Articles from July 5, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on July 5, 2026
Phone Link’s Android App Now Lets You Prune Old PCs Without Touching Windows
Microsoft has pushed a small but genuinely handy update to the Link to Windows app on Android, now in beta: a “Remove PC” control that lets you delete stale or unwanted linked computers straight...
Local Newspaper Coalition Sues Microsoft and OpenAI Over AI Training on Copyrighted Work
A coalition of 35 newspaper publishers representing nearly 400 local and regional titles sued Microsoft and OpenAI in federal court in New York on Tuesday, alleging the companies used copyrighted...
Unlocking Windows 11’s Hidden Power: What Pro for Workstations Actually Delivers
The Hardware Ceiling That Pro for Workstations Lifts Most Windows 11 users never hit the limits of the Pro edition. But for professionals working with colossal datasets, intricate simulations, or...
GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7 Hit Within Days: What Windows Users Need to Know
OpenAI shipped GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026. Anthropic had already launched Claude Opus 4.7 on April 16. For the first time, the two most-watched frontier labs dropped their flagship models inside the...
When an AI Defines a Regulator: New Zealand’s Copilot Experiment Raises Trust Questions
New Zealand’s Ministry for Regulation has acknowledged using artificial intelligence to help compile a high-stakes map of the country’s regulatory landscape, a project that has since drawn sharp...
Microsoft Patches Critical Shell Crash Bug in Windows 11 24H2, Saving Provisioned Enterprise PCs
Microsoft has shipped an emergency fix for a crippling bug in Windows 11 version 24H2 and preview builds of 25H2 that left newly provisioned enterprise machines with a broken shell—blank Start...
Microsoft Redesigns Feedback Hub for Windows Insiders: Here’s When to Use the New Compact Form
Microsoft shipped a redesigned Feedback Hub to Windows Insiders on March 20, 2026, splitting the app into two distinct feedback surfaces: a new compact “small” form for rapid submissions and the...
No, Your Windows Copilot Isn't Sentient — What a New Essay Reminds Us About AI
On July 5, 2026, The American Bazaar published an essay by Sreedhar Potarazu that cut through the noise of AI hype with a blunt message: today’s artificial intelligence can process information and...
One AI Agent Query Can Use 136× More Power Than a Standard Chatbot, KAIST Finds
AI agents that browse the web, write code, and chain together multi-step plans can consume up to 136.5 times more energy per question than a regular chatbot-style generative AI model. That’s the...
Choice Hotels' AI Governance Push: What It Means for Businesses Relying on Microsoft's AI Tools
On July 1, 2026, Choice Hotels International appointed Ali Keshavarz—CVS Health’s president and chief data and analytics officer—to its board of directors. The move brings a seasoned enterprise...
Xbox Brings Palworld 1.0, DOOM, and Assassin's Creed to Windows PC in Massive Week
Microsoft has dropped its official Xbox release calendar for July 6 through July 10, 2026, and it’s one of the busiest game weeks in years, with more than 20 new titles landing on Xbox consoles and...
Arkane Studios Taps MachineGames Co-Founder for Leadership Overhaul, Blade Game's Fate Unclear
On June 30, Arkane Studios—the Microsoft-owned developer behind critically acclaimed titles like Dishonored and Deathloop—underwent a major leadership transition. Jerk Gustafsson, co-founder of...