Google has quietly upgraded its AI Pro plan, bumping the included cloud storage from 2TB to 5TB at no extra cost, while keeping the monthly price at US$19.99. The extra space can be used across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. It’s a well-priced combo of more cloud storage and
The famous Earthrise photo is not what Apollo 8 astronauts actually saw through the window. The widely shared version is cropped, rotated and color-adjusted from the original. In fact, there were three separate Earthrise photos taken during the December 1968 mission, two by astronaut Bill Anders in color and one
Copilot can now make direct edits to your documents in the Word for iPhone/iOS appwithout you ever leaving the app. No more copying text back and forth between Word and a separate AI chat window. Open a document in Word for iPhone, tap the Copilot icon, type what you want
Microsoft’s legal terms do say that Copilot is for ‘entertainment purposes only’ but that doesn’t apply to everyone. We explain that the “Copilot Terms of Use” are different for individuals and businesses, though Microsoft only has itself to blame for the confusion. Microsoft’s own terms of service contain a striking
Your Outlook (classic) PST and OST data files are the heart of your email on Windows. They store every message, calendar appointment, contact, and task on your computer. Most people never think about them until something goes wrong. When classic Outlook crashes, search breaks, or data goes missing, a corrupted
NASA’s Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman was less than 90,000 miles from Earth when he ran into a problem that millions of office workers face every week: he had two Microsoft Outlook’s and both stopped working. About an hour later, ground controllers resolved the issue remotely. If you’ve ever wondered
Microsoft is said to be dialing back Copilot in Windows, so it’s only fair to ask, will Microsoft Office get the same treatment? As Copilot’s promises and over-hype collide with reality, Office users can only hope for better AI that’s not ‘in your face‘. Microsoft now claims it will dial
Microsoft is making its Copilot Researcher tool significantly smarter by making two AI models work together. The update introduces two new modes called Critique and Council, both using a combination of OpenAI ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude. Critique has one AI write the research report while a second independently checks it
For the first time in more than 20 years, Google is rolling out the ability to change your @gmail.com address without starting over. That means you can keep your existing inbox, Google Drive files, YouTube history, subscriptions, and purchase records, all under a brand new email address. The feature is
Apple is entering the business productivity market and it is not charging a cent to do it. Starting April 14, 2026, Apple Business will be available in more than 200 countries as a free platform for companies of any size. It will eventually bundle email, calendar, directory services, built-in mobile
Microsoft finally gave Word the Ctrl+Shift+V shortcut for pasting plain text. It is a change that millions of people wanted, but it came at a cost: several long standing keyboard shortcuts had to move or disappear entirely, and the rollout created a mess in Outlook that took months to fix.
If you have ever inserted a picture into Microsoft Word and found it stubbornly stuck in the wrong place, you’re not doing anything wrong. Word’s default image setting, “In Line with Text,” treats every picture like a giant letter in your text. The fix that with a single change to
Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, and Premium subscribers all have access to Copilot AI, but what that access means in practice varies enormously from plan to plan. The 60 AI credits per month cap that applies to Personal and Family plan owners is a hard ceiling for the most common Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat now has two tiers of access, and which one you get depends entirely on whether your organization pays for a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Users without a paid license get “standard access,” meaning slower response times, reduced feature availability during busy periods, and possible throttling. Users
Need to add a gender symbol to a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or Outlook email? Microsoft Office supports all three main gender symbols: Male ♂, Female ♀ , and the combined symbol ⚥ . Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Whether you are labeling a form, a
The “Message body includes” rule in Microsoft Outlook sounds like exactly what you need to filter emails by their content. But it has a critical limitation: it only scans the first portion of the visible text in an email, not the entire message. That means any keyword buried below the
Microsoft is switching off free Copilot Chat inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for millions of Microsoft 365 business users starting April 15, 2026. Unless your organization pays for a full Microsoft 365 Copilot license, the AI chat panel that appeared in those apps will either vanish completely or be
You do not need Adobe Acrobat, a subscription, or any paid software to merge, split, or combine PDF files. There are free Windows tools available and Mac includes built-in tools that handle the job in minutes. Whether you want to strip out the fine print from a travel itinerary, combine
A faulty Windows 11 update released on March 10, 2026 broke sign-ins for Teams Free and what Microsoft called “other apps”. Those “other apps” included Microsoft Word, Excel, OneDrive and Edge! If you use a personal Microsoft account and got a fake “no internet” error when trying to open Office
If you have a Markdown (.md) file and need it in Microsoft Word, you have more options than you might think. From pasting text directly into Word Online to letting an AI do the heavy lifting in seconds, each method has its strengths and sweet spots. This Office Watch guide
Markdown is a plain text formatting system that lets you write **bold**, # headings, and bullet lists using just your keyboard, no toolbar clicking required. Created in 2004, it has quietly become the common language between humans and AI tools as well as a ‘distraction free’ way to write. We’ll
Paul Brainerd, who coined the phrase “desktop publishing” and turned that idea into one of the most influential pieces of software in personal computing history, died on February 15, 2026, at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 78 years old and had lived with Parkinson’s disease for many
When an attacker breaks into a Microsoft 365 or Exchange account, changing your password is not enough to stop the damage. Hackers can silently plant inbox rules that forward, redirect, or delete your emails without you knowing. Worse, a known flaw in Microsoft Exchange allows those rules to be made
Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows has a Rules feature, but it is not the Rules you know. The Outlook (new) ditches client-side rules entirely and replaces them with server-based rules only. That means several actions you may rely on today, like playing a sound alert, running a macro, printing a
