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Microsoft’s Copilot leadership shake‑up signals a major shift in how the company plans its AI future

Satya Nadella unifies Copilot leadership under a former Snap VP, signaling a shift toward in-house "Superintelligence" and independence from OpenAI's models.

Mustafa Suleyman, chief executive officer of Microsoft AI.

Mustafa Suleyman will now focus on building AI models at Microsoft.

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Microsoft 365 is paywalling most of Copilot in Office apps — what's changing?

Microsoft is stripping Copilot Chat from Office sidebars for non-licensed users on April 15, 2026, rebranding the included version as "Copilot Chat (Basic)."

The Microsoft 365 Copilot logo appears on a smartphone screen in the Apple app store

Copilot Chat users will need to use the Microsoft 365 Copilot app rather than rely on an integrated version of Copilot in Office.

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The Surface Pro 11 for Business's "unusable" pen is finally fixed — and so is its inaccurate and unresponsive touchscreen

Microsoft finally released a firmware fix for the Surface Pro 11 for Business, resolving "hover-inking" and touch accuracy issues that plagued the Intel model for a year.

The Surface Pro 11's versatile 2-in-1 form factor, with stand and detachable keyboard pictured here, helps make it our top choice for most people.

The Surface Pro 11 for Business has had touch and pen issues since last year.

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A $25 fix for your slow smart TV — The Fire TV Stick 4K Plus is the Xbox Microsoft wants you to forget

Stop struggling with your TV's laggy interface. The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus is down to $25, offering snappy 4K streaming and Xbox cloud gaming for half off. (158 chars)

Amazon Fire TV remote

Rescue your TV from its laggy interface. The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus is down to $25.

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Microsoft Edge's latest update is all about what you lose — but one removal is actually a good thing

Microsoft Edge 146 begins the retirement of Collections and custom primary passwords, but it also makes a change that stops passwords from being deleted when clearing history.

Microsoft Edge being destroyed

Several Microsoft Edge features have been removed or taken a step toward retirement with the latest update to the browser.

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ASUS laughs at the MacBook Neo — This $699 OLED laptop has the one spec Apple won't give you

Best Buy's $300 discount on the Zenbook A14 makes the MacBook Neo look like a ripoff. You get 16GB of RAM and 12-hour battery life for just $699.

ASUS Zenbook A14 with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus in beige (2025).

The ASUS Zenbook A14 already lived near the top of our best Windows laptop roundup. Now it's $300 off.

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Windows Wrap: Windows 11’s disastrous year came at the perfect time for Xbox — Project Helix will drag PC gaming to where it needs to be

Windows 11 struggled in 2025, but it may have paved the way for Project Helix. Microsoft promised to reduce the pain points of Windows 11, and gamers may be the biggest benificiaries.

Xbox Ally

Windows 11 PCs will receive Xbox mode next month. That mode is the next evolution of the Xbox Full Screen Experience seen on the Xbox Ally and other devices.

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4 new Microsoft Teams features coming next month, including AI you'll actually use and a must-have feature for saving time

Windows 11 March 2026 update adds native Sysmon, WebP wallpapers, Taskbar speed test, Quick Machine Recovery for Pro, and more.

Microsoft Teams app and logo running on a laptop and smartphone.

Microsoft Teams will roll out two new AI features in April alongside a handful of other improvements.

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Microsoft's AI wants to be your medical middleman, but is a "Secure by Design" promise really enough for Copilot?

Microsoft’s Copilot Health isn't a doctor, but it wants to manage your data from 50,000 hospitals. Can we trust the company's new "Secure by Design" mandate?

Copilot Health

Copilot Health gathers together medical data to help patients and medical experts.

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I changed my Windows 11 wallpaper immediately the moment my friend sent me this

AI-generated wallpapers have sparked debate across the web, but I still love our Windows 11-inspired Windows Central wallpaper.

