This is Spring/Summer 2026: Superga, Chan Luu, Patagonia
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In every issue of the magazine, we include a list of things to team are looking forward to wearing and buying in the season ahead. Here’s the one from this issue, as a little taster. We always include a guest contributor as well, and this time it was the French creator and stylist Cléa Carlier (above).
Manish’s seersucker suit awaiting its owner
Manish Puri, Deputy Editor
Top of the wishlist:
I’m travelling to Japan for the first time this spring and one of the things I’m most excited about (that doesn’t involve food) is visiting shoemaker Seiji McCarthy to hopefully commission a pair of MTM shoes.
Looking forward to wearing:
New York tailor Ralph Fitzgerald has gone from strength to strength since we first met in 2024. My first suit from him, a DB in a vintage navy wool seersucker (above), is nearly ready and will be worn at every occasion this summer.
Favourite spring/summer outfit:
A guayabera from Katab in Mérida, some espadrilles from La Manual Alpargatera in Barcelona and an ice cold beer brewed in whichever country I’m lucky enough to be on holiday in.
Elliot’s favourite travel bag
Elliot Hammer, Creative Director
Top of the wishlist:
A ticket to Spain for a week or two. I’m looking forward to good food and beautiful countryside. I’ll be taking my trusty Patagonia Black Hole Duffel (40L is ample, above). All I need now is a pair of sandals…
Looking forward to wearing:
The Real McCoy’s Cotton Pile Skipper entered my wardrobe in the last days of summer. Roll on the terry cloth days.
Favourite spring/summer outfit:
Living in New York I’ve reached a point in my life, both in terms of age and geography, where dressing like a Soprano’s character makes sense. Step forward the vintage short-sleeved shirt, tailored trousers, one-inch belt and a pair of loafers. Bada bing, bada boom.
Cléa’s preferred DB cut
Cléa Carlier, creator and stylist @classic_nonchalance
Top of the wishlist:
Alessandro Gasparini ‘Mocasso’ loafers in chocolate brown suede. The white stitching on top definitely reminds us of the Native American origins of the shoes and they are, of course, very low-cut because I’ll always find more excuses to show off my socks. To be worn with loose jeans, a nice pink shetland jumper and a film camera filled with pictures of landscapes, blurry.
Looking forward to wearing:
A linen double-breasted suit in lovely tobacco, courtesy of Fratelli Mocchia di Coggiola. With a roped shoulder however, because I want to be able to dress it up, and an adventurously large leg-opening (27cm) because quite frankly, I just like it. It’s currently being made, but you can see some inspiration for the cut above.
Favourite summer outfit:
Springs are quite cool in the morning and evenings, but warm in the afternoon, in my part of France. So I’d love to get my hands on a woollen knit long-sleeved polo from William Crabtree or John Smedley that I could wear, collar up (yeah, we’re criminals around here) with a silk neckerchief, and a good old navy blazer and grey trousers combo (although the grey trousers can easily be replaced by light-wash jeans). Very comfortable, very simple, perfectly adapted for strolling in the sunlit park with a guitar and a wife after work, without throwing a fit because you don’t want to ruin your super 130’s trousers by sitting in the grass.
Top of Lucas’s wishlist from Stone Island
Lucas Nicholson, Publisher
Top of the wishlist:
A light harrington jacket, currently eyeing up a sand-coloured ‘smerigliato’ model from Stone Island. Recycled nylon tera, and garment dyed, as you’d expect from Stone Island. Also potentially a made-to-order one from the Korean brand Jack Fort.
Looking forward to wearing:
In the summer I often add more jewellery to my outfits – I got a red beaded necklace from Chan Luu last summer which I really enjoy using to add some additional colour.
Favourite spring/summer outfit:
People often associate Ivy style with Autumn/Winter, but I think the summer looks are underrated. A pair of wide leg, pleated chino shorts, a boxy oxford shirt with a big pocket, on the feet either white canvas trainers, leather fisherman sandals or deck shoes, and all topped off with a pair of sunnies: one of my favourite summer looks, clean and smart enough to deal with the city and what it throws at you.
The Superga 1925
Simon Crompton, Editor
Top of the wishlist:
A cropped Hermes jacket in wool gabardine. I saw this recently come in for Spring/Summer ‘26, and it is the most perfect summer blouson, in this pale mushroom colour. Expensive of course, but this is called a wishlist for a reason right?
Looking forward to wearing:
Superga 1925 canvas trainers (above). At completely the opposite end of the price spectrum, but this special edition Superga did last year was a beautifully simple trainer in raw canvas, and only £125. Fingers crossed they bring it back for everyone else.
Favourite spring/summer outfit:
Relaxed linen trousers, tailored but fairly wide, with a tee and a PS Linen Overshirt. Chic and simple and cool (as in fresh – I’m English, I’d never presume to say that I looked cool).
Simon’s favourite summer outfit
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Recognition from one of India’s most prominent technology award platforms underscores a systems-first approach to enterprise AI — focused on control, reliability, and cost predictability
SURAT, India, April 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TestGrid has been named the winner of the ‘Best Use of AI’ category at the India Digital Enabler Awards (IDEA) 2026, organized by Entrepreneur India and held at Sheraton Grand, Bengaluru.
The award, judged by a panel including representatives from NITI Aayog, the Department of Science and Technology (Government of India), and IvyCap Ventures, highlights applied innovation across digital technology, enterprise systems, and artificial intelligence.
This result places TestGrid among IDEA honorees such as Reliance Foundation, Swiggy, Zepto, Groww, and Tata Teleservices—organizations known for translating technology into measurable enterprise impact.
