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Telegram Phishing Service ‘Forg365’ Exploits Microsoft’s Device Code Flow to Steal Sessions
Cybercriminals have weaponized Microsoft’s own device code authentication flow to hijack Microsoft 365 sessions, and a new phishing-as-a-service kit called Forg365 is making the attack accessible...
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:...
Microsoft 365 Copilot's UI Overhaul Reinstates the App Launcher and Introduces Collaborative AI Notebooks
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Microsoft's Own Data Shows Heavy Users Face 275 Digital Interruptions Every Day
On June 17, 2025, Microsoft’s WorkLab division dropped a sobering number: the top 20% of Microsoft 365 users are hit with an average of 275 meetings, email, and chat notifications in a single...
OneDrive and SharePoint's PDF Thumbnail Navigation Is Coming, But You'll Have to Wait Until August 2026
Microsoft has added a new entry to its Microsoft 365 Roadmap that should make navigating PDFs stored in OneDrive and SharePoint far easier—eventually. Roadmap ID 566696 outlines a web-only feature...
Your Copilot Notebooks on Android Are Getting a Major Revamp in August 2026
Microsoft has quietly updated its official roadmap with an entry that should interest anyone using Copilot’s Notebooks feature on an Android device. According to roadmap ID 566704, the company is...
New Outlook for Windows Gets Reply Warnings This Month, Templates and Auto-Categorization in September
Starting later this month, the new Outlook app for Windows will quietly caution you before you fire off a reply to an email thread that’s gone cold. The stale-thread warning is the first of three...
Microsoft Swaps Copilot’s Engine to GPT-5.6: Here’s What Changes in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Starting July 9
On July 9, 2026, Microsoft began rolling out OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 as the new default AI model for Microsoft 365 Copilot, instantly upgrading the assistant’s reasoning, context handling, and accuracy...
Microsoft's Internal AI Tool Now Scores Expense Reports on a 100-Point Risk Scale
Microsoft has quietly deployed an AI-powered system that assigns every expense report filed by its employees a risk score from 1 to 100 before a manager ever sees it. The Intelligent Risk Engine,...
New Microsoft-MIT Index: Your First AI Agent Should Draft Reports, Not Make Decisions
Microsoft and MIT Technology Review have released a practical new framework, the Agent Confidence Index, to help businesses determine when autonomous AI agents are trustworthy enough to hand over...
Why Microsoft’s 0.14 Debt Ratio Is Both Good News and a Bundling Warning
Microsoft’s debt-to-equity ratio has dropped to 0.14—the lowest among major software peers, according to a fresh Benzinga analysis. That rock-solid balance sheet gives the company unmatched...
Attackers Are Tricking Microsoft Users Into Adding Rogue Passkeys—Here’s the Fix
A vishing campaign that preys on Microsoft 365 users—persuading them by phone to enroll attacker-controlled passkeys—has been active since early 2025, security firm Okta warned on Wednesday. The...