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Microsoft has quietly restored a small but persistent usability gap for multi‑monitor users: with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27971 (Canary), the Notification Center and calendar flyout can now be opened from any monitor, and an opt‑in larger clock that shows seconds is available in the calendar flyout. This change arrives alongside fixes for File Explorer network-transfer crashes, lock‑screen media control issues, pen and handwriting API failures, and protected‑content playback...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update delivers a sweeping set of AI upgrades that push Copilot from a helpful sidebar into a system-level, multimodal assistant — adding hands‑free voice, screen‑aware vision, and experimental agentic actions while formalizing a hardware tier, Copilot+ PCs, for the fastest on‑device experiences. Background / Overview Microsoft’s October wave of Windows 11 enhancements marks a deliberate shift: the company is attempting to make AI a primary interaction model for...

Microsoft’s October cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5066835) shipped as a routine Patch Tuesday rollup but quickly produced an outsized and visible regression: developers and some vendors reported that localhost—the loopback hostname that lets apps talk to services on the same PC—stopped responding, breaking IIS/IIS Express, Visual Studio debugging, and local web-based management consoles. Within hours the problem spread across forums, vendor support channels and social media, driving...

Microsoft used the hard deadline for Windows 10 support to accelerate a strategic pivot: as mainstream (free) servicing for Windows 10 ended, the company pushed a substantial set of AI-first updates into Windows 11—deepening Copilot’s role with voice, vision and constrained agent capabilities while formalizing a new hardware tier, Copilot+ PCs, that ties the fastest, lowest-latency experiences to devices with dedicated neural processors. Background / Overview Microsoft’s support lifecycle...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update shifts Copilot from a helpful sidebar into a system-level collaborator that can listen, see and — with explicit user consent — take action on the desktop, bringing voice, vision and early agentic tools to every supported Windows 11 PC while reserving the richest, lowest-latency experiences for a new Copilot+ hardware tier. Background Microsoft’s Copilot evolution has been incremental and deliberate: from in-app suggestions and Office-integrated features...

Microsoft’s mid‑October maneuver is unmistakable: as mainstream, free support for Windows 10 ends, the company has simultaneously accelerated a major AI push for Windows 11 — embedding Copilot more deeply into the desktop with voice, vision and limited agentic automation while tying the highest‑performance experiences to a new class of Copilot+ PCs with on‑device NPUs. Background Microsoft set a firm deadline for Windows 10: mainstream support for the consumer and most commercial editions...

Microsoft used the hard deadline of Windows 10’s support lifecycle to press the accelerator on an AI-first Windows: in mid‑October Microsoft expanded Copilot across Windows 11 with a new hands‑free wake word (“Hey, Copilot”), broad availability of Copilot Vision, and the first public rollout of Copilot Actions — while reserving the highest‑performance, privacy‑sensitive on‑device features for a new class of Copilot+ PCs equipped with neural processing units (NPUs). Background / Overview...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update does something that feels incremental on the surface and seismic in practice: it turns the PC into an agentic platform where the operating system can listen, look, and—when you explicitly allow it—act on your behalf. Copilot Actions, paired with new voice and vision capabilities and a hardware tier called Copilot+, pushes Windows 11 from being a toolkit you operate to a collaborator that can complete multi‑step tasks for you. This is a deliberate, staged...

Microsoft’s move to push freshly sharpened AI features into Windows 11 arrives at the exact moment Microsoft retires mainstream support for Windows 10, forcing a mass migration conversation that stretches from home PCs to enterprise fleets and device recyclers. The end-of-support deadline — October 14, 2025 — is now behind users and IT teams, while Microsoft’s latest Copilot-driven voice, vision, and “Actions” capabilities are being positioned as the reason to upgrade to Windows 11 or buy a...

Security experts across industry and government are urging immediate action after Microsoft’s scheduled end of mainstream security support for Windows 10, warning that the removal of vendor-supplied OS patching on October 14, 2025 materially increases cyber risk for millions of home users, small businesses, schools and parts of public infrastructure. Background Windows 10 debuted in 2015 and has been the dominant desktop platform for a decade. Microsoft’s lifecycle policy set a fixed...

