Articles from July 18, 2026
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ChatGPT's New Task Control Center Puts Your Automated Workflows in One Place—But IT Needs to Pay Attention
OpenAI has quietly launched a dedicated management page for ChatGPT's Scheduled Tasks, giving users a centralized dashboard to create, pause, and delete recurring AI workflows. The update, available...
Microsoft’s WinPE Just Got a Critical Update — Here’s How to Rebuild Your Windows Recovery USB Right
Microsoft released a Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11 26H1 on March 10, 2026, pushing the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) to version 10.0.28000.1701. The update arrives as the popular...
Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro Misses Ship Date Again—Here’s What It Means for Your Windows AI Stack
Google’s most advanced AI model, Gemini 3.5 Pro, remains unreleased as of July 18—nearly two months after the company pledged it would arrive “next month.” Third-party reports now point to a...
Before You RMA That DDR5 Kit: The Hidden Flaw in Windows RAM Tests and How to Fix It
You slot in a fresh pair of DDR5 modules, fire up a memory diagnostic, and let it churn for an hour. Not a single error. Days later, your PC still crashes under load, files corrupt silently, and...
GTA Vice City Browser Demo Shutdown: How to Avoid the 701 MB Trap and Play Safely
The browser-based experiment that let you play Grand Theft Auto: Vice City in a browser tab—no installation, no fuss—is dead. After a copyright complaint from Take-Two Interactive, the DOS Zone...
Google Search Can Now Fill Your Instacart Cart, Build Canva Designs, and Curate YouTube Playlists
On July 16, 2026, Google began rolling out a feature called Connected Apps for AI Mode in its search engine, allowing users in the United States to link their accounts from Instacart, Canva, and...
Google Ordered to Open Android AI to Rivals by July 2027
The European Commission has ordered Google to tear down key barriers that give its Gemini AI an edge on Android phones, demanding the company open 11 operating-system features to competing AI...
Google Rebrands NotebookLM, Adds Cloud Code Execution—What Windows Users Must Know
On July 16, Google quietly rebranded NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook and, far more significantly, began rolling out cloud-based code execution to paying users—a move that transforms the research tool...
Windows 11's Dirty Little Secret: 4GB RAM and 64GB Storage Aren't Enough—Here's What You Need
Microsoft lists 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage as the hard floor for Windows 11. But a detailed new analysis makes one thing painfully clear: those numbers are an installation checklist, not a recipe...
GitHub Copilot’s AI Credit Cuts Are Coming: What Teams Need to Do Before September 1
If your team adopted GitHub Copilot Business or Enterprise before June 2026, you’ve been riding a generous wave of AI credits. That ends on September 1, 2026, when the included monthly allowance...