Copilot could soon help diagnose issues with your PC

Microsoft is testing a new Copilot feature called PC Insights that will help users diagnose problems with their PC using natural language prompts.

Microsoft wants Windows 11 and your phone to become best friends

For years, Phone Link has felt like that one app everyone knows exists but rarely remembers to open. Microsoft apparently wants to change that. According to a report from Windows Central, the company is working on a major overhaul of how smartphones in…

What are Copilot+ PCs? Everything you need to know

Copilot+ PCs promise smarter Windows search, local AI tools, and longer battery life, though the badge comes with strict hardware rules and several important caveats.

The UK just declared Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle ‘critical’ to its financial system
The UK just declared Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle ‘critical’ to its financial system

Britain’s banks run on four American clouds. The Treasury reckons two-thirds of UK firms lean on the same handful. Now the regulators are stepping in. The UK has named Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle as “critical third parties” to its financial sy…

Outlook will soon warn you before you answer an outdated email

Microsoft is preparing an outdated-reply warning for Outlook, alongside improved categories and automatic responses using saved templates.

OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter

OpenAI’s new family of models will continue to power Microsoft’s suite of workplace and productivity apps.

Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year
Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year

Microsoft may once again be struggling to keep up with its own climate goals, according to its 2026 sustainability report. As reported by GeekWire, the report states that Microsoft’s carbon emissions increased 25 percent in 2025, totalling 34 million metric tons “without select interventions.” Microsoft says this was “driven primarily by the expansion of our […]

Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get bigger
Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get bigger

Windows 11 updates could soon include fixes for more security issues at once. Microsoft said in a blog post on Thursday that it’s now using AI to “identify potential issues earlier,” which means “customers will see a higher volume of security updates included in each security release.” Hackers, even amateurs, have increasingly been using AI […]

Windows 11 Search is getting bigger, but only by 4 pixels

After improving Windows 11 Search in recent updates, Microsoft may now be preparing a tiny design tweak for the Search box.

Researchers broke GitHub Copilot’s safety by hiding harm in a workflow
Researchers broke GitHub Copilot’s safety by hiding harm in a workflow

Researchers at the Alan Turing Institute have shown that GitHub Copilot will produce harmful content it would normally refuse. The trick is to spread the request across an ordinary coding workflow. They call it a workflow-level jailbreak, and The Regis…