Microsoft Removes Copilot Branding in Windows 11—What Changes for IT and Users
Microsoft is pulling the Copilot name from some of its most familiar Windows 11 apps. Starting with insider builds of Notepad and Snipping Tool in the coming months, the visible Copilot...
AI Now Top Workplace Concern as Firms Lag on Governance: Littler Survey
AI has officially become the monster under the bed for U.S. employers. The 2026 Annual Employer Survey from law firm Littler Mendelson, released Wednesday, finds that 54% of respondents now rate...
Microsoft Teams Moves Under Ryan Roslansky in New Workplace AI Org
Microsoft has shifted its widely used collaboration platform, Microsoft Teams, into a newly formed Workplace AI organization under the leadership of Ryan Roslansky. The executive, already responsible...
Windows 11 Copilot Retreat: Microsoft Quietly Removes AI Branding in Consumer Apps
Microsoft has begun a quiet retreat from its aggressive Copilot branding push in Windows 11. On May 7, 2026, Windows Latest reported that the company is systematically removing or renaming Copilot...
Edge Retires Pinned Sidebar Apps—Copilot Stays, Raising the Real Bloat Question
Microsoft Edge is stripping out the ability to pin custom websites and apps to its sidebar, a move confirmed on May 6, 2026, by Windows Central. The browser’s once-flexible side rail, which until...
Gallagher Builds Governed Enterprise AI Platform with Microsoft Foundry, Copilot, and Purview to Speed Insurance Claims
Gallagher, a global insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has deployed a governed enterprise AI platform built on Microsoft’s Foundry, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Purview to...
Xbox Gaming Copilot Cancelled: Microsoft’s AI Reset Pivots to a Console-First Future
Microsoft has pulled the plug on Gaming Copilot for Xbox consoles, according to a new report. The AI assistant, once touted as a way to bring ChatGPT-style interactions to gamers, will no longer...
Microsoft Warns of macOS ClickFix: Fake Terminal Commands Steal Passwords
Microsoft security researchers have uncovered an active ClickFix campaign targeting macOS users with fake Terminal commands designed to harvest passwords, browser data, and cryptocurrency wallets....
Microsoft AI vs Climate Promises: Gas-Fueled Data Centers Clash With Sustainability
Microsoft’s voracious AI expansion is on a collision course with its own climate promises. The company has pledged to be carbon negative by 2030, yet a string of recent deals to power new data...
Microsoft’s Deleted Windows 11 RAM Advice Sparks Trust Crisis: 16GB Baseline, 32GB ‘No Worries’
Microsoft briefly published and then quietly deleted a game‑changing support article on May 4, 2026, and the missing page has triggered a firestorm of distrust across the PC gaming community. The...
AMD CPPC Highest Frequency: Better Scheduler Data for Windows 11 and Linux
AMD has quietly begun work on a new processor capability that promises to give Windows 11 and Linux finer-grained control over CPU boost clocks. Linux kernel patches submitted on May 4, 2026, reveal...
CISA Flags PAN-OS Root RCE Flaw CVE-2026-0300 in User-ID Portal as Actively Exploited
Palo Alto Networks firewall administrators face an urgent patching deadline after the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a critical vulnerability in PAN-OS, tracked as...