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Windows Weekly’s latest episode landed like a speedboat through the shallow end of Microsoft’s current strategy pool — equal parts product update, platform pivot, and cultural commentary — and its most consequential thread is simple: Microsoft is barreling hard into on‑device AI, multimodal...

LightBeam’s Summer 2025 release brings targeted AI security and governance controls specifically for Microsoft Copilot, promising real-time protection against AI-driven data exposure, insider threats, and mass-encryption ransomware events — a response to rapid Copilot adoption and the emergence...

Microsoft has quietly changed one of Excel’s oldest conventions: now you can call an AI assistant from inside a worksheet cell the same way you call SUM or VLOOKUP — with a new COPILOT function that accepts plain‑language prompts, references ranges and tables, and returns dynamic, spillable...

Microsoft's latest change to the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile experience on iOS—which converts the app into a file preview and Copilot chat wrapper that redirects editing tasks to standalone Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps—represents a deliberate shift in how the company structures mobile...

Microsoft has begun expanding a staged Insider preview that brings semantic file search to Copilot+ PCs and ships a redesigned Copilot home inside the Copilot app for Windows Insiders, packaging natural‑language file and image discovery alongside a new, context‑aware workspace that surfaces...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a staged update that brings semantic file search and a redesigned Copilot home to the Copilot on Windows app for Windows Insiders, with the semantics-driven search initially available only on certified Copilot+ PCs and the new homepage surfacing recent apps...

Microsoft has started a staged Insider rollout of a notable Copilot app update for Windows (version 1.25082.132.0 and higher) that brings semantic file search to eligible Copilot+ PCs and a redesigned Copilot home that surfaces recent apps, files and Vision-powered guided help directly inside...

Board’s Enterprise Planning Platform has been formally recognized as a Microsoft Solutions Partner with the Certified Software for Azure designation, a milestone that confirms the product has passed Microsoft’s technical, marketplace and customer-success gates and positions the vendor for deeper...

The NFL and Microsoft announced a multiyear extension of their long-running technology partnership that formally moves the league into an AI-first operational phase — bringing Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI services, and an expanded Surface device rollout onto sidelines, into scouting workflows and...

ChatGPT is not a Microsoft product — it was created and is operated by OpenAI — but the relationship between the two companies is deep, strategic, and increasingly intertwined, which explains why ChatGPT often feels like a Microsoft feature inside Windows, Edge, Bing, and Microsoft 365. tl agent...

The NFL’s multiyear extension with Microsoft marks a decisive shift: Copilot and Azure AI are no longer pilot projects or back‑office curiosities — they are being embedded across the league’s Sideline Viewing System, scouting workflows, stadium operations, and club business functions in a bid to...

Microsoft’s Copilot is delivering real productivity gains across Word, Teams, Outlook and other Microsoft 365 surfaces — but a recent disclosure shows those gains can come at the cost of auditability: under certain prompting patterns Copilot has produced user-visible summaries and actions...

The NFL’s long-running technology relationship with Microsoft has formally entered an AI-first phase, as a multiyear extension folds Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI services, and an expanded Surface device footprint into sideline operations, scouting workflows, broadcast tooling, and front-office...

The NFL’s long-running technology relationship with Microsoft has officially entered an AI-first phase: a multiyear extension announced in August upgrades the league’s Sideline Viewing System with Copilot-powered tools, expands Azure AI into scouting and operations, and promises richer...

Microsoft has moved a generative AI assistant from the sidebar into the spreadsheet grid itself: the new COPILOT function turns plain‑English prompts into live Excel formulas and structured outputs that behave like any other formula in your workbook. Background / Overview Excel’s power has...

Microsoft’s expanded deal with the NFL is not a simple renewal — it’s an explicit push to fold generative AI and cloud-first tools deeper into the game-day workflow, from the sideline to scouting rooms and front-office operations. Background The partnership between Microsoft and the NFL dates...

Microsoft has pushed generative AI squarely into the heart of Excel with a native =COPILOT(...) formula that lets users type natural‑language prompts directly into cells, reference worksheet ranges for context, and receive live, spillable AI outputs that recalculate automatically as the source...

Microsoft has quietly moved one of Excel’s most persistent friction points — knowing the exact function syntax you need — into the spreadsheet itself by introducing an in‑cell Copilot capability that turns plain‑English prompts into live formulas and structured outputs, effectively treating a...

Microsoft has put generative AI directly into the cell grid: the new COPILOT function lets users type plain‑English prompts into Excel formulas and returns live, spillable outputs — summaries, classifications, tables and more — that update automatically as the underlying data changes. This...

Manufacturers face a pivotal moment: cloud modernization paired with AI is no longer an optional efficiency play but a strategic imperative that can reshape product lifecycles, R&D velocity, and factory-floor operations at scale, as outlined in a recent industry brief that catalogs major...