Articles from 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2026
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...
Copilot in PowerPoint: The AI Assistant That Can Draft, Edit, and Even Anticipate Audience Questions
Microsoft’s Copilot in PowerPoint has grown far beyond a design assistant. It can now draft entire presentations from a text prompt, transform a Word report into a polished slide deck, rewrite...
Your Small Business Can Now Use GPT-5.6 Agents to Automate Workflows — Here’s How
OpenAI just made its most capable AI agent available to America’s smallest companies, pairing the GPT-5.6-powered ChatGPT Work with a training program designed to turn chaotic solo operations into...
Forget That Top 10 List: The Gaming CPUs You Should Actually Buy in July 2026
A gaming CPU buyer’s guide published on July 21, 2026, crowned the Ryzen 7 7800X3D the “undisputed king” of gaming processors. The ranking appeared in a widely-read roundup on Propel RC, backed...
Fortinet Taps Intel for Next-Gen Security Chip, Delivering a Concrete Foundry Win but Not a Knockout
Intel has landed its first named external customer for its contract chip-making business under CEO Lip-Bu Tan. Cybersecurity firm Fortinet will use Intel Foundry to manufacture the upcoming SP6...
October 2026 Microsoft Deadline Storm: What IT Must Do Before Office, Publisher, and Entra ID Vanish
On October 1, 2026, Microsoft will retire the legacy risk-based policies inside Entra ID Protection. Two weeks later, Office LTSC 2021 will stop receiving security updates, Windows Server 2022 will...
ASUS ROG Gjallar Pairs Dolby Atmos With Acoustic Echo Cancellation for Desktop Gaming
ASUS Republic of Gamers announced its first dedicated gaming soundbar this week, and the ROG Gjallar isn’t just another speaker system. It combines a 2.1.2-channel Dolby Atmos array with an...