Microsoft has quietly put a new tool on the 2026 roadmap that promises to change how IT teams manage quality updates for Windows on corporate PCs: Windows Quality Update management policies in Microsoft Intune will let administrators approve and roll out individual quality updates — including...
Microsoft’s PowerToys team has quietly moved to fill a conspicuous gap in Windows’ personalization features: beginning with PowerToys v0.94 the project teased a scheduled automatic theme switching utility that will let Windows switch between light and dark modes on a timetable — a capability...
Microsoft is quietly testing a native Windows 11 clipboard bridge that can push what you copy on a PC straight into a linked Android phone’s keyboard — and the changes could finally make cross‑device copy/paste fast, reliable and keyboard‑agnostic for millions of users. (windowslatest.com)...
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Microsoft is quietly testing a new Windows 11 feature that can push whatever you copy on your PC directly into the clipboard area of a linked Android phone — appearing in the phone's keyboard suggestions so you can paste without emailing, messaging, or using cloud notes. (techradar.com)...
Microsoft quietly added a native option in Windows 11 to push your PC clipboard to Android — and in early hands‑on testing it appears to land inside any Android keyboard that reads the system clipboard, including Gboard. (windowslatest.com)
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Microsoft has pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel as a deliberately small, operational update—an enablement package that flips features already staged in 24H2—prioritizing stability, manageability, and a clean-up of legacy tooling rather than a splashy set of...
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Microsoft has quietly pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) into the Release Preview channel — and unlike many headline OS releases, this one arrives as a lightweight enablement package (eKB) that flips features already staged on devices rather than replacing the whole...
Windows 11’s next annual feature update is now moving from staged preview into its final validation ring: Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 available to Release Preview Insiders and commercial customers for targeted testing, delivered as an enablement package on top of the 24H2...
PowerToys has quietly eaten a lot of the small, focused utilities that used to be paid staples of the Windows power‑user toolkit — and for many people that means a one‑time purchase or subscription is no longer necessary. A recent XDA piece argued that five paid apps...
Elon Musk’s xAI has quietly escalated its play for the developer tooling market with Grok Code Fast 1 — a model explicitly tuned for agentic coding that promises rapid tool calls, low-latency edit loops inside IDEs, and pricing that aims to make continuous, agent-driven development economically...
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Microsoft’s latest Insider drops for Windows 11 expand Click to Do with a preview that can capture on‑screen tables and push them straight into Excel — a practical, AI‑driven shortcut aimed at shaving minutes from routine data entry work while the Insider builds also add Microsoft 365 profile...
The Web3 infrastructure story that has been quietly brewing for years reached a new inflection point this cycle: large cloud providers are no longer passive hosts for blockchain experiments — they are active strategic partners, builders, and gatekeepers whose technical choices and compliance...
Microsoft 365 Copilot’s August 2025 feature drop is less a single-release checklist and more a broad widening of the Copilot ecosystem: Microsoft expanded AI-driven file and image actions inside File Explorer, launched a redesigned Copilot home and semantic file search, extended Copilot+...
Microsoft has quietly released KB5066122, an Image Processing AI component update that advances the on-device imaging stack to version 1.2508.906.0 for Intel‑powered Copilot+ systems running Windows 11, version 24H2 — a targeted, vendor‑specific push intended to improve image scaling...
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File Explorer is fine for most people — and with six focused PowerToys add‑ons it can be quietly transformed into a faster, smarter, and more forgiving file manager without leaving the familiar Windows shell.
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Windows File Explorer has improved over the years, but it still leaves gaps...
Microsoft is rolling a significant change to how new Windows 11 PCs are provisioned: eligible devices will now check for and install the latest quality and security updates during the out-of-box experience (OOBE) so users sign in on day one with a patched, compliant system. This shift, delivered...
Microsoft's decision to retire the Mobile Plans app for Windows marks the end of a small but strategic piece of the company's push to make cellular connectivity a first-class feature on PCs, and it raises immediate questions for users of eSIM-enabled laptops, OEMs, and mobile operators about...
Microsoft has confirmed it will retire the built‑in Mobile Plans app in Windows 11 and shift plan purchase and eSIM provisioning workflows to carrier web portals and the native Windows Settings experience, a change that will simplify Microsoft’s footprint but introduce migration work for users...
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A wave of community test results and vendor confirmations this week has put the latest Windows 11 cumulative update under a harsh spotlight: several SSDs can disappear from Windows during sustained, large write operations after installing the August 12, 2025 update (KB5063878), with a...
Google’s work on making tabs less chaotic keeps getting bolder: a new experiment in Chrome Canary now offers a one-step way to convert a tab group into a standard bookmark folder, and several companion menu and context‑menu tweaks are being tested that together point to a future where tab groups...