security and privacy

Microsoft's latest Windows 11 preview builds have repurposed the post‑setup SCOOBE flow into a large, full‑screen subscription reminder that will tell Microsoft 365 users their account “needs attention” — and it does so in a way that many will read as a direct, blocking prompt to renew...

Monotch has made its TLEX® Interchange available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, opening a fast path for public authorities, integrators, and infrastructure owners to deploy a standards-aligned, cloud-native data exchange engine for connected mobility and C-ITS projects without building...

The Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has quietly ushered in a new digital era for welfare delivery — combining an AI chat agent, a secure citizen portal and a cloud analytics stack built on Microsoft Azure technologies — a package that Microsoft says now helps roughly 100,000 people a...

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs has quietly moved from talk to trial: a beta AI-powered search is now live on the DVA website, the agency has published an AI transparency statement, and small-scale pilots — including an internal Microsoft Copilot trial and a proof‑of‑concept claims tool...

Artificial intelligence would have told Pete Carroll to hand the ball to Marshawn Lynch. The verdict — blunt, repeatable and nearly universal among modern analysts — is now being echoed by the same generative models that pundits and teams are experimenting with at the edge of NFL operations. Yet...

ChatGPT users around the world woke up to error messages and stalled replies as OpenAI’s flagship chatbot suffered a partial outage that left many unable to view responses in the web interface — an incident that again raises hard questions about reliability, vendor lock-in, and how to architect...

Windows 11’s Notepad has been modernized with formatting and AI features, but the classic, no-frills Notepad is still available — and with a few sensible tweaks you can run it side-by-side with Microsoft’s new Notepad or make it the editor that opens when you type notepad.exe. This article...

Microsoft’s Copilot is moving from meeting rooms to locker rooms, as a renewed NFL partnership elevates Windows-powered tools from simple sideline devices to full-blown, AI-augmented decision systems that promise faster insights, richer scouting, and—most provocatively—assistive playcalling...

Microsoft has begun testing a new “My apps” tab inside the Xbox PC app for Windows 11 that lets players locate, download, and launch third‑party applications — from browsers and gaming utilities to rival storefronts — without leaving the Xbox experience, a move aimed squarely at improving...

Microsoft has added two new reasoning agents, Researcher and Analyst, to the Microsoft 365 Copilot family — purpose-built AI assistants that lean on OpenAI’s latest o3 model family to perform multi-step research and data analysis across both web and enterprise data sources, and that will be...

One week after Microsoft released its short “vision” video for the future of Windows, Pavan Davuluri — the executive directly responsible for Windows product development — laid out, in clear and practical terms, how on-device AI, multimodal inputs, and cloud orchestration will reshape the...

Visier’s Vee for Microsoft Copilot has been named one of HR Executive’s 2025 Top HR Products, a recognition that reflects how tightly woven people analytics and generative AI are becoming in everyday office workflows. The award highlights a product that embeds Visier’s workforce...

Microsoft has sketched a sweeping “Windows 2030 Vision,” teasing a future where AI agents, voice, and other multimodal cues do much of the work we handle today with a mouse and keyboard. In a new company video, Microsoft security executive David Weston argues that by the end of the decade...

The vision for Windows by the year 2030 is being redefined by Microsoft’s top minds, with a future that minimizes traditional input methods like mouse and keyboard in favor of multimodal interaction—where talking to your PC may become as natural as typing once was. In a recent discussion...

Microsoft's relentless pursuit of integrating artificial intelligence into its suite of products has taken a significant leap forward with the introduction of Copilot Mode in the Edge browser. This feature aims to redefine the browsing experience by embedding AI-driven assistance directly into...

Microsoft is advancing its Copilot platform by integrating a new feature known as Copilot Wallet, designed to streamline the online shopping experience through AI-driven, one-click purchasing capabilities. This development signifies a significant step toward embedding transactional...

As Microsoft prepares to sunset support for Windows 10, millions of users with older PCs face an uncertain digital future. The official narrative is simple: if your device doesn’t meet the stringent hardware requirements for Windows 11—namely, the need for TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, and newer...

The global PC landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, anchored by Microsoft’s proactive Windows 11 transition and the company’s renewed push toward enterprise modernization. After years of incremental change and a sometimes sluggish migration, the momentum behind Windows 11 has now...

Windows users are facing a crossroads—a moment when the already-complex world of operating systems has been complicated further by mounting costs, a shifting competitive landscape, and an unmistakable sense of fatigue over forced upgrades. The so-called “Windows 11 upgrade tax”—referring to both...

Microsoft’s embrace of artificial intelligence for internal code review is rewriting the rulebook for software development at scale. In what represents a significant milestone in enterprise deployment of generative AI, the tech giant revealed that its in-house AI-powered code review assistant...