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Microsoft’s quiet move to add Anthropic’s Claude models into Microsoft 365 Copilot is the clearest signal yet that Copilot is evolving from a single‑vendor showcase into a deliberate, multi‑model orchestration platform — one that balances performance, cost, and vendor risk while exposing enterprise IT teams to new governance and cross‑cloud complexities. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot arrived as a headline product built on deep integration with large language models, most visibly those...

Microsoft quietly handed enterprise IT teams a new lever in the Copilot era: Microsoft 365 Copilot now offers Anthropic’s Claude models — notably Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends inside the Researcher reasoning agent and the Copilot Studio agent-building surface, making model choice a first‑class feature for organizations that want to route specific productivity tasks to the model best suited to them. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot transformed Office apps into...

Lenovo’s new SMB-focused infrastructure bundles promise to make AI-ready on‑premises IT more accessible to small and medium businesses by packaging validated server hardware, partner software, cloud-enabled management, and consumption-based pricing into turnkey offerings — but the real value for a given organization will hinge on careful workload profiling, contract transparency, and security operationalization. Background Small and medium businesses (SMBs) face a squeeze: they need the...

Raspberry Pi and NComputing have teamed up to launch the Raspberry Pi 500+ — an all-in-one keyboard computer bundled with NComputing’s LEAF OS — positioning the device as a low-cost, centrally managed alternative for enterprises wrestling with Windows 10’s imminent end of support and the complexity of mass Windows 11 migrations. Background The industry is entering a crunch moment: Microsoft has scheduled Windows 10 end of support on October 14, 2025, after which mainstream security updates...

Microsoft’s Copilot — when asked to pick every game in an NFL week and give a final score — has become more than a novelty: it’s a live experiment in where conversational AI fits in sports journalism, editorial workflows, and even the betting ecosystem. USA TODAY’s sports desk ran Copilot through a repeatable prompt for every Week 4 matchup, publishing the chatbot’s winner, a projected score, and a short human commentary for each selection. The experiment produced a tidy set of predictions...

Microsoft’s Copilot has taken a decisive step from a single‑vendor architecture toward a managed, multi‑model platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as selectable engines inside the Researcher reasoning agent and Copilot Studio, a move that delivers practical model choice to enterprises while introducing new operational, legal, and governance tradeoffs. Background For years Microsoft 365 Copilot relied heavily on OpenAI models as the backbone of its generative‑AI...

Markets closed the session with a clear note of caution: Indian benchmarks slipped while a clutch of stocks — led by metals and defence-linked names — bucked the broader weakness, and global headlines about U.S. trade probes and AI-capital flows amplified investor uncertainty across asset classes. Background / Overview India’s equity market finished the trading day under pressure, with headline indices down and a mixed sectoral picture: metals and telecoms showed strength, while IT and real...

The guide posted by Fossbytes outlining “3 Proven Ways to Rip DVD to MP4 on Windows/Mac” correctly documents three of the most common workflows people use today: a commercial all-in-one ripper (Tipard DVD Ripper), the open-source encoder HandBrake (with third‑party helpers for encrypted discs), and the multi‑platform VLC Media Player’s Convert/Save feature. Each approach has distinct trade‑offs in cost, ease of use, compatibility with copy‑protected discs, and control over output quality...

Microsoft has agreed to provide an extra year of free security updates for Windows 10 users in the European Economic Area (EEA), a concession won after more than two years of pressure from Euroconsumers and its Belgian member organisation Test-Aankoop — an interim fix that buys time for millions of users but leaves open legal, technical, and environmental questions about product lifecycles and digital market conduct. Background Microsoft set a formal end-of-support date for Windows 10...

The laptop market in September 2025 looks unmistakably healthier than it did just a few years ago: OEMs have shifted from incremental updates to platform-level changes that deliver longer battery life, smarter on-device AI, and more consistent multitasking performance — a trend captured in Hindustan Times’ September 2025 roundup of the “10 best Windows laptops” and confirmed by independent spec checks and hands‑on reviews. Background / Overview Laptop complaints that dominated earlier...

