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Experimental IA-64 Emulator Brings Windows XP and Server 2003 Itanium Editions Back to Life·MSFT +2.1%Windows 11’s Latest Test Build Cleans Up Search by Removing Ads and Boosting Local Results·NVDA +0.2%Microsoft’s Copilot App Gets a New Store Name — And a Clearer Windows Identity·GOOGL +1.7%Mistral's New AI Model Runs Where the Cloud Can't Reach: Inside Azure Local's Offline Push·AMZN +1.1%Microsoft 365 Copilot at Two: Clear Productivity Wins, But Only If You Fix the Filing Cabinet First·MSFT +2.1%LG Monitors Silently Install McAfee Adware via Windows 11 — How to Stop It·NVDA +0.2%Microsoft and Mistral’s New Partnership Lets European Enterprises Run AI on Local Servers—No Internet Required·GOOGL +1.7%Power Automate in 2026: Cloud-Only Work Accounts, Desktop Still Free, and New AI Tools·AMZN +1.1%Experimental IA-64 Emulator Brings Windows XP and Server 2003 Itanium Editions Back to Life·MSFT +2.1%Windows 11’s Latest Test Build Cleans Up Search by Removing Ads and Boosting Local Results·NVDA +0.2%Microsoft’s Copilot App Gets a New Store Name — And a Clearer Windows Identity·GOOGL +1.7%Mistral's New AI Model Runs Where the Cloud Can't Reach: Inside Azure Local's Offline Push·AMZN +1.1%Microsoft 365 Copilot at Two: Clear Productivity Wins, But Only If You Fix the Filing Cabinet First·MSFT +2.1%LG Monitors Silently Install McAfee Adware via Windows 11 — How to Stop It·NVDA +0.2%Microsoft and Mistral’s New Partnership Lets European Enterprises Run AI on Local Servers—No Internet Required·GOOGL +1.7%Power Automate in 2026: Cloud-Only Work Accounts, Desktop Still Free, and New AI Tools·AMZN +1.1%
Ia 64 Emulation · Itanium

Experimental IA-64 Emulator Brings Windows XP and Server 2003 Itanium Editions Back to Life

Two developers have released version 0.1 of an experimental IA-64 emulator that can boot Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 for Itanium—operating systems that until now were locked behind rare,...

WN WindowsNews Desk·1d ago
Microsoft Insider · Privacy Settings

Windows 11’s Latest Test Build Cleans Up Search by Removing Ads and Boosting Local Results

Microsoft is testing a dramatically simplified search experience for Windows 11 that removes promotional content and puts your own files, apps, and settings at the top. The experimental build,...

WN WindowsNews Desk·1d ago
Ai Assistants · Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft’s Copilot App Gets a New Store Name — And a Clearer Windows Identity

In late July 2026, Microsoft quietly renamed its Copilot app in the Microsoft Store from the generic “Copilot” to “Microsoft Copilot on Windows.” The change doesn’t add a single new...

AI AI & Copilot Desk·1d ago
Azure Local · Microsoft Azure

Mistral's New AI Model Runs Where the Cloud Can't Reach: Inside Azure Local's Offline Push

Microsoft and Paris-based Mistral today announced a sweeping expansion of their AI partnership, bringing Mistral Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 to Azure and Copilot Studio while committing billions of euros to...

AI AI & Copilot Desk·1d ago
Ai Adoption · Data Governance

Microsoft 365 Copilot at Two: Clear Productivity Wins, But Only If You Fix the Filing Cabinet First

Organizations that have rolled out Microsoft 365 Copilot since its 2023 debut are reporting measurable time savings—especially in meetings and document drafting—but the biggest barrier to success...

AI AI & Copilot Desk·1d ago
Bloatware · Device App Installation

LG Monitors Silently Install McAfee Adware via Windows 11 — How to Stop It

Connecting a new LG UltraGear monitor to a Windows 11 PC can trigger a silent installation of LG’s Monitor App Installer, which then pushes unsolicited McAfee promotions to your desktop. The app...

WN WindowsNews Desk·1d ago
Ai Infrastructure · Azure Local

Microsoft and Mistral’s New Partnership Lets European Enterprises Run AI on Local Servers—No Internet Required

On July 21, 2026, Microsoft and French AI upstart Mistral announced a multibillion-dollar expansion of their strategic partnership. The headline grabber isn’t just new models or more GPU...

AI AI & Copilot Desk·1d ago
Cloud Automation · Desktop Flows

Power Automate in 2026: Cloud-Only Work Accounts, Desktop Still Free, and New AI Tools

Microsoft drew a hard line in July 2025: personal Microsoft accounts can no longer sign into the Power Automate cloud service. The rule only applies to the web portal and mobile apps—the desktop...

AZ Cloud & Azure Desk·1d ago
Local Ai · Multimodal Ai

No, You Don’t Need 16GB RAM or an RTX 3060 to Run Qwen3.5-0.8B on Windows 10

A widely shared guide claims that running Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen3.5-0.8B AI model on Windows 10 requires 16GB of RAM, 80GB of free storage, and an RTX 3060 graphics card. That’s not just...

AI AI & Copilot Desk·1d ago
Kunpeng 920 · Nvidia Geforce

A Desktop RTX 4060 Just Ran DirectX 12 Games on Windows 11 Arm, But It Took a Firmware Hack

For years, Windows on Arm PCs have been locked out of high-end desktop graphics because Nvidia never shipped a public GeForce driver compiled for Arm processors. That barrier cracked this week when a...

WN WindowsNews Desk·1d ago
Feature Updates · Security Updates

Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro Users Have Until October 13, 2026 to Upgrade—Here’s How to Stay Protected

Microsoft will end security updates for Windows 11 version 24H2 on Home and Pro editions on October 13, 2026, leaving less than three months for users to move to a supported release. The same date...

SE Security Desk·1d ago
Copilot · Intranet Governance

Microsoft to Halt New Restricted SharePoint Search Setups Starting July 31, 2026

Microsoft has told administrators that it will stop allowing organizations to turn on Restricted SharePoint Search for the first time after July 31, 2026. The move pushes companies to adopt more...

AI AI & Copilot Desk·1d ago