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Windows 11 Snipping Tool's AI Cropping Trick Is Locked to Copilot+ PCs
On July 12, 2026, veteran Windows author Paul Thurrott updated his definitive Windows 11 Field Guide chapter on screenshots and screen recordings, delivering a clear verdict on one of the Snipping...
Microsoft CEO Nadella: Enterprise AI Poses a ‘Reverse Information Paradox’ Risk
On July 13, 2026, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella published an essay on X that reframes the biggest risk of enterprise AI. Companies aren’t just paying for AI services—they may be handing over their...
The Windows 11 Snipping Tool Can Extract Text from Any Image—And It Works Offline
Microsoft’s Snipping Tool in Windows 11 can now pull text from screenshots without ever touching the internet. A text-extraction feature called Text actions, highlighted in a late update to Paul...
Texas Bear the Brunt of AI Data Center Boom as IEA Warns Power Use May Double by 2030
The International Energy Agency has a stark warning: electricity demand from data centers could more than double by 2030, driven overwhelmingly by the explosive growth of generative artificial...
Industrial Ransomware Surge Exposes Backup Gaps for Windows XP Systems: Acronis 2026 Guide
Acronis this week published a 2026 buyer’s guide for operational technology (OT) backup and recovery, and the message is blunt: if your factory still runs Windows XP or Windows 7 on the plant...
Windows 11 24H2 and Office 2021 Hit End of Support October 13—Here’s Your 2026 Survival Guide
Microsoft has confirmed that over a dozen of its most widely used products will reach end of support in 2026. The single biggest date for consumers is October 13, when Windows 11 24H2 Home and...
How 100 City Workers Learned to Trust Copilot—And Why That Matters for Your AI Rollout
In July 2026, the city of Raisio, Finland, quietly wrapped up a Microsoft 365 Copilot training program for nearly 100 employees that most organizations would do well to copy. Rather than simply...
Windows Insider Builds Now Include Formally Verified Post-Quantum Cryptography — What You Need to Know
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Enterprise AI Is Moving Into Microsoft’s Cloud—Here’s What That Means for Your IT Environment
Over the past two weeks, a quiet wave of partner announcements has laid bare a tectonic shift in enterprise computing. Microsoft’s cloud—spanning Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra, and Fabric—is no...
OpenAI Pauses 5-Hour GPT-5.6 Sol Cap as Codex Demand Spikes
OpenAI has removed the five-hour usage window for GPT-5.6 Sol across ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Business accounts, granting developers and IT teams a temporary reprieve to run longer coding sessions and...
Vendors Urged to Turn AI Token Costs into Managed Partner Incentives
Larry Walsh, CEO of Channelnomics, is pressing IT vendors to stop treating the ballooning cost of AI-powered partner tools as an unpredictable operational expense and instead turn token usage into a...
Microsoft Ships Azure Linux 4.0 Preview as a Bootable ISO—Here’s Who Actually Needs It
Microsoft has quietly published a downloadable ISO for Azure Linux 4.0, giving IT professionals and the curious a way to run its cloud-optimized operating system on local hardware or in a virtual...