Microsoft Copilot
The latest Microsoft Copilot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Hits DoD IL5 Cloud, Agent Builder for GCC in Major Government AI Push
Microsoft Federal Chief Technology Officer Jason Payne announced on LinkedIn that U.S. government cloud customers can now access a suite of AI tools previously confined to commercial environments....
Snipping Tool's Live Annotation Flips Screenshot Workflow with Pre-Capture Inking and AI Prompts
Microsoft is internally testing a fundamental rework of its Snipping Tool that lets users draw arrows, circle UI controls, and highlight text directly on the live screen before a screenshot is taken....
Westcoast Sees 400,000-Device Upgrade Wave as Windows 10 Support Ends October 14
Westcoast, the UK’s largest IT distributor, is bracing for a hardware refresh blitz. As the October 14, 2025 end-of-support date for Windows 10 approaches, the company projects up to 400,000...
Microsoft Experiments with Hover Quick-Actions and AI Tools in File Explorer, but Stability Bugs Persist
Microsoft is testing a suite of productivity-focused upgrades for File Explorer that promise to cut clicks and surface AI tools directly where users browse files. Lean on a file in the Home view and...
Microsoft Tests Hover Quick-Action Buttons and AI Context Menu in Windows 11 File Explorer
Microsoft is quietly testing a suite of new interaction layers in Windows 11’s File Explorer, adding hover-activated quick-action buttons and AI-powered context menu options designed to speed up...
Windows 11 24H2 SSD BSODs Spark Outrage as Power Users Recoil from Update Chaos and Copilot Bloat
Western Digital has rushed out a firmware fix for multiple NVMe SSDs that began throwing Blue Screens of Death immediately after Windows 11’s 24H2 update, but the incident is only the latest...
Microsoft's $80B AI Infrastructure Push Supercharges Contract Automation for Enterprises
Microsoft is pouring more than $80 billion into AI-capable data centers this fiscal year, a staggering bet that underpins a sweeping strategy to automate enterprise procurement through Azure-based...
Microsoft’s GPT-5 Ecosystem Overhaul: Smart Routing, Deeper Reasoning, and Enterprise Guardrails
Microsoft has simultaneously activated OpenAI’s GPT-5 family across its entire productivity, development, and cloud portfolio—a coordinated day-one deployment that embeds advanced reasoning into...
Microsoft’s GPT-5 Overhaul: How Smart Mode Is Transforming Every Business Tool
Microsoft didn’t just update Copilot on August 7—it lit the fuse on a platform-wide explosion of GPT-5 across every major product surface, from consumer Windows apps to enterprise cloud APIs. The...
Lawsuit Demands Microsoft Extend Free Windows 10 Security Patches Until Market Share Plummets
A California resident has filed a lawsuit demanding that Microsoft be forced to continue providing free security updates for Windows 10 long past the October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support date, arguing...
Ricoh's APAC Workforce Gets Hands-On with Microsoft Copilot Agents in Week-Long AI Sprint
Microsoft’s Copilot agent-building platform now comes with a clear price tag, and Ricoh Asia Pacific is betting $200 per month per credit pack that its employees can turn that platform into...
Ricoh Stakes Its APAC Future on AI Agents and Microsoft Copilot in 1,000-Staff Skilling Sprint
Ricoh Asia Pacific has embarked on an ambitious, region-wide skilling program to transform its workforce into AI-fluent consultants—and its aging hardware reputation into an AI-driven platform...