Articles from 2026
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Inside Microsoft's BPO AI Push: 33% Cost Savings, 80% Quality Leap
On July 23, Microsoft shed light on a sweeping internal effort to embed AI into its own business process outsourcing (BPO) operations, reporting a 33% drop in cost per transaction and an 80%...
Weintek cMT3092X Advisory: High-Severity HMI Vulnerabilities Demand Immediate OT Action
Operators of industrial human-machine interfaces (HMIs) face a fresh security headache after the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory warning that multiple...
RealAccretive Brings Auditable, Deterministic Rent Pricing to Microsoft Azure Marketplace
F9Analytics this week introduced RealAccretive, a multifamily profit management platform that leans on deterministic mathematics rather than AI to set apartment rents, now available through...
Knox Systems Claims 90-Day Azure Government Deployments for AI and Cyber Vendors
Knox Systems announced on July 23, 2026, a new collaboration with Microsoft that promises to collapse the time it takes to get commercial software running inside a federal cloud from years to as few...
Microsoft Gave Outlook Its Own Browser Setting—Here’s How to Take Control
If you’ve clicked a web link in an Outlook email only to have it open in Microsoft Edge—even though Chrome, Firefox, or Brave is your Windows default browser—you’re not alone. Microsoft...
Stop Installing Random USB Drivers: Microsoft's Official Tools Fix Problems Faster and Safer
The USB cable is plugged in, the light is on, but Windows refuses to show the device. It's a moment of quiet frustration that drives millions to Google, and too often into the arms of dubious...
Why Your Windows 11 PC Can't Find Your Device and How to Get It Working Again
You plug in a USB drive, and nothing happens. Your Bluetooth headphones refuse to pair. The webcam that worked yesterday is suddenly absent from Teams. Windows 11, for all its polish, can still leave...
Microsoft Edge's Ad Blocker Misses Most Ads. Here's What Actually Works.
Microsoft Edge ships with a collection of built-in controls that block pop‑ups, suppress ads on sites flagged for intrusive practices, and limit tracking scripts. What Edge does not...
Windows 11’s Enhanced Sign-in Security Is Confusing Users – Here’s How to Fix Your Biometric Login
Microsoft’s efforts to tighten Windows sign-in security are creating a new headache for users who rely on external biometric devices. A feature called Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS), baked into...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Now Lets AI Agents Act Inside Your ERP — Under Strict Control
On July 23, 2026, Microsoft announced a fundamental shift in how its Dynamics 365 business applications interact with AI. The company introduced Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, a new...
Why Office 2019 for Mac Just Stopped Editing Documents—and Your Best Replacement Options
On July 13, 2026, Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac unexpectedly entered a reduced functionality mode, stripping Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote of their ability to create, edit, or save...
Windows 11's Point-in-Time Restore Could Save Your PC—or Erase Your Work
Microsoft has quietly begun rolling out a new recovery feature in Windows 11 that can rewind your entire PC to a previous state—personal files and all. The feature, called point-in-time restore,...