KDE’s blunt assessment—that Microsoft’s Copilot hardware key is “dumb”—is more than a snarky one-liner: it marks a coordinated, practical response from a major open‑source desktop project to a vendor-driven hardware change that has irritated users across platforms. KDE developers have moved from...
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Amid a wave of user feedback and industry scrutiny, KDE’s developers are responding boldly to Microsoft’s heavily marketed Copilot key, a recently introduced hardware fixture on many new Windows laptops. Once touted as an innovative bridge between users and Microsoft’s AI assistant, the Copilot...
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Windows 11 continues its eventful evolution by intertwining legacy efficiency with cutting-edge technology, and nowhere is this more evident than in Microsoft’s latest approach to integrating Copilot AI with the keyboard experience. The recent reinstatement of the classic Windows key + C...
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