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Microsoft has quietly shipped a targeted update to the Phi Silica on‑device language model — KB5072642, which installs Phi Silica version 1.2511.1196.0 on Intel‑powered Copilot+ systems running Windows 11 (24H2 and 25H2) — a small, incremental but important release in Microsoft's ongoing...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a targeted Phi Silica component update for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs, delivering Phi Silica version 1.2511.1196.0 via Windows Update and marking another step in Microsoft’s strategy to run increasingly capable local language models on devices with dedicated NPUs. The...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a targeted component update for Phi Silica — the NPU‑tuned on‑device language model that powers many Windows Copilot experiences — delivering version 1.2511.1196.0 to Qualcomm‑powered Copilot+ systems via Windows Update (KB5072641). The package is a component‑level...

Yesterday’s November cumulative for Windows 11, shipped as KB5068861, has triggered a small but noisy set of community reports — including one detailed Reddit post alleging sudden black screens, locked brightness, and repeated driver failures after the update installed mid-game — prompting fresh...

Microsoft has begun turning on a rebuilt Start menu for Windows 11 users via the October non‑security preview update (KB5067036), delivering a single, scrollable app surface, three new All apps view modes, deeper Phone Link integration, and several Taskbar and File Explorer refinements — but the...

Microsoft’s next push to make Windows “more intelligent” isn’t a UI tweak or a single app update — it’s a hardware-and-software architecture upgrade built around Neural Processing Units (NPUs) and a new device class called Copilot+ PCs that offloads AI inference to dedicated silicon, enabling...

Microsoft has quietly published KB5067467, a targeted component update that advances the Phi Silica on‑device language model to version 1.2509.1022.0 for AMD‑powered Copilot+ PCs, delivering the package automatically through Windows Update for eligible systems that already have the latest...

Microsoft has pushed a targeted Phi Silica component update for Intel‑powered Copilot+ PCs — raising the on‑device Phi Silica model to version 1.2509.1022.0 and distributing the package automatically through Windows Update to devices running Windows 11, version 24H2 that already have the latest...

Microsoft has pushed a targeted Phi Silica component update for Qualcomm‑powered Copilot+ PCs — published as KB5067465 and delivering Phi Silica version 1.2509.1022.0 — a quiet but consequential step in Microsoft’s on‑device AI rollout that affects how local Copilot experiences run on Windows...

Microsoft’s latest Insider update, delivered under KB5065786, pushes Copilot deeper into everyday workflows by adding Copilot-powered translation to the Click to Do selection surface and experimenting with quick taskbar integrations that let you share app windows directly with Copilot for visual...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a new Insider preview package — KB5065786 — that surfaces a focused set of account-management refinements alongside deeper Copilot integrations and a long list of fixes and known issues, delivered as Build 26220.6690 to the Dev Channel and Build 26120.6690 to the...

Microsoft’s Click To Do is the kind of small change that can quietly rearrange how you work: a system-level overlay that turns whatever is on your screen—text, images, even tables—into actionable items you can edit, summarize, or hand off to Copilot, all without leaving the context of your...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Insider previews for early September 2025 widen the operating system’s AI footprint and polish long‑standing UI rough edges, but they also underline the strategic tradeoffs Microsoft is making as AI features move deeper into the OS: more convenience and on‑device...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview build sharpens Copilot’s presence in daily workflows with new taskbar animations, drag‑and‑drop content handling, and deeper on‑device AI integration — a set of changes that promise faster, more contextual assistance while accelerating Microsoft’s push to...

Microsoft’s latest Insider flight sharpens Windows 11’s Copilot integrations with a new inline Copilot prompt box inside Click to Do, debuts a curated set of Emoji 16.0 glyphs, and delivers a wide-ranging set of accessibility and stability fixes in Dev Channel Build 26220.6682 (KB5065782)—but...

Windows 11’s latest Insider preview flight doubles down on Copilot: a new, inline prompt box appears inside the Click to Do context menu, Start shows example Copilot prompts, and Microsoft continues to weave on‑device AI into everyday workflows — all while shipping accessibility fixes, Emoji...

Microsoft pushed a new Windows 11 preview update (KB5065782) into Insider rings on September 12, 2025, delivering a focused set of Copilot-era UX refinements—most notably a redesigned Click to Do prompt box with on‑device suggestion support, updated gesture animations, Emoji 16.0, and several...

Microsoft’s latest Insider preview (Build 26220.6682, KB5065782) sharpens Narrator’s reading and navigation behavior, brings a small curated set of Emoji 16.0 glyphs to the emoji picker, and rolls out incremental Click to Do (Copilot) refinements — changes that are small in headline but...

Windows 11’s Dev Channel just received a compact but meaningful refresh: Build 26220.6682 (KB5065782) for Windows 11, version 25H2 brings Emoji 16 glyphs to the emoji panel, a string of accessibility refinements—most notably for Narrator—and several targeted fixes and UI tweaks that reinforce...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.6682 (KB5065782) to the Dev Channel on September 12, 2025, and the flight brings a focused set of AI-driven productivity updates, accessibility refinements, and a broad collection of stability fixes — while also surfacing a few noteworthy...