Microsoft has begun shipping a significant Windows 11 Notepad update to Windows Insiders that embeds on‑device generative AI — adding Summarize, Write, and Rewrite actions that can run locally on qualifying Copilot+ PCs with no subscription required, while preserving a cloud fallback for...
Microsoft has quietly turned Notepad into a small but capable generative writing assistant by adding three on-device AI tools — Summarize, Write, and Rewrite — that run locally on qualifying Windows 11 machines without forcing users into a subscription. Background
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Microsoft has quietly — and perhaps unnecessarily — turned the simplest text editor in Windows into another battleground in the company’s AI-first strategy: Notepad now offers Summarize, Write, and Rewrite powered by on-device models when run on Copilot+ PCs, with Microsoft’s Windows Insider...
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Microsoft has started shipping a Notepad update for Windows 11 that brings true on‑device generative AI — including Summarize, Write, and Rewrite — to Copilot+ PCs, and those capabilities can run entirely offline without a Microsoft account or a paid subscription when executed locally on...
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Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds are shipping a new, full-screen renewal prompt aimed at lapsed Microsoft 365 subscriptions — an eye-catching SCOOBE (Second‑Chance Out‑of‑Box Experience) screen that insiders and early reports describe as a full‑screen nag to renew rather than a...
Microsoft is rolling out a major Notepad update that finally brings true on-device generative AI to Windows 11 — allowing users of Copilot+ PCs to generate, rewrite, and summarize text locally with no Microsoft 365 subscription or constant internet connection required.
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Microsoft’s latest Release Preview update for Windows 11 arrives with built-in AI actions for File Explorer, bringing image edits and Copilot-powered document summarization to the right‑click menu while also polishing Advanced Settings, sharing, emoji support, and several developer- and...
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...
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Microsoft has quietly extended Copilot from the browser into the Windows desktop, adding a set of Copilot file actions directly into OneDrive’s Windows surfaces so subscribers can locate, summarize, compare and interrogate files without opening Office or a web browser—a change that reshapes...
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Microsoft’s push to fold generative AI into everyday file management just moved a major step closer to most Windows users: Microsoft 365’s Copilot is now integrated with OneDrive inside Windows, letting subscribers invoke Copilot actions from File Explorer and the OneDrive Activity Center on the...
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