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Zenity Labs Unveils AgentFlayer: Zero-Click Exploits Hijack ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Salesforce Einstein
Zenity Labs has dropped a bombshell at Black Hat USA 2025: a new attack framework called AgentFlayer that lets adversaries silently hijack enterprise AI agents without so much as a mouse click....
Microsoft Plants AI Coach Into Windows 11 Game Bar — Gamers Split on Privacy and Performance
Microsoft has begun seeding its Gaming Copilot preview directly into the Windows 11 Game Bar, marking the company’s most aggressive push yet to embed an AI coach into the live PC gaming experience....
What a Patriots-Commanders Preseason Image Reveals About Hidden Photo Metadata and Licensing Perils
A single wire photograph from an August preseason NFL game between the New England Patriots and Washington Commanders, credited to the Idaho State Journal, has become an unexpected case study in the...
Patriots-Commanders Photo Metadata Exposes Licensing Traps for Windows Users
The photograph that landed on the Idaho State Journal’s website after the Patriots’ exhibition romp over the Commanders looked like any other game-day shot. Yet behind the dynamic action of a...
Windows 11 KB5062660: Self-Healing Recovery, Recall Export, and On-Device AI Arrive
Microsoft’s latest optional preview update for Windows 11 version 24H2 isn’t just another collection of bug fixes. The July 22, 2025, KB5062660 (OS Build 26100.4770) release lays the groundwork...
Microsoft 365 Companions Auto-Install on Windows 11: What IT Must Do Before the Rollout Hits
Microsoft has begun rolling out a trio of taskbar-integrated apps called Microsoft 365 companions for Windows 11 enterprise users, and they will install automatically on eligible devices unless IT...
Excel's AI Copilot Now Explains Complex Formulas Right in the Grid
Microsoft has quietly begun rolling out a transformative Copilot feature that places plain-language formula explanations directly inside the Excel worksheet. Dubbed "Explain this formula," the new...
GitHub CEO Calls Copilot Use in Performance Reviews 'Totally Fair Game' — But Warns Against 'Easily Gamed' Metrics
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has publicly defended an internal Microsoft memo that urged managers to include employees’ use of AI tools like Copilot in performance evaluations, calling the approach...
GitHub CEO Exits as Microsoft Folds Platform into CoreAI, Heightening Developer Concerns
Thomas Dohmke, the chief executive who steered GitHub through its AI-powered renaissance, announced his resignation on August 11, 2025, setting off a seismic restructuring that will dissolve the...
Windows 11 to Automatically Install Microsoft 365 Companions in October — Here’s What IT Admins Need to Know
Microsoft will begin automatically installing three new Microsoft 365 companion mini-apps directly into the Windows 11 taskbar starting in late October 2025. The People, Files, and Calendar...
Microsoft Begins Silent Rollout of 365 Companion Apps to Windows 11 Taskbars
Starting in late October 2025, Microsoft began automatically installing three new companion apps onto the Windows 11 taskbar for devices that already have Microsoft 365 Apps. Dubbed Calendar, File...
Microsoft Drives GitHub Deeper Into AI Unit After CEO Resigns, Raising Governance Concerns
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is stepping down, and instead of appointing a new leader, Microsoft will fold the code-hosting platform more directly into its CoreAI division, ending the relative...