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Steam will stop supporting 32‑bit editions of Windows on January 1, 2026 — a decision that closes the last mainstream holdout for 32‑bit Windows on Valve’s gaming platform and forces the small number of remaining Windows 10 32‑bit users to plan a near‑term migration if they want continued updates, security fixes, and official Steam support. Background The announcement from Valve — widely reproduced in industry coverage and reflected in a Steam support FAQ — states that as of January 1, 2026...

Cluster Reply and Riverty this week announced a fast-tracked, Microsoft-backed omnichannel customer service platform delivered in just 100 days — a deployment designed as an AI‑first, human‑centric customer service foundation that consolidates voice, chat and email into a single Dynamics 365 interface and stages Microsoft Copilot Studio automation for future voice and chatbot capabilities. Background Riverty, the fintech arm of Bertelsmann, supports millions of consumers and merchants with...

Microsoft’s latest push to make Windows on Arm not just possible but practical has given Redmond a concrete, timed reason for users and IT teams to move off Windows 10: the combination of Windows 10’s scheduled end of support and major Windows 11 on Arm improvements (notably the Prism emulator, Copilot+ hardware, and expanded anti‑cheat support) materially narrows the compatibility and capability gap that held many users back — turning a generic upgrade prompt into a strategic migration case...

Valve has set a firm deadline: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will stop receiving official support on 32‑bit editions of Windows — effectively ending the platform’s last holdout for 32‑bit Windows and forcing the tiny remaining cohort of users on Windows 10 32‑bit to migrate or operate on an unsupported configuration. Background Steam’s decision is the latest milestone in a long, industry‑wide migration away from 32‑bit desktop computing. Microsoft shipped Windows 11 as...

Microsoft’s end-of-support deadline for Windows 10 is now a hard operational milestone that forces businesses to choose: migrate to Windows 11, buy time with Extended Security Updates, or reorganize infrastructure to reduce risk — and the decisions made in the next months will shape security, compliance and capital budgets for years. Background / Overview The official lifecycle for Windows 10 closes on October 14, 2025. After that date Microsoft will stop issuing routine security updates...

Microsoft has begun rolling out Gaming Copilot — an AI-powered, in‑overlay assistant for players — into the Xbox experience on Windows 11, inserting a voice‑enabled, screenshot‑aware helper into the Game Bar that promises context-sensitive guidance, achievement lookups, and personalized game recommendations while you play. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Copilot brand has steadily expanded beyond productivity and search into the gaming space, and Gaming Copilot represents the company's...

I installed Windows 11 from a nano‑sized 2.4 GB ISO and the finished system used just 8.36 GB on disk — a result that compresses a typical Windows 11 footprint to roughly two‑thirds smaller than a regular install, accomplished with the community project Nano11 Builder and a few post‑install tweaks. Background The Nano11 Builder (often shortened to nano11) is the latest, intentionally extreme member of a family of community image builders that began with projects such as Tiny11. These...

Ha Dang's victory in the inaugural UK Excel Championship turned a quiet London livestream into a high-pressure showcase of spreadsheet speed, logic and fluency — and it means the Leeds-based accountant will represent the United Kingdom at the Microsoft Excel World Championship in Las Vegas this December. Background What happened in London After three online qualifying rounds and a live, in-person final staged in London, Ha Dang emerged as the UK champion in a contest described by organisers...

Cluster Reply and Riverty this week unveiled a fast-tracked, Microsoft-backed omnichannel customer service platform that Riverty says was delivered in just 100 days and built to be AI-first while keeping human empathy at its core. The rollout consolidates voice, chat and email into a single Dynamics 365 Customer Service interface, introduces intelligent routing and automated context recognition today, and stages deeper Microsoft Copilot Studio–powered voice and chatbot automation for the...

Valve will stop supporting Steam on 32‑bit editions of Windows on January 1, 2026, a move aimed at simplifying engineering, reducing security risk, and aligning the platform with the 64‑bit baseline that now dominates the PC ecosystem. Background The PC ecosystem completed its long migration from 32‑bit to 64‑bit over the past decade, and Valve’s announcement closes one of the last major consumer-platform exceptions. Today, the only 32‑bit Windows SKU Steam still lists as supported is...

