Articles from 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2026
Windows 11 OOB Emergency Update KB5043080: Microsoft's Urgent Security Response Explained
Microsoft released an out-of-band emergency update for Windows 11 on August 13, 2024, addressing critical security vulnerabilities that required immediate attention outside the normal Patch Tuesday...
Compaq iPAQ IA-2 Hacked to Run Windows 98, Unlocking Locked MSN Appliance
A 2000-era internet appliance designed for locked-down MSN web browsing has been hacked to run a full Windows 98 operating system. The Compaq iPAQ IA-2, originally marketed as a simple internet...
PowerToys Command Palette vs Windows Search: Microsoft's Keyboard-First Launcher Revolution
Microsoft's PowerToys Command Palette has emerged as a superior alternative to Windows Search, offering a faster, more predictable, and more flexible keyboard-first launcher experience. While Windows...
KB5084491 for Windows 11 Canary Channel: Microsoft's Pipeline Stability Focus Explained
Microsoft's KB5084491 update for Windows 11 Canary Channel represents a significant shift in how the company approaches early testing. This build 26227 release demonstrates Microsoft is now using the...
Manus AI's Always-On Agent Expands to WhatsApp Business, Excluding Personal WhatsApp
Manus AI is preparing to launch its always-on AI agent on WhatsApp Business, marking a strategic expansion beyond its current Telegram integration. This move signals a deliberate focus on enterprise...
Microsoft Hires Cove Team to Accelerate CoreAI and Enterprise Agent Development
Microsoft has hired the entire team behind Cove, a Sequoia-backed AI startup focused on collaborative work tools, in a strategic move to bolster its enterprise AI capabilities. This acquisition of...
Spreadsheet-Native AI: How Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and Claude Are Transforming Enterprise Workflows
Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic are converging on a deceptively simple strategy: if enterprises already live in spreadsheets, then spreadsheet-native AI will be the fastest route to broad adoption....
Microsoft Copilot Leadership Reshuffle Signals Strategic Shift from AI Models to Product Execution
Microsoft is restructuring its AI leadership team in a significant move that reveals more about the company's evolving strategy than just personnel changes. The reorganization, first reported in...
Microsoft Security Update Guide References CVE-2026-27459: PyOpenSSL DTLS Cookie Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Microsoft's Security Response Center has published an update-guide entry referencing CVE-2026-27459, a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the pyOpenSSL library's DTLS cookie callback...
CVE-2026-27448: Critical pyOpenSSL Vulnerability Exposes TLS Handshake Failures
A newly disclosed vulnerability, CVE-2026-27448, reveals a critical flaw in pyOpenSSL that can cause TLS handshakes to fail open when exceptions occur in SNI callback functions. This security...
Linux kernel patches CVE-2026-23247: TCP timestamp entropy drops from 32 to 8 bits
Linux kernel developers are implementing a subtle but critical hardening change to address CVE-2026-23247, a vulnerability that reduces entropy in TCP timestamp offsets and weakens protection against...
Linux Kernel CVE-2026-23248: Perf mmap Refcount Bug Exposes Use-After-Free Vulnerability
A critical vulnerability designated CVE-2026-23248 has been identified in the Linux kernel's perf subsystem, exposing systems to potential use-after-free attacks through a refcount bug in perf_mmap....