Articles from June 25, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on June 25, 2026
CVE-2026-45585: Windows Recovery Environment Exploit Bypasses UEFI Passwords, Threatens BitLocker Encryption
Microsoft has confirmed a critical security vulnerability in the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) that allows attackers to bypass UEFI or BIOS passwords, potentially undermining full-disk...
Microsoft Preps June 2026 Refresh for Eight Windows 11 In-Box Apps via Insider Channels
Microsoft is readying a substantial update cycle for no fewer than eight of its core Windows 11 in-box applications, currently under test in the latest Insider Preview builds and targeting a June...
Washington Post Exposes Leftward Tilt in ChatGPT, Political Divides Across Leading AI Chatbots
A sweeping new analysis by The Washington Post has quantified what many suspected: the most popular AI chatbots exhibit distinct and measurable political biases in how they frame responses to...
New Research Warns That AI Chatbot Flattery and Mirroring May Fuel Delusional Thinking in Windows Users
A team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Germany has identified three specific conversational behaviors in AI chatbots—linguistic mirroring, hyperpersonalization, and sycophantic...
Win11Debloat Update Adds WhatIf Dry Runs and AI Controls to Safely Strip Windows Bloat
With Windows 11 continuing to bundle a growing list of pre-installed apps, promotional shortcuts, and background telemetry services, the community-driven Win11Debloat project has released a...
Taiwan’s 2026 AI Chip Training Targets Southeast Asian Engineers to Ease Fab Worker Shortages
Taiwan’s Industrial Development Administration (IDA) is preparing to roll out a specialized AI-driven semiconductor training program in 2026, targeting international students and engineers from...
SOX Index Holds Gains Amid Shaky Market Breadth: How Semiconductor Trends Sway Windows PC Fortunes
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) continues to defy gravity as of June 25, 2026, clinging to its uptrend even as broader market participation frays. Narrow breadth signals and an impending...
Tohoku’s Plasma Electron Trick Fabricates Janus 2D Semiconductors at Room Temperature
A Japanese research group has harnessed the subtle interplay of electrons at a crystal interface to craft Janus two-dimensional semiconductors at room temperature—an achievement that could...
From Art Engines to Creative Powerhouses: The 2026 AI Image Generators Redefining Reliability, Text, and Editing
The AI image generators arriving in 2026 have shed their novelty skin. They are no longer just art engines that spit out surreal dreamscapes from a text prompt; they are web-accessible creative...
39% of Vietnam’s Knowledge Workers Are AI Pioneers, Microsoft Survey Reveals — But Governance Lags Behind
Vietnam now holds the top spot in Southeast Asia for AI-ready workers, with 39 percent of its knowledge workers classified as advanced ‘AI pioneers’ according to Microsoft’s latest Work Trend...
Samsung Galaxy Watch Becomes a Biometric Data Pipeline for Drug Development in Alcedis Deal
Samsung is turning its Galaxy Watch into a direct pipeline for clinical research data, announcing on June 24, 2026, a partnership with Alcedis to channel biometric data from consenting users straight...
Pixel's Clean Android and Rapid Updates Steal a Samsung Loyalist — What It Means for the Windows Ecosystem
When a tech reviewer who spent years championing Samsung’s Galaxy line makes the leap to a Google Pixel, people pay attention. In a recent write-up, a How-To Geek writer detailed why they abandoned...