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Windows 11 Test Lets Users Skip Setup Updates with New "Update Later" Button
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 setup tweak is small in appearance but significant in practice: after months of tightening the Out-of-Box Experience, the company is now letting some users skip...
Copilot Now Edits Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Without Your Approval
Microsoft has moved Copilot out of the polite, suggestion-only role and into the document itself. In a general-availability rollout announced on April 22, 2026, the company said its agentic...
Microsoft Copilot Agent Mode Automates Tasks in Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Microsoft is crossing a meaningful line inside Office: Copilot is moving from a helper that drafts and summarizes into a tool that can actively complete work inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The...
Files 4.0.39 Launches Custom Toolbar and NTFS Tags Windows 11 Can't Match
Files 4.0.39 has arrived, and it brings two features that Windows 11's File Explorer still lacks: a fully customizable toolbar and native file tagging. The update, released on March 15, 2025, is the...
Microsoft Sticks to Its Guns: Windows 11 Doesn't Need Third-Party Antivirus for Most Users
Microsoft is once again making a very public case that Windows 11 does not need a separate antivirus subscription for most people. That message is not entirely new, but the company’s latest wording...
Microsoft Rewards Birthday Perk: Opt-In Required for 2x Points on Store Buys
Microsoft Rewards has rolled out a new Birthday Gift perk that promises double points on eligible games and add-ons purchased from the Microsoft Store during a user's birthday month. On paper, it's a...
Subscription-Free Open-Source Design Tools Rival Adobe Professional Suite
If you work in design long enough, the software bill can start to look like a second rent payment. The good news is that the open-source design ecosystem has matured far beyond the era of clunky,...
Ventoy 1.1.12 Fixes UEFI Display Glitches and Boosts Ubuntu 25.04 Support
Ventoy has released version 1.1.12, a maintenance update that addresses several long-standing issues affecting UEFI boot behavior, WinPE resolution, and compatibility with Ubuntu 25.04 and Oracle...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Now Autonomously Edits, Analyzes, and Designs in Office Apps
Microsoft has made a significant leap in AI integration within its productivity suite. The company announced that Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now agentic by default across Word, Excel, and...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Auto-Routes EU AI Bursts Outside Region, Risking GDPR Fines
Microsoft’s recent changes to how Copilot handles AI inference requests have stirred up a GDPR compliance debate among EU tenants. The company quietly introduced a “flex routing” mechanism...
France Migrates Health Data Hub from Microsoft Azure to Scaleway After CNIL GDPR Warnings
France has officially decided to migrate its Health Data Hub (HDH) from Microsoft Azure to Scaleway, a French cloud provider. The move, announced by the French Ministry of Health, is driven by...
France Health Data Hub Ditches Azure for Scaleway in Sovereignty Push
France’s Health Data Hub (HDH) is dropping Microsoft Azure in favor of Scaleway, a French cloud provider, in a decision that signals a major shift toward digital sovereignty in European healthcare....