privacy security

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas and Microsoft Edge with Copilot have done more than add a chat box to the new-tab page — they have pushed the browser into a new role: a permissioned, agentic assistant that can see, remember, reason across tabs, and in limited cases act on your behalf. The launches in...

Microsoft’s latest update turns Edge from a passive tab manager into a permissioned, context‑aware assistant that can read open pages, reason across tabs, and — with explicit user consent — perform multi‑step actions on your behalf, a move timed so closely with OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas that it...

Microsoft’s move to roll Copilot Mode into Edge just days after OpenAI shipped ChatGPT Atlas crystallizes a new battleground: the browser is no longer a neutral window to the web — it is becoming an active, permissioned assistant that can see, summarize, remember, and, with consent, act on...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot update for Edge landed as a full-throated reiteration of a vision OpenAI had just sketched two days earlier: the browser is no longer merely a window to the web, it’s becoming an assistant that sees, reasons and — with permission — acts on your behalf. The timing and...

Microsoft’s latest Copilot Mode update for Edge recasts the browser as an AI-powered workspace that can read, reason across tabs, and — with explicit permission — perform multi‑step actions on a user’s behalf, putting Edge squarely into the new “AI browser” category that OpenAI’s Atlas and...

Microsoft’s Edge browser is getting a new layer of AI that aims to shift the browser from a passive tool into an active assistant: Copilot Mode brings voice- and text-driven automation, session-aware “Journeys,” local protections against full‑screen scams, and expanded password and privacy...

Microsoft Edge’s built‑in payments and autofill capabilities let you move from cart to confirmation in seconds — but recent UI changes and privacy trade‑offs mean a quick, secure setup matters more than ever for Windows 11 users. This guide walks through a fast, practical setup of the Microsoft...

Two companies raced to put an AI companion in your browser this week, and the result is a stark illustration of how quickly the browser — once a passive window to the web — is being reimagined as an active, agentive workspace that can see, reason, and act on your behalf. Overview In rapid...

The browser — long the stoic conduit between users and the web — has been remade as an assistant-first platform in 2025, with OpenAI, Microsoft, Perplexity, The Browser Company, Opera and Brave all racing to ship browsers or browser modes that embed large language models and agentic assistants...

Microsoft’s Copilot is moving beyond a chat box into the operating system itself: Microsoft has begun rolling out a coordinated set of features that add hands‑free voice, screen‑aware assistance, and limited agentic automation to Windows 11 and Edge, and recent teasers point to a visible Copilot...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas, Microsoft’s Copilot Mode in Edge, Perplexity’s Comet, The Browser Company’s Dia, Opera’s Aria/Neon and Brave’s Leo together mark a decisive shift: the browser is no longer just an HTML renderer but increasingly a persistent, agentic layer that reads, synthesizes and—when...

Microsoft Edge has quietly begun nudging users away from rival AI services and toward Microsoft’s own Copilot assistant by surfacing a small “Try Copilot” prompt in the browser chrome when users visit sites such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, or DeepSeek — a subtle UI nudge that turns browsing behavior...

OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas landed today as a fully fledged, AI‑first web browser — available immediately on macOS and promising Windows, iOS, and Android builds soon — putting ChatGPT itself at the center of the browsing experience and pushing a new round in the browser wars that have lately become...

Microsoft’s push to steer more of your AI traffic toward its own assistant has quietly shifted into a new, browser-level nudge: the Edge address bar now feels like part product placement, part built-in assistant, and part pressure to stop using rival AI services. Observers report Edge will...

Microsoft's latest push has turned Windows 11 from an optional AI experiment into what the company calls an “AI PC” platform — embedding Copilot’s voice, vision and agentic capabilities across the operating system while millions of users still grapple with the end of Windows 10 support. The...

Microsoft, Windows 11, and the AI PC: The future of work is here — but not in the way you might think Subtitle: On October 16, 2025 Microsoft pushed a major set of AI upgrades into Windows 11 — voice wake words, screen-aware vision, agentic “Actions,” and tighter Copilot integration — that aim...

Microsoft’s Windows team says 2025 has been a year of steady, incremental reshaping for Windows 11—dozens of features shipped across monthly updates, new on-device AI experiences surfaced for Copilot+ hardware, and productivity-focused polish landed in File Explorer, Widgets, Settings, and the...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update moves Copilot out of the sidebar and into the operating system itself, turning the assistant into a system‑level, multimodal companion that can listen, see, and—with careful permissioning—act on a user’s behalf. Background / Overview Microsoft has spent the...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update pushes Copilot out of the sidebar and into the operating system itself, turning every compatible PC into what the company calls an “AI PC”—one that can listen, see, and (with explicit permission) act on behalf of the user. Background / Overview Microsoft...

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...