Windows Bliss wallpaper recreated with Windows Central colors

This combination of Windows 11's "Bloom" wallaper and the Windows Central colors now sits as my desktop background.

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"This is an Xbox" campaign vanishes overnight as Microsoft begins to "Build for What's Next"

Microsoft has scrubbed the "This is an Xbox" campaign from official sites, signaling a sharp pivot toward "Project Helix" and a return to console-first branding.

This is an Xbox campaign plastered over

"This is an Xbox" has been scrubbed from Microsoft's websites and the Xbox brand has shifted to other marketing speak.

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Microsoft just signed this Teams feature’s retirement papers before its replacement is ready

Microsoft is retiring Teams meeting recording expiration emails on June 1, but the promised setting to keep them active isn't ready yet.

Microsoft Teams app and logo running on a laptop and smartphone.

Teams is retiring expiration emails in June, but the replacement toggle is still in the works.

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The Office 'local' loophole — why Microsoft's latest 'Critical' patches aren't just for IT pros

Microsoft confirms two Critical Office flaws (CVE-2026-26110 and -26113) that trigger via the Preview Pane. Here’s why "local" doesn't mean you're safe from remote threats.

Microsoft 365 app on Windows 11 with shortcuts to create documents in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other Microsoft 365 applications.

Microsoft Office users need to install security patches to protect their PCs against a pair of critical vulnerabilities.

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Amazon’s quiet crackdown on AI shopping agents reveals the real reason you’re not allowed to save money online

A court ruling has stopped AI agents from shopping on Amazon, raising serious questions about whether users or corporations truly own customer account data.

Amazon Prime Big Deal Days on Microsoft Edge

Amazon’s search results are increasingly dominated by "Sponsored" listings, making it harder to find the best deal.

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Microsoft just delayed one highly anticipated Windows 11 feature — but this hidden one slipped through the cracks

Windows 11 may have delayed the new agenda view, but a hidden Taskbar feature has surfaced that finally lets users reclaim their screen real estate.

Windows 11 Action Center calendar

The quick settings menu in the Windows 11 taskbar will soon support hiding items.

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Did one of our favorite mini PCs just hit the lowest price of the year? GEEKOM offers excellent pint-sized Windows 11 Pro desktops for under $400 in its Spring Sales

If you're tired of your PC taking up so much space — or smashing a hole through your wallet — this discounted Geekom mini PC is the Spring sale for you.

Geekom A5 mini PC (2025)

The Geekom A5 mini PC has an SD slot on the side for easy access.

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Is the best Windows laptop for $1,100 the MacBook Air M5? The answer genuinely surprised me.

I looked at the MacBook Air M5 and Parallels Desktop to see if Apple's latest hardware is actually the best way to run Windows for $1,100 in 2026.

A composite image illustrating what Windows 11 would look like on a MacBook Air M5.

This composite shows what Windows 11 could look like on the MacBook Air M5 when using Parallels Desktop.

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This week in Windows: Surface strategy wavers, OEMs push back, and Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo circles the market

Microsoft's rising Surface prices have created a vacuum in the $600 laptop market. Can Windows OEMs pivot before the MacBook Neo dominates the segment?

MacBook Neo taking a bite out of Windows laptops

Windows laptops need temporary, rotating sales to compete with the MacBook Neo.

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Xbox Ally X pricing is up AGAIN — is your region affected?

The ROG Xbox Ally X just received another regional price hike, now in Australia. The increase raises questions about rising handheld costs and hardware pricing.

Xbox Ally X handheld

The Xbox Ally X is already one of the more expensive gaming handheld, and its price is going up in some regions.

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Microsoft caught plagiarizing graphics with AI slop — "Microsoft continvouclymorged my diagram there for sure"

Microsoft is under fire for using AI to plagiarize a well-known technical diagram, resulting in a typo-ridden version labeled as AI slop.

Copying homework meme about Microsoft

Copying homework meme about Microsoft

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