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Tech Soars: Windows 11 Hits 1B, AI Automates, & Cloud Waste Crumbles!

Windows 11 Surpasses 1 Billion Users Faster Than Windows 10

Windows 11 reached a significant milestone, hitting 1 billion users during the recent holiday quarter, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. This achievement marks a faster adoption rate compared to Windows 10, which took nearly six years to reach the same number, according to The Verge.

The announcement was made during Microsoft's fiscal Q2 2026 earnings call. Nadella stated that Windows 11 usage was "up over 45 percent year over year."

This news comes as enterprises are increasingly focused on optimizing their cloud spending, according to VentureBeat. A recent report from Flexera stated that up to 32% of enterprise cloud spending is wasted on duplicated, non-functional, or outdated code and inefficient processes. Companies are looking for solutions to reduce this waste, with Adaptive6 emerging from stealth to address this issue, optimizing platforms like Ticketmaster.

Meanwhile, companies like Western Sugar are leveraging their early adoption of cloud ERP systems like SAP S4HANA Cloud Public Edition to enable AI-driven automation. According to VentureBeat, Western Sugar moved to the cloud ten years ago, a decision that is now positioning them to take advantage of SAP's rollout of business AI capabilities across various departments. Richard Caluori, Director of Corporate Controlling at Western Sugar, described their previous on-premise system as "a trainwreck: a heavily customized ERP system so laden with custom ABAP code that it had become unupgradable."

Airtable is also making strides in AI with its Superagent platform, a standalone research agent that deploys teams of specialized AI agents to complete research tasks. According to VentureBeat, Airtable's orchestrator maintains full visibility over the entire execution journey, creating a "coherent journey" where the orchestrator makes all decisions, according to co-founder Howie Liu.

The gaming world continues to evolve, with a wide array of high-quality, versatile, and customizable Xbox controllers available for Xbox Series X, Series S, and Windows PCs, according to The Verge.

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