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Microsoft’s latest push to bring generative AI into classrooms worldwide arrived today with the launch of Microsoft Elevate for Educators and a slate of education-tailored AI capabilities delivered through the Microsoft 365 Copilot app — accompanied by a limited-time offer giving eligible...

The University of Vermont’s Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) is running a new series of drop‑in sessions called Copilot Café, inviting faculty, staff, and students to explore Microsoft Copilot, ask practical questions, and see live demonstrations of how generative AI can be used inside...

The Regional District of Okanagan‑Similkameen (RDOS) has moved from pilot to policy, proposing a tightly scoped AI use framework that would permit only a tenant‑bound Microsoft Copilot for staff, limit use to low‑risk drafting and summarization tasks, require disclosure and managerial review of...

ESW says it is launching Copilot Ascend™, a role‑based Microsoft Copilot training and enablement program aimed at converting pilot‑stage AI experiments into repeatable, measurable workplace capability. Background / Overview ESW (eSoftware Associates), a US‑based Microsoft partner, published a...

AI tools are now a mainstream option for everyday money tasks, but choosing between ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Anthropic Claude comes down less to model hype and more to where your financial data lives, what governance you require, and how you plan to verify outputs...

We’ve all stood in front of an open fridge and asked the same helpless question: “What should I cook tonight?” Microsoft’s Copilot family of AI assistants promises to make that question obsolete by acting as a personal, pantry-aware recipe maker — one that can brainstorm menus, convert...

Microsoft has quietly handed enterprise IT teams a narrowly scoped but important control: a new Group Policy in the Windows 11 Insider Preview that can uninstall the consumer Microsoft Copilot app for managed users under specific conditions, giving administrators a supported way to clean up...

Microsoft is switching on a trio of Microsoft Teams messaging protections by default for tenants that still use the out‑of‑the‑box configuration, a move that will automatically enable weaponizable file type protection, malicious URL detection, and an end‑user false‑positive reporting mechanism...

Microsoft’s Copilot is moving from sidebar novelty toward the center of Windows workflows: recent Insider artifacts and press coverage show a context‑menu “Copilot” entry in File Explorer that can send files to the assistant or produce quick summaries, and evidence of a detachable, chat‑style...

Microsoft has quietly handed IT administrators a narrowly scoped, supported tool to remove the consumer Microsoft Copilot app from managed Windows 11 devices — but the feature comes with strict preconditions, practical limitations, and an operational checklist that every admin should read before...

Microsoft’s quietly staged euthanasia of Microsoft Lens — the compact, dependable mobile document scanner that many Windows and Office users relied on for quick scans and OCR — landed this week with concrete dates: the app entered a formal retired state on January 9, 2026; it will be removed...

Microsoft’s latest Group Policy approach for removing Copilot from Windows 11 solves some immediate problems but creates new operational headaches: the policy frequently behaves like a one‑time uninstall rather than a durable block, leaves multiple Copilot entry points unaddressed, and pushes...

Microsoft’s AI honeymoon is showing early signs of strain: internal sales targets for Azure AI products were reportedly adjusted, customers are favoring generic chatbots over Copilot in some workplaces, and independent benchmarking of “agentic AI” shows the technology still struggles with basic...

Microsoft’s denial that it “killed” the Office brand landed fast and blunt: the company says nothing fundamental changed for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint — what changed was a hub and the way Microsoft is slapping Copilot branding across entry points. That clarification follows a week of viral...

Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7535 (KB5072046) to the Dev and Beta Channels, a mid-January flight that packs targeted accessibility upgrades, new enterprise policy controls for Copilot, an expanded developer integration path for cross‑device continuity, a subtle...

A new, faint UI cue in a Windows 11 Insider build suggests Microsoft is testing a tighter Copilot tie‑in inside File Explorer — an invisible button that appears when you hover over a blank spot in the navigation bar and which, according to strings found in preview code, may be labeled "Chat with...

Microsoft’s Copilot is no longer an experimental sidebar trick — it’s a multi‑modal assistant baked into Windows, Edge, macOS, mobile apps and Microsoft 365 that can see your screen, speak with you, generate images, work directly with your files and connect to your Gmail or Google Calendar — and...

Microsoft’s bet that a new generation of “AI PCs” would re-ignite Windows laptop sales has hit a reality check: the silicon is arriving, but buyers aren’t convinced. OEMs are quietly shifting away from AI-first marketing, channel partners are rewriting pitch decks to emphasize battery life and...

Microsoft 365 Copilot’s promise—turning email avalanches, scattered files, and back-to-back meetings into a manageable workday with a few well-crafted prompts—is both practical and already real for many organizations, and the recent how‑to primer that recirculates Leila Gharani’s “10 Copilot...

Dell’s blunt admission — that most buyers aren’t choosing laptops because of AI — landed like a splash of cold water across the CES 2026 stage, and the timing couldn’t have been worse for the Windows 11 AI story: while Dell quietly pulls back AI-first marketing, a highly visible Copilot fail in...