Articles from June 24, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on June 24, 2026
Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5 Fixes Critical Bugs, Re-Adds Pixel 6, and Demands Factory Reset
Google pushed out Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5 on June 23, 2026, to eligible Pixel devices, packing a boatload of stability fixes, the long-awaited return of Pixel 6 support, and a stern factory reset...
Stop OneDrive from Hijacking Your Folders: How to Turn Off Folder Backup in Windows 11
OneDrive Folder Backup, officially called Known Folder Move (KFM), is a feature Microsoft has been aggressively pushing in Windows 11. During setup or after an update, you may have unknowingly handed...
Shoosmiths unveils Project Apollo on Azure as first explainable AI contract review tool with human oversight
On June 24, 2026, UK law firm Shoosmiths launched Project Apollo, a self-developed generative AI contract review platform built with Microsoft’s support and running on Azure. The platform marks a...
Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Purge Quantum-Vulnerable Encryption by 2030
On June 22, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that draws a hard line in the sand for the entire federal government: get quantum-ready or get left behind. The order mandates that...
Louisiana’s 2026 Tech Laws Force Windows Admins to Rethink Cyber Incident Response and Data Handling
Louisiana lawmakers have enacted a trio of technology laws that will compel businesses and government agencies using Windows infrastructure to overhaul their cybersecurity incident response, data...
AI-Driven Bots Now Dominate Web Traffic, Scanning Tens of Thousands of Vulnerabilities Per Second
Automated bots, increasingly accelerated by artificial intelligence, have surpassed human traffic as the dominant force on the web in 2025, and security researchers are sounding the alarm: these...
UK SMEs face 2026 deadline to adopt living Microsoft 365 security baselines
Microsoft’s security baselines are undergoing a fundamental transformation that will reshape how UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) secure their Microsoft 365 tenants. By 2026, the...
Check Point and SEP2 See Specialist MSSP Demand Soar in Healthcare and Public Sector
Check Point Software Technologies and UK-based managed security services provider SEP2 reported on June 24, 2026, that demand for specialist managed security providers (MSSPs) is accelerating...
Proofpoint Gains Controlled GPT-5.5 Access Under OpenAI's Daybreak Program to Supercharge Cyber Defense
Proofpoint officially joined OpenAI’s Daybreak Cyber Partner Program on June 22, 2026, securing vetted, governed access to the powerful GPT-5.5 model for defensive cybersecurity use. The...
Windows 11 Ethernet Status Says Connected, But Your Internet May Be Down — Here's Why
{ "title": "Windows 11 Ethernet Status Says Connected, But Your Internet May Be Down — Here's Why", "content": "Microsoft’s freshly updated Windows 11 Field Guide, published on June 23, 2026,...
SteamOS 3.8 Lands on ROG Ally, Legion Go, and Claw – Here’s What It Means for PC Gaming
Valve released SteamOS 3.8 to the stable channel on June 18, 2026, officially expanding its Linux-based gaming operating system beyond the Steam Deck for the first time. The update brings support to...
Fortifying the Cloud: How Enterprises Use AWS and Azure Monitoring, Secrets, and Kubernetes to Prevent Outages
A critical production database stalls just after midnight. For the on-call engineer jolted awake by a PagerDuty alert, the next 30 minutes will determine whether the company faces a...