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  1. Windows Copilot+ Semantic File Search with On-Device AI for Insiders

    Microsoft has begun rolling out a targeted update to the Copilot app on Windows that brings semantic file search to Copilot+ PCs and introduces a redesigned Copilot homepage for Windows Insiders, marking a clear step toward tighter on‑device AI integration in Windows. rr channel updates over the...
  2. Windows Copilot Adds Semantic File Search and New Homepage for Insiders

    Microsoft has begun rolling out an update to the Copilot app on Windows that brings semantic file search to Copilot+ PCs and a redesigned Copilot homepage to Insiders, delivering tighter, AI-driven file discovery and faster access to recent apps, files, and guided help directly inside the...
  3. Windows 10 End of Support: Lawsuit Tests Microsoft's Patch Lifecycle

    A last‑ditch legal challenge has turned Microsoft’s scheduled October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support for Windows 10 into a national news story and a test case over vendor lifecycle obligations, with a San Diego plaintiff asking a court to force Microsoft to continue issuing free security updates until...
  4. Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Lawsuit Targets Obsolescence and AI PCs

    Microsoft’s announcement that Windows 10 will reach its official end of support on October 14, 2025, has moved from a scheduled milestone to a legal and public-policy flashpoint, after a California resident filed a lawsuit on August 7, 2025, accusing the company of using the cutoff to force...
  5. Copilot+ PCs: On-device AI with NPUs - Reality vs Hype

    Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC pitch promised a new class of Windows machines where on-device intelligence — powered by dedicated NPUs — would deliver privacy-friendly, instant AI features that change how we use a laptop every day. After a year of hands-on testing and watching Microsoft’s rollout, the...
  6. Windows AI: Context-Aware, Multimodal AI on Copilot+ PCs

    Microsoft’s Windows team has confirmed what industry insiders have been expecting for months: the future of the OS will be built around context-aware, multimodal AI that can see and understand what’s on your screen, respond to voice and pen input, and act on your intent — but those headline AI...
  7. Acer Africa Promo: Free Android Tablet with Windows 11 Laptops as Windows 10 Ends Support

    Acer Africa is dangling a free Android tablet to shoppers who buy select AI‑ready Windows 11 laptops as Microsoft’s Windows 10 end‑of‑support deadline approaches on October 14, 2025, a move that spotlights how OEM promotions and AI‑first marketing are shaping upgrade decision-making in South...
  8. Germanium & Hudson Valley: Windows AI-First, Annual Release Shift

    Microsoft appears to be steering Windows back toward an annual, generational-style release cadence after a period of smaller, incremental feature updates — driven largely by a planned AI-first platform internally codenamed Hudson Valley and built on a new base called Germanium. Multiple industry...
  9. Windows 365 Link & Copilot+ PCs: AI-Driven Multimodal Windows for Enterprise

    Microsoft's vision for Windows is no longer limited to desktops or a single input device — it's a multi-layered strategy that stitches cloud-first hardware, on-device AI accelerators, and richer multimodal interactions into a single computing continuum meant to be more ambient, private, and...
  10. Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5751 Beta: Click to Do, Clean Open With, AI Rollout

    Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5751 (KB5064071) to the Beta Channel, a modest but meaningful update for Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2 that refines Click to Do selection, softens some visual chrome in File Explorer, and continues Microsoft’s phased “controlled...
  11. Windows 11 Build 26100.5061: AI Features and Copilot+ Gatekeeping

    Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Release Preview build packs another wave of AI features — but the single addition many users want most is still gated behind Copilot+ hardware, and that restriction exposes the wider tensions in Microsoft’s AI-first roadmap for the OS. Background Windows Insider...
  12. Windows 11 Evolves with Copilot+, NPUs: Debunking Windows 12 Rumors

    Microsoft’s next big Windows chapter has become as much about how the company ships features as what it ships — and that makes separating fact from fiction around “Windows 12” more important than ever. The article you supplied lays out the mainstream rumors: a cleaner UI with deeper AI at its...
  13. Windows 2030: Multimodal AI, voice control, and the hybrid desktop

    Microsoft’s newest public framing of Windows isn’t merely about faster updates or refreshed icons — it’s a clear signal that the desktop is being rewired around generative AI, voice control, and computer vision, and that the humble mouse and keyboard will likely shift from default inputs to one...
  14. Windows Goes Multimodal and Agentic: The AI-Powered Ambient OS

    Microsoft’s newest messaging about the future of Windows makes a simple, startling claim: the next generation of the OS will be multimodal and agentic—able to see, hear, and act on users’ behalf—and that voice and vision will become first-class inputs alongside (and sometimes ahead of) the mouse...
  15. Windows as an Ambient AI Partner: Cloud-First, Multimodal, Copilot+

    Microsoft’s Windows team is sketching a future in which your PC is less a passive tool and more a conversational partner — one that lives in the cloud, understands voice and vision, and uses context to anticipate and act on your intent. That is the core of Pavan Davuluri’s message: Windows will...
  16. Windows Remastered: Multimodal On-Device AI and Copilot+ Era

    Microsoft’s plan to make Windows listen, see, and act is an engineering and product pivot of genuine consequence — but the company’s renewed faith in multimodal inputs (voice, vision, pen, touch) and pervasive on-device AI must clear two big hurdles before it can be called a success...
  17. Windows Ambient, Agentic, Multimodal AI: The Future OS

    Microsoft’s latest public remarks about the direction of Windows — voiced by Pavan Davuluri, Microsoft’s VP of Windows and Devices, and echoed by OS-security lead David Weston — sketch a future operating system that is ambient, agentic, and multimodal: one that sees what’s on your screen...
  18. Windows 11 AI-First: Multimodal, On-Device Models and Cloud Orchestration

    One week after Microsoft released its short “vision” video for the future of Windows, Pavan Davuluri — the executive directly responsible for Windows product development — laid out, in clear and practical terms, how on-device AI, multimodal inputs, and cloud orchestration will reshape the...
  19. Windows 12: The ambient, agentic OS redefining multimodal computing

    Microsoft's Windows lead has just sketched the next major evolution of the platform: an ambient, multi‑modal, agentic operating system that sees and hears what you do and partners with you through natural language. In a recent interview, Pavan Davuluri — Microsoft’s head of Windows — described a...
  20. Copilot+ PCs: On-Device AI, NPUs, and Real-World Windows Gains

    You’ve just powered on a Copilot+ PC and that first blink of the Windows logo feels like a reveal: this isn’t just another laptop—it’s a handset for a new generation of on-device AI, marketed to be faster, smarter, and longer-lived than the machines many of us replaced. Microsoft’s “Copilot+”...