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Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets Finance, Sales, and Service Assistants – Here’s What Changes in October
Microsoft will start embedding specialized AI assistants directly into the Office apps that finance, sales, and service teams already use all day. In October 2025, the company plans to release...
Microsoft’s Partner Overhaul Gets Real: VLink’s New Designation and What It Means for You
VLink, an IT services firm specializing in cloud engineering, announced this week that it has achieved the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Digital & App Innovation (Azure). The...
KPMG's Microsoft Inner Circle Streak Hits Eight Years: What Enterprise Buyers Need to Know
KPMG has been named to Microsoft’s AI Business Solutions Inner Circle for 2025–2026, marking the consulting giant’s eighth consecutive year in the exclusive partner tier. The invitation-only...
The One-Entry Bluetooth Fix Windows Uses to Keep a 2006 Microsoft Mouse Alive
Microsoft has stashed a tiny, surgical compatibility table inside the Windows Bluetooth stack for one very specific purpose: rescuing the name of a mouse released in the XP era. Raymond Chen, a...
UK to Get 23,000-GPU AI Supercomputer from Microsoft and Nscale, Plus OpenAI’s Stargate UK Platform
Microsoft, Nscale, NVIDIA, and OpenAI have cemented a multi‑billion‑pound plan to bring sovereign AI compute to the UK, headlined by the country’s largest ever AI supercomputer. The...
Microsoft pledges £22 billion for UK AI future, building largest supercomputer with 23,000 GPUs
Microsoft has unveiled a £22 billion ($30 billion) investment plan for the United Kingdom — the largest single-country commitment in the company’s history. Running from 2025 to 2028, the package...
Microsoft Copilot Arrives on Samsung Smart TVs: What You Really Need to Do Before Using It
This year, Samsung’s new TV lineup will include Microsoft Copilot, turning the biggest screen in many homes into a voice-activated, AI-powered assistant. The integration was announced as part of...
Windows 10 Is Now the World's Most-Used Desktop OS: What That Means for You
In December 2018, Microsoft’s Windows 10 finally overtook Windows 7 in global market share, according to fresh data from analytics firm Net Applications. Windows 10 captured 39.22% of desktop...
Consumer Reports Demands Free Windows 10 Security Updates Beyond October 2025 — Here’s What It Means for You
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop issuing free security patches for Windows 10. Consumer Reports is now pushing for that deadline to be meaningless for the millions of people who can’t or...
Microsoft and Equinor to Build Digital Backbone for Carbon Capture — What It Means for Cloud and IT
Microsoft struck a strategic agreement with Norwegian energy company Equinor last week, cementing a partnership that will see the pair develop CO2 transport and storage value chains together across...
Your Car Will Soon Read Your Emails and Join Teams Calls: What Microsoft’s In-Car Copilot Means for You
Cerence and Microsoft have pulled back the curtain on an in-car agent that directly taps into Microsoft 365, allowing drivers to triage Outlook emails, join Teams meetings, and get calendar-driven...
Microsoft’s AI-Fueled Double-Digit Growth Goal: What It Means for Your PC, Software, and Cloud Bills
In late January 2025, Microsoft told investors it expects the current fiscal year to deliver another round of double-digit revenue and operating-income growth—a more confident stance than the...