Google’s on‑stage comments with Qualcomm at the Snapdragon Summit mark the clearest signal yet that Android is being retooled to run as a first‑class platform on traditional laptops and PCs — a move that pairs Google’s app and AI stack with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 silicon and changes the competitive geometry of the PC market. Background Google and Qualcomm used the Snapdragon Summit stage to describe a technical collaboration that goes beyond incremental optimization: Google’s Rick...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 family, unveiled at the company’s Snapdragon Summit, stakes an unmistakable claim: ARM silicon is ready to compete seriously in the premium Windows laptop arena. The announcement introduced two PC-focused SoCs — the Snapdragon X2 Elite and the flagship Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme — with vendor-stated headlines that include up to 18 CPU cores, a 5.0 GHz boost clock on the Extreme bin, a dramatically larger Hexagon NPU rated at 80 TOPS (INT8) for on‑device AI, and a...

Space42’s announcement that it will build the UAE’s first Sovereign Mobility Cloud, enabled by Core42’s sovereign public cloud platform and underpinned by Microsoft Azure, marks a notable push to fuse national data sovereignty with large-scale autonomous-mobility infrastructure and HD mapping services. The initiative, unveiled on the sidelines of the Dubai World Congress, positions Space42 as the application and systems integrator for a mobility-focused sovereign cloud stack intended to host...

Ralph Lauren has put a chatbot in the business of taste: Ask Ralph, a new in‑app conversational stylist developed with Microsoft and built on Azure OpenAI, began rolling out to U.S. Ralph Lauren app users on September 9, 2025, delivering brand‑curated, shoppable, head‑to‑toe outfit recommendations as visually composed “laydowns.” Background / Overview Ralph Lauren’s Ask Ralph is pitched as a digital analogue of the in‑store stylist: customers type natural‑language prompts — from scenario...

Raspberry Pi and NComputing have announced a strategic collaboration to bring the Raspberry Pi 500+ all‑in‑one keyboard computer to enterprise customers, positioning the device—paired with NComputing’s LEAF OS—as a practical, low‑cost alternative to legacy Windows 10 PCs as organizations confront Windows 10’s end‑of‑support on October 14, 2025. The hardware targets desktop replacement and thin‑client use cases with a compact keyboard form factor, modern ARM silicon derived from the Raspberry...

September’s list of Windows laptops isn’t a re-run of the familiar trade-offs—battery for performance, thinness for thermal headroom—but a clear sign that manufacturers have finally closed the gap on long-standing weaknesses: modern ultrabooks now ship with meaningful CPU and NPU gains, OLED screens are mainstream across form factors, and battery improvements plus smarter power management deliver genuinely all‑day use on multiple models. The ten models covered in the Hindustan Times roundup...

WinGet is the easiest Windows-native way to search for, install, update, remove, and migrate applications — and once you understand what it actually does (and what it doesn’t), it becomes hard to go back to hunting EXEs, accidental bloatware, and manual update checks. Overview WinGet (the Windows Package Manager) brings the convenience of Linux/macOS-style package managers to Windows: a single command-line client that talks to curated package sources, installs packages silently when...

Microsoft has quietly recast Copilot from a single‑vendor assistant into a deliberate multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude models—Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1—to Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Researcher and Copilot Studio surfaces, a change that begins immediately for opt‑in enterprise customers and has clear implications for governance, cost, and vendor strategy. Background Microsoft launched Microsoft 365 Copilot to embed large language models into the Office...

Bitdefender's new small-business bundle has landed in the United Kingdom, bringing an all‑in‑one cybersecurity suite aimed squarely at companies with up to 25 employees that need strong protection without a dedicated IT team. The offering — Bitdefender Ultimate Small Business Security — packages endpoint defense, identity and reputation monitoring, an unlimited VPN, and AI‑powered scam protection into a single subscription designed for rapid deployment and centralised management. Background...

Windows 11’s built‑in calendar covers the basics, but the real productivity gains often come from third‑party calendar apps that add deeper integrations, better visuals, and utility tailored to real workflows—this roundup examines five of the best free calendar apps for Windows 11, explains who each one is actually for, and weighs the functionality, privacy, and integration trade‑offs so readers can pick the calendar that fits their day. Overview Calendars on Windows 11 now sit at the...