Microsoft’s latest Insider drops — packaged as KB5064089 for the Beta channel and KB5064093 for the Dev channel — extend Click to Do with deeper Microsoft 365 integration, bringing Live Persona (profile) cards into the on‑screen assistant and adding a “Convert to table with Excel” action, while...
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Microsoft’s AI team has shipped two first-party foundation models — MAI‑Voice‑1 and MAI‑1‑preview — marking a decisive shift from a pure reliance on external providers toward building and productizing in‑house models tuned for Copilot and Azure services. eng-standing strategy combined deep...
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Microsoft’s recent user survey — surfaced by reporting from Windows Latest — suggests the company is actively exploring ways to make Microsoft Edge’s Copilot mode behave more like Perplexity’s Comet: not just a summarizer but an agentic browser that can act across tabs and automate multi-step...
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Microsoft rolls out GPT‑5 across Copilot: what Windows users need to know right now
TL;DR (executive callout)
As of August 8, 2025, Microsoft is enabling GPT‑5 across Copilot properties; availability is fastest on the web (copilot.microsoft.com) and staggered for desktop and enterprise...
Here’s a summary of how Microsoft 365 Copilot transformed Balfour Beatty, based on your provided extract:
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Reducing Rework: Jon Ozanne, CIO at Balfour Beatty, emphasizes that rework is costly not only in terms of time and money but also introduces health and safety risks. By...
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Navigating the increasingly diverse digital workspace calls for tools that amplify efficiency, and Microsoft Teams stands at the forefront for many professionals, freelancers, and small business owners. Whether managing group chats, jumping on calls, or collaborating on documents, Teams is...
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Microsoft has recently announced the integration of Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks into OneNote for Windows, a move aimed at enhancing productivity for enterprise users. This integration allows users to consolidate various resources—such as Copilot Chat, files, notes, and links—into a unified...
Windows has long prided itself on being a platform filled with features for every type of user, but with each new iteration, it faces the ongoing challenge of deciding what to preserve for the sake of legacy support and what to remove to reduce bloat. Among the applications that have sparked...
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The arrival of Notion on the Microsoft Store marks a pivotal shift in application accessibility and productivity for Windows users. This milestone was announced at Microsoft's Build 2025 event, signaling a concerted effort by Microsoft to not only expand the Store's offerings but to also...
The transformation of Windows 11 Notepad from a minimalist text editor into a full-fledged “AI writer” marks a bold new chapter in Microsoft’s approach to productivity apps. Once the paradigm of “do one thing, do it well,” Notepad is now home to powerful artificial intelligence capabilities...
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Microsoft’s relentless pace in the artificial intelligence space continues unabated, with the fresh rollout of its new Microsoft 365 Copilot app ushering in a transformative chapter for both knowledge workers and enterprise strategists. As the company’s Build 2025 conference takes center stage...
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22579 to the Dev Channel.
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The Bug Bash has begun! Help us continue to shape Windows by participating in our Bug Bash from March 16th to March 22nd. Explore new features, apps, and experiences that we have...
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Team Foundation Server Office® Integration 2015 Update 1 makes available a standalone Office integration installer that provides Excel® integration, client integration with Project, and the PowerPoint®-based storyboarding tool.
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I, like many other people, think that Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat X Pro have become extreme bloatware for the occasional home user of PDF files.
All I want is something to read PDF files and print PDF files from Microsoft Word and Excel. I don't need extras like form filling, commenting...
Windows Live Essentials 2011 (formerly Wave 4) has RTW-ed (Released To the Web).
Download for free at this link: http://download.live.com
The 2011 suite includes a tonne of new features including
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Bing Maps integration and improved geo-tagging...
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Hi! Just upgraded to Windows 7 RC and loving it so far. Really a change over XP and I'm actually liking the organization a bit more!
I've had most of my issues resolved right off the bat as it just "works"! However, 2 issues are plaguing it that I would like to see if I can get some tips on...