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Microsoft Disables Battery Icon Revamp in Windows 11 Canary Build 27928 to Reassess User Feedback
Microsoft's August 20, 2025 release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928 to the Canary Channel delivers a compact but instructive lesson in how the company balances rapid experimentation with...
Microsoft's Copilot+ Insiders Gain Semantic Search and AI-Driven Homepage
Microsoft has started pushing a major update to its Copilot app on Windows, delivering conversational file search and a redesigned homepage to Insiders running Copilot+ PCs. The rollout, which began...
2,500 AI-Powered Surface PCs Hit NFL Sidelines in High-Stakes Copilot Rollout
More than 2,500 Microsoft Surface Copilot+ PCs are now deployed across all 32 NFL clubs, marking a pivotal expansion of the league’s decade-long tech partnership that injects conversational AI...
Microsoft Deploys Copilot AI to NFL Sidelines: 2,500 Surface PCs Get Assistants in Expanded Deal
Microsoft is pushing deeper into professional football operations, announcing a multiyear extension of its partnership with the NFL that will embed generative AI into play calling, scouting, and...
Microsoft Copilot Arrives on NFL Sidelines: AI Assistant for Coaches, But Not for Play-Calling
On August 20, 2025, the NFL and Microsoft announced a multiyear partnership extension that will embed generative AI into the league’s most critical workflows—but with an explicit ban on...
Microsoft Tests Start Menu Copilot Prompts, Sparking Ad Creep Debate in Windows 11
Microsoft is once again blurring the line between helpful operating system features and integrated advertising, this time by testing AI-powered Copilot prompts inside the Windows 11 Start menu. The...
NFL Coaches Get Natural-Language AI on Surface Tablets in Expanded Microsoft Deal
Microsoft and the National Football League have torn up the old rulebook. In August 2025, the two organizations announced a multiyear extension of their decade-plus partnership—but this isn’t a...
Excel’s New =COPILOT() Function Embeds Generative AI Directly Into Spreadsheet Formulas
Microsoft just turned the Excel formula bar into an AI prompt box. The company’s new =COPILOT() function, now rolling out to Insider/Beta Channel users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, allows...
Microsoft Staggers Key Windows 11 AI Features in Release Preview, Settings Agent Expands to AMD and Intel
Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 build 26100.5061 to the Release Preview channel, packed with a curated set of feature enhancements that will reach general users in the weeks ahead. The update,...
Windows 10 Share Rebounds to 47% as Microsoft's ESU Offer Stalls Windows 11 Migration
Windows 11’s hard-won market share milestone has evaporated in just weeks, and the culprit is an olive branch Microsoft extended in the opposite direction. In July, Statcounter data showed Windows...
SAP Q2 2025 Cloud Revenue Surges 24% as Joule AI Agents Augment ERP, Countering Software's Demise
SAP’s cloud revenue climbed 24% year-over-year to €5.13 billion in the second quarter of 2025, powered by a 30% jump in its Cloud ERP Suite revenue to €4.42 billion. The figures, released in...
Visual Studio Gets MCP GA: Copilot Can Now Securely Access Databases, CI, and More
Microsoft has released general availability of Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration in Visual Studio, marking a pivotal shift in how developers wield AI assistants. Starting today, GitHub Copilot...