Articles from June 30, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on June 30, 2026
Samsung Messages to Shut Down July 6, 2026: U.S. Galaxy Users Must Switch to Google Messages
Samsung will officially discontinue its Samsung Messages app for all Galaxy phones and tablets in the United States on July 6, 2026, forcing the final wave of holdouts to adopt Google Messages as...
DRS Softech Launches Office 365 Migration Tool with OAuth 2.0 for Secure Tenant Moves
DRS Softech, a Noida, India-based software vendor, has unveiled a new Office 365 Migration Tool built to handle complex Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant moves with enterprise-grade security. The tool...
Microsoft Drops AI Governance Playbook for K-20 as Copilot Classroom Locks Down Student Access
Microsoft’s latest push to embed generative AI into every corner of the classroom just got a governance backbone. The company’s third annual AI in Education Report, published in June 2026, lands...
Microsoft to Block Rooted and Jailbroken Devices from Entra Work Accounts via Authenticator by Mid-2026
Starting soon, Microsoft Authenticator will begin warning users with rooted Android phones or jailbroken iPhones that their devices are unsupported for work or school accounts, with full enforcement...
Microsoft Slaps All-Caps ‘XBOX Mode’ Label on Windows 11 Gaming Overhaul in Build 26300
Microsoft is renaming the emerging “Xbox mode” in Windows 11 to the fully capitalized “XBOX mode,” a change that appears in Experimental Build 26300.8758, released to Windows Insiders on June...
Lancashire County Council Deploys Copilot AI to Slash Social Worker Admin Overload
Lancashire County Council is rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot across its social care workforce in 2026, aiming to reclaim thousands of hours lost to case documentation by transforming spoken visit...
Lancom Technology Clinches Microsoft Azure Migration Specialization, Proving Its Database Prowess
Lancom Technology, an Auckland-based managed services provider, has earned Microsoft’s Azure Infrastructure and Database Migration Specialization, a credential that puts its database migration...
Microsoft's Surface RTX Spark Dev Box Brings NVIDIA Arm Superchip to Windows 11 for Local AI
Microsoft used its Build 2026 developer conference in San Francisco on June 2 to introduce a purpose-built tool for the AI era: the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box. This compact desktop workstation runs...
OneDrive Fixes and a Cleaner Details Pane Arrive in Windows 11's KB5095093 Preview
The optional preview update KB5095093, released on June 23, 2026, for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, zeroes in on a trio of File Explorer pain points that have long frustrated power users....
Windows 11 Login Screen Swaps Sharp Keyboard Focus Outlines for Fluent Rounded Rectangles
Microsoft has begun rolling out a subtle but telling design refinement for the Windows 11 sign-in screen, replacing the sharp-corner keyboard focus outlines on the “Reset password” and “Sign-in...
Kali Linux 2026.2 Lands with GNOME 50, Kernel 6.19, and Blazing Hyper-V Boot Times
Offensive Security has shipped Kali Linux 2026.2, its newest quarterly platform refresh for penetration testers, security researchers, and ethical hackers. Released on June 29, 2026, the update...
JS Nagara Commissioned: Japan’s Automated Frigate Program Hits Double Digits
On June 29, 2026, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned JS Nagara, the tenth Mogami-class frigate, during a flag-raising ceremony at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) Nagasaki...