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Windows 11 26H2 Hits the Experimental Channel as Microsoft Arms IT With Governance Tools
Microsoft officially dropped Windows 11 version 26H2 into the Windows Insider Experimental channel on June 19, 2026, alongside fresh Beta and Experimental builds. The release arrives not as a full...
Registry Key to the Rescue: Microsoft’s KB5105752 Tackles JScript Globals Breakdown
Microsoft dropped KB5105752 on June 18, 2026, warning that JScript’s global variables, polyfills, and execution context may fail to persist when multiple scripts are loaded, breaking workflows on...
Apple Seeds iOS 26.6 Beta 2 With Critical Enterprise Tweaks for Windows-Heavy Shops
Apple released the second developer betas of iOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, macOS Tahoe 26.6, watchOS 26.6, tvOS 26.6, and visionOS 26.6 on June 15, 2026—three weeks after the first 26.6 test builds and...
Microsoft Tests Unified Windows 11 Update to Slash Monthly Restarts to One in Insider Build 26300.8687
Microsoft is experimenting with a radical overhaul of the Windows Update experience that could cut the number of monthly system restarts down to a single event for many users. The change, spotted in...
Microsoft Teams cuts chat lag 20%, slashes iOS/Mac hangs 35% in 2026
Microsoft is slashing the time it takes to switch between chats in Teams by 20 percent, a long-requested improvement that aims to make the collaboration hub feel snappier on all devices. In the first...
Admin Insights for Windows 365 now in public preview delivers proactive Cloud PC triage cards inside Intune.
Microsoft has launched a public preview of Admin Insights for Windows 365, a new feature that delivers service-generated insight cards directly inside the Microsoft Intune admin center. Announced in...
Windows 11 Field Guide 2026 Adds Security Chapters, Removes Deprecated Apps
Paul Thurrott has released the sixth major revision of his definitive Windows 11 manual, now dubbed the Windows 11 Field Guide 2026 edition. This June 2026 update renames and reorients the...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Auto-Install Resumes June 2026: New Admin Opt-Out Controls
Microsoft will resume automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on eligible commercial Windows PCs starting in June 2026, the company confirmed this week. The move reignites a debate...
Windows Terminal replaces classic console host by default in Windows 11 22H2—here's how to revert
Windows 11 version 22H2 landed with a quiet but impactful change: Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell, and any other console application now launch inside Windows Terminal by default. After applying...
Amazon Kindle App for Windows Now Available in Microsoft Store Ahead of June 30 Shutdown
Amazon has released a brand-new Kindle app for Windows through the Microsoft Store, giving users a modern replacement just in time ahead of the legacy Kindle for PC app’s permanent shutdown on June...
Five-hour Copilot outage exposes risks of relying on cloud AI assistants
Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant, deeply woven into Windows, Microsoft 365, and Edge, went down for thousands of users mid-morning on Monday, June 1, 2026, triggering a flood of outage reports and...
Accenture Rolls Out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 743,000 Workers: The Largest Enterprise AI Deployment Ever
On April 27 and 28, 2026, Microsoft and Accenture confirmed the largest enterprise rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot ever publicly announced. The global professional services firm is deploying the AI...