Articles from July 26, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on July 26, 2026
Using Your Phone's Twist-Key Wipe at the Border Just Became a Federal Case
Federal prosecutors in Atlanta have charged a traveler with destroying evidence after he allegedly supplied a code that erased his phone’s contents during a secondary inspection at...
Before New Start Menu, Microsoft Fixes WinUI to Stop Hogging Your PC’s Memory
Microsoft has confirmed that the WinUI framework powering many Windows 11 native apps uses more RAM than it should, and the company is prioritizing memory and performance fixes ahead of a...
56% of U.S. Travelers Now Use Generative AI for Holidays — Here’s What They Still Get Wrong
More than half of active U.S. travelers turned to generative AI for trip planning, booking, or in-destination help over the past year, new research from travel technology analysts Phocuswright...
Pakistan's AI Tax Overhaul Hits Execution Phase: 840 Audits Flagged, Billions at Stake – Here's What It Means for You
Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has moved its artificial intelligence-driven tax reform from policy design to active enforcement, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced over the...
AI Amnesia: Why 66% of Users Abandon a Tool—and How Windows Users Can Fight Back
A new analysis from The Deep End newsletter reports that a legal AI tool hemorrhaged 66% of its users within the first week of signup, with day-seven retention collapsing to a bleak 34%. The exodus...
5 Windows Train Wrecks That Quietly Shaped the PC You Use Today
Microsoft Bob, Active Desktop, SideShow, Windows RT, and Windows 10X: five Windows projects that crashed and burned, yet their genetic code is scattered across every Windows 11 PC. The recently...
AMD’s 2029 AM5 Promise Means Zen 7 Could Be Your Last CPU Upgrade Before a Major Platform Shift
At Computex 2026, AMD did something that might change how you think about your next PC: the company guaranteed that its AM5 socket will be supported through at least 2029. That pledge, combined with...
AMD's New Business Laptop Chip Barely Edges Out Its Predecessor, Early Tests Reveal
AMD's flagship new mobile processor for enterprise laptops, the Ryzen AI 9 HX Pro 470, delivers only negligible performance gains over last year's Ryzen AI 9 HX Pro 370, according to the first...
Run 120B AI Models Locally: MSI’s Tiny 4-Liter Desktop Delivers 128GB Unified Memory
MSI announced the PRO MAX EDGE AI+ 11M on July 26, 2026, a compact desktop that can run large language models with up to 120 billion parameters entirely on-device. At 4 liters in volume, it packs up...
Single Chip Generates Terahertz Vortex Beams, Eliminating Bulky Optics
In July 2026, a team of researchers quietly published a paper that could redraw the roadmap for ultrafast wireless, advanced imaging, and compact sensing systems. The reason? They built a...
Telangana Demands Priority in India’s Chip Mission: What ISM 2.0 Means for Your Next PC
IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu took the stage at the Rising Bharat Summit in Bengaluru on Sunday with a clear message for the central government: give Telangana priority status under India Semiconductor...
Maskless Electron-Beam Lithography Order Could Slash Wait Times for Future AI PC Chips
Multibeam Corp. has secured its first order from Taiwan for the MBX, a direct‑write electron‑beam lithography platform that eliminates photomasks during prototyping. The system will be installed...