Articles from April 2026
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Derbyshire Council Bets on Azure for Sensitive Data Despite UK South Capacity Alarms
Derbyshire County Council is moving its entire data estate—including confidential social services records—to Microsoft Azure’s UK South region, abandoning a crumbling on-premises data center...
Azure-Powered Agentic AI Targets Airport Elevator Downtime in New Partnership
TK Elevator and Microsoft are layering agentic AI onto the existing data backbone that already monitors 1.4 million elevators and escalators worldwide, pushing the technology beyond simple failure...
Wedding Dress Shopping Goes Live Inside Microsoft Copilot with Direct Checkout
David’s Bridal has become one of the first major retailers to let shoppers browse and buy wedding dresses directly inside Microsoft Copilot, with the option to complete a purchase without leaving...
When Phones Become Weapons: Windows Users' Guide to Surviving Mauritius' Digital Abuse Wave
Mauritius is confronting a deepening crisis of violence—one that plays out not only on schoolyards and inside homes but increasingly through screens. A recent l’express investigation paints a...
Leak: Windows 11 Start Menu to Offer Layout Size Choice, Section Removal, and Speed Gains
Microsoft is reportedly readying one of the most meaningful Start menu updates since Windows 11 launched in 2021. According to Windows Central, citing people familiar with the plans, the company is...
Windows 11 Build 26200.8313 Adds Optional Taskbar AI Agents: How to Get Started
{ "title": "Windows 11 Build 26200.8313 Adds Optional Taskbar AI Agents: How to Get Started", "content": "On April 17, 2026, Microsoft released Windows 11 Build 26200.8313 to the Release Preview...
5,381 Domestic Violence Cases, 113 Cyberbullying Reports: Inside Mauritius's Hidden Crisis
Mauritius recorded 5,381 domestic violence cases in 2022, with 4,420 perpetrated against women. Between January and mid-July 2025 alone, police logged 113 cyberbullying incidents, including 58 female...
The iTunes Microsoft Store Release: More Than Just a Late Delivery for Windows Users
Apple finally delivered iTunes to the Microsoft Store in April 2018, a full year after the partnership was announced at Build 2017. The belated arrival didn’t change the fact that millions of...
Microsoft Kills Surface Hub Line, Ends Production of 50- and 85-Inch Displays
Microsoft has quietly ended production of its Surface Hub 3 collaboration displays, according to a report from Windows Central. The company has also scrapped plans for a Surface Hub 4, effectively...
Microsoft's Copilot Pivot and Apple's MacBook Neo: How Your Computing Experience Is Being Reshaped
Microsoft is tearing up the single-AI rulebook. Its Copilot assistant is no longer married to one language model: the company has quietly begun routing user requests through multiple AI...
Azure AI Agents Slash Factory Engineering Time by 50% in Schneider Partnership
Schneider Electric's newest manufacturing system, co-developed with Microsoft and demonstrated at Hannover Messe 2026, doesn't just suggest fixes—it orchestrates them. Engineers using the combined...
Chow Tai Fook Deploys Microsoft-Built AI Agents to 24,000 Staff: What It Means for Enterprise Tech
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group, a 97-year-old luxury brand, has quietly embedded more than 400 custom AI agents into its daily operations — reaching 24,000 employees, from frontline sales to...