Articles from January 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in January 2026
SQL Server 2025 CU1 GA on RHEL 10 & Ubuntu 24.04: Microsoft's AI-Ready Cross-Platform Database Strategy
Microsoft has officially moved SQL Server 2025 into production territory with the release of Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) and the announcement of General Availability (GA) support for Red Hat Enterprise...
2025 upgrade warning: Windows 11 blunts RTX 40-series, Ryzen 7000 gains
PC hardware has never been more impressive—with blazing-fast GPUs, affordable high-core-count CPUs, and NVMe SSDs becoming standard—yet a growing chorus of users and experts report that Windows...
How Government IT Reshuffles Impact Windows Projects, Security & Procurement
The recent wave of senior-level bureaucratic reshuffles across federal and state governments is creating significant ripple effects in public sector IT departments, particularly for Windows-based...
SteamOS vs Windows Handhelds 2026: The Ultimate Gaming PC Showdown
The handheld gaming PC market has evolved dramatically by 2026, transforming from a niche segment into a legitimate battleground between two distinct computing philosophies. Valve's Steam Deck,...
AI Hallucination Forces Police Chief Retirement: Public Sector AI Governance Crisis
The sudden retirement of West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford has exposed critical vulnerabilities in public sector AI implementation, raising urgent questions about governance,...
EPA Closes Data Center Loophole: Memphis Colossus Turbines Face New Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a significant clarification to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) that directly impacts the operation of methane-powered turbines at major...
Microsoft's Bulgarian Government Deal Sparks Digital Sovereignty Debate
The Bulgarian government's impending large-scale software procurement deal with Microsoft has ignited a significant debate about digital sovereignty, vendor lock-in, and the strategic risks of...
Microsoft's Windows 8.1 Update Strategy: Why Monthly Patches Replace Major Updates
Microsoft has officially confirmed it will not release a packaged "Windows 8.1 Update 2," marking a significant shift in how the company delivers improvements to its operating systems. Instead of...
BT and Microsoft Unify Azure with BT Compute, Single Bill Slashes Hybrid Cloud Complexity
British telecommunications giant BT has announced a significant expansion of its partnership with Microsoft, integrating Microsoft Azure services directly into BT's managed cloud portfolio. This...
Microsoft Edge Collections Retirement: How to Save Your Data Before Migration
Microsoft's decision to retire the Collections feature in Edge browser has sent shockwaves through the productivity community, with users scrambling to preserve years of curated research, project...
Windows 11 UK Rollout Adds Android File Sharing, LPAC Security & Start Menu Fixes
Microsoft has quietly begun rolling out a cluster of Windows 11 improvements that are already surfacing for UK users—small, practical tweaks to the Start menu and taskbar, expanded file-sharing...
AI News Summaries Risk "Severe Poison," Microsoft Urges Verification
The rhetorical blast from a recent opinion headline—that using AI chatbots to follow the news is like "injecting severe poison directly into your brain"—captures a real anxiety, but it also...