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Microsoft Sets Windows and Surface Event for October 7 With Local AI in Focus

Microsoft has scheduled a Windows and Surface event for October 7 focused on local AI, Windows, Surface, NVIDIA RTX Spark, and the broader PC ecosystem.

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Windows 11 desktop showing the Snipping Tool screenshot controls and keyboard shortcuts.How-To

How to Take a Screenshot on Windows: Every Shortcut You Need

Learn how to take a screenshot on Windows with Snipping Tool, keyboard shortcuts, automatic saves, clipboard capture, and Xbox Game Bar.

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Windows 11 Security settings showing the Administrator Protection toggle in the Account protection panelSecurity

Windows 11 Administrator Protection Moves to Release Preview After a Year in Testing

Windows 11 Administrator Protection hits Release Preview in KB5120998, replacing UAC's permanent elevation with isolated tokens that vanish per process.

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GitHub Copilot in Microsoft Teams working on a coding task from a team conversationAI

GitHub Copilot Comes to Microsoft Teams for Coding Tasks

GitHub Copilot in Microsoft Teams is now in public preview, letting teams use chat context to build features, fix bugs, update tests, and create pull requests.

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Windows 11 old right-click menu beside the modern context menuHow-To

How to Restore the Old Right-Click Menu in Windows 11 as the Default

Windows 11 hides many commands behind Show more options. This guide shows how to restore the old right-click menu and how to return to the default layout.

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GitHub status page showing degraded services including API, Actions, and Copilot during August 17 outageTech

GitHub Outage Hits API, Actions, Pull Requests, and Copilot - No Cause Given

GitHub outage confirmed by Microsoft at 13:40 UTC August 17. API, Actions, Pull Requests, Webhooks, and Copilot all degraded. No cause given.

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Apple Plans iPhone Clipboard Sharing With Windows PCs in the EU

Apple is working on clipboard sharing between iPhones and Windows PCs under the EU's Digital Markets Act requirements, making cross-device copy and paste possible outside the Apple ecosystem.

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Microsoft Launches MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a Security Model That Beats Mythos and GPT on CyberGym

Microsoft's first security AI scores 96% on CyberGym, beating Mythos and GPT. MAI-Cyber-1-Flash ships inside MDASH at half the cost of prior models.

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Grok for Excel Lands as a Free Microsoft 365 Add-In - Powered by Grok 4.5

xAI launched Grok for Excel on July 20. Free Microsoft 365 add-in powered by Grok 4.5 - writes formulas, runs scenarios, and pulls from SharePoint and email.

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Microsoft Copilot Pricing 2026: Free Chat, 365 Premium, and Business Seats

Copilot is free until it isn't. Microsoft 365 Premium, Business, and Enterprise seat prices, the base-license catch.

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Microsoft MDASH multi-model AI security harness scanning Windows code commits for vulnerabilities in real timeAI

Microsoft's MDASH AI Now Scans Every Windows Commit for Security Vulnerabilities

Windows AI vulnerability management moved into real-time CI/CD scanning on July 9. Microsoft's MDASH now flags security bugs before they reach any test build.

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GPT-5.6 Microsoft 365 Copilot integration announcement showing the OpenAI model as preferred engine across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and ChatAI

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Is Now the Preferred Model in Microsoft 365 Copilot

GPT-5.6 is now the default in Microsoft 365 Copilot - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Chat. The catch: Microsoft is also quietly building its own AI models.

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