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Microsoft Quietly Drops Copilot 3D Into Labs, Turning Flat Photos Into GLB Models in Seconds
Microsoft has slipped a remarkably straightforward 3D creation tool into its Copilot Labs sandbox. Copilot 3D, now rolling out gradually to personal Microsoft account holders, condenses the...
Lawsuit Challenges Microsoft's Windows 10 Sunset, Demands Free Updates Until 10% Market Share
A California man has filed suit against Microsoft, asking a San Diego court to force the company to continue providing free security updates for Windows 10 until the operating system’s market share...
Revealed: How Israel’s Unit 8200 Leveraged Microsoft Azure for Palestinian Mass Surveillance
In late 2021, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met with the commander of Israel’s elite signals intelligence unit, Unit 8200, at the company’s headquarters near Seattle. On the spy chief’s agenda:...
Windows 10 ESU and Lawsuit: What Every User Must Know Before October 2025
Two months before Microsoft pulls the plug on free Windows 10 support, a California consumer has dragged the company into court, arguing that cutting off security updates for millions of PCs is not...
KDE Declares Microsoft's Copilot Key 'Dumb' — Then Gives Linux Users Total Control
KDE developers have moved beyond rhetorical jabs and into code, implementing native support in KDE Frameworks for the divisive Copilot hardware key. The open-source desktop project plans to ship...
Microsoft Plants Copilot Inside Game Bar and 3D Creation—Gamers and Makers Get Their Own AI Sidekicks
Microsoft just planted its AI assistant into two places where users will feel the impact immediately: the Windows Game Bar and a new Copilot 3D model generator. The first, Gaming Copilot (Beta), is...
Microsoft Quietly Retires Windows 11 SE: October 2026 Support Deadline Alarms Schools
Microsoft has quietly set a hard expiration date for its education-focused Windows 11 SE, confirming that the slimmed-down operating system will no longer receive feature updates or security patches...
Microsoft’s Copilot 3D Converts Any Photo Into a 3D Model in Seconds—No Experience Required
Microsoft has quietly launched an experimental new feature inside Copilot that turns a single 2D image into a downloadable 3D model, no 3D modeling skills required. Dubbed Copilot 3D, the...
GPT-5 Smart Mode Lands in Windows Copilot with Surprising Free Reasoning Allowance—But Quotas Remain a Black Box
Microsoft has integrated OpenAI’s brand‑new GPT‑5 model into Copilot for Windows, introducing a “Smart” mode that automatically routes complex queries to the model’s deep‑reasoning...
5 Windows 11 Built-in Tools That Automate Your Workflow and Reclaim Lost Hours
Windows 11 ships with a surprisingly capable set of productivity tools that many users overlook. Task Scheduler, Clipchamp, Focus Sessions, Microsoft To Do, and Virtual Desktop work together to...
Microsoft’s Free Copilot Hands You GPT-5 Thinking With 5x the Daily Quota of ChatGPT
Microsoft Copilot is now rolling out GPT-5-powered Smart mode to free users, and early tests reveal a surprising twist: the company is allowing more generous use of the model’s deep reasoning...
Lawsuit Demands Free Windows 10 Updates Until 240 Million PCs Can Migrate
A single consumer’s courtroom challenge has transformed Microsoft’s planned Windows 10 sunset from a scheduled lifecycle event into a high-stakes debate about security, forced obsolescence, and...