Copilot Becomes the Heart of Windows 11

Hi everyone,

Windows 11 takes a step into the smart world, enhancing PCs in ways that might just revolutionize our daily digital interactions.

Claude is stepping up with new skills that could shake up how we think about AI capabilities today.

Let's get right into it.

In this issue:

• 🤝 In Partnership: Simplify your stack and multiply your impact

• 🤿Deep Dive: Every Windows 11 PC gets smarter

• 🖼️AI Art: Examples of great and trending AI art

• 🤝 Supported by: Start your day the smart way

• 🤿Deep Dive: Claude gets new skills

• ⚒️Tool Snapshots: Tools for AI, no-code, and productivity

🤝IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RIPPLING

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Leaders gain real-time visibility. Teams regain lost hours. Employees get the seamless experience they deserve .

That’s why companies like Barry’s and Forterra turned to Rippling – to replace sprawl with speed and clarity.

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Stop SaaD in its tracks

🤿 DEEP DIVE

Microsoft and Copilot Make Every Windows 11 PC an AI PC

Intelligence: Microsoft announced a broad Windows 11 update that centers Copilot across the OS with new voice and vision capabilities, early agent actions, security safeguards, and a refreshed device lineup.

• Copilot Voice and Vision take center stage with “Hey Copilot” and “Goodbye” commands now available by opt-in, and Vision rolling out globally to analyze on-screen content.

• Voice interactions drive nearly double the engagement compared to text, with a redesigned taskbar adding “Ask Copilot” for quick access.

• Highlights now offer step-by-step guidance and full context in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with “text in, text out” coming to Insiders

• Copilot Actions expand to local files, while File Explorer adds Manus for website creation and Filmora for video editing.

• Zoom scheduling arrives via Click to Do on Copilot Plus PCs

• Copilot now connects to OneDrive, Outlook, Google Drive, Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts after opt-in, with export options to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Microsoft ends support for Windows 10 and introduces new Copilot Plus PCs from major brands starting around $699.99, powered by AMD, Intel, or Snapdragon chips.

🖼️ AI ART

Examples of great and trending AI art

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Anthropic Rolls Out Claude Skills Across Apps and API

Intelligence: Anthropic introduces Claude Skills: modular folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that load on demand across Claude apps, Claude Code, and the API.

• Skills are composable and efficient and can run executable code when needed, with automatic invocation and visibility into which skills are active during a task.

• Available to Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise users, with admin-level controls and a guided skill creator for setup

• Developers get a new v1 skills endpoint, Messages API support, versioning in Claude Console, and secure runtime via Code Execution Tool beta.

• Anthropic offers built-in skills for Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and fillable PDFs, while developers can build custom ones for specialized workflows.

⚒️ TOOL SNAPSHOTS

Futuristic tools within AI, no-code, and productivity

• 📽️ Veo 3.1 - Improved video generation and creative control for filmmakers. Free to try.

• 💬 Outchat AI - Create, brand, and monetize personalized AI chats. Free to try.

• 🤖 Dappier's AI Mode - Enabling conversation-driven content and ads. Free to try.

• 🚀 Relace Repos - High-speed, git-compatible code version control. Payment required.

• 🌐 Lazy - Fast, efficient AI-powered note capturing in Notion. Payment required.

ℹ️ ABOUT US

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We like real, practical, and tangible use-cases and hate hand-wavy, theoretical, and abstract concepts that don’t drive real-world outcomes.

Our mission is to empower individuals, boost their productivity, and future-proof their careers.

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