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Microsoft has introduced MAI‑Image‑1, its first image‑generation model built entirely in‑house, a move Microsoft says prioritizes photorealism, speed, and workflow fit for creators while preparing the model for near‑term integration into Copilot and Bing Image Creator. Background Microsoft’s MAI program (Microsoft AI) has been rolling out first‑party models across multiple modalities this year, and MAI‑Image‑1 follows MAI‑Voice‑1 and MAI‑1‑preview as the company’s effort to own more of the...

Microsoft has quietly added a new, potentially game‑changing layer to Viva Insights’ Copilot Dashboard: Benchmarks, a set of internal and external adoption metrics that let managers see which teams are using Microsoft Copilot, how often, and how their organization stacks up against anonymized peers. The feature surfaces percentage-based adoption, app-level usage, and returning‑user (stickiness) metrics — and Microsoft is rolling it out in stages starting mid‑October 2025, with broader...

Microsoft’s Copilot is inching out of novelty mode and into genuinely useful territory with a cluster of features rolling through the Microsoft 365 roadmap this autumn — most notably natural-language calendar search, richer meeting recaps driven by meeting recordings, and multimedia overviews generated from Copilot Notebooks. These additions are not cosmetic: they reshape how Copilot plugs into day‑to‑day knowledge work, reduce app‑switching, and amplify the value of recorded meetings and...

Microsoft’s decision to enable in‑country processing for Microsoft 365 Copilot in the United Arab Emirates marks a meaningful pivot in how hyperscalers are packaging generative AI for regulated public‑sector and enterprise customers across the Gulf — promising improved data residency, lower latency and clearer alignment with UAE AI governance, while also raising fresh procurement, auditability and sovereignty questions that organisations must resolve before rolling Copilot into...

Microsoft has quietly given the Copilot app in Windows 11 a practical, low-friction upgrade: when you ask Copilot about a system preference, it can now jump you directly to the exact Settings page that controls that option, saving clicks, guesswork, and frustrating menu diving. This "Direct Settings Access" arrives in the Copilot app update packaged as version 1.25095.161 (and later) and is being previewed to Windows Insiders in a staged rollout; the change converts conversational guidance...

Microsoft’s pledge to process Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions inside the United Arab Emirates by early 2026 marks a consequential shift: the company will host Copilot prompts, responses and related interaction data in Azure datacenters located in Dubai and Abu Dhabi for qualified UAE organisations, a move Microsoft frames as aligning Copilot with the UAE’s AI governance and cybersecurity frameworks and designed to accelerate adoption across government and regulated sectors. Background The...

After nearly a decade of steady service, Windows 10 officially reaches its end of mainstream support today, leaving hundreds of millions of PCs exposed to a changed update landscape and prompting a flurry of last‑minute migrations, regulatory pressure, and mixed reactions from users and privacy advocates. Microsoft has confirmed October 14, 2025 as the end‑of‑support date for consumer editions of Windows 10, and it has published a narrowly scoped consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU)...

California has taken a decisive — and deliberately calibrated — step into AI governance: Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 243 (SB 243), a first‑in‑the‑nation package of targeted safety guardrails for “companion” chatbots designed to protect minors, while simultaneously vetoing a more sweeping restriction that industry had vehemently opposed. Background / Overview California’s legislative action is the latest chapter in a yearlong scramble to define how democracies should manage the...

Microsoft’s surprise debut of an in‑house text‑to‑image generator — MAI‑Image‑1 — marks a notable inflection in the company’s AI strategy: it’s not just building more models, it’s building purposeful models tuned for product latency, cost, and creative control, and publicly touting performance claims that put speed and efficiency at the center of the story. Microsoft says MAI‑Image‑1 delivers photorealistic imagery while avoiding repetitive, generic stylization and that it can respond to...

Microsoft has turned the page: Windows 10 has reached official end-of-support on October 14, 2025, and that change reshapes security, upgrade paths and practical decisions for hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched in July 2015 and ran as Microsoft’s mainstream desktop platform for a decade. Microsoft’s lifecycle policy for Windows 10 (version 22H2 and related SKUs) set a firm end-of-support date: after October 14, 2025 Microsoft will stop shipping...