TestGrid was selected for its approach to embedding AI within software testing—not as a standalone capability, but as part of a structured system built on real-device infrastructure, automation, and controlled execution environments.
As enterprise adoption of AI accelerates, organizations are increasingly encountering challenges around unpredictable, usage-based costs and limited execution control.
At the core of TestGrid’s approach is CoTester, its AI testing agent designed to operate within the software development lifecycle.
CoTester learns from product requirements, generates test scenarios, and executes them across real device and browser environments—while maintaining human oversight, traceability, and execution discipline.
Rather than replacing existing systems, CoTester operates as an integrated layer within TestGrid’s platform, where infrastructure, automation, and intelligence work together to deliver predictable outcomes at scale.
“AI in testing is only useful when it operates within systems that teams can trust,” said Harry Rao, Founder & CEO of TestGrid. “Our focus has been on building a foundation where intelligence is controlled, execution is consistent, and costs remain predictable. This validates the approach we’ve taken.”
This outcome comes at a time when enterprises are re-evaluating AI adoption models, particularly as token-based and usage-driven pricing introduces cost variability at scale. Testing environments—already fragmented across tools and workflows—become harder to manage when intelligence is introduced without system-level control.
TestGrid addresses this by consolidating testing infrastructure, automation, and AI into a single platform. This enables teams to execute tests on real devices, integrate with frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, and Cypress, and apply AI-driven capabilities without introducing operational unpredictability.
Following this milestone, TestGrid will continue expanding its AI capabilities within enterprise environments, with a focus on structured adoption, workforce enablement, and deeper integration into software delivery workflows.
To schedule a demo or explore TestGrid’s testing platform, visit testgrid.io.
About TestGrid
TestGrid is a leading provider of enterprise-grade testing infrastructure and automation solutions, trusted by the top Fortune 100. From infrastructure to software delivery intelligence, TestGrid empowers organizations to deliver high-quality software faster with cost-effective, scalable testing across web and mobile platforms.
Media ContactHarry RaoFounder & CEO, TestGridharry@testgrid.io
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Grab a coffee and sit down for this one. I was recently digging through some advanced foresight reports and futuristic projections about what it will actually take to survive in the coming decades, and I have to admit—I’m still processing it.
I love technology. I write about it every single day. But compiling this list gave me actual goosebumps. We aren’t just talking about faster smartphones or slightly better virtual reality headsets. We are looking at a fundamental rewrite of what it means to be human. Some of these sound amazing, but others? Honestly, they are a bit terrifying.
If you want to survive and thrive in the deep future, you are going to have to get used to these ten mind-bending technologies. Let’s break them down.
1. Mind-Reading Neurochips
Forget keyboards, mice, or even voice commands. The ultimate interface of the future is your own brain. We are already seeing the very early, clumsy stages of this with companies like Neuralink, but the endgame is seamless integration.
How it works: A microscopic implant will translate your neural firing patterns into digital commands.The Reality: You will be able to search the internet, send messages, or control smart environments simply by thinking about it. But my biggest fear here is privacy. If a chip can read my intentional commands, what happens to my intrusive thoughts? Who owns the data of my inner monologue?
2. 3D-Printed Meals Tailored to Your Genetics
I love cooking, but the traditional kitchen might soon become a museum exhibit. In the future, food won’t be grown; it will be printed, and it will be perfectly customized to exactly what your DNA demands.
The Process: A bio-printer in your home will analyze your daily biometrics—your vitamin deficiencies, your metabolic rate, your exact genetic predispositions—and synthesize a meal that perfectly balances your health.My Take: It solves world hunger and eliminates food waste, which is incredible. But will a molecularly perfect, lab-printed steak ever capture the soul of a meal cooked over a real fire? I have my doubts.
3. Quantum Trains Hitting 10% the Speed of Light
Our current concepts of geography and borders are about to be shattered. Imagine a mass transit system utilizing advanced quantum levitation and vacuum tubes that can reach a fraction of the speed of light.
The Impact: You could live in Istanbul, grab your morning coffee, and commute to an office in Tokyo in a matter of minutes.The Catch: The infrastructure required for this is staggering. We are talking about trans-continental, indestructible vacuum tunnels. Still, the idea of a completely borderless, hyper-connected Earth is thrilling.
4. Artificial Intelligence Synthetic Spouses
This is the one that gave me serious goosebumps. And to be completely honest, it weirds me out more than anything else on this list.
The Concept: As human isolation grows and AI becomes indistinguishable from human consciousness, synthetic partners will become normalized. We are talking about physical, android spouses powered by AGI (Artificial General Intelligence).The Dilemma: They will be flawless. They will never argue with you unless you program them to. They will anticipate your emotional needs before you even realize you have them. But is that love? Or is it just a high-tech echo chamber of your own ego? I really struggle with the idea of trading the messy, beautiful reality of human relationships for a perfectly programmed illusion.
5. Invisible Screens Integrated Into Your Pupils
Say goodbye to the smartphone. The next iteration of screens won’t be in your pocket; they will be floating in your field of vision.
The Tech: Nanotech contact lenses or direct corneal implants will project high-resolution augmented reality directly onto your retina.Daily Life: You will see navigation arrows painted onto the streets, real-time translations floating next to people’s faces as they speak, and your notifications seamlessly blending with the physical world. It’s the ultimate mixed reality, but it also means we will literally never be able to look away from the digital world.
6. Nanorobot Blood Cells That Destroy Disease Instantly
The future of medicine isn’t a better pill; it’s a microscopic army living inside your veins.
How it works: Millions of programmable nanobots will patrol your bloodstream. The second a cancer cell mutates, or a new virus enters your body, these bots will swarm and dismantle the threat at the cellular level before you even feel a symptom.My Perspective: This effectively ends biological disease. It’s a miracle of science. We will look back on chemotherapy and antibiotics the way we currently look back on medieval bloodletting.
