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Microsoft Composite Authentication: Why DMARC Alone Fails Modern Phishing Attacks
A recent surge in spoofed Microsoft 365 emails slipped past standard DMARC filters, reigniting the debate over how trustworthy the gold-standard email authentication protocol truly is. The twist?...
Mashable’s $130 Office 2024 Lifetime Deal: Hidden Support Limits
A new deal making the rounds promises Microsoft Office 2024 Home and Business for Mac or PC at $129.97—a steep discount from its $249.99 retail price. The offer, distributed through Mashable’s...
Microsoft Copilot super app leak reveals unified chat, coding, cowork, and autopilot hub
Microsoft is quietly developing an expansive Copilot “super app” that would bundle chat-based AI, GitHub Copilot coding assistance, a new Copilot Cowork collaboration tool, and an agentic...
Microsoft Plans Single Copilot Super App to Unify Fragmented AI Tools
Microsoft is taking a bold step toward unifying its sprawling suite of AI assistants with a single "super app," according to recent reports. The tech giant is reportedly developing a one-stop Copilot...
Microsoft Copilot mobile app outage sparks enterprise reliability concerns
Microsoft Copilot suffered a significant service disruption on Friday, May 29, 2026, as a flood of user complaints overwhelmed Downdetector. By 8:58 a.m. Pacific time, more than 2,600 reports had...
Copilot Outage May 29 Exposes AI Reliability Gap in Microsoft 365
Microsoft’s Copilot AI services stumbled on Friday, May 29, 2026, leaving countless users locked out of the assistant across Windows, Microsoft 365 apps, and the web. Consumer news outlets quickly...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Redesign: Faster Prompts, Less Intrusive Button, June Rollout
Microsoft has unveiled a sweeping redesign of its Microsoft 365 Copilot, promising faster prompts, a less intrusive interface, and a push for broader adoption across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and...
Microsoft Copilot Health Preview Lets You Analyze Sleep and Lab Results Securely
Microsoft Copilot Health entered public preview on May 29, 2026, marking the company’s most ambitious move yet into AI-powered personal health management. The new web experience is available...
Microsoft Bundles Copilot into Business Standard and Premium July 1, Drops $30 Fee
Microsoft announced on May 28, 2026, that starting July 1, its core small business subscription plans—Microsoft 365 Business Standard and Microsoft 365 Business Premium—will include Copilot at no...
Microsoft Adds Context-Aware Copilot Locks and Read-Only Modes in Word and PowerPoint
Microsoft is experimenting with a new set of intelligent guardrails for Copilot in Word and PowerPoint that could fundamentally change how users interact with the AI assistant. According to sources...
Microsoft redefines Copilot Studio as governed AI agent platform in May 2026 update
Microsoft has formally redefined Copilot Studio with its May 2026 wave of updates, transforming the tool from a low-code chatbot builder into a comprehensive governed enterprise AI agent platform....
Claude Challenges Copilot in Microsoft 365: Anthropic's Add-ins Bring AI Rivalry to Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Anthropic's Claude has quietly entered the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. The AI assistant, developed by former OpenAI researchers, now works directly inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint through official...