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  1. Windows 11 Insider Beta Dev 26120 26220: Speed Test dal Taskbar e Copilot

    Microsoft ha appena rilasciato nuove build Insider per Windows 11 — la versione 26120.6760 sul Beta Channel e la 26220.6760 sul Dev Channel — che introducono una serie di piccole ma pratiche funzionalità (tra cui un collegamento rapido per un test di velocità di rete direttamente dal taskbar)...
  2. Windows 11 Insider KB5065793: Speed Test, Copilot Get Started, and Cloud Storage APIs

    Microsoft’s latest Insider checkpoint—packaged as KB5065793 and appearing in recent Dev and Beta preview builds—delivers a handful of practical interface changes and deeper platform plumbing that together reveal Microsoft’s current priorities: quicker diagnostic access, tighter Copilot...
  3. Windows Insider Beta Update Adds Taskbar Speed Test and Copilot Onboarding, Emoji 16.0 Rolled Back

    Windows Insiders received a quietly odd patch this week: the latest Beta and Dev preview packages add a handful of small but useful features — a one‑click network speed test in the taskbar and a Copilot onboarding screen during Get Started — and then, without fanfare or explanation, Microsoft...
  4. Windows 11 Insider Preview KB5065793: Copilot AI Search and Speed Test in UI

    Microsoft has pushed fresh Insider preview updates into the Dev and Beta channels—delivered as cumulative update KB5065793—which advance Dev machines to Windows 11 build 26220.6760 (25H2) and Beta machines to build 26120.6760 (24H2). The flight is small on paper but notable in practice: it...
  5. Windows 11 Taskbar Search May Finally Respect Your Default Browser and Engine

    Microsoft’s recent moves in Canary and Insider channels suggest the long‑running tug‑of‑war over whether Windows 11 will keep forcing Edge and Bing for taskbar searches may finally be loosening — but the change is still an experiment, regionally motivated, and far from guaranteed to ship...
  6. Windows 11 Canary Build 27954 Fixes SMB v1 NetBT Regression; Arm64 Bugs and PIX Issues

    Today’s Canary-channel release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27954 is a focused maintenance flight that fixes a handful of platform regressions while flagging a small set of high‑risk known issues that Insiders and developers must weigh before installing on active hardware. Background /...
  7. Microsoft Paint Adds .paint Projects and On-Canvas Opacity Slider

    Microsoft Paint has shed another layer of nostalgia and moved closer to being a genuinely useful, session-aware image editor: Windows Insiders can now save editable project files with a .paint extension that preserve layers and edit state, and the Pencil and Brush tools gain an on-canvas opacity...
  8. Share with Copilot: Windows 11 Taskbar Button for Vision AI

    Windows 11 Insiders are now seeing a new, unexpected entry in the parade of Copilot entry points: a floating “Share with Copilot” button that appears when you hover over an open app on the taskbar and use the window preview. The button launches Copilot Vision against the contents of that window...
  9. Xbox full-screen experience boosts handheld Windows gaming performance

    The first time you boot the Xbox full‑screen experience on a handheld Windows PC it feels, in practice, like someone surgically replaced the Windows desktop with a console‑style launcher — and the early hands‑on tests show that this is less about eye candy and more about real resource...
  10. Windows 11 Handheld Mode: Xbox-style UX for PC Handhelds

    Microsoft’s handheld gambit has quietly moved from concept to something you can try on your own device: a controller‑first, full‑screen “Xbox” experience built into Windows 11 is rolling out as part of the platform’s handheld work, and enthusiasts are already using the new handheld view and...
  11. Windows 11 Insider KB5065786: Spotlight actions, Your accounts, Copilot on Desktop

    Microsoft’s latest Insider update, shipped under KB5065786, quietly tightens the integration between personalization and AI across Windows 11 by adding new Desktop Spotlight context-menu entries, a unified account hub in Settings, and deeper Copilot features in Click to Do and the taskbar —...
  12. Xbox Full-Screen on OG ROG Ally: Windows Gets a Console-Style UX

    The first time you boot the Xbox full‑screen experience on an OG ROG Ally, it feels like someone quietly unhooked Windows from the device and slid a console‑style launcher in its place — but the reality is more pragmatic and far more interesting: Microsoft has layered a controller‑first Xbox...
  13. Microsoft Paint gains .paint project files and per-tool opacity slider

    Microsoft’s latest Paint update lands as a surprisingly consequential usability upgrade: a native, editable project container (.paint) and a per-tool opacity slider for Pencil and Brush tools, both of which ship to Windows Insiders now and materially change how the app fits into everyday image...
  14. Notepad Adds On-Device AI on Copilot+ PCs: Write, Rewrite, Summarize

    Microsoft has quietly turned one of Windows’ simplest tools into a practical entry point for everyday generative AI: Notepad on Windows 11 can now write, rewrite, and summarize text using on‑device AI on qualifying Copilot+ PCs — and Microsoft is offering that on‑device path for free without a...
  15. Notepad Gets On-Device AI on Copilot+ PCs: Summarize, Write, Rewrite

    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...
  16. Notepad Adds On-Device AI: Summarize, Write, Rewrite on Copilot+ PCs

    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 Notepad’s identity has long...
  17. Notepad Adds On-Device AI: Summarize, Write, Rewrite on Copilot+ PCs

    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...
  18. Notepad adds offline AI on Copilot+ PCs: Summarize, Write, Rewrite

    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...
  19. Xbox Full Screen Experience on Windows Handhelds: Pros, Risks, and Reality

    Microsoft’s new Xbox Full screen experience for Windows handhelds can already be forced onto existing devices — but early testers warn that getting it running is only the first step; making it stable, usable, and genuinely advantageous is another matter entirely. Background Microsoft and ASUS...
  20. Paint gains Photoshop-style projects with .paint files and opacity sliders

    Microsoft Paint has quietly gained a Photoshop‑style workflow: Windows Insiders can now save layered, editable projects as a single .paint file and reopen them later to continue exactly where they left off, while Pencil and Brush tools gain an opacity slider for semi‑transparent strokes—changes...