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Microsoft Cuts the Cord: Global Teams Unbundling Ripples Through Enterprise Software
Microsoft has finally cut the cord between Teams and Office, offering the collaboration platform as a standalone purchase worldwide — a move that reshapes the competitive dynamics of the $50...
Windows 11 Notepad Becomes an AI Writing Powerhouse with Copilot Integration
Microsoft is giving Notepad, the venerable plain-text editor that has shipped with Windows since 1985, its most dramatic upgrade yet: generative AI capabilities powered by Copilot. The latest Windows...
Microsoft Notepad's AI 'Write' Feature Arrives for Windows 11, But Only on Copilot Plus PCs
Microsoft's decades-old Notepad application is getting its most significant update yet: a generative AI feature called Write that can draft, rewrite, and refine text on command. The catch? It's only...
Snipping Tool 11.2504.38.0 Delivers Instant Color Picking and AI Text Extraction to Windows Insiders
Microsoft just shipped a Windows Insider update that transforms the humble Snipping Tool into a pocket powerhouse. Version 11.2504.38.0, now available in the Dev and Canary channels, adds a built-in...
Azure Engineer Interrupts Satya Nadella’s Build Keynote to Decry ‘Brazen Lie’ on Gaza Tech Harm
A firmware engineer from Microsoft’s Azure Hardware team interrupted CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote at the Build 2025 developer conference in Seattle, shouting “Free Palestine” before being...
Microsoft Patches Five Actively Exploited Zero-Days in May 2025 Update
Microsoft's May 2025 Patch Tuesday landed with unprecedented force, delivering fixes for 77 vulnerabilities—19 of them rated critical or important—and five zero-days that attackers were actively...
Microsoft Unleashes Custom Lock Screen Widgets in Windows 11 Beta: Pick Exactly What You See
Microsoft is redefining the Windows 11 lock screen from a passive gateway into a personalized command center, testing a feature that lets users handpick which widgets display before they even log in....
Microsoft’s Cross-Device Resume for Windows 11 Vanishes After Build 2025 Preview, Leaving Android Handoff in Limbo
{ "title": "Microsoft’s Cross-Device Resume for Windows 11 Vanishes After Build 2025 Preview, Leaving Android Handoff in Limbo", "content": "A long-awaited bridge between Android phones and...
Emergency Hotfix Targets Hyper-V VM Freeze Bug on Windows Server 2022
Microsoft has rushed out an emergency out-of-band patch for a severe Hyper-V bug that was causing virtual machines to freeze or spontaneously reboot on Windows Server 2022. The update, designated...
Microsoft’s 250 KB Open-Source Editor EDIT Promises to Fix a 20-Year Windows Command-Line Void
A tiny text editor—less than 250 kilobytes in size—is about to fill one of Windows’ oldest and most stubborn gaps. At Build 2025, Microsoft officially unveiled EDIT, a new open-source...
Windows Server 2022 Emergency Update KB5061906 Squashes Hyper-V VM Freeze Bug
Microsoft has shipped an out-of-band cumulative update, KB5061906, to resolve a critical defect that was causing Hyper-V virtual machines to freeze or restart unexpectedly on Windows Server 2022. The...
Putin Demands Microsoft and Zoom Be 'Strangled' in Russia, Escalating Digital Cold War
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the "strangling" and "throttling" of U.S. technology titans Microsoft and Zoom, accusing them of anti-state activities and demanding a rapid switch to...