Articles from June 29, 2026
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Microsoft Flags Malicious 'Perplexity AI' Extension Stealing Search Traffic on Windows
Microsoft Threat Intelligence issued a critical alert on June 29, 2026, after uncovering a rogue Chromium-based browser extension actively hijacking search traffic on Windows machines. Dubbed...
How a UK Tutoring Chain Deploys Thousands of Windows Desktops with Raspberry Pi Thin Clients
When Explore Learning opened its doors in 2002, the UK tutoring provider faced a familiar IT dilemma: how to deliver a consistent Windows experience to students across dozens of locations without...
Microsoft Pitches Azure Files NFS as Common Storage Layer for AI Inference and AKS Workloads
Microsoft has sharpened its focus on Linux workloads with a June 29 announcement that positions Azure Files NFS v4.1 as the go-to managed file share for modern cloud applications. The company is...
ESO Patch 2.86 Lands on Console, PC: Signet Nerf Shakes Meta, Werewolf and Quest Fixes Arrive
ZeniMax Online Studios deployed Elder Scrolls Online update 2.86 on June 29, 2026, targeting PlayStation and Xbox consoles with a sweeping balance pass, bug fixes, and stability improvements that PC...
EPC Group Launches $50K Copilot Rescue Engagement as Enterprise AI Rollouts Stall
Businesses that bought into Microsoft 365 Copilot’s promise of AI‑powered productivity are discovering a hard truth: the tool does not sell itself. A new fixed‑fee rescue service, announced on...
Why Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Output-First Design Is a Windows IT Game Changer
The future of work is not a button, a ribbon, or a sidebar. It is the AI-generated sales analysis that surfaces before you even open Excel. It is the meeting summary that distills 90 minutes of talk...
Legal & General Bets Big on Microsoft AI: 10,000 Copilot Licenses and Azure Overhaul in New 3-Year Deal
Legal & General has signed a three-year strategic agreement with Microsoft to deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot to 10,000 employees worldwide, alongside a sweeping modernization of its Azure cloud...
Microsoft Clarifies: You Can Safely Unplug USB Drives Without Ejecting – But Only If This Setting Is Active
Unplugging a USB drive without first clicking “Safely Remove Hardware” has long felt like a digital faux pas, a shortcut that could corrupt files or brick a device. But Microsoft’s official...
Microsoft Ships Native Linux Container Toolkit in WSL 2.9.3 Preview on Windows 11
Microsoft dropped a long-awaited capability into the hands of developers on June 29, 2026, with the first public preview of WSL Containers—dubbed WSLC—bundled in WSL 2.9.3 for Windows 11. The...
3D-Printed RTX 5060 Mini PC Puts Valve's Steam Machine Pricing on Notice
Jacob Terkelsen’s Terk Box v1.1 is a shot across the bow of Valve’s living-room PC ambitions. Revealed on June 24, 2026, the AMD AI GPU engineer and PC modding enthusiast’s latest creation...
Beyond the Hype: Windows 11’s 2026 Quality-of-Life Upgrades Deliver Quiet, Powerful Change
The most important Windows 11 upgrade in 2026 won’t arrive with a splashy launch event or a redesigned Start menu. It won’t even have a memorable codename. Instead, it will show up as a thousand...
Humanoid Robots at Scale: AGIBOT's 15,000th G2 Unit Signals Embodied AI's Factory Era
AGIBOT has crossed a threshold that separates laboratory curiosities from industrial workhorses. On June 28, 2026, the Shanghai-based company announced that its 15,000th G2 humanoid robot had come...