7. Giant Autonomous Underwater Cities
With climate change altering coastlines and the global population swelling, we are going to need new places to live. Why look to Mars when we haven’t even colonized our own oceans?
The Vision: Massive, self-sustaining, AI-managed biospheres submerged deep underwater. They will generate their own oxygen, harvest geothermal energy from the ocean floor, and farm kelp and lab-grown proteins.The Vibe: It sounds like something straight out of BioShock, minus the dystopia. Living surrounded by the abyss of the ocean sounds incredibly peaceful, though slightly claustrophobic.
8. Limitless Energy from Space Mining
Our energy crisis has an expiration date, and the solution isn’t on Earth.
The Solution: Automated drone fleets will mine near-Earth asteroids for rare earth metals and Helium-3, beaming the harvested energy back to Earth via orbital solar arrays.Why it matters: This creates a post-scarcity energy economy. When energy is virtually free and limitless, the cost of manufacturing, transportation, and living drops to almost zero. It is the necessary foundation for every other technology on this list.
9. Genetic Vaccines That Stop Aging
What if aging is just a disease that we finally cure?
The Breakthrough: Using advanced CRISPR therapies and genetic vaccines, scientists will be able to halt the telomere degradation in our DNA. Your biological clock could be permanently frozen at 25 years old.The Reality Check: While living for centuries sounds appealing, think about the societal impact. If nobody dies of old age, how do we handle overpopulation? Do only the ultra-rich get to be immortal? The social friction this will cause is going to be massive.
10. Metaverse Immortality With Your Digital Copy
Even if your physical body eventually fails, “you” might never actually die.
The Endgame: By continuously mapping your brain waves, memories, speech patterns, and behaviors throughout your life, an exact digital twin of your consciousness will be uploaded to the Metaverse.The Question: After your biological death, your family could still interact, talk, and seek advice from your digital ghost. But is that really you? Or just a highly advanced chatbot wearing your face?
Look, the future is rushing at us faster than our human brains are evolved to handle. Compiling this list made me realize that the line between biology and technology isn’t just blurring; it’s completely erasing.
I’m incredibly excited about curing diseases and exploring the oceans, but I keep coming back to that fourth point. The idea of a synthetic spouse just haunts me.
I have to ask you, and I want you to be brutally honest with yourself: If you had the choice, would you accept marrying a flawless, perfectly tailored artificial intelligence instead of dealing with the flaws and complexities of a real human being? Let me know what you think.
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel says he hasn’t lived up to his own standards amid his tawdry scandal involving former Athletic journalist Dianna Russini.
In a press conference Thursday before the start of the NFL Draft, Vrabel avoided Russini relationship specifics but admitted his “previous actions don’t meet the standard that I hold myself to.”
Vrabel also said he’s become a distraction to his family, his players, the Patriots organization and their fans, adding … “My family needs me this weekend and that’s where I’ll be.”
The head coach previously announced plans to seek counseling this weekend and spend time with his family … meaning he will skip the final day of the NFL Draft.
Vrabel and Russini have been wrapped up in a cheating scandal ever since the first photos of them together surfaced … since then, there has been photos of them kissing at a bar … and we got photos of them together at a casino … dating back to his previous job with the Tennessee Titans.
This was Vrabel’s first time in front of reporters since Tuesday, when he said it was “laughable” to assume he and Russini were anything more than friends. This was before the kissing and casino snaps.
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Vrabel now says he was trying to protect his family by brushing off the story initially.
The optics have only gotten worse … and Vrabel says he will work “however long it takes” to take the “necessary steps” to give his family and the Patriots the “best version” of himself.
Microsoft keeps moving fast, and April has brought so many Copilot updates that it is worth taking a look. We have a fresh capabilities in Word for high-stakes document workflows, a strong release wave across the Copilot apps, new security, and management, and analytics controls for admins .
Let’s take a closer look — and I will also walk through the upcoming features announced in Message Center.
Copilot in Word — new capabilities for document workflowsWhat’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot — March 2026 highlightsLatest enhancements for Copilot security, management, and analyticsImportant — Copilot Chat removed from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for non-Premium usersComing soon — from the Microsoft Admin Center (Message Center)MC1280557 — Submit agents to the Agent Store from Agent BuilderMC1282682 — Agent Builder: a refreshed agent creation experienceMC1222551 — Copilot Tuning: public preview and new Agent Builder templatesMC1269241 — Anthropic models on by default for Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPointMC1266023 — New Copilot metrics across Microsoft 365 appsMC1222978 — User-day export for Copilot Dashboard metrics (public preview)MC1280558 — Use Copilot to explain selected slide content in PowerPoint LiveWhat this all means for the Future of Work
Copilot in Word — new capabilities for document workflows
If you work in legal, finance, or compliance — or in any team where document integrity is non-negotiable — this one is a meaningful leap. Microsoft is bringing a set of new Copilot capabilities to Word that preserve formatting, keep the collaboration history intact, and add real transparency to AI-assisted edits.
Here is what is new:
Track Changes natively in Word. Copilot’s edits are visible by default, and Track Changes can be enabled directly through Copilot — so every modification stays transparent, auditable, and granular.
Comment threads through Copilot. You can add, read, reply to, and manage comments via Copilot, and comments stay anchored to the relevant text.
Tables of contents done right. Copilot inserts and updates tables of contents using Word’s built-in heading styles, and the structure stays in sync as the document evolves.
Page elements and dynamic fields. Headers, footers, columns, margins — plus page numbers and dates — that Copilot can insert and manage, and that update automatically as the document changes.
