Microsoft’s Copilot on Windows 11 is shedding its “chat-first” skin and opening a new, dashboard-style Home tab that behaves less like a conversational window and more like an AI-centric Start menu — surfacing recent files, apps, conversations, and guided help in one place.
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Microsoft’s latest Beta-channel Insider preview pushes three changes that matter for day-to-day Windows users: on-device “fluid dictation” for Voice Access, Windows Studio Effects for alternate cameras on Copilot+ PCs, and a small but potentially divisive Ask Copilot option added to File...
Hanmi Pharmaceutical’s decision to equip its field force with 5G-enabled Surface Copilot+ PCs and roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot across the business marks a clear inflection point in how a major R&D-centric pharmaceutical company is defining the “AI PC” era — a move intended to marry anywhere...
Microsoft has set a hard deadline: Windows 10 reaches end-of-support on October 14, 2025 — and that looming cut-off is now the single clearest reason for many users to seriously consider new hardware, not just a software update. The message in recent sponsored coverage for the Dell 16 Plus is...
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Microsoft is quietly preparing a broader rollout of Copilot Appearance — an animated, voice-enabled avatar for Copilot — while testing UI shifts and expanded memory controls that bring Microsoft’s assistant closer to the interaction patterns already familiar from ChatGPT, Gemini and other modern...
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...
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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...
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I avoided Copilot for years, but after forcing myself to try specific features I quietly use them every day — not because the assistant is flawless, but because a handful of targeted tools actually save time and reduce friction in common tasks. The move from novelty “chatbot” to practical...
Microsoft’s latest update to Copilot for Windows 11 pushes the assistant farther into the OS — adding third‑party extensions that let Copilot act on your behalf across the web, new “settings” skills that can change system options for you, and AI enhancements in core apps like Photos and...
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Microsoft’s vision of a future Windows where you “talk to your PC” is less a finished product than an aggressive bet on changing workplace culture — and whether that bet pays off depends as much on human behavior as on silicon and software.
Background: what Microsoft is saying — and what PCWorld...
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Microsoft’s latest Insider flight continues the slow‑roll of Copilot‑era polish and cross‑device continuity: Build 26200.5761 (KB5064093) landed in the Insider channels with a staged “Resume from your phone” flow that starts with Spotify, refreshed lock‑screen battery visuals, snappier input and...
Microsoft’s latest headline-maker isn’t an official product roadmap or a Redmond press release — it’s a cinematic concept video and a string of executive hints that together sketch a vision of what a post‑Windows‑11 world might look like: a highly adaptive, AI‑first operating system that’s...
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Paul Thurrott’s latest Windows Weekly episode—titled “Backing Up the Intel Truck”—is a compact but consequential briefing on where Microsoft’s Windows strategy is headed, and it reads like a roadmap: AI-first user experiences, multimodal interactions that make voice and vision first-class...
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Microsoft’s Copilot app for Windows has received a staged Insider update that adds conversational, semantic file search on Copilot+ PCs and a redesigned Copilot home that surfaces recent apps, files and conversations — all packaged in Copilot app builds starting with version 1.25082.132.0 and...
Microsoft’s latest Copilot update for Windows 11 is quietly expanding the assistant’s remit from a sidebar helper into a more capable, context-aware productivity hub by testing AI-powered semantic file and image search inside the Copilot app and a redesigned Copilot home that pairs recent...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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