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Halo Boss Pierre Hintze Accused of Verbal Abuse and Bullying, HR Referrals Mount
The head of Halo Studios, Pierre Hintze, has been the subject of multiple human resources complaints alleging bullying and antagonistic behavior, according to a new report from Windows Central. The...
52 More Purchased Games Now Streamable on Xbox Cloud for All Game Pass Subscribers
Microsoft today made another 52 games available through its "Stream Your Own Game" service on Xbox Cloud Gaming, bringing the total catalog of streamable owned titles to over 1,000. Call of Duty:...
Xbox Removes Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 From Game Pass Days After Promising It, Offers No Explanation
Microsoft has removed Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 from the Xbox Game Pass lineup for July, just six days after announcing the remaster would arrive on July 21. The change was made silently via an...
Microsoft’s Service Agent Now Closes, Updates, and Assigns Cases – Here’s How to Deploy It Safely
Microsoft’s Service Agent for Dynamics 365 Customer Service hit general availability on July 15, turning Copilot from a passive assistant into an active participant in case resolution. The new...
Citi Predicts 8 Million Microsoft 365 Copilot Adds in Q4, Bucking Enterprise AI Gloom
Citi analysts are betting that Microsoft 365 Copilot is poised for its biggest quarter yet, forecasting 8 million net new seats in the fiscal 2026 fourth quarter—a roughly 60% jump from the 5...
July Patch Tuesday Drops 570 Fixes and 3 Zero-Day Patches — But Some Dell PCs Are Blocked
Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday, released July 14, slams the door on an astonishing 570 security vulnerabilities across its product line—a record haul that includes fixes for three zero-day...
When Windows 11 Blocks Your Camera in Browsers: A Fix-It Guide Beyond the Basics
If your webcam lights up in the Camera app but stubbornly refuses to work in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Firefox, you’re not alone. A perennially confusing cascade of privacy toggles in...
Microsoft’s July Update Resolves Recycle Bin’s Alarming $R Filename Glitch
If you permanently deleted a file from the Recycle Bin last month and saw a prompt asking to confirm deletion of something like “$R7A3B2C.doc” instead of your actual document name, you weren’t...
UniGetUI's Big Performance Boost Just Broke Package Sources—Here's the One-Click Fix
On July 15, 2026, the developers behind UniGetUI pushed out a rapid hotfix—version 2026.2.4—to repair regressions that appeared barely 24 hours after the application’s ambitious 2026.2.3...
Migrate SQL Server to Azure VMs Through Azure Arc — No Separate Tools Needed
Microsoft has made generally available a long-requested capability: moving databases from Azure Arc–enabled SQL Server instances directly to SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, all within the...
Forget Manual Updates: How Microsoft’s Winget One-Liner Can Refresh Your Apps in Seconds
Microsoft’s Windows Package Manager, better known as Winget, now lets you update virtually any compatible application on your PC with a single command. The feature, spotlighted by Neowin on July...
Windows 11 Hotpatch Blocks Optional Previews, IT Must Split Update Rings
On July 15, 2026, Microsoft dropped a new servicing overview on its Windows IT Pro Blog, mapping out how Patch Tuesday updates, optional previews, out-of-band fixes, hotpatching, and feature rollouts...