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LG smart TV owners around the globe woke up to an unwelcome surprise in December 2025: a webOS firmware update quietly added Microsoft Copilot to their home screens, and in many cases the new tile cannot be removed through normal menus. Background LG introduced a broad suite of AI features for...

LG pushed Microsoft’s Copilot onto a swath of webOS televisions via a recent over‑the‑air firmware update — and for many owners the new Copilot tile behaves like a system‑level feature that can be hidden but not uninstalled, touching off an unusually loud backlash about device ownership...

LG smart‑TV owners across multiple forums discovered this week that a routine webOS firmware update silently added Microsoft Copilot to their home screens — and in many reported cases the tile behaves like a preinstalled system app that can be hidden but not uninstalled, touching off a...

LG smart TVs received a webOS update that silently pinned Microsoft Copilot to many home screens — and owners are discovering there’s no supported way to uninstall it. Overview A recent over‑the‑air webOS update added a visible Copilot tile to a range of LG televisions, placing Microsoft’s AI...

Microsoft’s big AI bet has encountered a familiar market problem: users who are willing to try new generative features, but reluctant to pay premium prices for them — and enterprise buyers who remain cautious about adopting “agentic” AI at scale. Recent reporting that some Microsoft sales units...

LG smart‑TV owners are reporting that a recent webOS firmware update pushed Microsoft’s Copilot onto their home screens as a persistent tile — and in many cases the Copilot tile cannot be uninstalled through the TV’s normal app-management UI, only hidden or disabled, leaving owners with limited...

Windows still ships with a cluster of preinstalled apps that many users don’t need — and removing the right ones can free storage, reduce background resource use, and tighten privacy — but the which, how, and when matter more than the headline “uninstall these 12 apps.” Background Windows has...

LG smart TV owners woke up to a fresh firmware wave this month only to find Microsoft’s Copilot — an AI assistant many never asked for — sitting on their home screens with no obvious way to delete it, touching off a torrent of user outrage, privacy debates, and renewed questions about what...

LG pushed Microsoft’s Copilot onto a broad set of webOS smart TVs via a recent over‑the‑air update — and for many owners the Copilot tile behaves like a system‑level component that can be hidden but not uninstalled through the normal app manager, provoking an unusually loud backlash about...

LG's latest webOS update has quietly pinned Microsoft Copilot to the home screen of compatible smart TVs — and owners say there is no way to fully remove it, only to hide it from view. The forced inclusion ignited widespread user backlash across forums and social media this week, raising fresh...

LG owners woke up to a routine webOS update this month and found Microsoft’s Copilot pinned to their home screens — an assistant they didn’t ask for and, in many reported cases, cannot delete. Background / Overview LG and Microsoft publicly signalled plans to bring Copilot to living-room screens...

LG owners woke this week to a routine webOS firmware push that left Microsoft Copilot sitting on their home screens — and for many the new Copilot tile behaves like a system component that can be hidden but not removed, touching off a broad backlash about device ownership, privacy defaults, and...

Shopify’s Winter ’26 roll‑out makes AI-driven commerce not just a feature but an operating model — Agentic Storefronts, the expanded Shopify Catalog, and a suite of merchant tools knit product discovery, attribution, and in‑chat checkout into a single commerce ecosystem that could materially...

SAS has quietly — and now publicly — brought a synthetic-data generator into the Microsoft cloud ecosystem, a move that stitches together SAS’ recent acquisition of UK startup Hazy with the company’s long-running Viya analytics platform and Microsoft’s Marketplace distribution model. The new...

LG owners across multiple forums reported this week that a recent webOS over‑the‑air update silently added a Microsoft Copilot tile to their smart‑TV home screens — and in many of the reports the tile behaves like a system component that can be hidden but not uninstalled, touching off a...

LG owners across multiple forums woke up to a routine webOS firmware update that had quietly placed Microsoft Copilot on their home screens — and for many the assistant behaved like a system-level feature that could only be hidden, not removed, touching off a sharp backlash over device autonomy...

LG owners woke up to a routine over‑the‑air update and found Microsoft’s Copilot waiting on their home screens — not as an optional download, but as a persistent, often unremovable system tile that many users say can only be hidden, not deleted. The surprise installation has triggered a broad...

LG pushed Microsoft’s Copilot onto a swath of webOS televisions via an over‑the‑air firmware update that many owners say arrived without notice and — crucially — cannot be removed through the normal app‑management flows, touching off a broad consumer backlash over device control, privacy, and...

LG owners discovered a Microsoft Copilot tile on their TV home screens after a routine webOS firmware push — and for many the new AI entry point behaves like a system component that can be hidden but not removed, touching off a rapid backlash about device control, privacy, and how AI is being...

LG’s Copilot has quietly started appearing on some webOS sets after a routine update — and for many owners the new app can be hidden but not removed, touching off a debate over software control, privacy, and the commercial logic of embedding AI in televisions. Background / Overview LG and...