Copilot‘s next trick is diagnosing your PC’s problems, but the catch is that the assistant doing the diagnosing is itself part of the problem. Windows Latest reports that Microsoft is testing a new Copilot feature called PC Insights, which will let you ask the AI assistant natural language questions about your computer’s hardware and storage instead of digging through the Task Manager or Settings. The feature will reportedly allow users to ask questions like, “Do I have enough space for a 100GB game?” and Copilot will check the available storage to offer a response. Users will also be able to ask about CPU usage, battery health, etc., to diagnose issues.
According to a Microsoft support document spotted by Windows Latest, PC Insights is expected to read CPU, RAM, and GPU usage, calculate free storage space, and check folder sizes for places like your Downloads or Documents. It will also be able to see connected USB devices, external drives, printers, webcams, and the state of the computer’s Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections.
The feature will reportedly be opt-in and will ask users for permission each time they ask Copilot a hardware-related question, unless a user switches it to “Always allow.” Microsoft’s AI assistant won’t be able to open individual files, and for now, it appears limited to flagging problems rather than fixing them.
While the PC Insights feature may sound helpful, it has one big caveat. That is, the app promising to flag what’s slowing down your PC has been found to be a resource hog. In its testing, Windows Latest found that the current Copilot app uses up to 1GB of RAM at idle and takes up quite a bit of storage as it ships with its own private copy of Microsoft Edge.
PC Insights could be genuinely useful for less tech-savvy folks. But it’s hard to fully trust a tool for spotting resource problems when it’s contributing to them itself.
Speech-to-text apps have flooded the App Store, making it easier than ever to type on our Macs with just our voice. I have previously covered one such app called TypeWhisper. However, there has been a dearth of good text-to-speech models, and most of the good ones are locked behind a subscription.
Ollama, an open-source app that lets you run local AI models on your computer, wants to change that. It works on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and your prompts are never stored or used for training.
Did you think hitting delete on your AI chatbot conversation actually makes it disappear? Georgia Tech researchers just proved that's not entirely true. They have built a forensic tool called ORISA that can dig deleted conversations from your phone and even rebuild them into a working chatbot session you can keep talking to.
How can ORISA bring deleted AI conversations back?
Touchscreen laptops have been around for years. You can get them in all sizes and shapes. Just not from Apple. For years, the Cupertino giant has treated the idea of a touchscreen MacBook the way I treat a meeting that could have been an email: with open contempt. However, Wednesday looks like the day the company could finally change its mind.
The latest Apple invite puts the “Pro and Tell” showcase in Los Angeles at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) on October 28, 2026. Instead of a regular live-streamed keynote, it is an invitation-only, hands-on event for a handful of press and creators (similar to what the company did for the MacBook Neo earlier this year).