Articles from April 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in April 2026
Stellantis and Microsoft's AI Partnership Delivers Early Cost Savings, But Adoption Hurdles Remain
The automotive industry has seen countless technology partnerships announced with great fanfare, only to fade into obscurity. But the Stellantis-Microsoft collaboration is different. It's not just...
Scaleway Wins 20+ Petabyte French Health Data Hub from Microsoft Azure
France’s Health Data Hub (HDH) is finally moving away from Microsoft Azure. The national platform for health data will migrate to Scaleway, a French cloud provider, in a clear signal that...
AC Black Flag Remake requires RTX 4070 for 4K ray tracing in 2026
Ubisoft has officially unveiled the PC system requirements for the upcoming Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake, and the numbers tell a stark story. What was once a mid-range gaming experience in 2013...
Miroki AI Robot on Azure Helps 8 of 12 Kids Skip Anesthesia During Radiation
The Institut du Cancer de Montpellier’s deployment of Miroki, an AI-enabled companion robot running on Microsoft Azure and Azure OpenAI Service, is more than a feel-good healthcare pilot. It is a...
How Azure Frameworks and Partners Drive Enterprise Transformation Beyond the Cloud
Microsoft Azure is increasingly being framed not as a destination in itself, but as the operating layer that makes enterprise transformation possible. In the South African channel context, that...
Microsoft Makes Copilot Agentic Features Generally Available in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Microsoft has officially released agentic AI capabilities for Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, moving these features from preview to general availability. The rollout, confirmed on March 26,...
Microsoft Revives Kyle the Dolphin in Copilot Keyboard for Windows 11 Japanese IME
Microsoft has brought back Kyle the dolphin, a beloved mascot from the 1990s, as part of the Copilot Keyboard experience for the Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) on Windows 11. The revival, spotted...
Linux Kernel Patch Fixes Use-After-Free Bug in CAN Raw Socket Receive
Security researchers have identified a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CAN subsystem, specifically within the raw socket receive path. Tracked as CVE-2026-31532, the flaw resides...
CVE-2026-31531: Linux Kernel Fixes IPv4 Nexthop Netlink Sizing Bug Affecting Large ECMP Groups
The Linux kernel community has disclosed CVE-2026-31531, a networking vulnerability in the IPv4 nexthop path that can trigger a kernel warning when users query very large nexthop groups through...
France Shifts Health Data Hub from Microsoft Azure to Scaleway in 18-Month Sovereignty Migration
The End of an Era for Microsoft Azure in French Healthcare France's Health Data Hub (HDH) is officially migrating away from Microsoft Azure. The decision, announced earlier this month, marks a...
WSL9x Brings Linux Apps to Windows 95/98 in a Bold Retro Hack
Windows 95 and Windows 98 have been out of Microsoft’s support cycle for years, but the latest retro-computing stunt aimed at them feels less like nostalgia and more like a technical dare. A...
Windows 11 April 2026 Patch Tuesday RDP Bug Blocks Remote Connections
Microsoft’s April 2026 Windows 11 quality updates are doing exactly what modern Patch Tuesdays so often do: tightening security in one area while creating friction in another. KB5083769 for Windows...