Real-time progress for multi-step tasks. For longer jobs, Copilot now shows what it is working on as it works, so you can follow along with confidence.
These are rolling out on Windows desktop through the Frontier program on the Office Insiders Beta Channel, with Word for the web and Mac coming soon.
Read the announcement
What’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot — March 2026 highlights
March was a busy month across every Copilot surface. A few of the items I think matter the most:
For users:
Video recap of meetings in Copilot Chat — a narrated highlight reel combining key takeaways with short clips, for meetings of at least 10 minutes with recording enabled. English first.
Researcher output formats — Researcher reports can now be converted to PowerPoint, PDF, infographic, or audio overview in one click.
Branded footer in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app — admins can configure a footer that builds trust that users are on an approved, organization-managed AI tool.
Audio recap in seven more languages — Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.
AI in SharePoint (the refreshed Knowledge Agent) — agentic building and content intelligence inside SharePoint, powered by Anthropic’s Claude model. Public Preview in March, worldwide in May.
Copilot in Excel — Work IQ context automatically pulled in, plus multi-step edits to locally stored workbooks on Windows and Mac.
Citations display for Copilot in Word — citations automatically shown when responses use web or Work IQ sources.
Standardize format with Copilot in PowerPoint — fonts, sizes, and bullet styles cleaned up across all slides at once.
For admins:
Microsoft Purview DLP for Copilot safeguarding prompts and web searches containing sensitive data.
Authoritative sources, high-usage users, and domain exclusion — new controls in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
Satisfaction, intent, and usage tracking in the Copilot Dashboard.
Copilot Tuning templates in Agent Builder — for enterprises with at least 5,000 Copilot licenses, rolling to Frontier in April and worldwide in June. Read more from chapter below.
Read the full roundup
Latest enhancements for Copilot security, management, and analytics
As Copilot becomes a daily tool for more and more teams, IT and security leaders need practical, built-in controls — without slowing adoption. Microsoft published an excellent roundup of the newest ones:
Secure and Govern Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment guide — an updated foundational blueprint with three essential steps: remediate oversharing, implement reliable guardrails, and meet AI-related regulatory obligations. See aka.ms/Copilot/SecureGovern.
Microsoft Purview DLP for Copilot prompts — generally available.
Microsoft Purview DLP for web queries — Public Preview.
Purview DSPM: bulk remediation of overshared files — generally available.
Purview in the Microsoft 365 admin center — oversharing visibility and the ability to turn on Purview DLP for Copilot directly from there.
Organizational Messages — now includes email as a delivery channel, plus usage-based targeting for driving Copilot adoption based on real behavior. General availability this month.
Copilot Dashboard for everyone — now available to customers with at least 1 Microsoft 365 Copilot license, with metrics for users, trends, adoption, intensity, retention, and app-level breakdowns.
User satisfaction tracking at scale — thumbs-up and thumbs-down aggregated across apps, with trends over time and group comparisons.
New intent patterns across M365 apps — suggested reply, translate, coach, clean data, and more. Public Preview this month.
Export Copilot Dashboard data — de-identified CSV export, weekly metrics covering the past six months. GA this month.
Read the announcement
Important — Copilot Chat removed from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for non-Premium users
This one deserves its own section, because it has real impact on larger organizations.
Beginning April 15, 2026, Microsoft stopped offering direct access to Copilot Chat within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for users who do not have a paid Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) subscription. The Copilot icon is gone from the ribbon in those apps for unlicensed users. This change applies across all licenses, not just a single tenant — which is why it matters for every organization running a mixed Copilot license landscape.
What stays the same: Copilot Chat remains available on the web at m365.cloud.microsoft, in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, inside Outlook (mail and calendar), and inside Teams — as long as users sign in with their work account to enable enterprise data protection.
Why this matters for larger organizations:
If your Copilot rollout was relying on the in-app Copilot Chat experience in Word / Excel / PowerPoint / OneNote for unlicensed users (for example, as a “try before you buy” surface), that surface is gone.
Users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) license who were using the Copilot icon in those apps will notice the change immediately.
Communications and enablement materials should be updated so users know where Copilot Chat still lives and how to sign in with enterprise data protection.
For tenants where Premium licensing is not yet available at all (a situation familiar to many education and large public-sector customers), the in-app experience is simply not coming back without licensing.
The direction is clear: the rich in-app Copilot experience is reserved for Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) subscriptions, while Copilot Chat with enterprise data protection remains broadly available across the other surfaces.
Coming soon — from the Microsoft Admin Center (Message Center)
Several upcoming changes are already announced in the Microsoft Admin Center. Admins — these are the ones to put on your radar.
MC1280557 — Submit agents to the Agent Store from Agent Builder
Rolling out in mid-May 2026 and expected to complete by late May 2026. Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 557173.
This one is a meaningful step for anyone scaling agent building inside the organization. Agent Builder users will be able to submit their agents for administrator review before the agents are published to the org’s Agent Store catalog. Once approved, the agent appears in the “Built by your org” section of the Agent Store, where colleagues can discover and install it.
How it works:
Submission — Agent Builder users select Submit to your org catalog to request publishing.
Review — the submission creates a review request in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Admins use the existing publishing and approval workflow, with full control over who can access the agent, scoping to specific users or security groups, and options for preinstalling or pinning.
Distribution — approved agents are available for everyone to discover and install directly from the Agent Store.
Updates — agent updates require a new admin submission, and each one triggers a new review cycle.
Published agents appear as a separate entry in the Agent Registry under Agents → All agents.
Action: no action is required before rollout, but admins can familiarize themselves with the review experience under Agents → All agents → Requests, and internal agent makers should be informed so they understand the submission and approval process.