Microsoft has used the hard deadline for Windows 10 support to accelerate a strategic pivot: as free mainstream servicing for Windows 10 ended on October 14, 2025, Microsoft simultaneously pushed a wide set of AI-first features into Windows 11 — centered on the Copilot family (voice, vision and limited agentic “actions”) and a new device tier branded Copilot+ PCs with on-device neural processing. Background Windows 10’s long lifecycle reached a fixed milestone on October 14, 2025. For...

The 2024 Asus Zenbook 14 quietly became one of the most practical Windows 11 laptops for people who value battery life, a bright OLED screen, and a light, durable chassis — and for many buyers in 2025 it still outperforms several newer, more expensive alternatives when judged on real-world value and day-to-day usability. Background The Zenbook 14 (2024/UX3405 family) sits squarely in the thin‑and‑light Ultrabook category: a 14‑inch OLED laptop built with aluminum, an emphasis on portability...

Three different pieces of consumer technology—TiVo’s DVR hardware, Microsoft’s Windows 10, and Apple’s Clips app—reached the end of the line within weeks of one another, and the way each one was retired provides a practical playbook for how brands should manage obsolescence, protect users, and preserve trust while moving customers forward. Background / Overview The concrete events are simple to state and important to timestamp: Microsoft formally ended mainstream free support for Windows 10...

Microsoft’s cloud briefly stumbled on October 9, 2025, knocking users out of critical productivity tools — Microsoft 365 apps, Outlook, Teams and even some Azure portals — as an edge-routing and capacity problem in Azure Front Door (AFD) and a related North American network misconfiguration combined to create a high‑visibility outage that engineers mitigated within hours. Background / Overview Microsoft 365 is the backbone for millions of businesses and individuals, and when its front door —...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a significant expansion of Copilot on Windows 11 that moves the assistant from chat and suggestions into agentic automation—an opt‑in set of features that can see parts of your screen, listen for a wake phrase, and, when granted permission, actually perform multi‑step tasks across desktop and web apps inside a contained workspace. Background Microsoft’s Copilot strategy has been steadily evolving from an in‑app chat helper into a system‑level productivity...

Microsoft has quietly but deliberately pushed Copilot in Windows 11 from a text‑centric sidebar into a multimodal desktop partner that can hear, see, and — with your explicit permission — do work on your behalf. Background / Overview Microsoft’s latest wave of Copilot updates centers on four tightly related upgrades: Copilot Actions, Copilot Voice, Copilot Vision, and deeper integrations with Microsoft 365 and third‑party services. These changes mark a shift from “prompt and respond” chat to...

Microsoft’s latest update pushes Copilot from a sidebar feature to a system‑level assistant in Windows 11, bringing voice, vision and experimental agent capabilities to the desktop and signaling a concrete move to what Microsoft calls the “AI PC” era. The release adds Copilot Vision (a screen‑aware assistant that can read and interpret what’s on your display), Copilot Voice with a wake phrase (“Hey, Copilot”), an always‑available Ask Copilot entry on the taskbar, and early‑stage Copilot...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update marks a decisive step toward making the PC conversational, contextual, and — in narrowly controlled scenarios — autonomous, as Copilot gains an opt‑in wake word (“Hey, Copilot”), expanded screen‑awareness via Copilot Vision, and experimental agentic workflows under the banner Copilot Actions. Background / Overview Microsoft is positioning Copilot as more than a helper you open in a sidebar: the company is turning it into a system‑level assistant that can...

Microsoft Defender on Windows 10 still does a very good job at blocking known and common malware, but it is not—and never was—a replacement for missing operating‑system security patches; treat it as a strong baseline defender inside a layered security plan, not a lifeboat for an unpatched platform. Background / Overview Windows 10 reached the formal end of free mainstream support on October 14, 2025; after that date Microsoft stopped issuing the regular free monthly OS security and feature...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 updates turn Copilot from a sidebar novelty into a system-wide assistant, with voice activation, screen-aware vision, and experimental task-performing agents — a coordinated push that dovetails with Windows 10’s end-of-support window and makes upgrading to Windows 11 a central plank of Microsoft’s consumer strategy. Background Microsoft has been steadily folding generative AI into its consumer and enterprise products for more than two years, but the October 2025...