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Your Teams 'Meet' App Is Now 'Events': A Unified Hub for All Webinars and Town Halls
Microsoft has begun rolling out a major update to event management in Teams, renaming the Meet app to Events and bringing a unified discovery and creation experience to desktop, Mac, and web. The...
Microsoft Details External Call Routing Feature for Teams in Government Clouds, Coming September 2026
Microsoft is planning to hand government Teams users a long-requested control over external phone calls, according to a July 17, 2026 entry on the company’s Microsoft 365 roadmap. The feature,...
Microsoft Sets August 2026 Target for Agent 365 Integration in Copilot Chat, Requiring A2A Protocol
Microsoft is readying a pivotal update to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat that will let organizations turn their centrally governed, specialized agents into reusable building blocks for multi-agent...
Discord’s ‘Unknown Invite’ Error on Windows Isn’t Always What It Seems — Here’s Your Fix Strategy
Discord’s invite system is supposed to be the friction-free doorway to communities, but on Windows 10 and 11, users are routinely greeted with messages like “Unknown/Expired Invite,”...
Google Rushes Out Android Auto Patch After Wireless Dropouts Leave Drivers Stranded
Google has deployed a targeted fix for a messy Android Auto bug that caused wireless connections to crash and burn following last week’s 17.2 update. The corrected builds—17.2.662638 on the...
WhatsApp’s New iPhone Shortcut Puts Noise Control Right in the Call Screen
WhatsApp is rolling out a simple but overdue quality-of-life tweak for iPhone callers: a direct shortcut to Apple’s microphone modes from inside an active voice or video call. The new entry, part...
Google Health v5.04 Fixes Broken Food Logging, Adds One-Tap Macro Entry
Google pushed out version 5.04 of its Health app this week, restoring the ability to log meals with previously saved custom foods and introducing a Quick Logging option for rapid calorie and...
Flight Simulator 2024 Beta Restores Bush Trips: How to Get Them Early
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s Sim Update 6 is shaping up to be one of the most community-driven releases yet, and the latest beta build—1.8.8.0, released July 16—finally brings back the...
Windows 10 Endpoints Now Average 1,903 Security Holes Each, Lansweeper Finds
More than 16% of Windows enterprise PCs still run Windows 10, and each one carries an average of 1,903 actively tracked vulnerabilities, according to new telemetry from asset management firm...
Got Error 0x80070666? Why Your Visual C++ Redist Fix Is Failing and What to Do Next
Windows users facing missing DLL errors often reach for a Visual C++ Redistributable installer, only to be greeted by error 0x80070666. The message suggests the setup failed, but the real story is...
Windows 11 Users Can’t Sign Into Xfinity NOW WiFi Pass? Here’s the Real Fix
Xfinity’s $20 NOW WiFi Pass looks like a straightforward way to get online at thousands of hotspots, but Windows 11 users are discovering a frustrating reality: the sign-in page that should appear...
How a Simple USB Test Can Save Hours: Fixing the Xbox Controller That Won’t Respond Despite Being Connected
Your Xbox Wireless Controller glows with a solid Xbox button. Windows, your Xbox, or your phone insists it’s paired. Yet no game, no dashboard, no app sees a single button press. It’s a maddening...