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Microsoft is quietly preparing a broader rollout of Copilot Appearance — an animated, voice-enabled avatar for Copilot — while testing UI shifts and expanded memory controls that bring Microsoft’s assistant closer to the interaction patterns already familiar from ChatGPT, Gemini and other modern AI chat platforms. Background Copilot has evolved from a sidebar helper into a platform-level assistant embedded across Microsoft Edge, Microsoft 365 and Windows itself. Recent insider previews and...

LinkedIn’s slow pivot into casual gaming is more significant than it looks: what began as a trio of daily thinking puzzles has become a deliberate product play to boost engagement, surface novel social interactions, and keep users lingering on the platform — but it also raises real questions about privacy, workplace norms, and the mixing of play with professional identity. Background / Overview LinkedIn introduced its first in‑platform games in spring 2024 as short, thinking‑oriented puzzles...

Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Link has closed a compatibility gap: Meta Quest headsets can now pair with Windows 11 PCs running on Arm silicon — including Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X–class devices — allowing the Quest 3 and Quest 3S to act as a floating Windows workstation with up to three virtual monitors. Background The new connection capability is the product of two coordinated moves: Meta’s Horizon OS v72 update added an experimental “Pair to PC with Microsoft Mixed Reality Link” option on Quest...

Microsoft’s Copilot has quietly taken a big step toward true multi-document reasoning: recent hands‑on reports and company disclosures show the assistant on Windows 11 and the web can now synthesize information across multiple uploaded files in a single request, enabling workflows that previously required manual collation or third‑party tools. Background / Overview Copilot began life as a chat‑style assistant integrated into Windows and Microsoft 365, but Microsoft has steadily repositioned...

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a fix that stops a spurious CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) error from filling Event Viewer on Windows 11, version 24H2 — a cosmetic logging artifact tied to the Microsoft Pluton cryptographic provider that Microsoft says did not affect certificate functionality and has now been addressed in the August preview cumulative update KB5064081. Background In mid‑2025 a pattern of noisy, error‑level events began appearing in the Application log on some...

Microsoft and Meta have quietly closed a compatibility gap that mattered to two rapidly converging camps: Meta Quest headsets can now connect to Windows on Arm PCs using Microsoft's new Mixed Reality Link, bringing the Windows 11 desktop into Quest headsets and extending virtual desktop capabilities to Snapdragon X–class machines. Background Mixed Reality Link is Microsoft’s refreshed approach to letting PCs and headsets act as one workstation: it streams a Windows 11 desktop into a Quest...

Microsoft quietly bolstered Copilot’s document smarts this week, enabling multi-file analysis that lets the assistant reason across multiple uploads in a single request rather than treating each file in isolation — a ChatGPT-style capability now visible in the Copilot web and Windows 11 app and reportedly able to synthesize up to three files at once in the consumer surface. Background Microsoft’s Copilot has evolved rapidly from a sidebar helper into a system-level assistant woven into...

Microsoft’s Windows 11, version 25H2, is deliberately low‑drama: rather than introducing a slate of brand‑new consumer features, Microsoft shipped it as a small enablement package that activates functionality already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream — and, in the process, removes legacy management tooling such as PowerShell 2.0 and WMIC. Background / Overview Microsoft has continued the servicing model it refined in recent years: new feature binaries are staged across monthly cumulative...

Windows developers and administrators who depend on client-certificate (mTLS) workflows will need to keep using workarounds: a structural limitation introduced by TLS 1.3 and the way Windows handles TLS in kernel (http.sys / Schannel) means IIS Express on Windows 11 cannot reliably request a client certificate after the initial handshake, Microsoft engineers confirm, and a permanent, transparent fix for the lightweight developer server looks unlikely in the near term. Background What changed...

Microsoft has moved the next annual Windows 11 update — Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) — into the Release Preview testing ring, opening the final validation window for Insiders and commercial pilots ahead of a broader public rollout later this calendar year. The update is not a full OS rebase but is being delivered as a small enablement package (eKB) on top of the existing 24H2 servicing stream, which means most of the code has already been staged in monthly cumulative updates...

