Articles from June 18, 2026
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Hands-Free AI Voice Agents Take Over Teams Phones at InfoComm 2026—Microsoft’s Windows-First Meeting Room Revolution
LAS VEGAS — Microsoft kicked off InfoComm 2026 on Wednesday, June 17, by turning the Las Vegas Convention Center into a showcase for AI-saturated meeting rooms and voice-first collaboration,...
CISA Issues Emergency Warning as FortiBleed Exploits FortiGate SSL VPN Credentials to Target Windows Domains
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an urgent advisory on June 18, 2026, warning organizations worldwide that attackers are actively exploiting compromised...
Target Deploys Microsoft Copilot as AI Store Companion to Boost Retail Operations
Target has published a new video tour of Microsoft Copilot in action inside its stores, giving the public one of the most concrete looks yet at how a major U.S. retailer is embedding generative AI...
LucideaCore v4.5.0 Modernizes Archival Software with Windows Server 2025 and SQL Server 2025
Lucidea has announced LucideaCore v4.5.0, a major platform update for its ArchivEra, Argus, and SydneyDigital collections management systems, with support for Microsoft Windows Server 2025 and SQL...
Microsoft Deploys GSMA-Backed Verified Caller ID to Azure Contact Centers
Microsoft has begun integrating the Open Verifiable Calling framework—built by the GSMA Foundry and first revealed at MWC 2026—into its Azure Communications Services platform. The move gives...
Microsoft Declares the End of the AI Pilot Era with a Four-Path Framework for Enterprise Transformation
Microsoft has drawn a line in the sand: the era of scattered AI pilots is over, and the time for enterprise-wide transformation is now. On June 18, 2026, the company published a new Microsoft Cloud...
Bangladesh's Semiconductor Tax Holiday Won't Fab Success Without IP and Trust, Experts Warn
Bangladesh has dangled a seven-year tax holiday in front of the global semiconductor industry with its proposed fiscal 2026-27 budget, exempting raw materials for chip design, testing, and packaging...
Trump’s ‘Stolen’ Chip Claim Threatens Windows Hardware Stability and Datacenter Investments
President Donald Trump’s early-morning Truth Social post on June 18, 2026, accusing Taiwan and other nations of having ‘stolen’ America’s semiconductor manufacturing capabilities has sent...
CADFEM and SilTerra Ink MoU to Drive Simulation-Led Chip Design, Promising Better Windows Performance
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — On June 12, 2026, CADFEM APAC and SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. put pen to paper on a memorandum of understanding that promises to bridge the gap between sophisticated...
Microsoft Shows Agentic AI for Plant Operations, Stressing Human Oversight Over Chatbots
On June 18, 2026, Microsoft laid out a blueprint for bringing agentic AI to process manufacturing floors—and it looks nothing like a chatbot. During a technical showcase anchored at Yara...
Microsoft Unleashes Eddie: AI Agent Tames PC Procurement Chaos for 200,000 Global Workers
Microsoft is taking its own medicine. On June 18, 2026, the company confirmed it is rolling out an internal AI agent named Eddie to streamline the Byzantine process of procuring work PCs. The tool...
Microsoft Confirms Active Campaign Using Cross-Tenant Teams Chats to Deploy Quick Assist in Ransomware Attacks
Attackers are actively exploiting cross-tenant Microsoft Teams chats and calls to impersonate IT help desk personnel, trick employees into launching Quick Assist, and gain full control over corporate...