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    Windows 11 Semantic Search Arrives Behind Copilot+ Hardware Gate

    After decades of promises that never quite fixed Windows Search, Microsoft has finally shipped a working semantic search layer to Windows 11 — but it’s arriving in a very specific way: behind the Copilot+ hardware gate, previewed to Insiders, and baked into both the system search surfaces and...
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    Windows 11 Insider Preview 26120.6690: AI-Driven Beta Improvements and Fixes

    Windows Insiders on the Beta Channel received a small but meaningful preview build today: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.6690 (KB5065786), delivered to devices running Windows 11, version 24H2 as a Beta Channel enablement package and focused largely on controlled feature rollouts, bug...
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    Notepad Gets On-Device AI on Copilot+ PCs: Summarize, Write, Rewrite

    Microsoft has begun shipping a significant Windows 11 Notepad update to Windows Insiders that embeds on‑device generative AI — adding Summarize, Write, and Rewrite actions that can run locally on qualifying Copilot+ PCs with no subscription required, while preserving a cloud fallback for...
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    Click To Do: Windows' Local-First AI Overlay with Phi Silica

    Microsoft’s Click To Do is the kind of small change that can quietly rearrange how you work: a system-level overlay that turns whatever is on your screen—text, images, even tables—into actionable items you can edit, summarize, or hand off to Copilot, all without leaving the context of your...
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    Notepad Adds On-Device AI: Summarize, Write, Rewrite on Copilot+ PCs

    Microsoft has quietly — and perhaps unnecessarily — turned the simplest text editor in Windows into another battleground in the company’s AI-first strategy: Notepad now offers Summarize, Write, and Rewrite powered by on-device models when run on Copilot+ PCs, with Microsoft’s Windows Insider...
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    Windows 11 SCOOBE: Full-Screen Renewal Prompt in Insider Builds

    Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds are shipping a new, full-screen renewal prompt aimed at lapsed Microsoft 365 subscriptions — an eye-catching SCOOBE (Second‑Chance Out‑of‑Box Experience) screen that insiders and early reports describe as a full‑screen nag to renew rather than a...
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    Windows 11 25H2: Practical Enablement Update With Sudo, Wi-Fi 7, and AI Enhancements

    Microsoft’s Windows 11 25H2 arrives as a compact, operationally focused update: an enablement package that flips on capabilities already seeded into the platform, adds a handful of practical conveniences (notably a native sudo command, archive handling in File Explorer, and groundwork for Wi‑Fi...
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    Windows 11 Insider Preview KB5065782: Copilot UX refinements and on-device prompts

    Microsoft pushed a new Windows 11 preview update (KB5065782) into Insider rings on September 12, 2025, delivering a focused set of Copilot-era UX refinements—most notably a redesigned Click to Do prompt box with on‑device suggestion support, updated gesture animations, Emoji 16.0, and several...
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    Windows 11 September 2025 Update: Copilot+ Gating, Large AI Payload, and Enterprise Impact

    Microsoft’s September cumulative for Windows 11 landed as more than a routine Patch Tuesday — it bundles visible UI polish, several quality-of-life fixes, and a new tranche of staged, hardware‑gated AI features, but it also carries a practical sting: unusually large offline installers that...
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    Windows 11 September 2025 Update: On-Device Copilot AI Binaries and UI Enhancements

    Microsoft's September cumulative for Windows 11 has landed and, rather than being a quiet maintenance release, it mixes visible UI polish, a handful of useful quality fixes and a fresh batch of staged, hardware-gated AI features — with one very practical sting in the tail: the cumulative...
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    Windows 11 KB5065426 Patch Tuesday: Copilot+ on-device AI, UI polish, and privacy controls

    Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday brings a substantial, feature‑heavy cumulative update to Windows 11—KB5065426—delivering a mix of visible UI polish, staged Copilot+ AI capabilities, privacy controls for on‑device generative features, and a set of bug and security fixes that administrators...
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    Fluid Dictation on Windows 11: On-Device AI for Natural Speech-to-Text

    Microsoft’s latest Insider Preview builds bring a tangible — and in many ways overdue — improvement to speech-to-text on Windows by introducing Fluid Dictation inside Voice Access, a smarter, faster, on-device dictation mode designed to make spoken text appear as natural, punctuated prose rather...
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    Windows 11 Insider: On-device Fluid Dictation, Voice Access & Studio Effects

    Microsoft is quietly rolling out a meaningful upgrade to voice input in Windows 11 Insider builds — a smoother, on-device dictation experience tied to Voice Access and targeted at Copilot+ hardware — while also shipping a focused Beta/Dev Channel flight that expands Studio Effects, tightens...
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    Windows 11 Dev Channel 26220.5790: Copilot+ AI, Fluid Dictation, Studio Effects

    Microsoft’s latest Dev Channel flight lands with a focused patch for Copilot+ PCs, smoother voice dictation, expanded Studio Effects camera support, and a collection of targeted fixes — but it also brings a set of hardware-gated rollouts and a handful of stability warnings that Insiders and IT...
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    Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview: Enablement Package for Fast, Low-Impact Upgrades

    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...
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    Windows 11 Dev Channel 26220.5770: Copilot features, Excel table conversion, Braille Narrator

    Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel are receiving a substantial cumulative flight: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.5770 (KB5064093), a Dev-only increment that continues Microsoft’s staged push of Copilot‑centric productivity features, expanded Microsoft 365 integration, and accessibility...
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    Windows 11 AI Push: Balancing Local AI, Cloud Features, and User Trust

    Windows 11’s AI-first push has turned into a study in contradictions: promising productivity shortcuts and local intelligence on one hand, and on the other hand delivering a fragmented, confusing, and sometimes privacy-ambiguous user experience that many feel undermines the core job of an...
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    Windows 11 Cross‑Device Resume, Copilot AI, and UI Tweaks

    Microsoft has quietly begun threading tighter continuity between Android phones and Windows 11, shipped a handful of small but genuinely useful input and UI tweaks, and continued the long march of Copilot’s integration into the operating system — all surfaced this week in Insider builds and...
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    Windows Ambience: Multimodal, Agentic AI with Copilot+ for Enterprise

    Microsoft’s Windows lead has just sketched a future in which the operating system becomes ambient, multimodal and agentic — able to listen, see, and act — a shift powered by a new class of on‑device AI and tight hardware integration that will reshape how organisations manage and secure Windows...
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    Windows Copilot Semantic Search: Meaning-Based File & Image Discovery on Copilot+ PCs

    Microsoft has quietly begun testing a conversational, meaning‑aware file and image search inside the Copilot app on Windows 11, a change that lets you describe what you’re looking for instead of hunting for exact filenames — and it’s arriving first to Copilot+ PCs as a staged Windows Insider...
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