MC1282682 — Agent Builder: a refreshed agent creation experience
Rolling out in late April 2026 (Worldwide, GCC, GCCH). Available to both Copilot Chat (Basic) and Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) users.
The Agent Builder creation experience is getting a visual and UX refresh to make building an agent clearer, faster, and more intuitive. The update focuses only on the creation experience — there are no changes to how agents function, how they are published, or how they are managed.
What is new:
The landing page now shows templates and a list of existing agents, making it easier to start fresh or reuse an agent.
Describe and Configure panes are displayed side by side — updates in Describe are reflected in the configuration in real time, with the configuration pane highlighting what changed and why.
A Show changes option lets users review how instructions have evolved over time.
Testing is now accessed through a Try it toggle, making it easy to switch between configuring and testing before publishing.
The feature is enabled by default and requires no admin configuration. A small update, but one that makes a daily builder experience noticeably smoother.
MC1222551 — Copilot Tuning: public preview and new Agent Builder templates
Public preview starts in April 2026 for organizations enrolled in the Frontier TAP and Public program with 5,000 or more Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses.
Copilot Tuning is adding new templates in Agent Builder designed for high-value document work — drafting complex documents, validating documents against organizational guidelines, and editing to match a distinct writing style. And with Copilot Tuning enabled, organizations can go further and tune those template-based agents by adjusting context, tools, and the underlying models with their own proprietary data, processes, and standards. This is how you get agents that genuinely work the way your organization works.
A few important details for admins:
The new templates are available to all users licensed for Microsoft 365 Copilot, even without Copilot Tuning itself.
Tuning is reserved for organizations with 5,000+ Copilot licenses in the Frontier TAP and Public program during preview.
Copilot Tuning creates a snapshot of selected SharePoint content for tuning purposes, stored in a tenant-isolated Microsoft 365 environment and used only within the Copilot Tuning service.
DLP policies on the source SharePoint content do not apply to the snapshot — this is an important nuance to review with your data governance team.
During public preview, EU tenant traffic remains within the EU Data Boundary, while global tenant traffic may be processed in other regions for large language model operations.
Advanced Data Residency (ADR) tenants: Copilot Tuning is not enabled by default; ADR customers may opt in by formally waiving ADR requirements through their Microsoft account team.
Snapshots are not automatically updated — if the underlying SharePoint content changes, agents must be retrained.
Action: admins can manage access in the Microsoft 365 admin center under Copilot → Settings → Copilot Tuning, scope tuning to specific users or Entra ID groups, or disable it entirely. Review internal data governance, privacy, and regulatory requirements before enabling — particularly around the DLP-on-snapshot nuance.
For a deeper dive, see the Copilot Tuning Overview on Microsoft Learn(opens in new window) or the Ignite session (45 min)(opens in new window).
MC1269241 — Anthropic models on by default for Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Starting May 4, 2026, a new “Copilot in M365 apps with Anthropic models” setting appears in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. When enabled, Anthropic models become available by default for Copilot in Excel and PowerPoint, with Word support arriving in summer 2026.
A few important details:
This setting is enabled by default for your tenant (subject to Anthropic capacity). You can review or change it anytime under Copilot → Settings → View All → AI providers operating as Microsoft Subprocessor.
If your global Anthropic subprocessor setting is already enabled, this update introduces no additional change.
When Anthropic models are used, data processing for these models occurs outside the EU Data Boundary (EUDB). Anthropic operates as a Microsoft subprocessor under the Microsoft Product Terms and DPA. No customer data or state is stored outside the EUDB, and all data is encrypted in transit.
If no change is made, Anthropic models will be available for Copilot in Excel and PowerPoint from May 4, 2026. Word support joins in summer 2026.
Action: EU / EFTA / UK admins — review this setting now and confirm it aligns with your organization’s needs.
MC1266023 — New Copilot metrics across Microsoft 365 apps
Rolling out from late April 2026 and expected to complete in late May 2026. Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 557981.
New metrics will appear in the Copilot Dashboard and Advanced Analysis in Copilot Analytics, giving admins better visibility into how users actually engage with Copilot:
Actions in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, Microsoft Edge, and OneNote.
Intent-based scenarios in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint — including suggested replies, translation, coaching, and clean data.
The feature is enabled automatically for all tenants with a Copilot license. No configuration or policy change is required.
MC1222978 — User-day export for Copilot Dashboard metrics (public preview)
Timeline: Public preview mid-May 2026 → end of May 2026, with GA early August 2026 → end of August 2026. Roadmap ID 547749.
Copilot Dashboard users with company-level access will be able to export de-identified Copilot usage metrics aggregated by user and day, covering the last 28 days. This is in addition to the existing user-week export.
Highlights:
Minimum of 50 Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses required.
Export includes Organization and Job function attributes, and supports analysis across Copilot-enabled apps (Word, Excel, Teams, and more).
Uses the same Viva Feature Access Management (VFAM) controls as the existing user-week export — no new access controls are introduced.
Data usually reflects Copilot activity up to 3 days before the export date.
Action: review your VFAM settings for users with company-wide Copilot Dashboard access, and inform eligible users about the new option.
MC1280558 — Use Copilot to explain selected slide content in PowerPoint Live
Rolling out in mid-May 2026 and expected to complete by late May 2026. Roadmap ID 557256.
During a Teams meeting with PowerPoint Live, attendees can select text on the slide — an acronym, a technical term, a complex concept — and ask Copilot to explain it. The explanation is shown privately to the attendee, without interrupting the presenter or cluttering the chat.
On by default for tenants with Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium).
No admin action required to enable.
Processing follows existing Copilot for Microsoft 365 AI processing and security boundaries.
