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Google Cloud’s decision to waive multicloud data-transfer charges in the EU and UK — through a new “Data Transfer Essentials” option — has shifted a regulatory tug‑of‑war into a full commercial play, and it matters for every IT team wrestling with vendor lock‑in, migration economics, and multicloud resilience. Background The European Union’s Data Act — due to take effect on September 12, 2025 — forces cloud providers to price data‑egress (transfer) fees on a cost‑reflective basis for certain...

Windows 11 has quietly gained support for Emoji 16.0 — but the rollout is partial, inconsistent, and leaves important UI surfaces and apps still showing “missing glyph” boxes instead of the new icons. Background / Overview Emoji 16.0 is a deliberately small Unicode/emoji update that introduced eight new emoji entries: seven standalone glyphs and one flag sequence. The set includes Face with Bags Under Eyes, Fingerprint, Splatter, Root Vegetable, Leafless Tree, Harp, Shovel, and the Flag...

Windows 11 now offers a built-in, local PC-to-PC transfer path inside the Windows Backup app that promises to simplify moving your files and settings to a new machine — but it comes with important caveats, sharp trade-offs, and a handful of setup steps most users will need to know before they click Start. Background Setting up a new PC has long been a mixed bag: cloud-sync conveniences like OneDrive and Microsoft account roaming cover some settings and documents, but full device migrations —...

Microsoft’s quiet experiment with a new search experience for Bing — an “AI Search” or Copilot Search mode that replaces traditional blue links with a summary-first interface — is more than a cosmetic tweak; it’s a strategic bet that could reshape search behavior, publisher economics, and the Windows user experience. Early tests surfaced in late February 2025, and the story has rapidly evolved since, revealing both a polished vision for instant answers and a complex set of trade-offs for...

Microsoft has quietly pushed the official ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel — a small but significant shift that gives IT teams, OEMs, and enthusiasts canonical installation media for clean installs and imaging while the enablement-package rollout continues to expand. Background / Overview Windows 11, version 25H2 is being distributed as an enablement package (eKB) layered on top of the existing 24H2 servicing branch. In practical terms this means the...

Upgrading to a new PC or moving from Windows 10 to Windows 11 doesn’t have to be a digital cliff edge: there are multiple, practical ways to move your documents, photos, and settings safely and with minimal fuss. This feature pulls together step‑by‑step methods — from Microsoft’s built‑in Windows Backup and Nearby Sharing, through external‑drive and command‑line options, to enterprise tools like USMT and commercial utilities such as Laplink PCmover — and explains which approach fits which...

If one AirPod suddenly goes silent, the cause is almost always one of a few predictable culprits: a drained battery, clogged speaker mesh or charging contact, a Bluetooth/profile mismatch, or a software/firmware glitch. This deep-dive guide walks through quick fixes you can try right now and explains the technical reasons behind each step so you can fix the problem with confidence — whether you’re on an iPhone, Mac, or a Windows PC. Background / Overview AirPods are simple to use but rely on...

If you’re planning the move from a Windows 10 PC to a new Windows 11 machine, this is the moment to get it right: files, photos, game saves, and app data are all portable — but not all at once, and not always in the way you might expect. This practical, step‑by‑step feature explains every viable route—cloud sync, external drives, built‑in wireless migration, direct cloning, and third‑party transfer tools—and gives a no‑nonsense checklist to make the transition safe, fast, and predictable. It...

Windows’ quiet, built‑in Voice Typing — the simple microphone that pops up when you press Win + H — is one of those features that quietly shaves minutes off small tasks and hours off big ones, turning spoken ideas into text across nearly any app where you can type. It’s not flashy, but it’s powerful: fast dictation, optional auto‑punctuation, language switching, and a steadily improving recognition engine powered by Microsoft’s cloud services make it a daily productivity multiplier for...

Zenity’s selection as a Gartner Cool Vendor in the newly published “Cool Vendors in Agentic AI Trust, Risk and Security Management (TRiSM)” report cements the company’s rapid rise as a specialist in securing the new generation of enterprise AI agents — but it also raises urgent operational and procurement questions for IT leaders who are racing to adopt Copilot-style agents without simultaneously hardening the attack surface they create. The recognition arrives as Zenity’s research team...

