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The latest Privacy coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft’s Agentic Windows: The Cloud-PC and Copilot+ Blueprint for an Ambient AI Future
Microsoft is not just adding AI to Windows; it is redesigning the operating system around a radical premise: your PC becomes a conversational partner that lives in the cloud, sees what you see, hears...
California Man Sues Microsoft Over Windows 10 Sunset, Alleges AI Market Monopoly Ploy
Lawrence Klein, a Southern California resident, filed a state-court lawsuit this week seeking to block Microsoft from discontinuing free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. The...
Google Slides and Vids Now Swap and Expand Image Backgrounds With AI, but No Admin Off-Switch in Sight
Google has started rolling out Gemini-powered image editing directly inside Slides and Vids, letting users replace and expand backgrounds with a simple text prompt. The tools, which began hitting...
Leading GenAI Browser Assistants Found Hoovering Up Social Security Numbers, Medical Data Without Consent
A sweeping new audit of the most popular generative AI browser assistants reveals that several widely used extensions silently capture and transmit highly sensitive information from ordinary web...
Microsoft Loads Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 with AI Recall, Click to Do, and a PowerShell 2.0 Axe
Microsoft dropped Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081) into the Release Preview Channel on August 14, 2025, packing a suite of AI-driven features, interface overhauls, and a critical enterprise...
Windows 11 Build 27924 Delivers Copilot+ AI Powers, but Crashes and Credential Losses Test Insider Patience
Microsoft’s latest Canary-channel release, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27924, pushes the boundaries of on-device AI integration while serving as a stark reminder of the volatility inherent in...
40 TOPS Minimum: Microsoft’s On-Device AI Vision Creates a Hardware Chasm in Windows
A single number—40 trillion operations per second—now defines the dividing line between Windows users who will experience Microsoft’s most ambitious artificial intelligence features and those...
Microsoft Execs Reveal Agentic Windows: An OS That Watches, Listens, and Acts For You
Microsoft’s top Windows executives are sketching a future where the operating system doesn’t just respond to clicks and keystrokes—it watches your screen, listens to your voice, learns your...
Fundamental Research Labs Lands $33M for AI Spreadsheet Agent Shortcut That Beats Human Analysts
Fundamental Research Labs, an MIT spin-out that originally built AI agents to play Minecraft, has raised $33 million in Series A funding to scale its autonomous spreadsheet agent, Shortcut. The tool...
Six Windows 11 Defaults That Are Robbing Your PC of Speed and Privacy
{ "title": "Six Windows 11 Defaults That Are Robbing Your PC of Speed and Privacy", "content": "After a brand-new Windows 11 machine boots up, the excitement of that fresh desktop often fades...
Windows 11 Insider Builds Introduce Start Menu Phone Hub, Settings Overhaul, and Share Pinning
Microsoft shipped five Insider builds across the Canary, Dev, and Beta channels during the first two weeks of August 2025, each delivering targeted refinements that push Windows 11 further toward a...
KB5063709 Fixes Windows 10 ESU Enrollment Bug, Securing PCs Through 2027
Microsoft's August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10, KB5063709, finally stomps a bug that left many users staring at a broken "Enroll now" button for the Extended Security Updates (ESU)...