Articles from July 9, 2026
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OpenPLC v3 Flagged End-of-Life as Critical File-Write Vulnerability Surfaces — Upgrade to v4 Now, CISA Urges
CISA just rang the death knell for OpenPLC v3. In a fresh advisory, the agency confirmed that CVE-2026-14480 — an unrestricted file upload flaw in the legacy platform — can be exploited to...
Schneider Electric Patches 7 Security Holes in PowerChute Serial Shutdown—Update Your UPS Software Now
Schneider Electric has released an emergency update for its PowerChute Serial Shutdown software, closing seven security vulnerabilities that expose Windows systems to potential takeover. The flaws,...
Nvidia's Next-Gen AI Chips Promise to Supercharge Windows AI Features Through 2026
Nvidia’s data center business is on track to dominate AI infrastructure well into 2026, as the company prepares to ship its next-generation Blackwell GPUs and maps out an even more ambitious...
Handheld Game Consoles Could Reach $36B by 2035—Here’s Why Windows Users Should Care
SNS Insider estimates that the portable gaming console market will more than double in value over the next decade, soaring from $15.23 billion in 2025 to $36.29 billion by 2035. That’s a compound...
PCMag's 2026 Keyboard Guide Says the Best Windows Keyboard Isn't About Brand—It's About You
PCMag released its 2026 keyboard guide yesterday, and the headline takeaway overturns years of conventional wisdom: the best keyboard for your Windows PC has almost nothing to do with the logo on the...
The Fastest Way to Fix Windows 11 Sound When the Volume Slider Does Nothing
Windows 11 users have been pulling their hair out over sound that suddenly cuts out, volume sliders that refuse to budge, and applications that play dead even when the system claims everything is...
Copilot Search Still Calling Shell by Its Old Name — Over Four Years After the Rebrand
On July 8, 2026, a damning screenshot began circulating on social media. Microsoft’s Copilot Search had answered a question about the energy giant Shell plc — but it called the company “Royal...
Microsoft Must Face UK Trial Over Blocking Resale of Pre-Owned Windows and Office Licenses
The UK Court of Appeal has unanimously ruled that Microsoft must face a full trial over allegations it abused its market dominance to block the resale of pre-owned perpetual licenses for Windows and...
Nvidia, Hugging Face Drop Open-Source GR00T Robot AI Models, Now Run on Windows PCs with Jetson Deployment
On July 9, Nvidia and Hugging Face announced a joint initiative to release a family of open-source AI models designed specifically for robots. The centerpiece is Project GR00T, a general-purpose...
No Internet Required: Microsoft’s Phi-4-mini Powers Offline AI Assistants in Future Cars
FEV and Microsoft revealed this week that they are running Microsoft’s Phi-4-mini-instruct language model directly on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX in-vehicle computers, enabling generative AI features that...
Your Windows 11 'remove everything' isn't a true wipe — here's how to fix that
If you’re selling, donating, or recycling your Windows 11 PC, the Reset this PC tool is your logical first stop. But click “Remove everything” without checking one buried setting, and your...
Before You Install Edge Canary on Windows 10, Check This One Setting
Microsoft’s bleeding-edge browser test bed, Edge Canary, remains accessible to Windows 10 users through official channels, but a smooth installation hinges on whether your operating system is up to...