The first public glimpse of Visual Studio 2026 arrived in the Insiders Channel this week, and what Microsoft is shipping in this early build is a clear signal: the IDE is entering a new phase where AI is embedded across the developer workflow while the platform pushes forward with performance, language, and platform updates that prepare teams for .NET 10 and C# 14. Background / Overview Visual Studio has long been Microsoft’s flagship integrated development environment for Windows-focused...

Louisville’s new push into municipal artificial intelligence is not vague ambition — it’s a pragmatic, budgeted experiment that starts with staffing, short pilots, and a tight measurement plan designed to prove value or stop wasted spending quickly. Background Mayor Craig Greenberg included a dedicated allocation for AI in his 2025 budget proposal, signaling a strategic shift: treat AI as an operational lever for better, faster municipal services rather than a buzzy PR project. The Metro...

Mustafa Suleyman’s blunt diagnosis — that machine consciousness is an “illusion” and that building systems to mimic personhood is dangerous — has reframed a debate that until recently lived mostly in philosophy seminars and research labs. His argument is practical, not metaphysical: modern generative systems can already be assembled to appear conscious in ways that will change how people relate to technology, and those social changes — from emotional dependence to legal campaigns for “model...

Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday delivers a heavy, operationally urgent security package: more than 80 CVEs across Windows, Office, Hyper‑V, Azure components and developer libraries, including eight items Microsoft rates critical and two vulnerabilities that were publicly disclosed before the updates landed. Immediate attention is required for internet‑facing systems, hypervisors, and services that parse untrusted documents or JSON—particularly because public proof‑of‑concept details...

Microsoft Azure customers across Asia, the Middle East and parts of Europe experienced measurable latency and intermittent slowdowns after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were reported cut on September 6, 2025, forcing cloud traffic onto longer detours while Microsoft and carriers rerouted and rebalanced capacity to limit user impact. Background The global Internet’s east–west backbone depends heavily on submarine fibre‑optic cables that thread narrow maritime corridors...

Microsoft has quietly made official ISO media for Windows 11 version 25H2 available to the public after a brief delay — a small but important development that moves the update from preview-only to the brink of general availability and gives IT teams, OEMs, and enthusiasts the canonical installation media they’ve been waiting for. The ISOs correspond to the Release Preview build series for 25H2 (the 26200 family) and can be downloaded from the Windows Insider ISO page for immediate testing or...

Microsoft has added two ultra-simple keyboard shortcuts to Windows 11 that insert an en dash (–) and an em dash (—) directly into any text field, a small but meaningful productivity tweak rolling out to Insiders now and destined for a wider release later. Overview Microsoft announced that pressing Win + Minus (-) will insert an en dash and Win + Shift + Minus (-) will insert an em dash in recent Windows 11 Insider builds. This change landed in the Dev Channel build 26200.5761 and has...

Tiny11’s refreshed Builder recasts Windows 11 as a lean, privacy-minded alternative for users who don’t want Microsoft’s inbox apps, Copilot, or forced Microsoft Account flows—and it does so at a critical moment, as Windows 10 support winds down and millions of PCs face an awkward upgrade choice. Overview Tiny11 Builder is an open-source PowerShell tool that rebuilds an official Windows 11 ISO, removing a long list of inbox apps, telemetry hooks, and cloud-first components, then repacks the...

Microsoft’s preview of Windows 11 25H2 arrives under a familiar headline: no sweeping performance gains, and in independent creator‑workload benchmarks it still trails Linux by a noticeable margin. Background Windows 11 25H2 is positioned as an incremental, enablement‑style update rather than a ground‑up overhaul. Under the hood it shares the same servicing branch as Windows 11 24H2; many features shipped in 24H2 were simply disabled and are being toggled on in 25H2. That means the public...

Microsoft’s Copilot is being pushed through another iteration of experimental polish: testers have spotted a new voice entry point on the Copilot home screen and a parallel “private chat” mode that promises ephemeral, non‑training conversations—changes that aim to make voice interactions faster and privacy controls clearer, but which also raise fresh questions about inadvertent listening, data governance, and enterprise readiness. Background Microsoft has been iterating Copilot aggressively...