Africa Data Centres JHB1 Becomes Second Azure ExpressRoute Metro Peering Site in Johannesburg
South African businesses relying on Microsoft Azure for mission-critical applications just gained a significant reliability upgrade. Cassava Technologies announced on July 20, 2026, that its Africa...
Windows 11 26H2 Arrives with Hyper-V Crash Fixes, but Microsoft’s Own Notes Urge Caution
Microsoft pushed its first Windows 11 26H2 Experimental build on June 19, 2026, and it came with a targeted remedy for Hyper-V users who’d been wrestling with blue screens. Build 26300.8697...
Windows 11’s Local AI Performance Is Better Than You Think—But Linux Still Has the Edge
Windows 11 has just posted a series of startling wins in local AI benchmarks against two Linux distributions on identical high-end hardware. In a 99-test gauntlet run by Phoronix, Microsoft’s OS...
Apple's Genius Bar AI Pilot Records Your Repair Chat: How It Works and How to Opt Out
Apple is testing an artificial intelligence tool called Live Notes that can listen to your Genius Bar appointment, transcribe the conversation, and generate a summary for the technician—but the...
Edge 152 Will Update Every Two Weeks Starting August 27—Here’s Your Action Plan
On August 27, 2026, Microsoft will flip the switch on a faster Edge release cadence—moving the Stable channel from a roughly four-week rhythm to a major update every two weeks. The change arrives...
Linux TIPC Decrypt Bug CVE-2026-63801: How a Missing Net Reference Left Systems Open to Use-After-Free Since Kernel 5.5
Linux kernel maintainers published a fix on July 19, 2026 for a use-after-free flaw in the Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol’s encrypted receive path, tracked as...
Linux Kernel’s Qualcomm Wi-Fi Double-Free Bug Gets Patched—Here’s What Windows Users Need to Know
A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability in the Qualcomm ath11k Wi-Fi driver can cause a double-free condition during device teardown, potentially crashing systems or triggering kernel warnings....
That Linux Kernel Bug Can Crash Your WSL 2 — Here’s How Microsoft Wants You to Fix It
Microsoft is steering Windows users running WSL 2 toward a critical Linux kernel patch after a memory-corruption flaw came to light on July 19, 2026. CVE-2026-63809 isn't a Windows kernel...
JPMorgan Chief Sounds ‘Ballistic Missile’ Alarm Over AI Bug-Hunting Model — Windows Defenders Must Act
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon didn’t mince words at a defense and innovation summit on July 15: allowing unrestricted access to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos cybersecurity model, he said, would be...
Linux Kernel Bug in AMD Video Engine Fixed: What It Means for Your PC, Windows or Otherwise
On July 19, 2026, the National Vulnerability Database published CVE-2026-53375, a flaw in the Linux kernel’s AMDGPU driver that could corrupt memory addresses sent to video-encoding firmware. The...
Microsoft Retires Legacy Keyboard Troubleshooter — Here’s How to Fix Stuck Keys in Windows 10 and 11
Microsoft has started pulling the plug on its aging MSDT-based troubleshooters, and the keyboard diagnostic tool is among the first to go. For Windows users, that means the one-click "Fix it" button...
Linux Kernel CVE-2026-63829 Exposes GRE Tunnels to Cross-Namespace Hijacking—What WSL 2 Users Must Patch Now
A freshly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability allows a process with networking privileges in one container to secretly reconfigure GRE and ERSPAN tunnels belonging to an entirely different container...