Microsoft is ending support for its Copilot AI assistant on smart TVs, according to an on-screen notification spotted by Windows Central on an LG webOS TV. The notice says the feature is scheduled for discontinuation sometime in 2026, though no exact date has been set, and neither Microsoft, LG, nor Samsung has made a formal announcement. Copilot had let viewers chat with an AI assistant, ask about on-screen content, or get show recommendations since launching on TVs at CES 2025.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-28
Microsoft has repeated its call for Entra ID administrators to move workforce tenant users off SMS and voice-based authentication before it discontinues Microsoft-provided versions of these methods on February 1, 2027. The change affects only Entra ID workforce tenants, not Azure AD B2C or Entra External ID customer scenarios, and admins can shift users to passkeys, QR code sign-in, FIDO2 keys or other supported options, or keep phone-based login by configuring a third-party telecom provider.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-28
Microsoft executives including CTO Kevin Scott and AI chief Mustafa Suleyman described changes to how the company builds software, citing an internal accelerator program, AI-assisted code generation, and custom models and agents now used across engineering teams. The account outlines a shift in Microsoft's development practices driven by its own AI tools.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-28
The Browser Choice Alliance, a group of rival browser makers, commissioned the Behavioural Insights Team to study Microsoft's tactics for keeping users on Edge. The resulting report identifies 10 'dark patterns,' including ads that discourage downloading rival browsers, incomplete default-browser switches, Windows S mode restrictions, and links in Widgets, Search, lock screens, Outlook and Teams that open in Edge regardless of a user's chosen default.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-28
Geoffrey Vos, retiring as England's Master of the Rolls, says courts should consider letting AI help decide certain civil cases after observing AI-assisted judging in Shenzhen, China. Current UK guidance limits judicial AI use to administrative tasks like document retrieval and summarization, which Vos says he does via Microsoft Copilot. He suggests simpler cases, like personal injury or low-value negligence claims, could eventually be handled by AI rather than human judges.
wired.com
· 2026-10-28
Arctic Wolf has documented a social-engineering campaign affecting more than 400 incidents in which attackers flood employees' inboxes with mail-bomb spam, then contact them via Microsoft Teams' external chat feature posing as IT support. Victims are talked into granting remote access through tools like Quick Assist or AnyDesk, after which attackers move from recon to credential theft, lateral movement and payload execution in under 15 minutes.
darkreading.com
· 2026-10-27
Microsoft is testing a built-in internet speed test feature in Windows 11, currently available to Windows Insiders on the Experimental channel. The tool replaces the previous method of redirecting users to a Bing webpage, instead offering a direct test accessible from the system tray or network icon. Users must enable a specific feature flag to access it, and results show live download and upload speed graphs.
zdnet.com
· 2026-10-27
Rohit Patel, who spent eight years at Meta and most recently served as a director at Meta Superintelligence Labs, has left the company to start Ndoc, an AI-native workspace meant to replace Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. The product combines presentation, analysis, and underlying data/code into three linked views called Stage, Narrative, and Model, letting users inspect and verify the scripts behind AI-generated documents.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-27
Microsoft released KB5134133 for Windows 11 and KB5134125 for Windows 10 on October 26 to remove trust in certificates linked to eight compromised eMudhra intermediate certificate authority keys. The updates target systems without internet access or automatic certificate trust list updates, removing seven certificates including six eMudhra G3 roots and an AAA Certificate Services cross-sign from the Windows trust store.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-27
Xbox Series X pricing has risen sharply since its November 2020 launch at $499, with current models ranging from $725 to $900 depending on storage configuration. The 1TB disc version now sells around $799 and the digital-only white edition for $750, a roughly 60 percent increase from launch price.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-27
Microsoft has rolled out a new customizable right-click context menu to Windows 11 Insider Beta channel testers. Users can add or remove commands, reorder items, and insert shortcuts for specific actions like opening files in Notepad or Photos, accessible via a new customize entry in File Explorer or through Settings.
zdnet.com
· 2026-10-27
Denmark's Energy Agency has abandoned its effort to switch from Microsoft Office to the open-source suite Collabora, reverting back to Microsoft's products. The agency had piloted the migration as part of a broader push by Danish authorities to reduce reliance on US-based software providers.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-27
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