Data Retention
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Microsoft Copilot Lands on Samsung 2025 TVs with Animated Avatar, Voice AI, and Visual Cards
Microsoft and Samsung have officially launched Copilot on select 2025 Samsung TVs and Smart Monitors, bringing a voice-powered AI companion with an animated, lip-synced avatar directly to the biggest...
Word 2509 Makes Cloud-Save Mandatory by Default, Unlocks AutoSave for Any Cloud Service
Microsoft is fundamentally altering how Word for Windows handles new documents: starting with version 2509, every fresh file will be automatically saved to the cloud with AutoSave turned on, and—in...
ChatGPT Enterprise Dominates 2025 Enterprise AI Chatbot Market as Google Makes Gemini Free for Workspace
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise has captured 82% of the global chatbot market share in 2025, maintaining its grip on the enterprise AI sector even after Google shook up the landscape by including its...
Microsoft Delays Teams Copilot Screen Analysis to 2026 Amid Privacy Uproar
Microsoft has quietly shelved one of its most ambitious Copilot integrations for Teams, delaying a feature that would allow the AI assistant to analyze shared screen content during meetings until at...
Smarsh Plugs Copilot Compliance Gap with Microsoft API Integration
Regulated firms rushing to adopt Microsoft 365 Copilot face a stark reality: every AI-generated summary, draft, or recommendation could become a regulated record that examiners will want to see....
Firefox Nightly Tests Prompt to Keep or Delete Private Browsing Downloads, Ending Silent File Removal
Firefox Nightly builds are now testing a long-requested privacy tweak: a prompt that asks users whether they want to keep or automatically delete files downloaded during private browsing sessions....
Microsoft's Copilot Actions Almost Booked Me Dinner — But the Web's Defenses Stopped It Cold
Microsoft’s Copilot Actions nearly booked a dinner reservation for me—until it hit a phone verification wall. That’s the state of AI agents in mid-2024: impressively capable but still stymied...
Smarsh’s 17-Year Inc 5000 Streak Highlights AI-Powered Copilot Compliance for Regulated Windows Shops
Smarsh, the Portland-based digital communications compliance specialist, has secured its 17th consecutive year on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies—a rare...
Microsoft Copilot 3D Turns Photos into 3D Models in Seconds—But Not Without Risks
{ "title": "Microsoft Copilot 3D Turns Photos into 3D Models in Seconds—But Not Without Risks", "content": "Microsoft’s Copilot 3D can turn a single photograph into a downloadable 3D model in...
Microsoft's Silent Shift: Why Your New Voice Clips Are Now De-Identified and Invisible on the Privacy Dashboard
Microsoft stopped tying newly collected voice clips to individual user accounts more than four years ago, and the move has reshaped what Windows users can see—and can’t see—on the company’s...
Microsoft Overhauls Voice Data Collection: New Recordings Excluded from Privacy Dashboard
Microsoft has quietly shifted how it handles voice data from Windows and its apps, a change that has inadvertently made users' voice recordings vanish from the company's Privacy Dashboard. Since...
Microsoft Probes Unit 8200 Azure Surveillance as Executives Doubt Israel Staff Transparency
Microsoft is conducting an internal investigation into how Israel’s elite military intelligence unit used Azure cloud services for large-scale surveillance of Palestinians, amid rising concerns...