept: let Windows 11 act as a remote, cloud or local desktop that...

YouTube’s moderation engines have quietly begun pulling down practical Windows 11 tutorials — including step‑by‑step guides on creating a local account during Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) and installing Windows 11 on older, unsupported hardware — and creators and observers say the removals expose a dangerous blind spot in automated content enforcement that conflates routine system administration with life‑threatening instruction. Background / Overview Microsoft’s consumer installation flow...

Microsoft’s move to give its Researcher agent a permissioned “Computer Use” capability — effectively a temporary, Microsoft‑hosted virtual computer the agent can operate to browse, sign in, click, type and even run short command‑line tests — marks the next practical stage in agentic AI: not just answering questions, but safely doing the necessary human steps to fetch or verify information that lives behind interactive UIs. That change is a deliberate response to the hard limitations of...

Google’s new Gemini Enterprise bundles the company’s most advanced Gemini models, a no-code/low-code agent workbench, a curated agent store, and deep Workspace and third‑party connectors into a single subscription platform that Google calls “the front door for AI in the workplace.” Background / Overview Gemini Enterprise represents Google Cloud’s most explicit productization of years of internal projects — from Bard and Duet integrations to early agent experiments and Agentspace — into a...

Microsoft has begun rolling out the long‑promised, redesigned Start menu for Windows 11 as part of the October 2025 non‑security preview update (KB5067036), and the change is big: a single, scrollable Start surface that promotes the All apps experience to the front page and adds Category, Grid, and List views to make app discovery faster and more flexible. Background / Overview The new Start redesign is delivered inside the KB5067036 preview package targeted at Windows 11 versions 24H2 and...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a substantial visual and interaction overhaul to the Windows 11 Start menu as part of the October 28, 2025 optional preview (KB5067036), replacing the two‑pane experience with a single, scrollable app surface, new categorized and grid views, tighter Phone Link integration, and explicit controls to hide the Recommended section. Background / Overview For many Windows users the Start menu is the heartbeat of daily navigation — a tiny interface with outsized...

Windows 11 laptops are the safe, familiar backbone for students and first-job hires who need dependable keyboards, clean Start menus, sensible multitasking, and a modest dose of on-device AI — and a recent buyer’s roundup from Hindustan Times lays out precisely that playbook for practical, everyday machines. Background Windows 11 arrived as a refresh of the PC experience: a simplified Start menu, built-in Snap layouts for arranging windows, and deeper integration of Microsoft’s Copilot and...

Microsoft’s Researcher agent inside Microsoft 365 Copilot can now take action — not just research — by using a permissioned “Computer Use” capability that runs UI automation inside an ephemeral, Microsoft‑hosted environment so agents can browse, sign in, click, type and even execute command‑line tasks on behalf of users while keeping the primary PC isolated and auditable. Background / Overview Microsoft 365 Copilot has been evolving from an in‑app conversational assistant into a platform of...

The last week’s bulletin in AI reads less like incremental product news and more like a strategic reset: OpenAI’s expansion plan, paired with massive cloud and chip deployments, is reshaping how content creators, publishers, advertisers and audiences will interact with generative systems. The core developments are straightforward — OpenAI and its partners are building hyperscale compute (the “Stargate” initiative), cutting-edge GPU clusters have appeared on Microsoft Azure, and Sam Altman’s...

OpenAI and Google are engaged in a high-stakes duel for AI dominance where different strategic advantages and unique risks shape each competitor's path — OpenAI leaning on rapid productization and partner leverage, and Google relying on deep integration, custom silicon, and ad-driven scale. Background The generative-AI market has evolved from a proof-of-concept race into a multi-dimensional competition where compute, data access, distribution, and monetization matter as much as model...

Satya Nadella’s recent on-record video and public remarks make clear that Microsoft’s CEO treats Copilot not as a set of one-off tricks but as everyday collaborators — three daily habits he describes (voice wake, the “Mico” persona, and multi-user Groups) signal how Microsoft expects AI to live inside Windows and Microsoft 365 as an always-available assistant. Background / Overview Microsoft has been systematically folding generative AI into Windows, Edge and Microsoft 365 for more than a...