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The latest Copilot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Paul Thurrott Warns Microsoft's MAI Models Could Miss the AI Shift in Productivity
On July 10, 2026, veteran Microsoft analyst Paul Thurrott published a stark assessment of the company’s AI strategy. In his regular “Ask Paul” column, Thurrott argued that Microsoft’s...
Outlook Login and Sending Failures Spike Friday Morning, Microsoft Yet to Confirm Outage
Outlook users across North America and Europe encountered widespread login failures and email sending problems early Friday, according to a surge of complaints on social media and outage-tracking...
Copilot Cowork Hits General Availability as Microsoft 365 Adds Claude and Auto-Install in July Overhaul
Microsoft’s July 2026 update for Microsoft 365 Copilot delivered over 40 distinct changes, marking one of the platform’s most significant expansion points since its launch. The headline features:...
Meet MAI-Image-1: Microsoft's First In-House AI Image Creator Arrives in Bing and Copilot
Microsoft broke free from its reliance on OpenAI’s DALL‑E technology on October 13, 2025, unveiling MAI‑Image‑1 — the company’s first entirely home‑grown text‑to‑image model. The...
Geotab's New MCP Connector Links Fleet Data Directly to ChatGPT
Geotab on June 17, 2026, released its Model Context Protocol Connector, giving fleet operators a governed way to query live vehicle and operational data through approved AI assistants—starting with...
Windows 11 26H2: Microsoft’s Next Big Update Reveals Early Taskbar and Copilot Changes
Windows 11 26H2: Microsoft’s Next Big Update Reveals Early Taskbar and Copilot Changes Microsoft has officially confirmed Windows 11 version 26H2 as the next annual feature update, with early...
Microsoft Teams' New Master AI Toggle Arrives by July 2026 — Here’s How It Affects Your Meetings
Microsoft is putting a new live switch directly into Teams meetings, rolling out by July 2026, that lets meeting organizers and presenters instantly enable or disable AI features without leaving the...
Microsoft Edge for Business to Introduce Enterprise New Tab Page with IT Controls and Copilot in 2026
Microsoft has laid out plans to deliver a modernized Enterprise New Tab Page for its Edge for Business browser, targeting a worldwide rollout to commercial tenants in September 2026. The update,...
Microsoft Inks Landmark Deal with Nine to Feed Copilot Licensed Aussie News
Microsoft has secured a major content licensing agreement with Nine Entertainment Co, granting Copilot access to trusted journalism from Australia’s largest locally-owned media group. The deal,...
Microsoft and Amazon Reshuffle AI Leadership: Copilot Changes and Music Hires Signal 2026 Power Plays
Microsoft is quietly orchestrating a wave of internal structural changes that will ripple through its AI and security divisions, while Amazon Music has poached a veteran Google product leader — two...
Microsoft Unveils OneNote Copilot Notebooks: AI That Drafts Docs from Your Ideas
Microsoft’s OneNote will soon gain the ability to autonomously suggest creating Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations directly from your notebooks, according to a new...
Microsoft’s AI Bet Tests Investor Patience as Stock Slides 25% in 2026
Microsoft shares are on track for their worst month since the 2022 tech rout, down roughly 25% year-to-date and lagging every other Magnificent Seven stock as Wall Street demands proof that the...