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Windows 11 is gaining a powerful set of new AI productivity features in 2026 — here's what to expect

Microsoft is adding the ability to generate text in ant text box, dictate and transcribe speech using natural language, and summarize emails using AI to Windows 11.

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Microsoft is "raising the bar" and making major changes to how drivers are built and verified on Windows 11 — here are the important details

Windows 11 is raising the security and resiliency bar when it comes to driver signing, and is trying to move peripheral drivers out of the kernel.

Windows Central

Your favorite Microsoft 365 apps are getting a load more Copilot AI Agents - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint all get a boost

Copilot is bringing a host of new AI agents to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

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Microsoft reveals Agent 365 - the new and (hopefully) easy way to get a handle on all these new AI agents at work

Microsoft Agent 365 will help organizations govern agents responsibly and at scale.

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Windows 11's Taskbar and search box is about to get an agentic upgrade with AI agent integration

Microsoft has announced a new capability coming soon to the Taskbar that will let AI agents appear as app icons offering glanceable information about automated tasks.

Windows Central

Windows 11 is getting a new point-in-time restore feature and other advanced recovery tools

Microsoft has unveiled new recovery methods for Windows 11 PCs in the event where a PC is no longer able to boot, or data has become corrupted.

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NVIDIA joins Microsoft’s push on Claude — piling billions into Anthropic’s future

Anthropic is partnering with Microsoft and NVIDIA in a deal that brings Claude to Azure, expands engineering collaboration, and includes billions in new investments.

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Microsoft partners with Anthropic and Nvidia in cloud infrastructure deal

Microsoft has announced a partnership with AI company Anthropic and chipmaker Nvidia

The Independent UK

EU to probe market power of US cloud providers Amazon, Microsoft

Amazon and Microsoft cloud services could face stricter EU competition rules after Brussels launched probes to assess their market power.

Radio France Internationale

Stocks Fall on Tech Stock Weakness and Disappointing Home Depot Earnings

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down by -0.51%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.86%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down by -0.90%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ25 ) are down -0.54%, and December...

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Microsoft Azure Blocks Largest DDoS Attack in History — attack equivalent to streaming 3.5 million Netflix movies at once, 15.72 Terabits per Second from 500,000 IP addresses tied to IoT botnet

Microsoft's Azure cloud has mitigated the largest DDoS attack in history at close to 16 Tbps from the Aisuru botnet. At its peak, the attack used over 500,000 connected devices to hit the Azure servers with over 3.6 million packets per second to target a single cloud endpoint in Australia.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft's vision of "AI-native" Windows is becoming real, update introduces agents that pilfer through your files — Latest Windows 11 Insider build includes experimental AI agents toggle that can perform tasks for you in the background

As part of the latest Windows Insider Build, a new experimental feature called "agentic features" has been added, allowing AI agents to create Agent Workspaces that perform tasks and read files. Microsoft says it's secure because these spaces have their own runtime, desktop and permissions.

Tom’s Hardware

The next Xbox Partner Preview has been announced, and it's set to offer a brand new look at some of our most anticipated games, including 007 First Light and Tides of Annihilation

Microsoft has announced that its next Xbox Partner Preview will air this week and feature a brand new look at some of its upcoming games.

TechRadar

ChatGPT was completely down — major Cloudflare outage affected OpenAI's chatbot

A massive Cloudflare outage is affecting major web services right now, one of the biggest being OpenAI and its chatbot, ChatGPT.

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Microsoft explains how Windows 11's AI agents will work as testing is about to start – and I'll admit, I'm nervous

Wondering how Windows 11's AI agents will work? Microsoft explains how 'agent workspaces' are lightweight and secure.

Fortune

Elon Musk revives billionaire beef with Bill Gates, says he better exit his 'crazy short' against Tesla soon or else add to his $1.5 billion in losses

“I cannot take your philanthropy on climate change seriously when you have a massive short position against Tesla,” Musk said at the time Gates made his bet.

PC Gamer

Apparently Windows 11 becoming 'agentic AI' means letting the bots rummage through some of your files

Thanks, I guess.

Windows Central

Microsoft warns that Windows 11’s agentic OS could open the door to new security risks, with Xpia malware showing how AI-driven systems may be exploited by attackers

Microsoft is pushing ahead with its plan to add agentic capabilities to Windows 11, but has issued an important security warning for anyone who is interested in trying it out.

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Fortune

Satya Nadella relinquishes his role as Microsoft's communicator-in-chief

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How to upgrade Windows 10 to 11 using a local account — A step-by-step guide to skipping the Microsoft account requirement

Yes, if you already use a local account on Windows 10, you can upgrade to Windows 11 without having to link your Microsoft account, and here's how.

Creative Bloq

Why the AI race will be won and lost by branding

Which AI will you use? The one you know.

Windows Central

Microsoft enrages developers with cringe tweet that reckons Copilot can finish your code before you finish your coffee

The company's latest post on X hasn't gone down well with the developer community, as responses beg for it to focus on fixing Windows instead.

Benzinga

Microsoft No Longer Top 3 Holding After Gates Foundation Sells 17 Million Shares

The Gates Foundation Trust significantly rebalanced its portfolio in the third quarter of 2025, trimming its largest holdings and exiting several positions entirely in a quarter marked by selling.

The Guardian - UK

UK consumers warned over AI chatbots giving inaccurate financial advice

Which? study of ChatGPT, Copilot and others uncovers incorrect and misleading tips on investments, tax and insurance

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Think AI Stocks Are Overvalued? Invest in These Data Center Power Trades for the Next Growth Phase.

The next big AI trade isn’t chips or software. It’s power, and these are the top stocks to watch.

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