A small feature, but one with a big impact on meeting inclusivity — especially for global teams and for sessions full of jargon. I love this one.
What this all means for the work
Taken together, these updates tell a very clear story: Microsoft 365 Copilot is maturing from an assistant into a true coworker, with deeper app integration (Word document workflows, PowerPoint Live explanations), richer analytics (intent, satisfaction, user-day exports), and stronger security and governance (Purview DLP, oversharing remediation, Secure and Govern guidance). And with Copilot Cowork now in Frontier, the whole stack is moving toward real execution of multi-step work.
At the same time, the April 15 change reminds all of us that the rich in-app Copilot experience belongs to the Premium subscription (paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license), and every organization needs a clear licensing and enablement plan to match.
This is the Future of Work in practice — an AI-Native workplace where people and intelligent agents co-create every day, inside a secure, governed Microsoft 365. I am excited to see how organizations adopt all of this, and I will keep exploring these capabilities on the blog.
U.S. Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke was charged with five federal crimes, including commodities fraud and unlawful use of classified information
Van Dyke allegedly profited $409,881 from 13 Polymarket bets totaling $33,034 between December 26, 2025 and January 2, 2026.
The bets involved classified intelligence about Operation Absolute Resolve targeting former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
A U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was charged Thursday with using classified military intelligence to trade on Polymarket around the January removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, marking the first major case of alleged insider trading on crypto prediction markets using U.S. government secrets.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, allegedly accessed classified information about Operation Absolute Resolve—a military operation targeting Maduro—and placed 13 bets on Venezuela-related outcomes between December 26, 2025 and January 2, 2026, according to court documents.
U.S. special forces apprehended Maduro and his wife at a Caracas residence during predawn hours on January 3. Hours later, the President announced the successful operation. Van Dyke’s bets, which totaled $33,034 in initial investment, generated profits of $409,881.
The gains grabbed headlines in January, though it was not initially clear who had made the bets. However, the outsized success raised suspicions of insider trading.
Three days after the operation’s announcement, Van Dyke contacted Polymarket requesting deletion of his account, falsely claiming he had lost access to the associated email address, the same filing shows. Federal prosecutors emphasized that traditional insider trading laws apply to decentralized prediction markets.
“Prediction markets are not a haven for using misappropriated confidential or classified information for personal gain,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, in a statement. “The defendant allegedly violated the trust placed in him by the United States Government by using classified information about a sensitive military operation to place bets on the timing and outcome of that very operation, all to turn a profit.”
“That is clear insider trading and is illegal under federal law. Those entrusted to safeguard our nation’s secrets have a duty to protect them and our armed service members, and not to use that information for personal financial gain. Our Office will continue to hold accountable those who misuse confidential or classified information in a way that undermines and exploits our national security.”
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche noted that enforcement will adapt to emerging crypto platforms. “Widespread access to prediction markets is a relatively new phenomenon, but federal laws protecting national security information fully apply,” Blanche said.
Van Dyke faces five federal charges, including three counts of violating the Commodity Exchange Act, wire fraud, and theft of nonpublic government information. The commodities violations each carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, while the wire fraud charge carries up to 20 years, according to the Justice Department.
The CFTC filed its own complaint Thursday alongside the Department of Justice.
“I have been crystal clear that anyone who engages in fraud, manipulation, or insider trading in any of our markets will face the full force of the law,” said CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig, in a statement. “The defendant was entrusted with confidential information about U.S. operations and yet took action that endangered U.S. national security and put the lives of American service members in harm’s way.”
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I’m A Celebrity South Africa is racing towards its big finale – but fans are furious after Scarlett Moffatt was given the boot.
Scarlett, Mo Farah, Harry Redknapp, Adam Thomas and Craig Charles kicked things off tonight with emotional messages from home.
The touching moments had everyone in tears, even with the final now within reach.
The Final Four were decided in the Keep Your Eye on the Ball trial (Credit: ITV)
Next came the return of a fan favourite.
The Celebrity Cyclone saw the stars dressed as animals from the Big Five, battling their way up the slippery course in chaotic scenes.
However, things quickly turned serious during the Keep Your Eye on the Ball trial, which decided who would leave I’m A Celebrity South Africa just before the final.
Scarlett Moffatt leaves I’m A Celebrity
In the tense challenge, each celebrity sat in their own compartment as coloured balls moved through clear pipes.
With critters dropping in from above, they had to keep count of the different colours in their heads. At the end, Ant and Dec selected a ball at random to determine which colour mattered.
The chosen colour was blue, and each campmate revealed their count.
Dec explained: “The celebrity whose answer was closest to the correct number was Harry. You were seven out and are in the Final Four.”
Scarlett Moffatt is the latest celebrity to leave I’m A Celebrity (Credit: ITV)
Adam followed as the second closest, just 13 away. Craig came next, 14 out. That left Mo and Scarlett facing the final result.
Mo missed the correct number by 18. Scarlett, however, was 74 out, meaning her time in camp came to an end.
That result confirms the Final Four as Harry, Mo, Craig and Adam, setting up an all male final.
After her exit, Scarlett admitted: “I’m gutted, I felt like I was so close. I was the last girl standing.”
Fans are furious at her departure so close to the final.
Writing on X, one raged: “Gutted Scarlett is out, my winner.”
Another added: “We need more people like Scarlett Moffatt in this world. She was my winner!”
And a third penned: “Scarlett was robbed. no one is good at maths. What a bad last trial!”
How to vote for your I’m A Celebrity South Africa winner
Voting has now opened for viewers to pick their winner. Fans can head to the I’m A Celebrity website or app, where ITV is offering five free votes.
