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Google's Alt+Space Overlay Brings Lens, AI Search to Windows. Here's How It Works and What to Watch For.
What’s New Google has released an experimental Windows app that places a compact, floating search bar at your fingertips. The tool, hosted in Google’s Search Labs, can be summoned anytime by...
Microsoft to Automatically Install Copilot App on All Windows 365 PCs in October, EEA Excluded
Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices running the M365 desktop apps starting early October 2025, a move that thrusts the company’s AI...
Microsoft Copilot Chat Gains Content-Aware Side Pane Across Word, Excel, More—Now for All 365 Users
Microsoft is deploying a content-aware Copilot Chat panel directly inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote to all Microsoft 365 subscribers, not just those on paid Copilot licenses. The...
Microsoft Embeds Copilot Chat Pane in Office Apps, Turning AI Into a Workplace Utility
Microsoft has flipped the switch on a long-anticipated overhaul of its productivity suite, planting Copilot Chat directly inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. The move, part of a...
Microsoft Draws a Line in the Agentic AI Sand: Copilot Studio Gets a Lite and Full Experience
Microsoft has officially split its Copilot Studio into two distinct tiers, a move that signals a deliberate shift from a one-size-fits-all agent builder toward a persona-driven platform designed to...
Anthropic Adds Project-Scoped Memory to Claude, Gives IT Teams Admin Controls and Incognito Mode
Anthropic today rolled out a long-awaited Memory capability for its Claude assistant, giving Team and Enterprise plan customers the ability to retain and recall project-specific context across chat...
Microsoft Copilot Tests Voice Entry and Ephemeral Private Chats for Hands-Free, Privacy-Sensitive Users
Microsoft is quietly testing two significant enhancements to its Copilot AI assistant: a voice input entry point directly on the homepage, and a “private chat” mode that promises conversations...
Microsoft Deploys One-Click AI Proofreading in Word Online — Rollout Details and Governance Guide
Microsoft just flipped the switch on a feature that could save document editors millions of clicks: a one-button “Fix spelling and grammar” powered by Copilot in Word for the web. Instead of...
Microsoft Sneaks AI Image Editing into File Explorer as Canary Build 27938 Lands with Privacy Logs and a Seconds Clock
Microsoft's latest experimental Windows 11 build, 27938, quietly slipped into the Canary channel this week, but don't let the familiar feature list fool you. Beneath a right-click AI image editing...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Lands in Viva Engage with AI Summaries, New Governance Demands
Microsoft has made its context-aware generative AI assistant generally available in Viva Engage, embedding Microsoft 365 Copilot directly into the enterprise social network once known as Yammer. The...
Google Drive Exposes Files by Default — Here’s How to Stop the Leaks
A single “Anyone with the link” share is all it takes to turn a private Google Drive folder into a public repository. That blunt reality, and the little-known settings that can prevent it, have...
How to Restore Classic Notepad in Windows 11 — and Run It Beside the AI-Enhanced Version
Microsoft’s decision to stuff artificial intelligence and a formatting toolbar into Notepad has left a sizable chunk of Windows users looking for an off-ramp. The good news is you don’t have to...