Articles from July 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in July 2026
Apple Invites 1.10 Brings Emoji Reactions, Confetti to RSVPs — and a Lifeline for Windows Users
Apple has updated its event planning app Invites to version 1.10, introducing emoji reactions to RSVP responses and a confetti animation that plays when guests reply. The update, now available on...
PC Hardware Prices Are Soaring, but Your Old Rig Can Still Play 2026’s Best Games
2026 is shaping up as the worst year in recent memory to buy a new gaming PC, with RAM, SSD, and GPU prices pushed upward by unrelenting AI data-center demand. But for the millions of gamers who...
Razer Kitsune Ryu Edition: Premium leverless fight stick gets a Street Fighter makeover
Razer and Capcom have released the Razer Kitsune Ryu Edition, a limited-edition leverless arcade controller for PlayStation 5 and PC that pairs the proven hardware of the 2023 Kitsune with striking...
Xbox Cloud Gaming Hits 1440p and Opens Your Own Library, but the Internet Still Holds the Key
Microsoft has quietly turned Xbox Cloud Gaming into a service that can actually keep pace with local hardware for many players. As of early 2026, the platform streams games at up to 1440p resolution,...
Microsoft Acknowledges Windows Device ID That Helped Catch a Hacker—And It Can’t Be Turned Off
Microsoft has confirmed that every Windows installation receives a persistent identifier—a Global Device Identifier, or GDID—that can uniquely track the device across services, updates, and even...
Microsoft to Retire Free Copilot Deep Research; Researcher Requires $20/Month Premium
Microsoft will officially retire the Deep Research feature from its free consumer Copilot on August 18, 2026. The replacement — a more capable tool called Researcher — will only be available...
How a Hidden Windows File Ate 500GB of Your SSD — and the July Patch That Stops It
Microsoft released a cumulative update on July 14, 2026, that stops a privacy-service log file from silently consuming hundreds of gigabytes of disk space. The same update may return that space...
Microsoft’s Carbon Emissions Jump 25%—AI Datacenters Strain Climate Targets
Microsoft’s total greenhouse gas emissions surged to 20.3 million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent in fiscal year 2025, a 25% increase from the 16.2 million tons reported the previous year. The...
Inside Microsoft’s $60M Plan to Wire America’s National Labs Into an AI Research Machine
Microsoft is writing a $60 million check to turn America’s sprawling network of national laboratories into a unified AI-powered research machine, the company announced Tuesday. The three-year deal...
A 46mm² Solid-State Fan Could Make AI Glasses Comfortable All Day—But Not Until 2028
xMEMS Labs has developed a solid-state micro fan so small it can slip inside the temple arm of ordinary-looking smart glasses, and the company claims it can lower component temperatures by as much as...
16 Free Windows 11 Fixes to Reclaim Your PC's Speed, According to PCMag
PCMag’s latest Windows 11 performance guide, published on July 22, 2026, offers 16 no-cost methods to freshen up a PC that has lost its edge. While the headline promises “14 Easy Fixes,” the...
Manulife’s 30K-Copilot Deal Is a Blueprint for AI Governance—and a Wake-Up Call for Windows Admins
On July 22, 2026, Manulife Financial signed a five-year agreement that will place Microsoft 365 Copilot on more than 30,000 employee desktops and make the insurer one of the first major adopters of...