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In a quietly seismic shift to its catalog of productivity tools, Microsoft is preparing to sunset Publisher—a stalwart desktop publishing application that has been a fixture in its suite for over three decades. The move comes on the heels of the company’s decision to wind down Skype and fits...

Buried somewhere between your fifth Teams call of the morning and that spreadsheet that’s been open longer than your last relationship, Microsoft has quietly dropped something that’s poised to change the rhythm of the daily grind: Copilot’s new enterprise search and “digital labor” upgrades—a...

Microsoft has taken a bold step into the AI future—again—by rolling out a newly designed Microsoft 365 Copilot app that promises, as ever, to revolutionize how businesses interact with their Office documents and sprinkle a bit of AI fairy dust on their day-to-day grind. With a fresh coat of...

“Click, drag, resize, align—there was a time when building a PowerPoint deck was the corporate equivalent of constructing the Great Pyramids: endless, repetitive labor, punctuated by occasional existential crises and, if you’re lucky, a decent coffee break. Enter Copilot for PowerPoint...

They say the best ideas come to us in the shower, on a walk, or—much less glamorously—while slouched in traffic, dictating voice memos to ourselves in a bid to salvage inspiration before it vanishes into the ether. For years, the promise of smartphones has been to bridge these moments of...

When your coffee machine is quieter than your IT department at 7 a.m., you know you’re living in the age of automation. And if you haven’t heard the latest murmurings from Redmond, let’s just say Microsoft is serving up far more than silent lobbies and vanilla chatbots: the company's Copilot...

Generative AI hasn’t just knocked on the doors of our digital landscape—it’s knocked the doors down and rearranged the living room furniture. Microsoft, riding high on a half-century of technological muscle, now finds itself in the thick of artificial intelligence’s latest and greatest chapter...

In a world where our digital lives are increasingly carved up into monthly payments — from video streaming binges to the cloud that stores our awkward family photos — there lies a productivity question for the ages: should your writing, spreadsheet-wrangling, and slideshow-summoning tools come...

Microsoft’s Great Office Exodus: The Sunset of Office 2016 and 2019 and What it Means for You October 14, 2025, is shaping up to be a watershed moment in the Windows ecosystem. It’s the day when Microsoft will retire support not only for the ubiquitous Windows 10 operating system but also for...

The software industry is no stranger to debates over pricing, value, and licensing models. In a recent Macworld article titled "Microsoft Office vs. Microsoft 365: Why one is low-key a scam," concerns were raised over the monthly fees associated with Microsoft 365. As Windows enthusiasts and IT...

Microsoft is making strides in integrating artificial intelligence into its suite of applications, particularly those under the Microsoft 365 umbrella. With the recent announcement of bringing its AI-powered features, dubbed Copilot Pro, to its Personal and Family subscriptions in select...

If you’re an avid Microsoft Excel user, you might have noticed something new (and somewhat intrusive) popping up while working on your spreadsheets: a little Copilot logo that appears next to every cell you touch. As a feature introduced across the Office application suite, this AI-powered...