privacy and consent

Buying a new Windows 11 PC should feel like a fresh start, but the Out-of-Box Experience has too often felt like a sales funnel, an update queue, and a privacy negotiation wrapped into one. Microsoft now appears ready to address at least part of that problem, promising a quieter, more...

Microsoft is not abandoning Copilot in Windows 11, but it is clearly backing away from the idea that the assistant should be threaded through every corner of the operating system. After a year of aggressive previewing, the company has reportedly shelved some of the most intrusive plans for...

OpenAI’s announcement that it will begin testing advertisements inside ChatGPT marks a clear turning point for conversational AI: the free and lower‑cost “Go” tiers will start seeing clearly labeled, separated ads beneath answers for logged‑in adults in the U.S., while higher‑paid plans remain...