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The latest Security Updates coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft's $80B AI Infrastructure Push Supercharges Contract Automation for Enterprises
Microsoft is pouring more than $80 billion into AI-capable data centers this fiscal year, a staggering bet that underpins a sweeping strategy to automate enterprise procurement through Azure-based...
Microsoft Sets August 2025 Deadline for PowerShell 2.0 Removal from Windows 11 24H2
Starting in August 2025, Windows 11 version 24H2 will no longer include the legacy PowerShell 2.0 engine, with Windows Server 2025 following in September. The removal, already visible in Windows...
Firefox Nightly Tests Prompt to Keep or Delete Private Browsing Downloads, Ending Silent File Removal
Firefox Nightly builds are now testing a long-requested privacy tweak: a prompt that asks users whether they want to keep or automatically delete files downloaded during private browsing sessions....
Smartphone's Peak? Record 2026 Decline Shifts Industry Focus to AI Wearables and Spatial Computing
Global smartphone shipments are set to plunge 13.9% in 2026, the steepest annual contraction in the industry’s history, according to new data from IDC. The forecast, a sharp downward revision from...
Seelen UI and Cairo Shell Prove Windows 11 Needs Linux-Style Desktop Environments
Microsoft’s Windows 11 offers a polished but rigid user experience—one that a growing army of third-party developers is trying to break open with Linux-inspired desktop environment replacements....
Silence Windows 11’s Snipping Tool: How to Stop the Print Screen Pop-Up for Good
{ "title": "Silence Windows 11’s Snipping Tool: How to Stop the Print Screen Pop-Up for Good", "content": "Windows 11's close integration between the Print Screen key and the Snipping Tool has...
10 Hidden Windows Features That Instantly Boost Productivity and Lock Down Security
Most Windows users spend years staring at the same taskbar, the same Start menu, and the same handful of shortcuts without ever discovering the OS powers that lie just one keystroke away. Microsoft...
PowerShell 2.0 Engine Finally Stripped from Windows 11 24H2, Server 2025 in August
Microsoft is killing off a 16-year-old Windows component next month: PowerShell 2.0 will vanish from clean installations of Windows 11 version 24H2 starting in August 2025, followed by Windows Server...
Click to Do Just Got a Major Upgrade: Windows 11 Build 26120.5751 Adds Freeform and Multi-Select
Microsoft’s latest Beta Channel flight, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5751 (KB5064071), delivers a trio of long‑overdue selection modes to Click to Do, the AI‑powered action bar that...
Microsoft Unleashes Copilot Vision Desktop Share: Full-Screen AI Assistance Arrives for Windows Insiders
Microsoft has begun rolling out a dramatic expansion of its Copilot Vision feature to Windows Insiders, allowing the AI assistant to analyze a user’s entire desktop in real time. Dubbed Desktop...
45% of Employees Use Banned AI Tools: A Coordinated HR-IT Playbook to Reclaim Control
Forty-five percent. That’s the share of workers who, by their own admission, have used unapproved artificial intelligence tools on the job, according to multiple industry surveys. It’s a...
Microsoft's Plan to Transform Windows Into a Voice- and Vision-Powered AI Hub
The desktop operating system you know is headed for a metamorphosis. In a series of executive interviews, product rollouts, and hardware programs, Microsoft has laid out a vision for Windows that no...