Articles from June 21, 2026
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OpenAI’s Equity-for-Tokens Pitch: Startup Trap or Smart Play in the AI War?
OpenAI has dangled free AI tokens in front of Y Combinator startups — but there’s a catch: the company wants equity in return. The bombshell, dropped by investor and podcaster Jason Calacanis on...
Santander to Deploy AI Copilot to 185,000 Staff After €35M in Q1 Efficiency Gains
Banco Santander will roll out Microsoft Copilot and AI-powered automation agents to all 185,000 employees globally starting June 2026, an ambitious expansion that executives say will accelerate the...
A1 Technologies Passes Independent Audit for Microsoft Azure Migration Specialisation
A1 Technologies, an Australian IT services firm, has secured the Microsoft Infrastructure and Database Migration to Azure specialisation. The achievement comes after the company underwent an...
Microsoft to Force-Install Copilot on Enterprise Windows PCs by July 2026 – Here’s How to Block It
Microsoft will resume automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on millions of managed Windows devices across commercial environments beginning in mid-June 2026, a move that demands...
Ubisoft Connect 2026 Windows Setup: Lock Down Your Account, Cloud Saves, and Overlay Settings
Ubisoft Connect is no longer optional for anyone playing a modern Ubisoft title on a Windows PC. It is the mandatory launcher, account layer, storefront, overlay engine, cloud-save backbone, and...
Microsoft Copilot Cowork Embraces Azure DeepSeek Amid Australia's Expanding Ban
Microsoft has quietly begun evaluating DeepSeek's large language model for integration into its forthcoming Copilot Cowork enterprise agent, according to internal documents and people familiar with...
How to Activate Windows 11 Clipboard History Without Group Policy Editor
Windows 11 Home users who have tried to enable the Clipboard History feature using the Group Policy Editor have likely hit a frustrating wall: the "Windows cannot find gpedit.msc" error. That’s...
Stop Hitting the Google Photos 15GB Limit: Switch to Storage Saver and Save Space
Google Photos users worldwide are seeing the dreaded “Storage full” notification with alarming frequency. The culprit? Google’s decision to cap free high-quality storage at 15GB, a threshold...
Paul Thurrott’s Windows 11 Field Guide Reveals AI Search That Reads Your Files—Here’s What to Know
The Windows 11 search box has long been a source of frustration—slow, unreliable, and often incapable of finding files you know exist. On June 21, 2026, Paul Thurrott’s Windows 11 Field Guide...
Microsoft 365 Agents Surge as AI Builder Land Grab Forces Stack Strategy Over Feature Frenzy
The year is 2026, and the AI agent builder market has exploded into a chaotic, no-holds-barred land grab. What was once a tidy software niche is now a sprawling battlefield where OpenAI, Microsoft,...
Windows Performance Myths: The Truth About Disabling Print Spooler, Smart Card, and Search Services
Two identical Windows laptops sit side by side. One has had its Print Spooler, Smart Card, and Windows Search services disabled by an owner chasing every last drop of performance. The other runs a...
Ransomware Gangs Exploit Edge Device Flaws to Breach Enterprise Defenses
Enterprise networks are now more likely to be compromised through a neglected firewall or VPN appliance than a phishing email. Security Affairs Round 582, the latest cybersecurity intelligence digest...