Privacy
The latest Privacy coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Copilot 3D Turns Photos into 3D Models in Seconds, But Don’t Try It on Your Dog
Microsoft quietly slipped a surprising new capability into Copilot Labs yesterday: Copilot 3D, a browser-based tool that transforms a single 2D image into a textured, downloadable 3D model in...
Don't Reinstall Windows 11—Do This Annual Deep Clean Instead
Windows 11 machines inevitably accumulate digital clutter, but a full reinstall isn't the only fix. A recent guide from XDA Developers outlines a yearly five-step deep clean that can restore...
Microsoft's Cloud-Based Copilot Actions Automates Web Tasks, But Verification Walls Limit Autonomy
I asked Microsoft’s Copilot to book a dinner reservation for two at a Japanese restaurant on OpenTable. It spun up a cloud browser, searched, filled forms, and clicked through the site—getting...
Windows 11 Taskbar Gains Microsoft 365 Companions This Month — Enterprise Readiness Guide
Microsoft is quietly rolling out a trio of lightweight Microsoft 365 companion apps directly into the Windows 11 taskbar, starting this month for business users. The People, File Search, and Calendar...
Windows 11’s New Microsoft 365 Companion Apps Arrive—Here’s What IT Must Know Before Enabling
Microsoft is quietly rolling out a trio of lightweight taskbar apps for Windows 11 that promise to slash context switching for Microsoft 365 users—but beneath the productivity pitch lurk...
Accenture's AI Coding Overhaul: Certifications, Community, and a 55% Productivity Leap
Accenture has quietly turned GitHub Copilot into a company-wide development force, arming thousands of engineers with an AI pair programmer and wrapping the rollout in a structured enablement machine...
Microsoft’s Secret Taskbar Companion Could Turn Windows 11 Into an Agentic AI Hub
Microsoft is quietly testing a new AI layer for Windows 11 that could fundamentally change how we interact with our PCs. Builds in the Insider and Windows Server channels have revealed code strings...
Microsoft Edge Canary Flags Hint at Targeted Chrome-User Prompts, Renewing Privacy Debate
Hidden feature flags discovered inside Microsoft’s Edge Canary builds point to an experiment that would prompt heavy Chrome users to pin Edge to the Windows 11 taskbar, a tactic that has drawn...
Copilot 3D: Microsoft's AI Turns Photos Into 3D Models, With Some Bizarre Animal Results
Microsoft quietly slipped a surprising new feature into Copilot Labs: Copilot 3D, an experimental tool that turns any JPG or PNG image into a textured, downloadable 3D model in seconds. But as early...
Microsoft Copilot 3D Turns Photos into 3D Models in Seconds—But Not Without Risks
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Microsoft's Silent Shift: Why Your New Voice Clips Are Now De-Identified and Invisible on the Privacy Dashboard
Microsoft stopped tying newly collected voice clips to individual user accounts more than four years ago, and the move has reshaped what Windows users can see—and can’t see—on the company’s...
Microsoft Overhauls Voice Data Collection: New Recordings Excluded from Privacy Dashboard
Microsoft has quietly shifted how it handles voice data from Windows and its apps, a change that has inadvertently made users' voice recordings vanish from the company's Privacy Dashboard. Since...