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Microsoft is pitching Copilot Vision as a collaborative assistant that works along with you as you browse the Internet. Vision was part of a suite of new Copilot demonstrations that Microsoft showed off in October, and was easily the most underwhelming example of new Copilot technologies that I'd seen.
Copilot Vision isn't a multimodal AI capability that can interpret the world around you. Instead, it's a cross between Windows Recall and the current version of Copilot. Vision is basically a real-time version of Copilot that's only available in Microsoft's Edge browser. Instead of asking Copilot for insights, Vision apparently can "scan, analyze and offer insights" based on what your eyes, and its AI sensors, see on the page.
Where might Copilot Vision be useful? Dealing with an overwhelming array of information, possibly. Think of a densely packed shopping page, all with similar products; making sense of the mess is what Copilot Vision promises. In this scenario, asking Copilot Vision what items meet your preferences, or offer the most value based on the available features, might be of interest.
In the October demonstration Copilot didn't offer anything insightful, often basically reading aloud what it — and presumably you — saw on the page. Furthermore, Microsoft is taking a very hesitant approach to Vision, possibly as a reaction to the
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Such third-party apps will be labeled as "provided and updated by" their respective developers or publishers, and these apps will appear in the general update list that appears in the Microsoft Store when you select Get updates. Prior to this, only apps that were hosted on Microsoft's system could be updated in this fashion.
Note that this new update process does not work with apps that were downloaded outside the Microsoft Store, such as from a product page or on GitHub. It only applies to apps that are listed in the Microsoft Store but configured to download from a third-party source.
The new Microsoft Store third-party app update feature is currently only available to Windows Insiders. It's unknown when it will appear in the stable version of the operating system.
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Product manager Stephen Hosking (spotted by The Verge) says TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 2.0 is a "non-negotiable standard for the future of Windows," shutting the door on any official support for older PCs that don't have these integrated security chips. That means that many users will be faced with relatively few options next year: buy (or build) a new PC, stay on Windows 10 without support, or switch to Linux.
Microsoft's blog post lays out the argument for the TPM 2.0 requirement as a security necessity. TPM devices are essential for modern security and encryption tools, ensuring that every component of the computer is trusted and verified. And they're becoming far more ubiquitous — almost every new laptop and desktop comes with a processor that has TPM 2.0 compliance built in, no extra components required. That's even true for Arm-based hardware, like the new generation of laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon processors.
But it's hard to take Hosking's promises of "future-proof" hardware at face value when there
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