Industrial Ransomware Surge Exposes Backup Gaps for Windows XP Systems: Acronis 2026 Guide
Acronis this week published a 2026 buyer’s guide for operational technology (OT) backup and recovery, and the message is blunt: if your factory still runs Windows XP or Windows 7 on the plant...
Windows 11 24H2 and Office 2021 Hit End of Support October 13—Here’s Your 2026 Survival Guide
Microsoft has confirmed that over a dozen of its most widely used products will reach end of support in 2026. The single biggest date for consumers is October 13, when Windows 11 24H2 Home and...
How 100 City Workers Learned to Trust Copilot—And Why That Matters for Your AI Rollout
In July 2026, the city of Raisio, Finland, quietly wrapped up a Microsoft 365 Copilot training program for nearly 100 employees that most organizations would do well to copy. Rather than simply...
Windows Insider Builds Now Include Formally Verified Post-Quantum Cryptography — What You Need to Know
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Enterprise AI Is Moving Into Microsoft’s Cloud—Here’s What That Means for Your IT Environment
Over the past two weeks, a quiet wave of partner announcements has laid bare a tectonic shift in enterprise computing. Microsoft’s cloud—spanning Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra, and Fabric—is no...
OpenAI Pauses 5-Hour GPT-5.6 Sol Cap as Codex Demand Spikes
OpenAI has removed the five-hour usage window for GPT-5.6 Sol across ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Business accounts, granting developers and IT teams a temporary reprieve to run longer coding sessions and...
Vendors Urged to Turn AI Token Costs into Managed Partner Incentives
Larry Walsh, CEO of Channelnomics, is pressing IT vendors to stop treating the ballooning cost of AI-powered partner tools as an unpredictable operational expense and instead turn token usage into a...
Microsoft Ships Azure Linux 4.0 Preview as a Bootable ISO—Here’s Who Actually Needs It
Microsoft has quietly published a downloadable ISO for Azure Linux 4.0, giving IT professionals and the curious a way to run its cloud-optimized operating system on local hardware or in a virtual...
Teams Live Events Locks Down: Why You Need to Start Your Town Hall Migration Today
On June 30, 2026, Microsoft will pull the plug on Teams Live Events. But the real deadline already hit: since February 3, no organization can schedule a new Live Event past that date. If you work in...
Copilot Turns 11-Year-Old’s Story Idea Into a Working Game—No Coding Required
An 11-year-old Bay Area student with ADHD, dyslexia, and dysgraphia built a playable civilization-themed game in four days using Microsoft Copilot, without any prior coding knowledge. Jacob’s...
Bixby's Voice Keeps Changing Mid-Conversation, and Samsung Won't Say Why
Bixby has started speaking in two different voices during a single conversation, users report, with Samsung acknowledging the erratic behavior but refusing to call it a bug. The glitch, which began...
Google Photos tests one-tap video trimming tool it scrapped last year
Google is quietly working to restore a one-tap video trimming feature in its Photos app, code hidden inside the latest Android update reveals. The tool, called Auto trim, aims to cut excess footage...