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Microsoft's Options Market Just Raised a Quiet Red Flag. Here's Why Every Windows User Should Pay Attention
Microsoft shares barely flinched on the session tracked by market analysts, shedding just $0.66 to close near $509.36. Yet beneath the surface, something more telling played out: roughly 204,000...
House Reverses Copilot Ban, Pilots 6,000-Seat Rollout With Unverified Safeguards
The U.S. House of Representatives will begin giving thousands of staffers access to Microsoft Copilot this fall, reversing a 2024 prohibition that blocked the AI tool over data leakage fears. Speaker...
81% of Aussie SMBs Paste Confidential Data Into Free AI Tools, HP Study Warns
A survey commissioned by HP and Microsoft has found that 81% of Australian small and medium businesses using free generative AI tools regularly submit confidential company information through them,...
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...
Microsoft Delivers AI-Grade Data Governance: Purview Adds DLP, Labels, and Insider Risk Controls to Fabric
Microsoft has shipped a major round of governance and security updates for its Purview platform inside Fabric, putting automated data protection, loss prevention, and insider risk detection directly...
Office 2016/2019 Support Ends October 14 with No ESU — Here’s What IT Teams Must Do Now
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will pull the plug on all support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 — and unlike some other aging products, these productivity suites will receive no Extended Security...
SURF Downgrades but Doesn't Resolve Two High-Risk Privacy Gaps in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Two of the four high privacy risks flagged in Microsoft 365 Copilot’s initial Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) remain only partially addressed, the Dutch education and research network SURF...
Countdown to Windows 10 EOL: Your 30-Day Migration Plan to Avoid Security Gaps
With fewer than 30 days remaining until Microsoft terminates all security updates for Windows 10, the window for orderly migration is slamming shut. October 14, 2025 marks the hard cutoff when the...
Law Firms Face Ethical and Regulatory Friction in Scaling AI Beyond Pilots
Despite a rush of experimentation with generative AI tools, the legal industry finds itself stuck between impressive pilot programs and elusive full-scale production. Recent surveys and telemetry...
Windows 10’s October 2025 Deadline Is Firm: Here Are the Only 5 Ways to Stay Secure
Windows 10 will receive its final free security patches on October 14, 2025. When that date passes, any PC still running the operating system without a paid extension or a workaround will be...
UK Government Developers Save an Hour a Day Using AI Coding Tools, But Remediation and Security Costs Cloud the Future
Nearly 2,000 public-sector engineers saved almost an hour per working day during a three-month trial of AI coding assistants across 50 UK government departments, but the data reveals a stark gap...
Thailand's 2025 Legal AI Moment: PDPA Turns Tool Lists Into Defensibility Mandates
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