GitHub Copilot drops flat-rate billing and developers are not pleased
… The backlash was immediate... and the details emerging today make it worse than the headline suggested. …
… The backlash was immediate... and the details emerging today make it worse than the headline suggested. …
… Or at least it was until Microsoft Copilot got called out. Until recently, VS Code had been adding "Co-authored by: Copilot" to Git commits, even if Copilot had not helped at all. …
… Then came a privacy backlash in October after a user discovered that it was sending screen-activity data to Microsoft's servers by default. Sharma hasn’t addressed the status of Gaming Copilot on the PC Game Bar or the ROG Xbox Ally handheld, leaving the future of those versions unclear. …
… However, following backlash from users over the change, Microsoft is now rolling back the change and allowing users to move Copilot back to the ribbon. …
… Tom Warren Feb 23 Here’s what Xbox is working on for 2026 Tom Warren Feb 5 Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows Tom Warren Jan 29 Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft Tom Warren Jan 22 Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions Tom Warren … …
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… However, you do not have to wait for that update, as there is a small app that already lets you remap the Copilot key . Speaking of Copilot, Microsoft is also c hanging the recently added Copilot button in Office apps following the initial user backlash. …
… Sources at Xbox tell me Sharma has been looking closely at Game Pass pricing recently, with a view to offering a wider range of pricing models. …
… It's all semantics to some extent, but with prices continuing to shoot upwards — affecting every company in the industry — it's perhaps not the best idea to push 32GB of RAM as the new normal, especially when your own Copilot AI is contributing to memory shortages. …
… In March, Discord delayed its global age verification rollout to the second half of 2026 due to mass backlash from users. …