Adam, Mo, Craig and Harry are the Final Four (Credit: ITV)
It is now a vote to win, with Mo, Harry, Craig and Adam all in the running to be crowned I’m A Celebrity Legend 2026.
Voting closes at 7.15pm tomorrow night before reopening before the live show at 9pm.
Unlike the rest of the series, the final will air from London after being pre recorded in South Africa last September.
The finish line is in sight and it is now down to viewers to decide who takes the crown.
Read more: ‘Just what I needed’: Adam Thomas’ wife Caroline Daly and their two children leave I’m A Celebrity star in tears
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The fallout surrounding Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini just took another dramatic turn.
Newly surfaced photos appear to show the longtime NFL coach and the sports reporter kissing during a night out at a New York City bar in March 2020, six years before the recent pics that first sparked widespread speculation about their relationship.
The news comes less than 24 hours after Vrabel revealed that he’ll check into therapy, a move that will cause him to miss part of the NFL Draft, which begins tonight.
Dianna Russini attends “A Lifetime Of Sundays” New York Screening at The Paley Center for Media on September 18, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/WireImage)
According to Page Six, the images were taken at Tribeca Tavern and allegedly capture the pair in an intimate moment while sitting closely together.
An eyewitness told the outlet “They were kissing and they were all over each other … He had a ring on.”
The timing is what has made the report especially explosive.
Vrabel was already married at the time the photos were taken, while Russini would marry later that same year.
The newly surfaced images come on the heels of previously published photos showing the two holding hands and embracing at a resort in Sedona, Arizona in March of this year.
In the wake of that earlier report, both parties issued written statements attempting to downplay what the resort photos depicted. However, the controversy continued to escalate.
Less than a week later, Russini resigned from The Athletic after the photos led to an internal investigation at the New York Times-owned sports outlet.
Vrabel also addressed the matter publicly this week, acknowledging the personal toll the situation has taken.
He told reporters he has had “difficult conversations with people I care about,” and later announced that he would be seeking counseling.
“I have committed to seeking counseling, starting this weekend,” Vrabel said, adding:
“I have always wanted to lead by example, and I believe this is what I have to do to be the best husband, father and coach that I possibly can be.”
For now, the newly released bar photos have only intensified the conversation surrounding the pair, turning what was already a highly public controversy into an even more closely watched story.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
When Mikayla Matthews took to social media to share a health update, it didn’t take long for fans to drop into the comments to say what’s on their minds. No one is sugar coating it and many are literally begging her to consider moving out of Utah for her own wellbeing.
“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star has been vocal about her ongoing health struggles in the hopes of helping others and answering questions fans have.
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Matthews hasn’t shied away from sharing her health struggles with fans on social media. She recently shared a new update that has viewers in the comment section sharing their thoughts about her moving out of Utah.
After returning to Utah after three weeks in California and five days in Costa Rica, Matthews shared a health update.
“I was just terrified of coming back to Utah. I had lived a month away and like, oh, this is what it feels like to feel a little more normal and not have these flares be on the forefront of my mind 24/7,” she said while sitting in her car. “And within two days of coming home, as you can tell, my hands flared up really bad, my neck flared up really bad. I’m truly sitting here feeling like I’m here in Utah in this environment. I am just surviving with chronic illness.”
Outside of Utah, Mikayla Matthews Said She’s ‘Living With Chronic Illness’
Matthews continued her video by explaining that when she wasn’t in Utah, her “life was still going on” and her illness wasn’t “at the forefront” of her mind.
“I’ve had to say no to doing fun events coming up,” she continued. “Hate going, doing interviews on the carpet, taking pictures, and that’s out there for everyone to see.”
She brought up the comments she sees online about her appearance, and how she does have a lot of support backing her, but “unfortunately I’m the only one who can heal myself and there’s not much people can do.”
She also talked about the pain she deals with and how it stops her in her tracks.
‘Your House Is Making You Sick’
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Matthews said that a lot of people have told her that it’s her house making her ill, and that “it’s so much easier said than done” when people say “get out of your house.”
“I wanna go to Switzerland and do a detox retreat,” she said. “I wanna go to Costa Rica and just get my skin in a better place. But so many things that are going through my head like it’s not easy to just up and sell my house and buy a new house. And what if I’m still having these issues in another home?”
The reality star said the struggle of “chronic illness and a skin condition” has “stripped” her of time with her kids that she “will never get back.”
“I’m trying to listen to my intuition the best that I can,” she continued. “And I know I’m not healing in this environment right now.”
Viewers Share Their Thoughts On Mikayla Matthews Leaving Utah
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Matthews video quickly captured tons of attention with more than 1.2 million views on TikTok in less than a day. Many fans dropped into the comment section to share their thoughts and well wishes, with a common theme of getting out of Utah.
“Your body is literally SCREAMING for you to make the move,” one person wrote. Another said, “Time to get outta Utah babe! You will do phenomenal once you leave.” Another viewer shared, “If your trauma happened in Utah, your body is letting you know that it’s not safe in that environment. I know moving isn’t easy but I recommend nervous system regulation work and somatic healing.”
A few viewers could relate to some of the issues Matthews is dealing with in Utah.
“Utah has toxic algae that is becoming airborne due to the great salt lake drying up. It has caused more issues for me to be in Utah than I have EVER had. I’ve lived in multiple places,” one person said. Another added, “Utah is a different kind of dry. We visited and the entire time I was swollen, dry and puffy. I’m from CA.” Another person shared, “My daughter had the same issues at her apartment in Utah. It’s mold.”
More Fans Shared Thoughts On Instagram
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While there were many comments on TikTok telling Matthews maybe it’s time to leave Utah for good, there were also similar comments on Instagram.
