Articles from July 17, 2026
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Microsoft Opens AI-Powered Bug Hunting to All: MDASH Vulnerability Scanner Hits Public Preview
Microsoft has quietly launched a public preview of its MDASH vulnerability-scanning technology, putting AI-powered bug hunting into the hands of security teams via the Defender command-line interface...
Jaro Education Ranks AI Presentation Tools: Gamma Wins, but PowerPoint Export Fidelity Could Cost You
Business pros and educators hunting for a faster way to build slide decks just got an updated buyer’s guide. On July 17, Jaro Education released its 2026 evaluation of AI presentation tools, and...
Unpatched Windows Zero-Day Lets Standard Users Hijack Admin Registry Hives
A newly public zero-day vulnerability in the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) allows a standard user account to load another user’s registry hive—including an administrator’s—without...
AWS Breaks Microsoft's GPT Lock-In: Bedrock Now Offers OpenAI GPT-5.5 and 5.4
Amazon Web Services quietly ended one of the most significant enterprise AI exclusivities on June 1, 2026. That was the day Amazon Bedrock began offering OpenAI's GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, and Codex models...
Claude AI Outsmarts Windows Troubleshooters: A Hands-On Look at Fixing Locked Files, Bluetooth, Update Loops, and More
On July 17, 2026, How-To Geek published a hands-on report by Jorge Aguilar detailing how he used Anthropic’s Claude AI to diagnose and resolve four persistent Windows failures that Microsoft’s...
New Surface Reseller Programme Lets South African IT Shops Sell AI-Powered Copilot+ PCs
South African IT resellers now have a way to add Microsoft Surface devices—including the AI-focused Copilot+ PCs—to their product portfolios without the complexity of a direct Microsoft...
Your Brand’s AI Footprint: Why Windows Users Need to Audit ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini Now
On July 17, 2026, marketing agency VaynerX and AI consultancy Profound dropped a report that should jolt every brand manager awake: AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google...
House Panel Backs $20M Plan to Give NIST’s AI Testing Office Permanent Legal footing
The House Science Committee advanced a bill on June 25 that would turn the Center for AI Standards and Innovation—the federal office that tests frontier models but has no say over their...
The Windows Handheld That Finally Dethrones the Steam Deck—at a Price
Asus’s ROG Xbox Ally X has claimed the top spot in Tom’s Hardware’s updated 2026 handheld gaming PC rankings, marking the first time a Windows device has unseated Valve’s Steam Deck OLED as...
Infinnium launches eDiscovery connector to archive Microsoft 365 Copilot chats as official records
Infinnium, a data governance and eDiscovery firm, announced on July 16 that it has added connectors for OpenAI ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini to its enterprise...
PowerToys 0.100.0 Unveils Command Palette Extension Gallery: A User's Guide and an IT Warning
Microsoft shipped PowerToys version 0.100.0 on June 10, 2026, releasing a long-awaited feature that turns the Command Palette launcher into a platform. The Extension Gallery, now built into the...
LG's $1,200 Monitor Secretly Installs a McAfee Ad Machine on Windows 11 — Here's the Fix
Plugging in a new LG gaming monitor could add an unexpected piece of software to your Windows 11 PC — one that has little to do with display settings and everything to do with showing you McAfee...