Articles from June 23, 2026
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Zayo Routing Error Triggers Major Outage for X, Reddit, Fortnite, and Zoom
A widespread internet disruption on Monday, June 22, 2026, left millions of users unable to access some of the world's most popular online platforms. Reports flooded in that X (formerly Twitter),...
Academics Know AI's Environmental Cost but Shift Blame, University of Exeter Finds
Academics who are keenly aware of the environmental damage caused by artificial intelligence continue to lean heavily on the technology in their own research, a new study from the University of...
Potter County Adopts AI Policy Requiring IT Approval: A Wake-Up Call for Windows Admins
Potter County commissioners in Amarillo, Texas, voted unanimously on June 22, 2026, to adopt an AI Appropriate Use Policy that puts the county IT department in charge of approving and implementing...
AWS Summit HK 2026 Declares Agentic AI the Next Enterprise Cloud Workload, Demos Autonomy
Amazon Web Services wasted no time at its annual Hong Kong Summit on June 17, 2026, telling a packed audience that agentic AI is no longer a futuristic concept—it’s the next enterprise cloud...
Lingnan University’s AI System Shifts Assessment from Cheating Detection to Personalized Feedback
Lingnan University President S. Joe Qin has just dropped a blueprint that could make red pens and plagiarism checkers relics of the past. In a newly published 2026 paper, Qin outlines a generative AI...
Hong Kong's AI Frontier: 18% of Workers Lead Adoption While Employers Stall, Microsoft Reports
Microsoft's latest Work Trend Index has uncovered a widening chasm in Hong Kong's workplaces: employees are sprinting ahead with artificial intelligence, but their organizations are barely jogging...
Entra ID Workload Federation Brings Secretless Auth to AI Agents on Azure
Microsoft’s push toward a passwordless future has taken a decisive turn with the growing adoption of workload identity federation for AI agents. For Windows Server administrators and Azure...
Exaba Lands $12M Seed Round to Bring High-Margin Local Storage to US MSPs in 2026
Exaba, a data storage software company founded in Waikato, New Zealand, has secured NZ$12 million (approximately US$7.5 million) in seed funding to fuel its expansion into the United States,...
Google Gemini Tops PCMag's 2026 Free AI Chatbot Rankings, Outpacing ChatGPT and Copilot
Google Gemini has clinched the top spot in PCMag's comprehensive 2026 evaluation of free AI chatbots, edging out heavyweights like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. The ranking, published...
AMD Adrenalin 26.6.2 WHQL Delivers FSR 4.1 Support for Radeon RX 7000 Graphics Cards
AMD has released its Adrenalin 26.6.2 WHQL driver, marking the debut of FidelityFX Super Resolution 4.1 for Radeon RX 7000 graphics cards. Available for download now through the Radeon Settings app...
Deadline Nears for Azure Linux Trusted Launch VMs: Secure Boot Certificate Update Required
Azure Linux virtual machines protected by Trusted Launch face a hard stop if administrators fail to apply critical Secure Boot certificate updates before Microsoft pulls the plug on a 2011-era...
2026 Mortgage Tech Shift: Why Lenders Are Ditching Speed for Forensic-Level AI Audits
For years, mortgage lenders raced to deploy artificial intelligence that could slash closing times from weeks to hours. In 2026, the rules have changed: the industry is being told to slow down and...