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Microsoft’s latest Copilot update moves Office from a helper that answers questions to a team member that plans, builds and iterates documents for you — a shift Microsoft markets as “vibe working,” delivered through an in‑app Agent Mode for Excel and Word and a chat‑first Office Agent inside Microsoft 365 Copilot. Background Microsoft has been steadily evolving Copilot from a conversational assistant into a platform for agents, canvases and governance tooling. The new announcement stitches...

Samsung’s One UI 8 rollout has begun, but owners of the limited-run Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition (commonly called the Z Fold SE) are seeing mixed reports: some users in South Korea say the OTA was pulled after they experienced intermittent touchscreen failures after unlocking, while multiple update trackers and Samsung’s own schedule show the Z Fold SE among devices that should be receiving the Android 16–based update now. Background / Overview Samsung officially started the One UI 8 stable...

Microsoft and xAI have quietly crossed a new threshold in enterprise generative AI: Grok 4, xAI’s latest frontier model, is now reachable through Azure AI Foundry, bringing a mix of high‑end reasoning, exceptionally large context windows, and built‑in tool use into a platform engineered for enterprise safety, compliance, and manageability. This release is not just another model listing — it signals a continuing shift in how organisations will access and operationalize "frontier"...

Microsoft’s calendar stop for Windows 10 is now a hard security and compliance deadline for British organisations: support ends on October 14, 2025, the UK is not included in Microsoft’s announced no-cost Extended Security Updates concession for the European Economic Area, and new research from Panasonic TOUGHBOOK shows UK IT teams are unusually anxious about ransomware, data breaches and spiralling security costs if they delay migration. Background Microsoft published the end-of-support...

Microsoft appears to be testing a change that would let the Windows 11 taskbar search respect the browser and search engine you set as defaults — meaning a typed query could open in Chrome with Google (or in your preferred browser/search combination) instead of being routed to Microsoft Edge and Bing by default. Background For years, the Windows search experience has been a hybrid: a local index and launcher for apps and files paired with web-powered results supplied by Microsoft’s web...

Windows 11’s Photos app will now quietly tidy up your digital shoebox — but only for a handful of document-like image types and only on Copilot+ PCs for the moment. Background Microsoft has steadily rebuilt the Photos app from a basic image viewer into an AI-aware productivity surface over the last 18 months. Features such as OCR, Super Resolution upscaling, semantic search, and generative editing have set the stage for a new, proactive capability: Auto-Categorization, an AI-powered feature...

Microsoft’s self-reflection on four decades in Canada frames a simple promise: the company will keep building the cloud, the tools, and the training that let Canadians and Canadian organisations take advantage of AI while protecting data, privacy and public trust. In a new Microsoft Canada feature marking 40 years, the company lays out headline figures — more than 5,300 full‑time employees, 11 offices, two local Azure datacentre regions, a partner network counted in the tens of thousands...

Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry now lists xAI’s Grok 4 Fast SKUs—grok-4-fast-reasoning and grok-4-fast-non-reasoning—giving enterprises an on‑platform path to run Grok’s long‑context, tool‑enabled models with Azure’s governance, enterprise SLAs, and integration surface. Background / Overview Azure AI Foundry was introduced as Microsoft’s model‑catalog and hosting layer intended to let organizations pick, govern, and host third‑party and Microsoft models under a single operational and security...

Microsoft’s September console and platform update for Xbox lands as a pragmatic, wide-ranging refresh that stitches together better controller-first support, PC app expansion, AI assistance, and a handful of real-world conveniences — from pre-downloads and wish-list alerts to deeper Xbox PC app integration — all timed as Microsoft and partners prepare for the ROG Xbox Ally handheld launch and broader Copilot rollouts. Background Since the original Xbox, Microsoft has pursued a multipronged...

Microsoft’s new “Agent Mode” for Excel and Word — plus a chat‑first “Office Agent” inside Microsoft 365 Copilot — marks a clear shift from single‑turn assistance to agentic productivity: describe the outcome you want in plain language, hand the task to an AI that plans, executes, checks itself, and returns an auditable workbook, document, or slide deck. Background / Overview Microsoft has been steadily building a Copilot platform that can host, route, and govern multiple AI models and...

Microsoft’s late-stage concession on Windows 10 support rewrites the script for millions of users facing an imminent security cliff, but the fix is narrow, conditional, and regionally uneven—buying time, not delivering a permanent solution. Background / Overview Microsoft has set a firm end-of-support date for consumer editions of Windows 10: October 14, 2025. After that date, the company will no longer provide routine feature updates, general technical support, or the usual monthly security...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) granted through a Microsoft Account (MSA) will stop arriving on a device if that account isn’t used to sign in at least once within a rolling 60‑day window, and that users who lose ESU access this way must re‑enroll using the same MSA to restore updates. This clarification tightens an already complex end‑of‑support arrangement: Windows 10 reaches official end of support on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft’s ESU program —...

Capcom has quietly told PC players that three major Monster Hunter titles — Monster Hunter Wilds, Monster Hunter Rise, and Monster Hunter: World — “will no longer be guaranteed” to run on machines still using Windows 10 after Microsoft’s support cutoff on October 14, 2025, and the publisher has urged affected players to start with the simplest mitigation: update their graphics drivers now. Background Microsoft has designated October 14, 2025 as the official end‑of‑support date for consumer...

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Microsoft’s last-minute change gives many Windows 10 users breathing room: Extended Security Updates (ESU) that were due to be behind a paywall or conditional on cloud backup will now be available at no extra charge for consumers across the European Economic Area, and U.S. users have a newly clarified set of free and low-cost enrollment paths — but the relief comes with strings, regional differences, and fresh questions about privacy, planned obsolescence, and practical security for millions...

Microsoft has pushed a major pivot in how Office gets work done: today’s rollout of Agent Mode in Word and Excel, together with a chat‑first Office Agent inside Microsoft 365 Copilot, ushers in what Microsoft calls “vibe working”—a steerable, multi‑step, agentic pattern that turns plain‑English prompts into auditable spreadsheets, drafted reports, and slide decks by orchestrating planning, execution, verification and iterative refinement. This is a clear step beyond single‑prompt generation...

SAP and OpenAI have announced a joint initiative — OpenAI for Germany — designed to bring advanced generative AI into the German public sector while attempting to preserve national sovereignty, strict data protection, and regulatory compliance. The offering will be delivered via Delos Cloud, SAP’s sovereign-cloud business unit, and will run on Microsoft Azure infrastructure; a staged rollout is planned to begin in 2026 with SAP committing to scale Delos Cloud to support large AI workloads...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions used by a unit within Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged large‑scale storage and AI‑assisted processing of intercepted Palestinian communications. Background / Overview In early August 2025 a coordinated investigative package led by The Guardian, working with +972 Magazine and Local Call, reported that an Israeli...

Capcom has told PC players it “can no longer guarantee” that Monster Hunter Wilds — along with Monster Hunter Rise and Monster Hunter: World — will run on machines still using Windows 10 after Microsoft’s end‑of‑support milestone in mid‑October, and the publisher is urging Wilds players to check and update graphics drivers as a first line of defence against crashes and instability. Background / Overview Microsoft has set a firm end‑of‑support date for Windows 10: after October 14, 2025...

Digital lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong’s national satellite media tour (SMT), produced in partnership with We Communications and News Media Group, Inc., arrived at a critical moment for millions of PC users: Microsoft’s declared end of mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. The SMT’s television and radio segments distilled the essential choices — upgrade to Windows 11, enroll in the short‑term Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or replace the device — and offered...