Articles from June 17, 2026
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Microsoft Teams Web Presence Now Tracks Activity Outside the Active Tab—Privacy Alarms Sound
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a new web presence setting for Teams that can monitor a user’s activity across their entire device—not just within the browser tab where Teams is open—to refine...
UK Moves to Outlaw Ransomware Payments for Critical Infrastructure in Sweeping Cyber Overhaul
In a decisive move to disrupt the ransomware economy, the UK government has proposed a ban on ransomware payments for all public sector bodies and critical national infrastructure (CNI) operators,...
INTERPOL Report Exposes Australia’s Cyber Insurance Gap as Ransomware and DDoS Threats Surge
Australia’s cyber insurance market is confronting a dangerous mismatch between coverage and risk as INTERPOL’s 2025/2026 Asia and South Pacific cyber threat assessment, released in early 2026,...
Why Cyber Insurance Is No Longer Optional for Windows Admins: Willis 2026 Report Reveals Coverage Gap Truths
The latest Willis cyber insurance claims report, released June 16, 2026, delivers a rare dose of good news for IT leaders: more than 95% of average data breach losses and 90% of average first-party...
Azure Wins Navy Neptune Cloud Deal, Joining AWS, Google, Oracle in Multi-Cloud Push
The U.S. Department of the Navy awarded four Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) task orders in June 2026, selecting Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Public Sector, and Oracle...
Microsoft's MDASH Multi-Model AI Begins Hunting Vulnerabilities Across Windows and Azure
Microsoft’s security engineering teams have quietly flipped the switch on one of the most ambitious AI-driven defense systems the company has ever built. Codenamed MDASH—short for Multi-Model...
HostGator’s 2026 Shared Hosting Keeps the Crown, but Cloud Plans Hit a Ceiling
HostGator has been a fixture in the web-hosting landscape for over two decades, and in 2026, it continues to hold its ground as a go-to provider for small businesses, bloggers, and developers who...
Nvidia's ENPIRE System Enables AI to Iteratively Improve Robot Policies via Real Hardware Experiments
Researchers at Nvidia, in collaboration with academic partners, have unveiled ENPIRE, a groundbreaking framework that allows AI coding agents to autonomously run physical robot experiments, verify...
PUBG’s AI Teammate Goes Live: NVIDIA ACE Powers ‘Ally Duo’ Beta on Sanhok
A new kind of squadmate dropped into PUBG: Battlegrounds on June 17, 2026 — one that doesn’t need a keyboard or mouse but listens to your voice and parlays tactical advice like a seasoned...
Windows Mini PCs Splinter Into Four Distinct Tiers in 2026, PCMag Guide Shows
PCMag Australia’s freshly published 2026 buyer’s guide to Windows mini PCs doesn’t just list the best models—it reveals a market that has decisively shed its one-size-fits-all past. The...
Windows 11 Backlash: Microsoft Account Mandate, Hidden Local Account Options Fuel User Fury in June 2026
Microsoft is facing renewed and intense backlash from Windows 11 users after June 17, 2026, saw a spike in forum and Reddit complaints about the operating system's increasingly aggressive push for...
Azure Monitor Log Alerts Get Dynamic Thresholds for Anomaly Detection in June 2026
Microsoft is bringing automated anomaly detection to log-based alert rules with the introduction of Dynamic Thresholds for Azure Monitor Log Search Alerts, a long-awaited feature arriving in June...