Windows 11 Pro is being promoted as a bargain and a productivity leap at the same time — with reports of deeply discounted licenses (as low as the low‑teens in some offers) circulating alongside Microsoft's steady rollout of AI enhancements to the OS, most notably a revamped Copilot with...
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Microsoft’s August feature wave for Excel is one of those rare months where small, practical fixes land alongside bold, platform-level moves — and together they point to a clearer roadmap: Excel is becoming more connected, more AI-aware, and less tolerant of legacy quirks that have long...
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Microsoft’s Copilot is no longer an experiment you can buy and forget; it’s a capability that demands the same programmatic rigor as ERP, CRM, or any other enterprise-grade system if organizations want predictable ROI and real, sustained change.
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Microsoft has quietly folded generative AI into Excel’s calculation engine with a native worksheet function — =COPILOT(...) — that accepts plain‑language prompts, reads cell ranges as context, and returns live, spillable outputs directly into the spreadsheet grid. Early previews show it can...
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Microsoft’s Viva Insights will soon put Copilot analytics directly into the hands of frontline managers, delivering team-scoped dashboards, out-of-the-box Copilot reports, and a publishing pipeline for analysts to surface tailored insights — a change Microsoft says will begin rolling out in late...
Microsoft 365 Copilot can now tap enterprise file shares without forcing a wholesale migration to the cloud: NetApp’s new connector brings on‑prem and cloud NetApp data into Copilot while preserving item‑level security, offering containerized deployment options, and promising high performance...
CVPeople Tanzania’s recent IT Airport Supervisor recruitment notice doubles as a signal: Tanzania’s airports are deepening their commitment to on‑site technical teams to support biometric enrollment and immigration control systems, and the advertised role frames that expansion as both an...
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Microsoft appears to be preparing a new Study and Learn mode for Copilot that would sit in the same mode selector users already use to switch between Quick, Think Deeper and Deep Research — and early evidence suggests the feature is aimed squarely at students, educators and lifelong learners as...
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Microsoft has embedded a new AI formula, =COPILOT, directly into Excel’s grid, promising natural‑language automation for summarizing text, classifying feedback, and generating content—while simultaneously cautioning users not to rely on it for “any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility.” In...
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Microsoft’s Copilot just quietly added something game‑changing: a simple, surprisingly capable way to turn a flat 2D picture into a usable 3D model. On August 23, 2025, BGR spotlighted the feature—branded “Copilot 3D”—as a differentiator Microsoft believes ChatGPT won’t match natively anytime...
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Louisville is betting that a pragmatic, tightly scoped burst of artificial intelligence pilots can squeeze more value from every public dollar, and it’s backing the bet with a $2 million line item, a new Chief AI Officer, and a first wave of 5–10 short projects aimed squarely at measurable time...
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Microsoft’s Copilot is moving from meeting rooms to locker rooms, as a renewed NFL partnership elevates Windows-powered tools from simple sideline devices to full-blown, AI-augmented decision systems that promise faster insights, richer scouting, and—most provocatively—assistive playcalling...
If you support Windows PCs for a solo or small law firm in Madison, the difference between “AI hype” and real productivity in 2025 comes down to one thing: can your tools plug neatly into a Microsoft-first stack without creating a client‑confidentiality migraine for partners or an audit headache...
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Microsoft’s push to weave Copilot into the fabric of Microsoft 365 has hit a trust-defining snag: for months, under specific prompting conditions, the AI assistant’s access to source documents could be absent from Microsoft 365 audit logs, leaving security teams with empty entries where...
Microsoft has begun quietly testing a conversational, semantic file and image search inside the Copilot app on Windows 11, bringing natural‑language discovery and a redesigned Copilot home to Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs as part of a staged Microsoft Store rollout.
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The NFL and Microsoft have quietly but decisively moved a decade‑long sideline relationship into an explicit “AI‑first” operational phase, rolling Microsoft Copilot and Azure AI into the league’s Sideline Viewing System (SVS), scouting workflows, and club operations in a multiyear extension that...
Microsoft and the National Football League have announced a multiyear extension of their partnership that moves the long-running Surface sponsorship into a new phase: deploying Microsoft Copilot and Azure AI across the sideline, scouting desks, and back-office operations to deliver real-time...
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Microsoft’s expanded partnership with the National Football League brings Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI, and more than 2,500 Surface Copilot+ devices to the sideline — a move that aims to put real-time game analytics, faster scouting, and workflow automation directly into the hands of coaches...
Zscaler’s claim that its cloud sees “over half a trillion transactions a day” has suddenly become more than a brag about scale — it’s the center of a fresh privacy controversy after external reports and researcher commentary interpreted CEO remarks to mean Zscaler is using customer logs and full...
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Microsoft’s Copilot app for Windows has received a staged Insider update that adds conversational, semantic file search on Copilot+ PCs and a redesigned Copilot home that surfaces recent apps, files and conversations — all packaged in Copilot app builds starting with version 1.25082.132.0 and...