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Excel Copilot Floating Button Sparks User Revolt Over Obstructed Spreadsheets
Microsoft is inserting a floating Copilot button directly into the Excel spreadsheet canvas, and the reception is not what the Redmond giant hoped for. The change, rolled out to Microsoft 365...
Excel Copilot's Persistent Floating Button Irks Users—Here's Why the Backlash Is Growing
Microsoft has begun rolling out a change to Excel in Microsoft 365 that turns the Copilot AI assistant into a floating button anchored at the bottom-right of every worksheet. The move, which shifts...
Excel Copilot Floating Button Sparks Outrage Over Missing Hide Option
Microsoft has begun rolling out a floating Copilot button in Microsoft 365 Excel, and it's already stirring significant backlash. The button, designed to give users quick access to AI features, sits...
UK CMA Probes Microsoft 365 as AI Gatekeeper, Risks Forcing Unbundling.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a formal investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem on May 14, 2026, marking the first use of its strategic market status...
Copilot becomes metered AI layer driving $82.9B in Microsoft Q3 revenue
Microsoft reported fiscal 2026 third-quarter results on April 29 for the period ended March 31, confirming what industry watchers have suspected: Copilot is no longer a line-item feature but a...
Microsoft 365 Copilot adopts one universal shortcut, ending app-by-app key chaos
Microsoft is finally killing the shortcut chaos that has plagued Copilot across its Office apps. Starting in May 2026, every desktop version of Microsoft 365 will adopt a single, consistent keyboard...
Microsoft Copilot Gets Floating Button, Context Prompts in June 2026 M365 Update
Microsoft announced on May 12, 2026, a sweeping overhaul of how users interact with Copilot across its core Microsoft 365 applications. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook are all set to receive a...
Microsoft relocates Teams under LinkedIn chief in new Workplace AI group.
Microsoft has shifted its widely used collaboration platform, Microsoft Teams, into a newly formed Workplace AI organization under the leadership of Ryan Roslansky. The executive, already responsible...
Microsoft Copilot Cowork Goes Mobile: Your Phone Can Now Delegate Entire Workflows
On May 5, 2026, Microsoft released Copilot Cowork for iOS and Android, a move that turns the AI assistant from a desktop-bound chatbot into a phone-accessible task-delegation service. The...
Microsoft Redefines Enterprise AI with 'Frontier Firm' Blueprint: Author, Editor, Director, Orchestrator
Microsoft dropped a major strategy shift on May 5, 2026, outlining how the most advanced companies—dubbed \"Frontier Firms\"—are fundamentally restructuring work around human-AI collaboration....
Microsoft 2026 Copilot Update Makes AI Agents the New OS for Work
Microsoft has repositioned the very idea of work, announcing on May 5, 2026, alongside its annual Work Trend Index that AI agents will serve as the next operating layer across Microsoft 365, a new...
Microsoft's Copilot Cowork Expands to iOS and Android with Reusable Skills and Deep Integrations
Microsoft dropped a major update to Copilot Cowork on May 5, 2026, bringing its Frontier-program AI agent for multi-step task delegation to mobile devices for the first time. The expansion to iOS and...