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The latest Copilot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Rings Death Knell for Edge Drop: Flag in Canary Warns of Imminent Removal
The long-anticipated retirement of Microsoft Edge’s Drop feature has now reached the final warning stage, jolting Canary channel users with an in-app banner that confirms the end is near. The...
Windows 11 25H2 turns Notepad into a modern editor with Markdown live preview, tabs, and Copilot AI
Microsoft’s venerable Notepad application is undergoing its most radical transformation yet, graduating from a dead-simple plain-text editor into a surprisingly capable productivity tool. The...
Azure Soars 40% as Microsoft Cloud Hits $54.5B in Q3, AI Investments Pay Off
Microsoft’s cloud business has never been stronger. The company reported $54.5 billion in Microsoft Cloud revenue for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31, 2026, a figure that exceeded Wall...
Pension Fund Sues Microsoft, Alleges Azure AI Growth Overhyped Amid Capacity Crunch
A Michigan pension fund has filed a federal lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing the tech giant of misleading investors about the health of its Azure cloud business and the financial toll of its...
Microsoft Investors File Lawsuit Claiming the Company Concealed Copilot Adoption Struggles and AI Infrastructure Risks
Microsoft was sued on June 12, 2026, in a securities class action that accuses the tech giant of painting a misleadingly rosy picture of its flagship AI assistant, Copilot, while it poured tens of...
Microsoft Build 2026 Unveils Seven MAI Models to Cut AI Costs and Boost Copilot
Microsoft dropped a bombshell at Build 2026 on June 2, unveiling seven entirely new in-house AI models under the MAI brand. The move signals a dramatic shift toward self-reliance, cost efficiency,...
Microsoft Teams Meeting Recap App (July 2026) Unifies AI Audio Summaries & Filters
Microsoft is preparing to roll out a dedicated Meeting Recap app for Teams, with a general availability target of July 2026. The new application—designed as a standalone experience within the Teams...
Windows Agent Runtime Transforms Windows Into AI's New Home at Build 2026
At Microsoft Build 2026, the company unified its biggest platforms—Windows, Azure, GitHub, Surface, and Copilot—under a single sweeping ambition: to make Windows the runtime for AI agents. CEO...
Analyst: Azure and Copilot Give Microsoft an 8.5% AI Edge Over Magnificent Seven Peers
A Seeking Alpha contributor has singled out Microsoft as the strongest opportunity among the so-called Magnificent Seven tech stocks, pointing to an 8.5 percent share price gain since late April. The...
Build 2026 Unveils Windows as Fortified Runtime for Autonomous AI Agents
Microsoft is turning Windows into a fortified operating system for autonomous AI agents, using its Build 2026 developer keynote in San Francisco to unveil a suite of technologies that promise to lock...
Microsoft Unveils Windows AI Runtime with Offline Models at Build 2026
Microsoft chose the first day of its Build 2026 conference on June 2 in San Francisco to flip the script on PC artificial intelligence. Rather than another cloud-dependent Copilot upgrade, the...
Microsoft Unveils MAI-Thinking-1, Replaces OpenAI in Copilot’s Core AI Stack
Microsoft planted a flag in the AI reasoning race at Build 2026 in San Francisco on June 2, taking the wraps off MAI-Thinking-1, the company’s first fully in-house reasoning model. The debut marks...