Articles from June 30, 2026
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks Embrace Web Links as Direct References, Transforming Research Workflows
Microsoft has begun rolling out a new feature that promises to make Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks far more versatile for knowledge workers: the ability to add web links as direct references. The...
After June 2026 Patch, Microsoft 365 Business Standard Users Find Office Automation Dead in the Water
Microsoft's June 9, 2026 security update for Windows 11 has unleashed a wave of frustration across small and mid-sized businesses relying on Microsoft 365 Business Standard. While Word, Excel, and...
Inside TNO and ASML's Photonic Chip Pact: Scaling Indium Phosphide for the Next Compute Era
A quiet corner of the Eindhoven High Tech Campus has become the focal point of a partnership that could reshape how chips power everything from data centers to lidar sensors. Dutch applied research...
Trump’s 25% Chip Tariff Threat Sends Shockwaves Through Windows Refresh Cycles and Server Deployments
President Donald Trump’s February 2025 proposal to slap a 25 percent tariff on imported semiconductors has done more than rattle trade negotiations—it has instantly upended the delicate supply...
VanEck SMHC ETF Lets U.S. Investors Bet on China’s AI PC and Enterprise Chip Boom
VanEck has thrown open the gates for U.S. investors seeking direct exposure to China’s surging semiconductor sector with the launch of the VanEck China Semiconductor ETF (SMHC) on June 24, 2026....
How Animal Protection Denmark Unified 150,000 Animal Records with Microsoft Fabric and Copilot
Animal Protection Denmark (Dyrenes Beskyttelse) has spent over a century rescuing and rehoming animals, but until recently, its data landscape looked more like a patchwork shelter than a modern...
CalendarBridge Now Syncs Calendars for Microsoft 365 GCC High, Closing Critical Gap for U.S. Contractors
CalendarBridge announced on June 30, 2026, that its cloud-based calendar synchronization service now fully supports Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud High (GCC High) tenants. This expansion...
Microsoft Sets 2029 Deadline for Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Across Windows and Enterprise
Microsoft will require all its critical products and services to adopt post-quantum cryptography (PQC) by 2029, the company announced on June 30, 2026, dramatically accelerating a previously internal...
Copilot Gets an Action-Oriented Upgrade: Service Agent Automates Customer Service with 70+ MCP Tools
Microsoft turned a vision into reality on June 30, 2026, when it declared Service Agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot generally available. The move hands enterprise customers a direct pipeline from chat...
VLC Still Reigns, But These 3 Free Windows 11 Media Players Are Gaining Ground in 2026
VLC Media Player has long been the default answer for anyone asking for a free video player on Windows. But scroll through the Windowsnews forum in 2026, and you'll find a growing number of users...
Amazon Sets June 2026 Deadline for Legacy Kindle for PC, Points Users to Microsoft Store
Amazon has drawn a line in the sand for the classic Kindle for PC application. Come June 30, 2026, the company will disable the legacy Win32 software, forcing users onto a Microsoft Store replacement...
ZoomInfo’s GTM.AI Connects to Vercel v0, Giving AI Apps Real-Time B2B Intelligence
On June 30, 2026, ZoomInfo confirmed that its GTM.AI platform now integrates directly with Vercel v0, enabling AI-generated applications to access governed B2B data through a standard model context...