Articles from July 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in July 2026
Huawei’s Memory Fab Is Years Away from Changing What You Pay for DDR5 RAM
On July 28, The MacObserver reported that Huawei, alongside chipmaker SwaySure and Chinese government backing, is moving forward with a new 12-inch DRAM fabrication plant. The project, detailed by...
Your Dynamics 365 Customer Service Data Can Now Fuel ChatGPT and Copilot
Microsoft shipped the general availability of the Dynamics 365 Customer Experience MCP Server for Service on July 30, 2026, handing organizations a standardized on-ramp that lets any Model Context...
Pixel 11 RAM Scarcity Is a Warning Shot for Windows AI PC Buyers
Google confirmed last week that the Pixel 11 family will cost more when it debuts on August 12, and the culprit is a quietly smoldering RAM crisis that no platform can ignore. The company’s vice...
Lenovo’s 9-Speaker Android Tablet Is Built for Windows Users Who Need a Portable Media Hub
Lenovo has started selling a $400 Android tablet that packs nine JBL-tuned speakers and a built-in kickstand, making it a uniquely capable secondary screen for Windows households. The Tab Plus Gen 2,...
Mona Lisa Arrives on Samsung The Frame TV as Art Store Adds 34 Louvre Paintings
Samsung has turned its Art Store into a digital Louvre wing. The company announced on July 20 that it is adding 34 works from the Musée du Louvre to its subscription-based art platform, bringing the...
ASUS ROG Strix Aiolos Puts 20Gbps Storage in Your Pocket — But Only If Your PC Has the Right USB Port
ASUS released the ROG Strix Aiolos, a tool-free M.2 SSD enclosure that hits 20 Gbps transfer speeds over USB 3.2 Gen 2x2. The catch: most Windows PCs don’t have a port that supports it. A new...
Samsung S85H OLED Packs Four Full HDMI 2.1 Ports into a $1,199 Gaming TV
Samsung’s 2026 S85H OLED is the company’s cheapest OLED TV yet, starting at $1,199 for the new 48-inch model. But what sets it apart for gamers — particularly PC users — is the full...
Why the Galaxy Z Fold8 Won't Work with Your S Pen—and What Samsung Plans Next
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8 and Fold8 Ultra launched on July 22 without S Pen support, continuing a trend that started with the Fold7. For anyone who uses a stylus to mark up documents, sketch, or take...
AWS's New SQL Server Storage Mandate: Keep Data, Logs, and TempDB Apart for Faster Recovery
Amazon Web Services just dropped a detailed playbook for running SQL Server on its FSx for NetApp ONTAP platform, and the top-line directive is unequivocal: stop lumping database files together....
Pixel Watch 5 Spotted in Google Health App — Setup Flow, RAM Boost, and August 12 Launch
Google accidentally let the Pixel Watch 5 slip into its own Health app this week, complete with a functional setup process that shouldn't be accessible until the device is announced. The premature...
No, Samsung Isn't Making a Heart-Shaped Phone—That Viral Video Is AI-Generated
In late July 2026, a video swept across Instagram and X showing someone peeling protective film off a heart-shaped Samsung phone inside what looked like a retail store. Within days, it racked up 49.2...
Intel’s New Mexico fab is pushing chip packaging past 8x reticle — here’s what that means for your future AI PC
Intel’s Fab 9 facility in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, has quietly become the company’s U.S. hub for advanced chip packaging — and this week Intel detailed just how far its capabilities have grown....