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Windows 11 keyboards will get new ‘Copilot’ AI key on new devices from Microsoft and PC makers

GeekWire

The new Copilot key, to the right of the Alt key on a Windows 11 keyboard. Microsoft and computer makers plan to start shipping Windows 11 notebooks and other devices with a dedicated “Copilot” key to quickly invoke the company’s “Copilot for Windows” artificial intelligence technology.

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DOJ suit over Apple iPhone cites failures of Amazon Fire Phone and Microsoft Windows Phone

GeekWire

That’s due in part to repeated references and comparisons in the suit to the DOJ’s prior antitrust case against Microsoft over its Windows monopoly in the late 1990s. Barriers are so high that Google is a distant third to Apple and Samsung despite the fact that Google controls development of the Android operating system.

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Windows 11 cheat sheet

Computerworld Vertical IT

Released in October 2021, Windows 11 is the first numbered update to Microsoft’s operating system in more than six years. You would expect there would be dramatic changes between Windows 11 and Windows 10. To a great extent, Windows 11 looks and works much like its predecessor. But there weren’t.

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Microsoft planning ‘sweeping visual rejuvenation of Windows’

The Verge

Microsoft is planning a “sweeping visual rejuvenation of Windows” that is designed to signal to users of the operating system that “Windows is BACK.” Microsoft quietly removed references to this “sweeping visual rejuvenation” this morning, after several Windows enthusiasts spotted the job listing over the weekend.

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Microsoft teases a ‘next generation of Windows’ announcement ‘very soon’

The Verge

Microsoft isn’t talking about its big Windows plans at Build 2021 this week, and that’s because the company is preparing to detail what’s next for its PC operating system separately. I’ve been self-hosting it over the past several months, and I’m incredibly excited about the next generation of Windows.

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Microsoft to end Windows 10 support on October 14th, 2025

The Verge

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 on October 14th, 2025. It will mark just over 10 years since the operating system was first introduced. Microsoft revealed the retirement date for Windows 10 in an updated support life cycle page for the OS. It could be another hint that a new version of Windows is on the way.

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Leak reveals Microsoft’s canceled Windows OS for dual-screen devices

The Verge

Microsoft was working on a secret “pocketable” Surface device powered by a custom Windows OS before the company turned to Android for its Surface Duo. Codenamed Andromeda, the device appeared in leaked emails , patents , reports , and throughout various references to it in Microsoft’s Windows operating system.

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