Windows 10’s October 14 end-of-support deadline is forcing a reckoning: buy new hardware, pay for extended security updates, or accept community workarounds that let older PCs run Windows 11. Flyoobe — the rebranded evolution of Flyby11 — aims to be more than a bypass tool: it bundles an installer, an Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) customizer, and a debloat framework so hobbyists and refurbishers can install a lean, less intrusive Windows 11 on machines Microsoft marks as unsupported. This...

The workplace is being rewritten around a new vocabulary: AI fluency — the practical ability to think with, prompt, and supervise artificial intelligence — and a major new industry report shows that organizations which treat learning as continuous, work‑integrated practice are the ones gaining the earliest advantage. Udemy’s 2026 Global Learning & Skills Trends Report finds explosive demand for AI training across functions, dramatic spikes in consumption of Copilot-style content, and...

AI upskilling has moved from an HR talking point to a workplace imperative as employees across industries race to learn generative AI tools, enterprise copilots, and the human skills needed to use them responsibly. Background The latest industry data shows a striking surge in demand for AI-related learning on major platforms, with Microsoft Copilot and GitHub Copilot among the most accelerated topics and generative AI courses seeing millions of enrollments. This shift is driven by two...

Ottawa’s recent disclosure that the federal government has spent nearly $1.3 billion on cloud services from U.S. providers since 2021 — with more than a billion of that directed to Microsoft and portions of that budget underpinning what the Department of National Defence calls “mission‑critical” applications — lays bare a strategic tension at the intersection of national security, procurement economics, and digital sovereignty. Background Canada’s federal departments were asked to disclose...

Nvidia’s repositioning of DGX Cloud has reshuffled the AI infrastructure chessboard: what looked like a direct cloud play has been quietly repurposed into a strategic mix of internal R&D capacity and an external orchestration layer (DGX Cloud Lepton) that routes developer demand through partners and hyperscalers—an approach that preserves Nvidia’s influence while reducing channel conflict with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Background When Nvidia launched DGX Cloud in...

Valve has set a firm deadline: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will stop receiving official support on 32‑bit editions of Windows, effectively freezing the client on any Windows 32‑bit machines and forcing the small remaining user base to migrate or accept an unsupported configuration. Background The announcement closes a predictable chapter in the long migration from 32‑bit to 64‑bit desktop computing. Microsoft’s lifecycle timeline for Windows 10 — which reaches end of...

Microsoft’s claim that Arm-based Windows PCs now see most user minutes spent inside natively compiled apps marks a pivotal moment for the platform — a transition from compatibility-first survival to native-first performance and efficiency. Microsoft executives point to a figure that will shape buyer confidence and ISV strategy: roughly 90% of time on Arm PCs is now spent in native Arm binaries, a dramatic improvement in a matter of years and an outcome of coordinated work across Microsoft...

The clock is already ticking: Windows 10 reaches end of support on October 14, 2025, and for small- and mid-sized businesses the decision to upgrade is rapidly shifting from optional maintenance to strategic opportunity. Upgrading isn’t just about avoiding security gaps; it’s about harnessing a new class of AI-ready devices — Windows 11 Pro machines with Intel vPro® for broad business needs and Copilot+ PCs with Intel® Core™ Ultra (and equivalent platforms) for power users — that promise...

PrintVis’ new Capacity Optimization feature, announced as an AI-powered planning add‑on that uses Microsoft Copilot, promises to reshape how print operations balance machine workloads and respond to changing production priorities — delivering the potential for higher utilization, fewer bottlenecks, and faster turnaround when implemented correctly. Overview PrintVis has expanded its planning and scheduling toolbox with Capacity Optimization, an AI-assisted module that leverages Microsoft...

Microsoft’s decision to expand its Wisconsin AI campus with an additional $4 billion — bringing total investment in the Mount Pleasant/Racine County site to more than $7 billion — is a clear signal that the company intends to cement Azure’s role as an AI infrastructure leader, and the announcement has immediate strategic, financial and systemic implications for cloud, chip supply chains, energy use and even crypto markets. Background / Overview Microsoft first disclosed the Mount Pleasant AI...