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Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 (arstechnica.com)

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Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.

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[-] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

We asked Microsoft if a Copilot key would be required on OEM PCs going forward; [...] it expects Copilot keys to be required on Windows 11 keyboards "over time." Microsoft often imposes some additional hardware requirements on major PC makers that sell Windows on their devices [...].

From what I understand, this either means that this will only affect laptops and similar devices, or that they want to force companies that sell windows PCs to sign a contract disallowing them from selling keyboards without a copilot key, with or without a PC. I think (hope?) they mean the former.

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