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Microsoft Copilot 3D Turns Photos into 3D Models in Seconds—But Not Without Risks
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Employee Directory 365 Debuts on Microsoft AppSource with AI Search and 10-Minute Setup
Apps 365 & HR365 have launched Employee Directory 365 on Microsoft AppSource, delivering an AI-enhanced employee directory that lives inside SharePoint and Teams. The product promises deployment...
GPT-5 Powers New Free 'Smart Mode' in Windows 11 Copilot, No Subscription Needed
Windows 11 users can now tap into GPT-5’s most advanced reasoning capabilities for free, thanks to a quiet server-side update that adds a ‘Smart mode’ to Microsoft Copilot. The feature, which...
CellTrust SL2 Hits Microsoft AppSource, Closing Mobile Compliance Gap for Regulated Teams Users
CellTrust SL2 for Microsoft Teams is now listed in Microsoft AppSource and available directly through the Teams Store, marking a significant step for enterprises that need to capture and govern...
Goodbye Microsoft Lens: Copilot Takes Over Scanning as Retirement Deadlines Loom
Microsoft Lens, the free mobile scanning app that has helped millions of users digitize documents, whiteboards, and receipts for over a decade, is officially being retired. The company confirmed a...
Azure OpenAI Officially Cleared for FedRAMP High and DoD IL5, GPT-4o Now Available in Government Cloud
Microsoft has cleared a major regulatory hurdle for government and enterprise AI adoption: Azure OpenAI Service, including the multimodal GPT-4o model, is now approved for FedRAMP High and Department...
CellTrust's SL2 Lands in Microsoft Teams Store, Delivering Compliant Mobile Message Capture to Purview
Regulated enterprises can now deploy mobile messaging capture directly inside Microsoft Teams, as CellTrust’s SL2 platform lands in both Microsoft AppSource and the Teams Store. The move...
GPT-5 Lands in Microsoft Copilot with Self-Routing AI and Cross-App Automation
On August 7, 2025, Microsoft silently activated GPT-5 across its entire Copilot ecosystem—from the consumer-facing Copilot app and Microsoft 365 to GitHub Copilot and Azure AI Foundry. The rollout...
Revealed: How Israel’s Unit 8200 Leveraged Microsoft Azure for Palestinian Mass Surveillance
In late 2021, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met with the commander of Israel’s elite signals intelligence unit, Unit 8200, at the company’s headquarters near Seattle. On the spy chief’s agenda:...
NTT DATA Launches Global Microsoft Cloud Unit to Fast-Track Agentic AI in Enterprise
NTT DATA has formally launched a global business unit dedicated to Microsoft Cloud, aiming to accelerate enterprise adoption of agentic AI and cloud modernization—a move backed by nearly 100 client...
Microsoft Lens Retirement Dates Collide: September 2025 vs January 2026 – Which Is Correct?
Microsoft Lens—once Office Lens—is shutting down, but the timeline is anything but clear. Enterprise administrators saw one set of dates in a message center post; consumers browsing Microsoft’s...
GPT-5 Launch Sparks Musk-Nadella Clash, But Azure’s Model Router Quietly Redefines the Enterprise AI Battle
Elon Musk’s blunt warning that “OpenAI is going to eat Microsoft alive” after the August 7, 2025 launch of GPT‑5 crystallized a volatile moment in enterprise AI, but the far more telling...