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Microsoft is retiring the Microsoft Edge sidebar app list in upcoming browser updates, starting with users signed into Microsoft accounts, removing the ability to add new sidebar apps while preserving Copilot in the Edge sidebar for now. That is the plain fact; the more interesting story is what...

On May 3, 2026, The Register used its Kettle podcast to argue that Microsoft’s recent Windows troubles — aggressive Copilot promotion, second-chance setup prompts, buggy patches, and user-hostile product decisions — have forced Satya Nadella and Windows chief Pavan Davuluri into a public reset...

Microsoft released Windows 11 KB5083631 on April 30, 2026, as an optional non-security preview update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, moving systems to builds 26100.8328 and 26200.8328 respectively. The headline feature is Xbox Mode, but the more important story is quieter: Microsoft is...

Microsoft began rolling out Copilot Agent Mode for Outlook on April 27, 2026, through its Frontier early-access program, bringing AI-driven inbox triage, draft follow-ups, rule creation, meeting rescheduling, room rebooking, and focus-time blocking to supported Outlook experiences for Microsoft...

Microsoft and OpenAI have revised their partnership in April 2026, ending Microsoft’s exclusive rights to OpenAI model IP, allowing OpenAI to serve products across multiple clouds, and replacing the old AGI-linked contract structure with a non-exclusive license running through 2032. The popular...

Microsoft has found itself in another Teams controversy, this time over a conspicuous “Unlock Premium” button appearing in the app’s title bar near the three-dot settings menu. What might have been intended as a low-friction entry point into Teams Premium has instead triggered complaints from...

Amazon is taking its most direct swing yet at the AI assistant war with Amazon Quick, a desktop-first work agent designed to sit across email, calendars, files, chat, CRM systems, and business applications rather than inside a single productivity suite. Alongside it, AWS is recasting Amazon...

The setup screen that arrives after setup is already done Windows has always asked users to make a few decisions during first boot. That is expected. A new PC needs an account, privacy choices, region, keyboard layout, network connection, and sometimes enterprise enrollment. Users understand...

Microsoft’s April 2026 Windows servicing cycle has run into one of the most disruptive failure modes in enterprise IT: unexpected BitLocker recovery prompts after reboot. The issue affects a narrow but highly sensitive set of Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2025 systems, with...

Microsoft Teams users are running into an odd but disruptive regression: the right-click Paste option in chats has gone grey, even though keyboard-based paste still works. The pattern matters because Microsoft has now tied the problem to a recent Microsoft Edge update, underscoring how tightly...

Microsoft has finally closed the loop on one of the most unnerving Windows Server servicing misfires in recent memory: a bug that could steer some Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 systems toward Windows Server 2025 without the kind of deliberate, administrator-approved intent...

Microsoft’s Surface Hub is gone, and that makes the joke write itself. After a decade of trying to turn meeting rooms into giant touch-enabled collaboration temples, Redmond has apparently decided the future of work looks less like an 85-inch whiteboard and more like yet another Teams call where...

Microsoft’s Copilot reset in Windows 11 is less a retreat from AI than an admission that the company pushed too hard, too fast, and too visibly. After years of surfacing Copilot in inbox apps, shell touchpoints, and everyday utilities, Microsoft is now trying to quiet the interface, reduce...

Microsoft’s quiet shift on Copilot inside Windows 11 is more than a visual cleanup. It marks a more disciplined phase in the company’s AI strategy, one that acknowledges a simple but important reality: users may tolerate Copilot when it helps, but they resist it when it feels omnipresent. The...

Windows 11 may draw plenty of criticism for bugs, interface churn, and its strict hardware requirements, but there is one area where it looks far more civilized than the Windows of decades past: software compatibility. Raymond Chen’s recollection of the Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 transition...

Microsoft’s latest PowerShell postmortem is a quiet but important admission: even one of Windows’ most trusted built-in tools can be slowed by packaging complexity, compliance changes, and fragile release plumbing. The company says PowerShell 7.6, its newest LTS build, slipped beyond its...

Microsoft’s latest WSL push is a telling sign that Windows development is being reprioritized from the inside out. In a year when Microsoft is publicly promising better quality, faster responsiveness, and less friction across Windows 11, the Windows Subsystem for Linux has emerged as a major...

Microsoft is tightening one of Windows’ oldest trust assumptions, and the fallout could reach far beyond security teams. Beginning with an April 2026 Windows 11 and Windows Server update, the company plans to remove default trust for kernel drivers that were signed through the long-retired...

Microsoft is preparing one of the most consequential Windows kernel trust changes in years, and it lands at the intersection of security hardening, enterprise compatibility, and Microsoft’s broader effort to make Windows 11 feel more reliable. The company plans to stop loading kernel drivers...

Microsoft has quietly given IT administrators a real, if carefully fenced, escape hatch from the consumer Microsoft Copilot app on managed Windows 11 devices. The change matters because Copilot has become one of the most visible symbols of Microsoft’s AI push, and the company is now signaling...