Articles from July 28, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on July 28, 2026
After a Decade of Ultrawide, This Gamer Switched to 16:9—Here’s What Happened (and What It Means for You)
In late July 2026, Windows Central’s Cale Hunt did something that would make many PC gaming enthusiasts raise an eyebrow: after a full decade of using an ultrawide monitor as his daily driver, he...
A Quick Settings Tweak Can Shrink Windows Search’s Hidden Database by Over 600MB
Windows Search has a hidden appetite for SSD space. Its index database, Windows.db, can quietly grow to several gigabytes, even if you rarely use the feature. A recent experiment proved just how...
Slack Tops 2026 Team Chat Rankings, but Microsoft Teams Still Rules for 365 Users
A new ranking by Nubia Magazine has named Slack the best team communication software for 2026, but the analysis reveals a deeper truth: there’s no one-size-fits-all answer—especially for Windows...
IBM Bob's Approval Gates Are the Real Story—Here's What Windows Shops Need to Know
IBM released Bob to general availability on April 28, 2026, and the AI coding assistant does something far more interesting than generate code quickly: it can stop itself and demand human approval...
Six Open-Source Windows Apps That Quietly Fix Everyday Annoyances
A recent roundup from MakeUseOf sheds light on six open-source Windows applications that seldom top popularity charts but excel at fixing niche frustrations that Microsoft still doesn’t address...
The 114% Jump in High-Risk Car Vulnerabilities Is a Wake-Up Call for Windows IT Teams
High-severity automotive vulnerabilities more than doubled between the first and second quarters of 2026, jumping from 75 to 161, according to PCA Cyber Security’s latest analysis. The surge...
Windows 11’s Defender Antivirus Just Matched the Best Paid Suites—and That Changes Everything
Microsoft’s own antivirus, long dismissed as bare-minimum protection, has just earned top scores in independent tests—forcing a rethink of whether Windows 11 users still need to buy security...
Fake Tech Support Posts on Steam Silently Install XMRig Cryptominer on Gamers’ PCs
Attackers are exploiting Steam’s community forums with a new social engineering campaign that tricks players into running malicious PowerShell commands. These commands, disguised as fixes for...
AudioAuditor: Free Windows Tool Exposes Fake Lossless Audio and AI Music
A developer known as Angel2mp3 released AudioAuditor on July 28, 2026—a free, open-source Windows application that bundles a full-featured audio player with a forensic analysis engine capable of...
Turtle Beach’s Modular H.O.T.A.S. Hits Xbox and PC with 73 Programmable Inputs
Turtle Beach announced three new flight-simulation controllers on July 27: the VelocityOne Flightstick II, VelocityOne Dual Throttle, and VelocityOne H.O.T.A.S. system. All launch on September 21,...
How to Unlock 5 Hidden Nvidia RTX Features for Sharper Video, Clearer Calls, and Smoother Games
Your Nvidia RTX graphics card can do much more than render frames in Cyberpunk 2077. According to a recent overview from BGR (July 27), the GPU’s Tensor Cores, dedicated video encoder, and AI...
Your Teams Mobile Calendar Could Disappear in 2026 Unless You Update Now
Microsoft has announced that the Teams apps for iOS and Android must be updated by late October 2026. If an organization or individual fails to do so, the Calendar feature on those mobile devices...