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Microsoft’s free Copilot is becoming less of a complete AI assistant and more of a storefront for Microsoft 365 subscriptions, with Deep Research scheduled to disappear from the consumer Copilot app on August 18, 2026. Its closest successor, Researcher, remains available only through Microsoft...

Microsoft 365 Premium’s Copilot Analyst and Researcher agents were tested by ZDNET’s Ed Bott in late May and early June 2026 on ordinary productivity and troubleshooting jobs, and the result was a pattern of plausible advice, broken handoffs, and confident but ineffective problem solving. The...

Microsoft is leaning hard into a very familiar playbook: if you cannot win a straight specs-and-style comparison against Apple on price-sensitive student hardware, make the bundle louder, richer, and more obviously useful. The new U.S. student promotion for select Windows 11 PCs adds 1 year of...

Microsoft is revving up its education playbook with a new Microsoft College Offer that bundles a year of Microsoft 365 Premium, a year of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and a custom Xbox controller for eligible U.S. college students buying a new Windows 11 PC. The promotion, which runs from April 15...

Microsoft’s latest weekly roundup paints a familiar but increasingly consequential picture: Windows is still being pushed forward in small, uneven steps, while Xbox and Microsoft’s broader software ecosystem continue to evolve around subscriptions, utility updates, and platform control. The...

Microsoft’s latest OneDrive update is less about a single photo filter than it is about the direction of the company’s consumer AI strategy. The new AI Restyle feature lets users transform existing photos into stylized images, but its arrival is notable for two reasons: it lands in OneDrive...

Microsoft is quietly pushing generative AI deeper into OneDrive, but the newest photo feature arrives with a notable branding twist: it’s called AI Restyle rather than Copilot. That small naming choice says a lot about where Microsoft’s consumer AI strategy is heading in 2026. The tool lets...

Microsoft is handing eligible higher‑education students a one‑year trial of its deepest consumer AI and career services stack: 12 months of Microsoft 365 Premium bundled with LinkedIn Premium Career, a limited‑time offer that pairs Copilot‑enabled Office apps, advanced personal security and 1 TB...

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a generous, time‑limited package for higher‑education students: 12 months free of Microsoft 365 Premium bundled with LinkedIn Premium Career, giving students a full year of Copilot‑enabled Office apps, advanced security and 1 TB of cloud storage alongside...