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Mando

@mrmandolino.itch.io

remember to also shares the good news, such as how the Copilot PC concept is officially dead

www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...

Microsoft backs away from Copilot PC branding as OEMs abandon the label

In a new interview, Microsoft Surface CVP confirms that its new Surface PCs are no longer called Copilot+ PCs, but will still support all Copilot+ features.

www.windowscentral.com

September 25, 2026 at 12:04 AM

alyson “end journalism” greaves

@badambulist.bsky.social

hilarious how predictable this arc was from the very start

September 25, 2026 at 11:02 AM

Ars Technica

@arstechnica.com

Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"

Microsoft's new Surface laptops forego Copilot+ PC branding.

arstechnica.com

September 25, 2026 at 5:59 PM

Tom Warren

@tomwarren.co.uk

Microsoft is killing off the “Copilot+ PC” brand. The newly refreshed Surface Pro and Surface Laptop will have all of the Copilot+ PC features, but Microsoft is not calling them by that name anymore www.theverge.com/tech/1000495...

Microsoft is killing off the ‘Copilot Plus PC’ brand

What will Microsoft’s next buzzword be?

www.theverge.com

September 25, 2026 at 6:24 AM

metal dot txt

@metaltxt.bsky.social

nooooooo not Copilot Plus PC

The Verge @theverge.com · 22h

What will Microsoft’s next buzzword be? www.theverge.com/tech/1000495...

Microsoft is killing off the ‘Copilot Plus PC’ brand

What will Microsoft’s next buzzword be?

www.theverge.com

September 25, 2026 at 1:31 AM

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱

@susankayequinn.bsky.social

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

ABI Bouhmaida
@forgoodcode
Every Windows 11 PC is now an Al
PC with Copilot at the center of
it all.
Here's how to get rid of Copilot
completely from your computer
(1/3)

ABI Bouhmaida
@forgoodcode
1/ Settings App
> Personalization
> Taskbar
> Other System Tray Icons
> Switch "Microsoft 365 Copilot App" Off
This hides Copilot from your
taskbar

$(9) ABI Bouhmaida @forgoodcode 2/ Press Win + R > Type in ‘regedit’ > Navigate to "HKEY _CURRENT_USER\ Software \ Policie s\Microsoft\ Windows" > Right-click on the "Windows" Key > New > Key > Name the new key "WindowsCopilot’ > Right-click on the new key EY > DWORD (32-bit) Value$ @forgoodcode
3/
> Name the value
"TurnOffWindowsCopilot’
> Double-click the name of the value
> Set the "Value Data" to 1
> Restart your computer
Congrats! Copilot is now completely
gone from your computer.
Hope this helps

@forgoodcode
3/
> Name the value
"TurnOffWindowsCopilot’
> Double-click the name of the value
> Set the "Value Data" to 1
> Restart your computer
Congrats! Copilot is now completely
gone from your computer.
Hope this helps

November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Eniko Fox

@enikofox.com

I'd do my usual "is that good" but in this case, yeah, that's good www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...

Microsoft backs away from Copilot PC branding as OEMs abandon the label

In a new interview, Microsoft Surface CVP confirms that its new Surface PCs are no longer called Copilot+ PCs, but will still support all Copilot+ features.

www.windowscentral.com

September 25, 2026 at 8:26 AM

metal dot txt

@metaltxt.bsky.social

that brand we all knew and loved: Copilot Plus PC

September 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM

The Verge

@theverge.com

Here’s the first CoPilot plus mini PC with Intel’s new Core Ultra 9 processors

The NUC gets the Copilot AI PC treatment.

buff.ly

December 21, 2024 at 4:50 PM

The Verge

@theverge.com

What will Microsoft’s next buzzword be? www.theverge.com/tech/1000495...

Microsoft is killing off the ‘Copilot Plus PC’ brand

What will Microsoft’s next buzzword be?

www.theverge.com

September 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM

Tom Warren

@tomwarren.co.uk

Microsoft is announcing its new Copilot "super app" today, and it thinks it will be as influential as Office was during the PC era. The new Copilot merges AI chat, coding, and Autopilot agents. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/1000532...

Microsoft thinks its new Copilot ‘super app’ will be as influential as Office

The new Copilot merges AI chat, coding, and Autopilot agents.

www.theverge.com

September 25, 2026 at 12:01 PM

Eniko Fox

@enikofox.com

it's only called copilot+ pc in the redmond, washington region of the USA, otherwise it's just sparkling spyware

June 7, 2024 at 12:10 PM

ComputerBase

@computerbase.de

KI-Marketing gescheitert: Selbst Microsoft begräbt den Copilot+ PC

Das Copilot+-PC-Konzept war ohnehin unbeliebt. Jetzt streicht es Microsoft sogar bei den hauseigenen Surface-Modellen.

www.computerbase.de

September 25, 2026 at 6:11 AM

Kaiera~! 💛 カイエラ ♠️

@kaiera.furria.net

I updated my Windows 10 PC for security purposes, and now Copilot is in my system without my permission.

Get out :)

November 14, 2024 at 1:45 AM

Teknovizör

@teknovizor.bsky.social

Microsoft ‘Copilot Plus PC’ Markasını Sessiz Sedasız Rafa Kaldırıyor

Teknoloji dünyasında yapay zeka yarışının en iddialı hamlelerinden biri olarak duyurulan 'Copilot Plus PC' dönemi beklenenden kısa sürebilir. Microsoft ve çi…

teknovizor.com

September 25, 2026 at 2:25 AM

Helen Kennedy

@helenkennedy.com

Shocker

www.zdnet.com/article/ai-p...

AI PCs aren't selling, and Microsoft's PC partners are scrambling

Microsoft has gone all-in with its plans to turn the Windows PC into an AI-powered 'agentic OS.' But at least one PC maker says consumers aren't buying the Copilot hype.

www.zdnet.com

January 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM

Joe Fourhman

@fourhman.com

There’s a Best Buy commercial bragging about how Copilot lets you search for files on your PC. They really have nothing, don’t they.

July 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM

9to5Google

@9to5google.com

Microsoft quietly ending ‘Copilot+ PC’ branding for Windows laptops

After a couple of years of relentlessly pushing it, Microsoft is seemingly ending its Copilot+ PC branding for Windows laptops. more…

9to5google.com

September 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM

Fat Man in a Skirt

@fmias.bsky.social

"Let's set up this new PC for a user. Step 1: Disable copilot."

August 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM

blue

@bluebirdofsorrow.bsky.social

this PC is copilot ready! don't you want copilot. are you hungry for copilot.

July 30, 2026 at 1:31 AM

Alex Battaglia

@dachsjaeger.bsky.social

On Monday 04.11.2025 I uninstalled Microsoft Copilot from one of my test PCs with Windows 11. After restarting that PC on that same day, it REINSTALLED ITSELF again. Listen Microsoft - when I uninstall something from my PC it means I do not want it. Trash tier OS with this stuff.

November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM

AfterDawn Suomi

@dawn.fi

Microsoft kuoppasi pari vuotta sitten isolla ryminällä käyttöön otetun "tietokoneiden uuden nimen"

"Tekoäly-yhteensopivien" tietokoneiden brändinä hypetetty Copilot+ PC -brändi on vaivihkaa kadonnut kaikesta markkinointimateriaalista ja jopa Microsoftin omien laitteiden kyljestä.

#uutiset