Microsoft has announced Cobalt 200, a new 3nm Arm-based CPU with a 132-core design, improved efficiency controls and workload-specific accelerators aimed at delivering up to fifty percent higher performance across Azure services.
Microsoft is moving past the traditional AI race and developing what it calls Humanist Superintelligence. The company claims its first medical diagnostic system has already surpassed human accuracy, but major questions remain about safety, oversight, energy demands, and whether such controlled superintelligence can ever be kept within strict boundaries.
Windows 10 reached its official end of support in October 2025, yet more than 41 percent of Windows users still rely on it. Strict Windows 11 hardware requirements, enterprise delays, and long-term familiarity have slowed the shift, leaving millions exposed to unpatched security risks.
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview build introduces an opt-in feature called ‘Ask Copilot,’ integrating AI assistance directly into the taskbar search box. The feature aims to blend AI interaction with traditional search while maintaining privacy safeguards and giving users the choice to enable or ignore it.
With Windows 10 nearing its end of life in October 2025, users across the world are rethinking their computing choices. Many are walking away from the Windows ecosystem entirely and joining the Apple camp, drawn by the stability of macOS and the M-series chip advantage. What began as a simple upgrade dilemma has turned into a shift that could reshape the PC market.
Reports suggest Microsoft may release two big Windows 11 updates in 2026. The first, expected early in the year, could be exclusive to new Snapdragon X2 Elite laptops, with a wider rollout later under version 26H2.
Microsoft is planning to move Surface laptops, tablets, and server manufacturing out of China starting in 2026. The move reflects growing trade tensions with China and follows a broader industry trend of diversifying global supply chains.
Microsoft secures access to 100,000 Nvidia GB300 chips by investing $33 billion in neocloud startups—transforming the scale and speed of its AI hardware ecosystem.
