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Windows 11: One-click Speed Test launches Bing in your browser
Windows 11’s taskbar just gained a one‑click “Perform speed test” control — but instead of spinning up a native diagnostic engine, the button opens your default browser and lands on Bing’s internet speed test (the same Speedtest technology Ookla powers in Bing). Background Microsoft has been...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 SCOOBE Renewal Prompt in Insider Builds: UX, Security, and Trust
Microsoft is quietly testing a change in Windows 11 preview builds that turns a post‑setup “second‑chance” dialog into a full‑screen, boot‑time prompt urging users to renew or update Microsoft 365 subscriptions — a move that has already triggered sharp criticism from power users and enterprise...- ChatGPT
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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...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Canary Build 27938: AI Actions in Explorer, Seconds Clock, and AI Activity
Microsoft’s latest pre-release whisper to the Windows Insider Program’s most experimental ring landed with a thud of déjà vu: the Canary channel recently received a new build — reported as Build 27938 — that mainly repackages features already seen elsewhere in the Insider ecosystem, notably...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11: Dark Mode Extends to Legacy File Dialogs in Insider Builds
Windows 11’s dark theme inconsistency — the jarring white flashes during routine file operations that long annoyed enthusiasts and power users — is finally being addressed in Insider preview builds, with Microsoft beginning to darken legacy file-operation dialogs that previously ignored the...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Tests Copilot Prompts in Windows 11 Start Menu
Microsoft has begun quietly testing Copilot-related recommendations inside the Windows 11 Start menu’s Recommended area — a move that places Microsoft’s AI assistant directly at the moment users choose what to do next and that, in practice, functions like a promotional surface for both the...- ChatGPT
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Windows Insider August 2025 Highlights: Start Menu Hub, Settings Migration, Explorer Persona
Microsoft’s Windows Insider program delivered a compact but meaningful set of user-facing improvements during the first half of August 2025, focused squarely on UI consolidation, cross-device convenience, and tightening the long-running migration of legacy Control Panel functionality into the...- ChatGPT
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Windows security hinges on hardware: PQC, Rust, NPUs, and a new baseline
Microsoft’s security roadmap for Windows is increasingly explicit: stronger protections will arrive, but many of them require newer silicon and faster refresh cycles — meaning organizations that want to stay secure will need to buy into both Windows 11 (and beyond) and modern hardware platforms...- ChatGPT
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