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Microsoft changed Windows 11 version 22H2 so that, after the October 2022 update, Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell, and other console applications open inside Windows Terminal by default rather than the older Windows Console Host, while still allowing users and administrators to switch back...

Amazon’s new Kindle app for Windows appeared in the Microsoft Store in early June 2026, ahead of the June 30 shutdown of the older Kindle for PC application, giving Windows users a replacement path for reading Kindle books, comics, manga, personal documents, and Audible-linked content on PCs...

Microsoft said on June 1, 2026, that it was investigating Microsoft 365 Copilot app load and timeout errors after users began reporting access problems that morning, with Downdetector complaints rising around 9 a.m. Eastern and peaking shortly before noon. The incident was not the...

Microsoft Copilot saw a wave of user-reported problems on Friday, May 29, 2026, with Downdetector showing more than 2,600 reports by 8:58 a.m. Pacific time and most complaints pointing to the mobile app. The number is not proof of a global outage, and Microsoft had not publicly supplied the kind...

On April 27 and 28, 2026, Microsoft and Accenture said Microsoft 365 Copilot was being rolled out to roughly 743,000 Accenture workers worldwide, making it Microsoft’s largest publicly announced enterprise Copilot deployment to date. The number is the headline, but it is not the story by itself...

Microsoft Copilot Tasks is a preview-era agentic AI feature for Copilot that lets Microsoft’s assistant plan, browse, schedule, and carry out user-directed tasks across web and app contexts, with availability still rolling out through signed-in Copilot experiences and related Windows Insider...

Microsoft released KB5089570 on May 26, 2026, as a preview cumulative update for Windows 11 version 26H1, moving supported systems to OS Build 28000.2179 and delivering non-security fixes, staged feature rollouts, servicing-stack changes, and Copilot+ PC AI component updates. The surface story...

Microsoft added an updated Secure Boot status report to Windows Autopatch on May 19, 2026, giving IT administrators device-level visibility into whether managed Windows PCs are ready for the Secure Boot certificate transition now bearing down on enterprise fleets. The timing is not accidental...

Microsoft has published KB5096141, an automatic Windows Update package that updates the AMD MIGraphX Execution Provider to version 2.2605.1.0 for Windows 11 version 26H1 devices with the latest cumulative update installed. The dry support note looks minor, but the delivery mechanism is the real...

Microsoft released KB5096160 on May 26, 2026 as a Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11 version 26H1, a narrowly scoped install-time package that refreshes setup components while repeating the company’s warning that Secure Boot certificates begin expiring in June 2026. The update is not the story...

Microsoft has published KB5096570, a May 2026 Phi Silica AI component update that installs version 1.2604.515.0 on AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, provided the device already has the latest cumulative update installed. The update is small in presentation but large in...

Microsoft released KB5096160 on May 26, 2026, as a Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11 version 26H1 that refreshes setup-related files for feature updates and repeats Microsoft’s warning that aging Secure Boot certificates begin expiring in June 2026. That pairing is the story: a routine-looking...

Microsoft has discontinued Microsoft Easy Fix solutions, the downloadable repair tools once known as Microsoft Fix it, and now directs Windows users to built-in troubleshooters, Settings-based diagnostics, and the Get Help app in Windows 11 for common PC repair workflows. The change is not...

Microsoft is replacing the original 2011 Secure Boot certificate chain across Windows PCs and servers before certificates begin expiring in June 2026 and continue expiring into October, affecting supported Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server systems that still trust those aging boot...

Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 Copilot interface that can dock the AI assistant to the left or right edge of the desktop, resizing open apps around it, according to a May 24 report from Windows Latest based on hands-on testing. The move matters because it effectively brings Copilot back...

Microsoft is gradually restoring a dockable Copilot sidebar in Windows 11, letting the AI app snap to the left or right edge of the desktop and resize other windows around it, while administrators gain newer policy paths to remove or block the consumer Copilot app. The move is less a simple...

Microsoft will retire Together Mode in Microsoft Teams meetings worldwide during June 2026, removing the shared-scene meeting layout, custom Together Mode scenes, and seat assignments while leaving gallery view as the primary multi-participant meeting experience. The cutoff is not a crisis for...

Microsoft is rolling out an Excel change in Microsoft 365 that moves Copilot into a persistent floating button at the bottom-right of worksheets, and users are complaining in Microsoft feedback channels that the control cannot be fully removed. The fight is not really about one icon. It is about...

Microsoft is preparing Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery for Windows, a Windows Update mechanism that lets Microsoft remotely roll back faulty drivers after distribution, with validation running from May through August 2026 and broader automatic use expected from September. The pitch is simple...

On May 12, 2026, Microsoft introduced Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, a Windows Update capability designed to remotely roll back faulty drivers on affected PCs when Microsoft identifies a bad driver release through testing, telemetry, or reliability signals. The feature sounds narrow, almost...