Articles from July 1, 2026
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Raisio, Finland Adopts Microsoft 365 Copilot with a Phased Training Program to Ensure AI Readiness
The City of Raisio, a municipality of around 25,000 residents in southwestern Finland, has embarked on a deliberate journey to integrate Microsoft 365 Copilot into its daily operations. In autumn...
No-Code AI Agents Arrive in Microsoft Teams via Copilot Studio with Built-in Governance
Microsoft Teams users can now build and deploy custom AI agents directly within the collaboration platform, thanks to a deep integration with Copilot Studio. The no-code tool, which evolved from...
Microsoft Teams’ 2026 Auto Check-In Triggers German Works Council Privacy Battle
Microsoft will begin rolling out a new Teams feature in June 2026 that automatically updates an employee’s work status based on whether their device connects to a corporate Wi-Fi network or managed...
Intel Arc G3 Extreme Handheld Chip Sacrifices CPU Cores to Supercharge GPU at Low Power
Intel’s upcoming Arc G3 Extreme processor for Windows handheld gaming devices will take an aggressive approach to power management: below 14 watts of total system-on-chip (SoC) power, the chip will...
Mark Russinovich Reveals Why Windows Still Can’t Pinpoint File Locks
For decades, Windows users have encountered the exasperating “File in Use” error when attempting to delete, move, or rename a file. The dialog box offers little help: it warns that the action...
Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 Gets Copilot Usage Dashboard, Theme Color Editor, and Opt-In MSVC Toolset Sharing
Microsoft shipped the June 9 update for Visual Studio 2026, delivering a trio of features that give developers tighter control over AI consumption, personalization, and compiler toolchain management....
Indie action platformer Clarity
Get ready to embark on a demon-slaying adventure that seamlessly hops between your Xbox and Windows PC. On July 1, 2026, indie action platformer Clarity: The Seven Demons of Vanguardia will arrive...
Jamf Locks Down AI on Macs with Native Governance Tools and Automated Auditing
Jamf IT administrators can now wield granular control over how employees use artificial intelligence tools on their Macs, following the general availability release of Jamf AI Governance on July 1,...
Windows Admins Should Learn from Ford: Why It Rehired 350 Engineers After AI Failed
Ford Motor Company has quietly rehired roughly 350 veteran engineers over the past three years after discovering that automated quality systems and AI-assisted inspection tools were missing critical...
Utah State Unveils RF-PHATE: Supervised AI Maps Tame Biological Data Complexity
A team led by computational researchers at Utah State University has rolled out RF-PHATE, a potent new tool that teaches machine learning models to see what biologists need them to see. Published on...
California Inks Statewide AI Deal with Anthropic, Deploying Claude Across Government Agencies
California’s state government took a bold step into the enterprise AI future on June 29, 2026, as Governor Gavin Newsom announced a comprehensive partnership with Anthropic that will bring the...
Microsoft's New Azure IaaS Guidance Urges Architects to Build Cost Savings into Design, Not Afterthoughts
Microsoft has published the third installment in its Azure IaaS infrastructure series, and this time the focus is a hard pivot from treating cloud cost savings as mere discount hunting to embedding...