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Paint Update: .paint Project Files and Opacity Slider Now in Insider Testing
Microsoft is giving Windows 11’s built-in Paint app its most significant workflow upgrade in years. Starting this week, Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels can save layered compositions...
Your iPhone Copilot App Will Stop Editing Office Docs on September 15 – Here’s What You Must Do
Microsoft will disable all editing capabilities for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files inside its Microsoft 365 Copilot app for iPhone on September 15, 2025, forcing users to switch to the standalone...
House Reverses Copilot Ban, Pilots 6,000-Seat Rollout With Unverified Safeguards
The U.S. House of Representatives will begin giving thousands of staffers access to Microsoft Copilot this fall, reversing a 2024 prohibition that blocked the AI tool over data leakage fears. Speaker...
Notepad Goes Offline: On-Device AI Arrives for Copilot+ PCs, No Subscription Needed
Microsoft just did something unexpected with its oldest app: Notepad can now reason like a modern AI, entirely on your device. Starting with a preview for Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev...
Microsoft Paint Adds Photoshop-Like Project Files So You Never Lose Your Layers
Microsoft is testing a new project file format in Paint that saves your layers, letting you reopen compositions exactly as you left them—a shift that makes the free Windows 11 app behave more like...
Microsoft Delays Click to Do Table Detection, But Delivers Critical Fixes for Windows Update, DRM, and More
On September 17, Microsoft released cumulative update KB5065789 to Windows 11 Insiders in the Release Preview channel. The small package delivers urgently needed fixes for the 0x80070002 Windows...
How the House Reversed Its Copilot Ban: A Blueprint for Secure AI in Government
The U.S. House of Representatives has lifted its year-old prohibition on Microsoft Copilot and will begin deploying the generative AI tool to members and staff under strict data-protection terms,...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets Finance, Sales, and Service Assistants – Here’s What Changes in October
Microsoft will start embedding specialized AI assistants directly into the Office apps that finance, sales, and service teams already use all day. In October 2025, the company plans to release...
Firefox 143 Adds Microsoft Copilot and Windows Web Apps—Here’s How They Work
Mozilla shipped Firefox 143 to the stable channel this week, bringing two long-awaited capabilities to the open-source browser: a Microsoft Copilot option inside its AI sidebar, and a Labs experiment...
AnywhereNow Targets U.S. and Canada with Tendfor Investment, But Compliance Gaps Linger
On September 16, AnywhereNow announced a strategic investment in its subsidiary Tendfor, aiming to accelerate the adoption of its Teams-native contact center software across North America. The move...
Surface Laptop 7's ARM Model: The Battery Champion That Still Demands Buyer Beware
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 7 with Arm processors has been on sale since mid-2024, promising exceptional battery endurance and a suite of AI features under the Copilot+ banner. But six months of...
81% of Aussie SMBs Paste Confidential Data Into Free AI Tools, HP Study Warns
A survey commissioned by HP and Microsoft has found that 81% of Australian small and medium businesses using free generative AI tools regularly submit confidential company information through them,...