Windows 11’s best quality-of-life upgrades in 2026 are not a single headline feature but a layered collection of settings, built-in apps, AI tools, security defaults, file-management changes, and optional Microsoft utilities spread across the operating system. That dispersion is the point...
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman said on June 28, 2026, that a securities class action has been filed against Microsoft and certain officers over alleged AI and Copilot disclosures affecting investors who bought Microsoft securities from May 1, 2025, through January 28, 2026. The lawsuit is not a...
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Microsoft announced new AI features for Microsoft 365 Education on June 24, 2026, including Unit Plans in Teach, Student AI Guidelines in Assignments, Learning Activities, Copilot Notebooks, Study and Learn, and expanded Learning Zone classroom experiences. The launch is not merely another...
On new Windows 11 PCs, many users still begin setup by uninstalling bundled Microsoft apps such as Clipchamp, the new Outlook, Copilot, Media Player, and Microsoft To Do, because these defaults often serve Microsoft’s ecosystem strategy more clearly than the owner’s immediate needs. That ritual...
GitHub Desktop 3.6.0, released June 26, 2026 for Windows and macOS, adds Git worktree support and expands GitHub Copilot into commit writing, merge-conflict assistance, model selection, and bring-your-own-key AI configuration. The headline is not that GitHub has sprinkled more AI on a graphical...
Nearly 400 local and regional newspapers, including the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and WEHCO Newspapers Inc., joined a federal lawsuit filed June 24, 2026, in the Southern District of New York accusing OpenAI and Microsoft of using copyrighted journalism to train and operate ChatGPT and Microsoft...
WinWire said on June 25, 2026, that it has earned Microsoft’s Frontier Partner badge within the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, positioning the Santa Clara-based NTT DATA company as a validated services partner for enterprise AI, agentic AI, Azure, Copilot, Power Platform, data engineering...
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Italy’s competition authority opened an investigation on June 26, 2026, into Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd. and Microsoft S.r.l. over allegations that Microsoft inadequately explained Microsoft 365 subscription price increases tied to the addition of Copilot and Designer AI services. The case...
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and WEHCO Newspapers Inc. joined a June 2026 copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, aligning with 33 other plaintiffs representing nearly 400 local and regional newspapers that accuse the companies of using journalism without permission to build ChatGPT and...
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On June 25, 2026, Front Office Sports published a Microsoft-presented explainer showing how the Premier League uses Azure, Microsoft Foundry, Copilot, live match telemetry, and decades of historical records to turn match data into real-time fan, club, and broadcast intelligence. The pitch is not...
Publishers owning nearly 400 local and regional newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft on June 24, 2026, in the Southern District of New York, alleging the companies copied protected news articles without permission to train and operate products including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. The case is...
Nearly 400 local and regional newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft in federal court in New York on June 24, 2026, alleging that the companies copied millions of copyrighted articles to build and operate products including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot without permission or payment. The suit...
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On June 24, 2026, Microsoft released its third annual AI in Education Report from Redmond and announced new no-additional-cost AI tools for Microsoft 365 Education, aimed at helping schools turn widespread classroom experimentation into structured, responsible use before ISTELive 26 in Orlando...
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Microsoft Edge Canary now warns that Edge Drop is being retired, telling users that files shared through the feature remain saved in OneDrive while text notes must be downloaded separately before the browser removes the experience. The move is not just another small cleanup in a fast-moving...
Microsoft’s Windows 11 Notepad is no longer just the bare-bones text editor many users remember: by the 25H2 era it has tabs, session restore, recent files, spell checking, Markdown-style formatting, tables, and Copilot-powered writing tools. The striking part is not merely that Microsoft...
Microsoft’s cloud momentum is turning heads because, as of its fiscal third quarter ended March 31, 2026, the company reported $54.5 billion in Microsoft Cloud revenue, 40 percent growth in Azure and other cloud services, and a sharply larger AI infrastructure buildout. That combination makes...
Microsoft was sued in Seattle federal court in June 2026 by a Michigan pension fund alleging it misled investors about Azure’s slowing growth and the financial pressure of its accelerating artificial intelligence infrastructure spending. The case is not just another post-selloff securities...
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Microsoft was hit on June 12, 2026, with a securities class action alleging it misled investors about Copilot’s adoption and technical challenges while pouring capital into AI infrastructure and managing Azure capacity constraints. The case may or may not survive the procedural gauntlet that...
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Microsoft is preparing a new Microsoft Teams Meeting recap app for general availability in July 2026, giving users a single place to find, filter, browse, and review meeting recaps from roughly the past 30 days across the Teams experience. The feature sounds small until you consider what Teams...
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Microsoft used Build 2026 on June 2 to unveil seven new in-house MAI models across reasoning, coding, image, voice, and transcription, while a new Citizens note argued that investors are undervaluing Microsoft’s push toward AI sovereignty. The timing is not subtle. Microsoft is still joined at...