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Intel’s Panther Lake, a tightened Windows 11 setup, a surprise Commodore desktop, JEDEC’s memory roadmap, shifting PC demand, Apple’s new M5 silicon — and a cluster of security stories from pixnapping to fresh Windows privilege escalations — all converged into the week’s conversation on PC...

Microsoft’s push to make AI genuinely local on Windows has produced a practical question for buyers, IT teams and privacy‑minded users: which AI capabilities actually run on your PC’s hardware, and how much control do you — or your organization — have over them? The headline answer is simple...

Title: The next PC platform shift? Ed Bott on Microsoft’s big Windows AI bet — what it means for users, OEMs, and developers Introduction Ed Bott — a veteran technology journalist who has covered Microsoft for more than three decades — recently laid out a straightforward but consequential...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update turns Copilot from a sidebar helper into an OS‑level collaborator — one that listens when you say “Hey, Copilot,” sees the windows on your screen, and, with explicit permission, can take multi‑step actions on your behalf — a move Microsoft positions as the...

Apple’s M5 chip and Microsoft’s deadline for Windows 10 support framed a week of platform-level shifts: Apple pushed heavier on on‑device AI with M5-equipped MacBooks, iPads and a Vision Pro refresh while Microsoft closed the chapter on Windows 10 and doubled down on Windows 11’s Copilot-driven...

Intel’s unfolding PC story—from the launch chatter around Panther Lake to the new Windows 11 setup restrictions and an unexpected retro-alternative in Commodore OS Vision 3.0—is reshaping buying decisions, enterprise rollouts, and the expectations for on-device AI in ways that matter for every...

Microsoft’s latest repositioning — accepting higher near‑term capital spending to secure AI capacity while insisting margins will remain intact — is a deliberate trade that reshapes the company’s risk/reward profile for enterprises, investors, and Windows‑centric IT teams alike. The Seeking...

Customizing Windows 11’s system sounds is a fast, high‑impact way to make your PC feel personal and less noisy — and it’s simpler than most users expect. In this guide you’ll get a concise, step‑by‑step walkthrough for changing system and notification sounds, re‑enabling the classic...

Microsoft’s mid‑October update to Windows 11 stitches voice, vision and experimental agentic automation into the operating system and promises to “make every Windows 11 PC an AI PC,” but the practical reality will depend on hardware tiers, enterprise controls, and how users and IT teams manage...

Microsoft's latest push to make Windows 11 an AI-native operating system landed this week with a broad set of user-facing upgrades: an opt‑in wake‑word voice mode that lets users summon Copilot with “Hey, Copilot,” expanded on‑screen vision capabilities, a new experimental class of autonomous...

Microsoft’s latest update to Windows 11 marks a deliberate pivot: the operating system is being reframed as an AI-first platform, with Copilot graduating from a sidebar chatbot to a multimodal, permissioned assistant that can listen, see, and — under controlled conditions — act on your behalf...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update turns Copilot from a sidebar helper into a full‑time, multimodal assistant you can talk to, show your screen, and — with permission — ask to act on your behalf, a shift that rewrites how many people will interact with their PCs. The company has introduced an...

Microsoft’s latest wave of Copilot upgrades makes one clear argument: the “AI PC” label might finally move from marketing slogan to practical reality. What began as chat windows and isolated features has been reengineered into a system-level assistant that listens, sees, and — in carefully...

Microsoft is testing an experimental Copilot agent called Copilot Actions that can autonomously operate desktop and web apps on Windows — including sending emails, updating local documents, resizing photos, organizing files, and running multi‑step workflows — all from within a contained, opt‑in...

Microsoft is replacing the long‑standing Windows 11 taskbar Search box with a Copilot chat box, folding traditional Windows Search into a conversational, multimodal Copilot experience that will surface chat, local file and app search, and quick access to Copilot Vision and Voice directly from...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot rollout tips Windows 11 from “feature-packed” toward genuinely AI-first computing: voice that wakes with “Hey, Copilot,” vision that can read and act on what’s on your screen, experimental agentic “Actions” that can perform multi‑step tasks in a contained workspace...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot push turns Windows 11 from an assistant you talk to into an assistant that can look, act, and — with permission — work directly on files stored on your PC, a step that broadens the scope of on‑device AI while raising new questions about privacy, security, and...

Microsoft has quietly reframed Windows 11 from a collection of apps and windows into a conversational, agentic desktop — one you can wake with a phrase, show what’s on your screen, and, with permissions, let act on your behalf. Background Microsoft’s recent wave of Windows 11 updates centers on...

Microsoft’s Copilot has grown teeth: a wave of recent updates adds Voice, Vision, advanced reasoning modes and deeper app integrations that promise real time productivity gains — and an equal number of eyebrow-raising privacy, accuracy, and cost questions. Background Microsoft has pushed Copilot...

Microsoft’s latest push to make Windows 11 feel less like an operating system and more like a conversational partner landed with a carefully timed tease — “Your hands are about to get some PTO. Time to rest those fingers…” — and a follow-up roll‑out that stitches voice, vision, on‑device...