Articles from July 20, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on July 20, 2026
Microsoft's July 2026 Update Breaks Copilot in Classic Outlook, Hides Buttons Elsewhere
On July 8, 2026, Microsoft confirmed a new known issue: users of classic Outlook who have only the basic Copilot Chat license may lose all Copilot entry points after updating to build 20026.20182 or...
Microsoft’s $3 Trillion Showdown: What July 29 Earnings Mean for Your Cloud Bills, AI Tools, and Next PC
Microsoft will report fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 earnings on July 29, and the numbers will answer a $3 trillion question: Is the company’s historic AI investment paying off? Azure...
Why Your Windows 11 Microphone Goes Silent — and the Smart Fix Order That Actually Works
Your microphone chosen the worst possible moment to go mute. A meeting started, a call came in, and suddenly you're talking to a void. The mic is plugged in, the computer's on, but Windows isn't...
KB5101650 Hits Windows 11 With 570 Fixes, Two Exploited Zero-Days, and a Dell Update Hold
Microsoft shipped its July 2026 Patch Tuesday updates this week, patching a record 570 security vulnerabilities across the company’s entire product line. The cumulative update for Windows 11,...
Intel's 2025 Research Prize Targets Atomic Defect That Could Unlock Next-Gen Windows Processors
Intel just named ten standout researchers to its 2025 Outstanding Researcher Awards, and one project in particular has direct implications for the endless quest to build cooler, faster, and more...
Intel Plans DDR5-8000 for Xeon 6: 20% More Memory Bandwidth, 6% Lower Latency. Here's What Changes for Your Data Center
Intel has confirmed that selected Xeon 6 processors will officially support DDR5-8000 registered memory (RDIMMs), delivering a 20% lift in measured memory bandwidth alongside a modest 6% latency...
Windows 11 taskbar finally movable: Microsoft's 2026 plan brings back a fan-favorite feature
Microsoft is shifting its Windows 11 development focus from feature stuffing to fixing the fundamentals, and one of the most anticipated changes is the return of the movable taskbar. Beginning in...
Valve Warns: PC Memory Prices Are 3–6 Months Behind Reality—Prepare for Higher Costs
Valve hardware engineer Yazan Aldehayyat told Bloomberg last week that the retail price tags on memory, SSDs, and finished PCs are trailing the wholesale market by three to six months—and that the...
Steam Deck OLED Price Surge to $789 Hands the Value Crown to Asus’s $599 ROG Xbox Ally
In May 2026, Valve delivered a gut punch to handheld gaming fans: the 512GB Steam Deck OLED jumped from $549 to $789, a 44% increase, while the 1TB model soared from $649 to $949—a staggering 46%...
Sony's 2028 PlayStation Disc Sunset Is a Warning for Anyone Who Values Game Ownership
Sony Interactive Entertainment will stop manufacturing physical discs for new PlayStation games starting in January 2028. The decision, quietly embedded in a broader platform update, confirms that...
Closing the Entra ID Management Gap: A 2026 Guide to Tools That Extend Microsoft’s Reach
Microsoft Entra ID has become the identity control plane for Windows, Microsoft 365, and Azure, but a new analysis from Petri IT Knowledgebase reveals that enterprises are increasingly turning to...
Rudy Mitra Leaves Microsoft to Lead AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty as Amazon Monitors Azure
AWS announced on July 20, 2026, that Rudra Mitra—the Microsoft veteran who built and led its Purview data security, governance, and compliance business—has joined as vice president of security...