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github stopped offering text completions for pull requests https://github.blog/changelog/2025-08-15-deprecating-copilot-text-completion-for-pull-request-descriptions/

Deprecating Copilot text completion for pull request descriptions - GitHub Changelog
On September 12, 2025, we will retire Copilot text completion for pull request descriptions. After this date, when you start writing a description, Copilot will no longer suggest completions. This…

Sources: Cursor maker Anysphere acquired Koala, an AI-powered CRM startup that raised a $15M Series A five months ago; Koala plans to shut down in September (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/cursor-snaps-up-…

Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot | TechCrunch
Cursor-maker Anysphere is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in an effort to compete with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot.

Some great new examples of using Copilot within Excel.

✅ Excel AI: Microsoft brings new 'COPILOT' function directly into spreadsheet cells – GeekWire
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/excel-formula-meets…

Cobalt-free batteries reign in Chinese EVs. Why not the US? : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/20/nx-s1-5507156/cobalt-free-batteries-reign-in-chinese-evs-why-not-the-us

AuthenTree: A Scalable MPC-Based Distributed Trust Architecture for Chiplet-based Heterogeneous Systems
Ishraq Tashdid, Tasnuva Farheen, Sazadur Rahman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13033

AuthenTree: A Scalable MPC-Based Distributed Trust Architecture for Chiplet-based Heterogeneous Systems
The rapid adoption of chiplet-based heterogeneous integration is reshaping semiconductor design by enabling modular, scalable, and faster time-to-market solutions for AI and high-performance computing. However, multi-vendor assembly in post-fabrication environments fragments the supply chain and exposes SiP systems to serious security threats, including cloning, overproduction, and chiplet substitution. Existing authentication solutions depend on trusted integrators or centralized security anch…

Okay. This is my current top candidate for the most absurd, cool, and fascinating experiment/article of 2025.
Can you use candles as a clock signal for a CPU? Surprisingly, the answer is yes.
https://cpldcpu.com/2025/08/13/candle-flame-oscillations-as-a-clock/

Candle Flame Oscillations as a Clock
Todays candles have been optimized for millenia not to flicker. But it turns out when we bundle three of them together, we can undo all of these optimizations and the resulting triplet will start t…

Nabla, which offers an AI copilot for doctors and other medical staff, raised a $70M Series C led by HV Capital and says it now supports 85K clinicians (Judy Rider/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/nabla-ai-copilot-agents-healthcare-fundin…

Nabla Lands $70M To Build AI Agents In Healthcare Settings
Paris-based Nabla, which has developed an AI copilot for doctors and other medical staff, announced Tuesday that it has raised $70 million in a Series C funding led by Germany’s HV Capital.

Automate at scale. Copilot writes #PowerShell scripts based on Microsoft documentation—just update the placeholders and run.
▶️ A Copilot designed for admins - Introducing Copilot in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center - #Microsoft Mechanics

Microsoft rolls out a COPILOT function in Excel for users in the Beta Channel, letting them use text prompts to categorize data, summarize feedback, and more (Sean Endicott/Windows Central)
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/m

Microsoft Excel gets more AI — and this time it’s actually useful
AI in Excel finally feels natural thanks to the new COPILOT function.

Microsoft begins testing a Windows 11 feature for sharing the entire desktop with Copilot Vision; it requires first entering a special mode in the Copilot app (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.

Microsoft begins testing sharing your desktop with Copilot on Windows 11 — allows AI to view and chat about what's on your screen
First announced earlier this year, sharing your desktop with Copilot on Windows 11 is now in testing with insiders across all preview channels.