Microsoft has quietly pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 (preview Build 26200.5074) into the Release Preview Channel and is delivering it as a lightweight enablement package (eKB) that flips features already staged on 24H2 systems — a move that prioritizes security, manageability and low-impact deployment over a sweeping UI rebase. Background / Overview Microsoft’s annual Windows 11 feature update model has matured into a shared servicing branch approach where much of the next release’s code...

Microsoft has opened the Release Preview gates for Windows 11, version 25H2, delivering a near‑final enablement package (reported in preview as Build 26200.5074) that flips features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream and invites Insiders, IT pilots and commercial customers to validate before a broader rollout later this year. Background / Overview Microsoft’s servicing model for Windows 11 has continued its shift toward a shared servicing branch approach: feature binaries are...

Microsoft and Phison have pushed back hard against a wave of social-media claims that the latest Windows 11 cumulative update is “bricking” NVMe SSDs — but the episode exposes a brittle edge case in modern storage stacks, a gap between telemetry and forensic proof, and practical steps every Windows user and administrator should take now. Background In mid‑August 2025 a cluster of enthusiast posts and hands‑on test benches reported a repeatable failure pattern: during sustained, large...

Microsoft says its August Windows 11 security update KB5063878 is not to blame for a cluster of “vanishing” gaming SSD reports, but the episode has exposed a narrow, environment‑specific failure pattern that still leaves gamers and power users with real — and immediate — data‑safety decisions to make. Background / Overview Microsoft pushed the combined servicing‑stack and cumulative update for Windows 11 version 24H2 — tracked as KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) — on August 12, 2025, as part...

Microsoft Edge Canary for Android now exposes an experimental flag that lets users play YouTube videos in the background without a YouTube Premium subscription, and the change — paired with an aggressive new ad‑blocking option in Canary — raises immediate questions about user convenience, creator revenue, and where browser competition meets platform policy. Background Microsoft has been steadily expanding Edge’s capabilities on mobile, and the Canary channel is where experimental features...

Microsoft has begun seeding Windows 11, version 25H2 (preview Build 26200.5074) to the Release Preview Channel as a lightweight enablement package (eKB) that flips features already staged on current 24H2 machines — a move that prioritizes manageability and security hardening over a broad UI rebase. Background / Overview Windows 11’s annual feature update for 2025 is being delivered using the same “shared servicing branch” approach Microsoft used for recent releases: new feature code is...

Microsoft’s follow‑up investigation insists the August Windows 11 cumulative patch did not “brick” SSDs, but the story is far from a tidy conclusion: community test benches produced a repeatable failure fingerprint, controller vendor lab work failed to reproduce the fault, and Microsoft’s telemetry shows no fleet‑wide spike — leaving users and IT teams to manage real risk amid unresolved forensic gaps. Background / Overview In mid‑August 2025 Microsoft shipped the routine cumulative update...

Linux Lite 7.6 arrives as a pragmatic, low-friction alternative for users tired of Windows 11’s hardware demands—especially those running older laptops and desktops who want a familiar, lightweight desktop with current applications and clearer documentation. Background / Overview Linux Lite has long pitched itself as a Windows-friendly Linux distribution built to extend the life of older hardware while reducing the friction of switching away from Microsoft’s desktop ecosystem. The project...

Linux Lite 7.6 arrives as a targeted, low-friction option for Windows users stuck on aging hardware or unwilling to adopt Windows 11’s increasingly strict requirements, packaging a modest but practical set of desktop refinements, updated apps, and a major shift in documentation by introducing a community-driven Wiki. Background Linux Lite has steadily positioned itself as a Windows-friendly, lightweight Linux distribution aimed at newcomers and older PCs. Its development strategy favors...

Judy Sanhz represents a modern breed of consumer-focused technology journalism: experienced, methodical, and relentlessly practical in translating platform changes into usable guidance for everyday users. Her body of work emphasizes clear how-tos, hands-on testing, and fast, accessible explanations of updates from major players such as Google and Microsoft, with a recurring focus on Windows 11, Android 15, productivity tools, and cross-device workflows. Background Judy has more than fifteen...