Today Microsoft’s formal support for Windows 10 ends, and with it a decade-long product cycle closes while a far longer migration — technical, economic and social — accelerates across homes, schools and enterprises worldwide. This is not the dramatic, immediate “death” some headlines paint: Windows 10 machines will still boot, run apps and browse the web. What changes right away is simple and consequential: Windows 10 will no longer receive regular security patches, feature updates or...

After ten years as the backbone of desktop Windows, Windows 10’s era of free, routine vendor support ends today, October 14, 2025 — the operating system will no longer receive the monthly cumulative security and quality updates that kept millions of home and small-business PCs patched and safe. Microsoft has published a formal lifecycle notice and a consumer-focused Extended Security Updates (ESU) program designed as a short-term safety net, but the transition is messy: hardware-gated...

Windows 10 has reached the end of its supported lifecycle on October 14, 2025 — a firm vendor deadline that stops Microsoft’s routine OS security patches, feature updates, and standard technical assistance for mainstream Windows 10 editions unless a device is enrolled in a qualifying Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. Background / Overview Windows 10 shipped in July 2015 and served as Microsoft's mainstream desktop platform for a decade. Microsoft declared that Windows 10, version...

Microsoft’s Copilot for Windows has just graduated from helpful chat box to a cross‑account productivity engine: an October Insider preview adds Copilot Connectors — opt‑in links to OneDrive, Outlook, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar and Google Contacts — and a one‑click Document Creation & Export workflow that turns chat responses into editable Word, Excel, PowerPoint or PDF files. Background Microsoft has been steadily moving Copilot from a context‑sensitive helper to an OS‑level...

Microsoft’s cut-off for Windows 10 support on October 14, 2025 forces organisations into a near-term decision: upgrade, buy temporary protection, or knowingly accept rising security, compliance and operational risk. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched in 2015 and has been the corporate desktop backbone for a decade, but Microsoft has now set a firm end-of-support date: October 14, 2025. From that day forward, Microsoft will no longer issue routine feature updates, quality fixes or the...

Microsoft has stopped providing routine security updates and standard support for Windows 10 as of October 14, 2025, creating an immediate exposure window for any PC that remains on the platform without enrollment in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme. Background Windows 10 launched in July 2015 and has been a dominant desktop OS for much of the last decade. Microsoft set a fixed lifecycle endpoint for the product: routine operating‑system security and quality servicing...

Today’s calendar flip marks the end of Microsoft’s mainstream servicing for Windows 10 — a decade-long chapter that officially closes on October 14, 2025 — but for most users it’s the beginning of a long, staggered migration and risk-management process rather than an instant shutdown. Support-ending does not mean machines stop working, but it does mean ordinary Windows 10 Home and Pro installations will no longer receive routine OS-level security and quality updates from Microsoft unless...

Microsoft’s routine security updates for Windows 10 stop today — October 14, 2025 — and millions of devices are now at elevated risk unless owners act immediately to upgrade, enroll in Extended Security Updates, or take other protective steps. Background / Overview After a decade of servicing, Microsoft has formally ended mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. That means Microsoft will no longer provide the monthly cumulative security patches, feature updates, or standard...

When you unpack a new Windows 11 laptop or desktop, the operating system often arrives with more than just the OS: promotional games, trial utilities, vendor utilities, and background helpers that quietly launch at startup. Removing that clutter the right way—not hastily or with blind script runs—can free storage, shorten boot times, and reduce background noise, but it also introduces risks if done incorrectly. This feature explains what to remove, how to remove it safely, which tools to...

Microsoft’s MAI‑Image‑1 is now the company’s first image‑generation model built entirely in‑house, and Microsoft is already testing it publicly on LMArena as it prepares to fold the model into Copilot and Bing Image Creator—a milestone that signals a deliberate move away from exclusive reliance on third‑party imaging engines and toward a vertically integrated MAI (Microsoft AI) stack. Background / Overview Microsoft’s MAI program has expanded rapidly during 2025, moving from early in‑house...