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AXA's 119,000-Seat Microsoft 365 Copilot Rollout: What Your IT Team Must Know Now
French insurance group AXA confirmed on July 20, 2026 that it is progressively deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot to its entire global workforce—119,477 employees across 52 countries. The move vaults...
FluentCleaner Classic Packs a CCleaner-Like Cleanup Engine into a Tiny 3.57 MB Package
A new free, open-source Windows cleanup utility called FluentCleaner Classic has arrived, deliberately recreating the familiar look and workflow of old-school CCleaner while shedding the bulk,...
AvePoint Debuts Industry-First Backup for Microsoft Copilot Studio AI Agents
AvePoint’s latest update to its Confidence Platform, announced July 21, 2026, introduces what the company calls the first-to-market backup and recovery capability for AI agents created in Microsoft...
Microsoft Whiteboard Cuts Off Personal Users August 22—All Boards Deleted by September 5
Microsoft has confirmed that personal Microsoft accounts will lose the ability to create or edit Whiteboard boards on August 22, 2026, and all associated content will be permanently deleted just two...
Druva targets AI mess: backup for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Claude Code arrives
Druva announced Druva AI Resilience on July 21, 2026, adding backup and governance for Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions, Claude Code projects, and the broader AI-driven work that traditional...
TrueDialog’s New AI Opt-Out Catches ‘Lose My Number’ as a Legit Unsubscribe
On July 21, 2026, TrueDialog launched two products that tackle the messy reality of enterprise SMS: conversations scattered across Salesforce, HubSpot, and Dynamics, and unsubscribe requests that...
Experimental IA-64 Emulator Brings Windows XP and Server 2003 Itanium Editions Back to Life
Two developers have released version 0.1 of an experimental IA-64 emulator that can boot Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 for Itanium—operating systems that until now were locked behind rare,...
Windows 11’s Latest Test Build Cleans Up Search by Removing Ads and Boosting Local Results
Microsoft is testing a dramatically simplified search experience for Windows 11 that removes promotional content and puts your own files, apps, and settings at the top. The experimental build,...
Microsoft’s Copilot App Gets a New Store Name — And a Clearer Windows Identity
In late July 2026, Microsoft quietly renamed its Copilot app in the Microsoft Store from the generic “Copilot” to “Microsoft Copilot on Windows.” The change doesn’t add a single new...
Mistral's New AI Model Runs Where the Cloud Can't Reach: Inside Azure Local's Offline Push
Microsoft and Paris-based Mistral today announced a sweeping expansion of their AI partnership, bringing Mistral Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 to Azure and Copilot Studio while committing billions of euros to...
Microsoft 365 Copilot at Two: Clear Productivity Wins, But Only If You Fix the Filing Cabinet First
Organizations that have rolled out Microsoft 365 Copilot since its 2023 debut are reporting measurable time savings—especially in meetings and document drafting—but the biggest barrier to success...
LG Monitors Silently Install McAfee Adware via Windows 11 — How to Stop It
Connecting a new LG UltraGear monitor to a Windows 11 PC can trigger a silent installation of LG’s Monitor App Installer, which then pushes unsolicited McAfee promotions to your desktop. The app...