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Microsoft is testing a hidden Windows 11 Settings page in Insider Build 26300.8553 that exposes installed local AI models, shows their technical details, and lets testers uninstall at least Microsoft’s Phi Silica model on supported Copilot+ PCs. The feature is small, unfinished, and not yet...

Australian channel partners are being urged to accelerate PC, meeting-room and connectivity refreshes in mid-2026 because Windows 10 support ended on October 14, 2025, AI-capable PCs now require newer silicon, and memory-driven device price rises are tightening the economics of waiting. The...

Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC push lost the center of the company’s Windows strategy in 2026 as Microsoft shifted emphasis from a branded hardware promise to a broader Windows AI platform spanning NPUs, CPUs, GPUs, cloud agents, and subscription-tied Copilot services. The retreat is not an abandonment...

At Microsoft Build 2026, held this week in San Francisco, Microsoft shifted its Windows AI pitch away from the Copilot+ PC brand and toward local agents and models that can run across CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, and new Nvidia-powered developer hardware. That is not the death of AI on PCs; it is the...

Microsoft has added semantic, natural-language photo search to the Windows 11 Photos app for Copilot+ PCs, letting users find locally indexed pictures and videos by typing descriptions such as “sunset at the beach” or “family time.” The feature sounds small, almost quaint, compared with Recall...

Microsoft’s next 13-inch Surface Pro has reportedly leaked ahead of an expected June 16, 2026 reveal, with early specifications pointing to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite processor, an OLED option, up to 32GB of LPDDR5X memory, removable SSD storage, and an 80 TOPS neural processor. If accurate...

Leaked marketing material published this week points to a new 13-inch Microsoft Surface Pro with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite processor, OLED display, up to 32GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage, with an official announcement reportedly planned for June 16. The leak is not just another SKU...

Microsoft’s next 13-inch Surface Pro has reportedly appeared in retailer materials ahead of an alleged June 16 launch, showing a familiar detachable Windows tablet design upgraded with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite, up to 32GB of RAM, OLED display options, and a claimed 15.5 hours of local...

Microsoft’s next 13-inch Surface Pro with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite has reportedly leaked ahead of a rumored June 16 announcement, pointing to a refreshed Windows-on-Arm flagship that would follow Microsoft’s Intel-first Surface business launch in May 2026. The leak is small in the way...

Microsoft and its channel partners are pitching Windows 11 Pro, Copilot, and Copilot+ PCs as the business upgrade path for teams still standardising their post-Windows 10 workplace in 2026, with Tarsus Distribution framing the move as a productivity, security, and AI-readiness decision for...

Microsoft is testing a hidden Windows 11 Settings option in Insider Experimental build 26300.8553 that would let users uninstall locally installed AI models from compatible PCs, according to findings shared June 1, 2026, by Windows feature watchers. The button is not a public commitment, and it...

Microsoft is testing a hidden Windows 11 Settings option in Insider build 26300.8553 that lets users uninstall on-device Copilot+ AI model components, including Phi Silica, with removal apparently completed after a reboot. The button is small, but the concession is not. It suggests Microsoft has...

Microsoft is testing an uninstall button for Windows 11’s built-in Copilot+ AI model components in Insider build 26300.8553, with early screenshots showing Phi Silica removable from Settings after a reboot. That small button matters because it turns Microsoft’s local AI stack from an invisible...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Insider Experimental Preview build 26300.8553, reported on June 3, 2026, includes a hidden Settings page for managing local AI components on Copilot+ PCs, showing model details and offering limited uninstall support for Phi Silica. The feature is not yet officially...

K–12 districts exploring Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Fabric, Purview, and AI-capable Windows hardware in 2026 are being told that readiness begins not with choosing a chatbot, but with building governed, secure, high-quality data systems that educators, administrators, families, and auditors...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8553 to the Experimental Channel on May 29, 2026, adding a more modular Start menu that can hide or show individual sections, switch between small and large layouts, and remove the visible account name and profile image. The update is not...

Microsoft Build 2026 is scheduled for June 2–3 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, moving Microsoft’s flagship developer conference away from its recent Seattle pattern and into a smaller, AI-focused format aimed at roughly 2,500 in-person attendees plus a free online audience. That venue...

Microsoft and Nvidia are expected to unveil their first jointly developed Windows PCs powered by Nvidia chips during Nvidia’s June 1 GTC Taipei keynote at Computex and Microsoft’s June 2-3 Build conference in San Francisco, according to reporting and coordinated company teasers posted May 29...

Microsoft published KB5096571 on May 26, 2026, as an automatic Windows Update that moves the Image Processing AI component for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs to version 1.2605.856.0 on Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. The update is narrow, quiet, and easy to miss. It is also a useful marker for...

Microsoft has published KB5096579, a May 2026 Image Processing AI component update that brings version 1.2604.515.0 to Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, with installation handled automatically through Windows Update after the latest 26H1 cumulative update is...