“It’s your nervous system. You have to heal your nervous system and you can’t when you are surrounded by chaos,” one person wrote in the comments of Matthews’ Instagram post. Another said, “Baby get outta there! Give yourself a chance. From one autoimmune girlie to another. We can’t fully heal where we became sick.”
One commenter shared a reminder for Matthews as she navigates this rough time, “You are doing the best you can right now mama, give yourself grace, I can’t imagine having the chronic illness to actually show up like this as a reminder, and you feeling like is your fault, please remind yourself you are doing everything in your power right now! And that is Enough!”
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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, April 23rd, 2026, Chainwire
At the Prediction Conference in Las Vegas, SafeBets [SafeBets.world Inc.] unveiled a first-of-its-kind prediction platform where users can earn substantial financial rewards.
The company’s arrival comes as the prediction market sector reaches a historic inflection point. Industry volume has grown 127-fold in three years, from $0.5 billion in 2022 to $63.5 billion in 2025, with research firm Eilers & Krejcik further projecting the sector to reach $1 trillion in annual trading volume by 2030.
SafeBets is built to capture a significant share of that market through a model that no existing platform has yet attempted. SafeBets aims to grow to 200 million users by 2030.
A New Economic Architecture for Prediction Markets
Traditional prediction platforms operate on a zero-sum model: for every dollar won, another participant loses. SafeBets is built on an entirely different economic foundation.
Instead of redistributing capital among participants, the platform generates revenue by trading crypto, commodities, stocks, and currency markets using the Collective Intelligence of its best predictors.
SafeBets targets $10B+ in annual trading profits from this activity with half of those profits used to reward its top predictors and Brand Ambassadors.
This architecture has direct implications for scalability: zero-sum systems are capped by the capital participants are willing to put at risk. SafeBets scales with global financial markets, a pool orders of magnitude larger.
“SafeBets introduces something the financial world has never seen: risk-free betting,” said Alex Konanykhin, CEO of SafeBets. “Many people have the analytical skill to read markets better than the crowd, but to date, there has been no accessible, risk-free way to be rewarded for it. SafeBets is not a gambling platform—it is a Collective Intelligence Engine.”
How SafeBets Works: Proof-Of-Intelligence
Users create a free account and receive 100 unicoins upon signup, enabling their first 100 predictions across crypto, equities, commodities, and currencies. No deposit is ever required, so no user can incur any loss by placing predictions on SafeBets.
From there, SafeBets’ proprietary algorithm, the Collective Intelligence Engine, evaluates every prediction against real, time-stamped market outcomes, scoring each forecaster on accuracy, consistency, and the magnitude of their calls.
“The Filtration Pyramid is the heart of the platform,” said Gina Antoniello, Executive Director of SafeBets and Professor at NYU. “Anyone can join. Only the genuinely skilled rise. And when they do, the platform rewards them at a scale that has never been possible before, because their intelligence is generating real, measurable value in real financial markets. That is a fundamentally new relationship between individual insight and institutional trading.”
Unicoin: The Smart Coin for Smart People
Instead of using multiple national fiat currencies, SafeBets uses Unicoin as its network token.
Positioned as the Smart Coin for Smart People, Unicoin can be mined on SafeBets through Proof-of-Intelligence. SafeBets intends to allocate 15-25% of its revenues to purchasing unicoins on crypto exchanges, thereby increasing liquidity and price stability. That gives Unicoin a fundamental economic grounding that most cryptocurrencies lack.
The SafeBets–Unicoin ecosystem is designed as a self-reinforcing flywheel: accurate predictors earn unicoins, the token’s value grows with the platform’s trading success, and rising token value attracts a larger and sharper user base, which generates stronger signals and produces greater trading profits.
“Unicoin is what makes the entire system compounding,” said Alex Dominguez, Chief Investor Relations Officer of SafeBets. “I believe that the risk-free betting concept of SafeBets is so unique, intriguing, and appealing that over a billion people may try their prediction skills on SafeBets, especially once we add sports predictions. All SafeBets users will learn about the advantages of Unicoin and start using it for making predictions on SafeBets.world. That may result in the Unicoin community becoming larger than the communities of any other cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin. I’m confident that Unicoin may become the leading cryptocurrency.”
Global Scale: A Platform Built for Everywhere
SafeBets’ model is designed for unrestricted global expansion. Because the platform accepts no financial wagers and places no user capital at risk, it operates entirely outside the gambling classifications that have constrained traditional prediction markets to select jurisdictions.
“In short, SafeBets can reach every market, including the 85+ jurisdictions currently closed to its competitors, from day one. And here at the first conference of the Prediction Industry, we announced that we intend to do so,” Konanykhin concluded.
About SafeBets
SafeBets (SafeBets.world) is a prediction platform where users earn unicoins by accurately forecasting crypto, equity, commodity, and currency markets. The platform accepts no wagers and places no user capital at risk, operating outside global gambling regulations. Powered by an AI-driven Collective Intelligence Engine, SafeBets targets 200 million users and $10B+ in annual trading profits by 2030.
Website: https://safebets.world/
About Unicoin
Unicoin is a cryptocurrency governed by Unicoin Foundation and issued by TransparentBusiness Inc., a U.S.-based crypto company committed to building one of the world’s most transparent and compliant cryptocurrency ecosystems. Through innovation, education, and community engagement, Unicoin Foundation aims to democratize access to economic opportunities and redefine the role of digital assets in society.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements and projections. Investing in SafeBets involves significant risk, including the possible loss of the entire investment. Success is not guaranteed. All investment decisions should be made only after careful review of the Private Placement Memorandum available at SafeBets.world/invest. This release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction where such offer or solicitation is unlawful. TransparentBusiness Inc. provides no essential managerial efforts with respect to SafeBets.
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