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Microsoft is rolling out a practical but far-reaching tweak to Windows 11 that finally lets supported Copilot+ PCs apply Windows Studio Effects to an additional camera — including many USB webcams — while also shipping on-device “fluid dictation” inside Voice Access and new Copilot-driven hover...

Microsoft’s latest Insider flights quietly pushed two practical — and in some ways overdue — AI features into Windows 11: Fluid Dictation inside Voice Access and expanded Windows Studio Effects for alternative cameras on Copilot+ PCs, alongside small but useful File Explorer hover actions that...

Microsoft is rolling out a long-awaited change to Windows 11 that finally lets many users apply Windows Studio Effects to additional cameras — including USB webcams and rear-facing laptop cameras — on supported Copilot+ PCs, while also shipping a suite of related Copilot and accessibility...

Microsoft shipped matched Insider updates this week — Build 26220.5790 to the Dev Channel (25H2 track) and Build 26120.5790 to the Beta Channel — and both bring a focused set of Copilot+ enhancements, camera and File Explorer polish, plus stability fixes and a handful of persistent known issues...

Microsoft’s push to make AI a built‑in, local capability on Windows has produced a distinct class of machines — Copilot+ PCs — and with them a set of features you simply won’t get on ordinary Windows laptops unless you send your data into the cloud. The features range from turning a few sloppy...

Microsoft's Surface Pro line is on the move again: after a year of careful iteration and the arrival of a new 12‑inch Surface Pro variant, the rumor mill and a handful of leaks point toward a more ambitious flagship refresh commonly referred to as the Surface Pro 12 (12th Gen) — a device that...

Microsoft’s short explainer on the four headline accessibility features for Copilot+ PCs reads like a manifesto for making Windows more conversational, readable, and usable — and it’s worth unpacking what those promises mean in practice, what’s already here, and where the trade‑offs lie...

Microsoft has quietly released KB5066122, an Image Processing AI component update that advances the on-device imaging stack to version 1.2508.906.0 for Intel‑powered Copilot+ systems running Windows 11, version 24H2 — a targeted, vendor‑specific push intended to improve image scaling...

Microsoft’s latest component update for Copilot+ PCs quietly advances the on‑device AI stack: KB5066127 raises the Phi Silica local language model on AMD‑powered systems to version 1.2508.906.0, delivered automatically through Windows Update and gated by the latest Windows 11, version 24H2...

Microsoft has pushed a platform-level Phi Silica update for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs: KB5066126 upgrades the on-device Phi Silica AI component to version 1.2508.906.0, is delivered automatically through Windows Update, and requires the latest cumulative update for Windows 11, version 24H2...

Microsoft has pushed another incremental but important update for on‑device AI: KB5066125 upgrades the Phi Silica AI component to version 1.2508.906.0 for Qualcomm‑powered Copilot+ PCs, delivered automatically through Windows Update to qualifying Windows 11 (24H2) devices...

Microsoft has quietly pushed an Image Transform update to Copilot+ Windows 11 machines: KB5066124 advances the on‑device Image Transform AI component to version 1.2508.906.0, bringing incremental improvements to the inpainting, erase-and-fill, and related image-editing primitives used by Photos...

HP’s latest quarterly results confirm a simple — and lucrative — reality: AI PCs and the Windows 11 refresh are doing heavy lifting for the Personal Systems business, and that shift is materially improving margins even as printing revenues soften. Background / Overview HP reported fiscal...

Windows 11’s AI-first push has turned into a study in contradictions: promising productivity shortcuts and local intelligence on one hand, and on the other hand delivering a fragmented, confusing, and sometimes privacy-ambiguous user experience that many feel undermines the core job of an...

Asus and Microsoft have taken the wraps off the ROG Xbox Ally family — two Windows 11 handhelds that marry ASUS’ ROG hardware design with an Xbox‑layered, controller‑first Windows experience — and they arrive on store shelves on October 16, 2025, positioning themselves as direct rivals to...

HP’s latest quarter reads like a watershed moment: revenue and unit trends that outpaced expectations, a sharpened focus on AI-capable PCs, aggressive supply‑chain moves to sidestep tariff risk, and a targeted buy of Humane’s AI assets that accelerates device‑level AI strategy—taken together...

Microsoft’s Windows lead has just sketched a future in which the operating system becomes ambient, multimodal and agentic — able to listen, see, and act — a shift powered by a new class of on‑device AI and tight hardware integration that will reshape how organisations manage and secure Windows...

Microsoft has quietly begun testing a conversational, meaning‑aware file and image search inside the Copilot app on Windows 11, bringing natural‑language discovery and a redesigned Copilot home to Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs as part of a staged Microsoft Store preview. (blogs.windows.com)...

Microsoft has begun quietly testing a conversational, semantic file and image search inside the Copilot app on Windows 11, bringing natural‑language discovery and a redesigned Copilot home to Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs as part of a staged Microsoft Store rollout. (blogs.windows.com)...

The ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X arrive as a decisive pivot for handheld PC gaming: ASUS hardware meets Xbox branding and a newly consolized Windows 11 experience, with both devices slated to reach stores on October 16, 2025. (press.asus.com) Background / Overview The ROG Xbox Ally family...