Windows Backup Won't Save Your PC in a Crisis: What It Actually Does in Windows 11
If you think Windows Backup is making a safety net for your PC, think again. Microsoft’s built-in tool is designed to ease the switch to a new computer, not to rescue you from a crash or data...
Leaked 800mAh Battery Could Make Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 the New Endurance King
Just over a week before Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event in London on July 22, a fresh leak has laid out the purported specifications for the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and Galaxy Watch 9 series. The...
Why That Folder Icon Appears on Your Samsung Galaxy Screen and How to Make It Vanish
If a small folder icon has appeared on your Samsung Galaxy phone’s status bar or app drawer, don’t reach for malware scanners just yet. As BGR reported on July 13, 2026, that icon is a giveaway...
Samsung Tops Q2 Smartphone Shipments, but an 11% Drop Spells Costlier Phones Ahead
Samsung has snatched back the crown as the world’s top smartphone maker, capturing 24% of global shipments in the second quarter of 2026. But the headline numbers from Counterpoint Research, first...
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Durability Gains, but $1,999 MSRP Is the Real Price
If you’ve been holding off on a foldable phone because of durability fears, Consumer Reports’ latest evaluation of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 might change your mind. Its testers put the device...
Microsoft Ships OAuth Risk Scores to Block ShinyHunters’ Silent Salesforce Data Theft
Microsoft released a set of OAuth governance controls and risk-scoring models inside Defender for Cloud Apps on July 13, aimed squarely at the abuse of trusted Salesforce integrations that...
EU Threatens Meta with Fines Over Addictive Features—Here’s How It Affects Your Windows Apps
On July 10, the European Commission dropped a regulatory bomb: Meta’s Facebook and Instagram are designed to be addictive, and that could cost the company billions. The preliminary finding, part of...
16GB RAM, 512GB Storage: The New Windows 11 Mini PC Baseline
The mini PC market in 2026 has quietly dropped the budget-label pretenses. These palm-sized machines are now fast enough to handle daily work, multiple browser tabs, and even local AI tasks, but the...
What TSMC’s Arizona Fab Means for Your Next Windows PC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company started high-volume chip production using its advanced 4-nanometer process at its new Arizona factory in the final quarter of 2024. The milestone marks the...
After a Hack, a Brazilian Court Forces Microsoft to Reopen a Gamer’s Account and Digital Library
{ "title": "After a Hack, a Brazilian Court Forces Microsoft to Reopen a Gamer’s Account and Digital Library", "content": "On July 10, 2026, a Brazilian court handed down a ruling that could...
Navitas Vows to Fight 'Baseless' Wolfspeed Lawsuit That Threatens GaN and SiC Power Chips
A patent fight over the future of power-efficient electronics broke into the open on July 7 when Wolfspeed sued rival Navitas Semiconductor in Delaware federal court, alleging infringement of five...
Windows Server 2016 Can Jump Directly to 2025 — Here’s When That Works
Microsoft has quietly enabled a four-version leap for Windows Server upgrades: nonclustered Server 2016 systems can now move straight to Server 2025, no intermediate hops required. The catch is that...