Windows 11 test brings AI file search to the Copilot app
Windows 11 test brings AI file search to the Copilot app Microsoft is testing out a Windows 11 update that lets you use AI to search through your files and images directly from the Copilot app. This test is currently rolling out to Windows Insiders on Copilot Plus PCs and allows you to use more […]
Microsoft and Asus’ new Xbox Ally handhelds launch on October 16th
Microsoft and Asus' new Xbox Ally handhelds launch on October 16th Microsoft and Asus’ new Xbox Ally handhelds launch on October 16th The Xbox Ally X. | Photo: Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft and Asus are putting a date on their new Xbox Ally handhelds: October 16th. Both the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally […]
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts On Tuesday, a group of current and former Microsoft employees, as well as community members, took over a plaza at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, as part of a No Azure for Apartheid protest. They declared the area a “Liberated Zone” encampment and said they had […]
Microsoft Excel adds Copilot AI to help fill in spreadsheet cells
Microsoft Excel adds Copilot AI to help fill in spreadsheet cells Microsoft Excel is testing a new AI-powered function that can automatically fill cells in your spreadsheets, which is similar to the feature that Google Sheets rolled out in June. You would use the “COPILOT” function followed by a natural language prompt and (optionally) specify […]
Microsoft hints at ‘more affordable’ Xbox Cloud Gaming plan
Microsoft hints at 'more affordable' Xbox Cloud Gaming plan Microsoft hints at ‘more affordable’ Xbox Cloud Gaming plan Two years ago we learned, thanks to the FTC, that Microsoft was working on a separate “dedicated” version of Xbox Cloud Gaming. Microsoft Gaming CFO Tim Stuart then hinted, a few months later, that there could be […]
Microsoft is finally improving Windows 11’s dark mode
Microsoft is finally improving Windows 11's dark mode Microsoft is finally improving Windows 11’s dark mode Microsoft first introduced a dark mode option in Windows 10 in 2016, but there were still plenty of areas of the operating system that looked like a mish-mash of light and dark modes. Nearly a decade later, the latest […]
Microsoft is getting ready to return to the office
Microsoft is getting ready to return to the office Microsoft originally encouraged its employees to work from home amid the coronavirus outbreak in 2020. This new flexible working arrangement then became an official “hybrid workplace” policy several months after the pandemic began, allowing managers to approve permanent remote work. Now that the pandemic has settled […]
GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation
GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation Microsoft is moving GitHub into its CoreAI team, following the resignation of GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke today. After nearly four years as CEO, Dohmke is leaving GitHub to “become a startup founder again,” and pursue opportunities outside of Microsoft and GitHub. GitHub has operated as […]
A decade later, Windows is still bringing Control Panel features to the Settings app
A decade later, Windows is still bringing Control Panel features to the Settings app I kid you not, we wrote these words in 2014: Microsoft has tried to dumb down its Control Panel with a simple UI over the years, rather than a list of options, but there’s still a number of settings that don’t […]
Microsoft’s new Copilot 3D feature is great for Ikea, bad for my dog
Microsoft's new Copilot 3D feature is great for Ikea, bad for my dog Microsoft’s new Copilot 3D feature is great for Ikea, bad for my dog Is that a back penis? While Microsoft was busy updating Copilot yesterday with OpenAI’s new GPT-5 model, it also quietly launched Copilot 3D. It’s a free-to-use feature that can […]