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Werne’s Council Unanimously Greenlights AI Transcription Pilot—With Privacy at the Core
In early July 2026, the city council of Werne, North Rhine-Westphalia, voted unanimously to launch a pilot that will use AI transcription software to convert public portions of its council sessions...
Microsoft Scout Adds Live AI Model Switching and Teams Integration
Microsoft has pushed a major update to Scout, its AI assistant woven into Windows and Microsoft 365. The headliner is live model switching—you can now hop between AI models mid-conversation without...
Teams on Mac? Update Now to Avoid Black Screen Sharing, Microsoft Warns
Microsoft has issued an advisory for Teams users on Mac: if you're running a version of macOS older than Tahoe 26.4, your screen sharing may suddenly go black, fail entirely, or sputter with...
Microsoft Teams to Roll Out Private Message Reminders in September 2026
Microsoft has confirmed that it will add private message reminders to its Teams collaboration platform in September 2026. The long-awaited feature will let users create, update, complete, and delete...
Engineers Can Now Query Autodesk Data in Microsoft Teams Using AI
Microsoft has unveiled a new integration that lets engineering teams ask natural-language questions about their Autodesk project data directly inside Microsoft Teams. The connection, built by Italian...
Deleting Microsoft Teams Free Can Erase Your Entire Microsoft Account
Microsoft has clarified an important detail about its free Teams offering: deleting a Teams Free account doesn’t just remove the communication app — it initiates the full closure of your...
IT Admins Brace for Second AI Chatbot as Anthropic’s Claude Nears Microsoft Teams Integration
Microsoft Teams users may soon be able to tag Anthropic’s Claude AI bot directly in chats and channels, according to a July 1 report from The Information. The leak, attributed to unnamed sources...
Caribbean Businesses Get Direct Teams Calling with Digicel-LoopUp Operator Connect Launch
Businesses across the Caribbean can now integrate voice calling directly into Microsoft Teams, thanks to a new partnership between cloud communications provider LoopUp and regional telecom Digicel....
When Microsoft Unleashed 24-Hour Free Calls: The Teams Move That Dethroned Zoom
In November 2020, Microsoft detonated a bomb under the video calling market by offering free, all-day group calls on Teams — no time limits, no credit card, no catch. While Zoom held virtual...
Mac App Store vs. Direct Download vs. iOS: The Best Way to Install Microsoft 365 on Apple Devices
Microsoft has quietly expanded how you get Word, Excel, and the rest of its productivity suite onto Apple hardware, and the choice now affects everything from automatic updates to which features...
Microsoft Teams to Let Organizers Delegate Production Control in Live Events
Late last week, a new entry on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap (ID 567305) revealed that Microsoft is building a feature for Teams that will fundamentally change how event organizers manage the technical...
Microsoft Teams Preps Custom Recording Alerts for IT Admins
Microsoft has confirmed that it's working on a new capability for Teams that will let IT administrators alter the notification text users encounter when a call is being recorded or transcribed,...