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Teams Meeting AI Toggle: How to Disable Copilot Mid-Call (and the Transcription Catch)
Microsoft will start rolling out a long-awaited in-meeting control for Teams that lets meeting organizers and presenters disable AI features live, the company confirmed this week. The toggle,...
Samsung Health’s AI Consent Prompt Could Delete Your Synced Data—Here’s How to Protect It
Samsung Health users are being met with a new in-app demand: agree to let Samsung use personal health records for AI training and modelling, or lose access to cloud synchronization—and watch...
Creative Fabrica Drops Free, Offline AI Image Tools for Windows—No Subscriptions Required
Creative Fabrica released a desktop app for Windows this week that puts AI image editing tools directly on your PC—no internet connection, no subscription fees, and no file uploads required. Called...
Microsoft-Enabled Open-Source AI Tools Take Aim at Alzheimer's 99% Failure Rate
A global consortium co-founded by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis launched three open-source AI tools on July 13 at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in...
No Patch, No Safe Workaround: Inside the 9.8-Severity WordPress SSO Plugin Flaw That Gives Attackers Admin Keys
No administrator wants to hear that the plugin responsible for single sign-on has become a wide-open door to a total site compromise. But that’s exactly the situation facing WordPress sites running...
Dual Retirement: Windows 11 24H2 and Office 2021 Both Exit Support on October 13, 2026 — What You Must Do Now
Microsoft has marked October 13, 2026, as the day when two of its most widely used products — Windows 11 version 24H2 Home and Pro editions, and Office LTSC 2021 — will simultaneously reach the...
Google’s New Setting Lets You Stop Media from Training AI—Here’s How
Google has started rolling out a Search Services History control that lets the company save and use your images, audio, video, and other media from Google Search products to train its generative AI...
Google Keep's Lock-Screen Notes Get a Quiet Beta Revival, But Android Users Are Still Waiting
More than two years after Android 14 added a system-level \"Notes\" role that promised to let you jot down thoughts without ever unlocking your phone, Google Keep's lock-screen note feature is still...
Google Drops the ‘Next’ Label from Merchant Center: What Changes (and What Doesn’t)
Google will begin removing the “Next” branding from Merchant Center starting in July 2026, the company quietly announced this month. The name change, which rolls out across help articles, emails,...
Microsoft to Governments: Adopt AI Agents, but Keep a Human in Charge
Government IT leaders weighing AI for citizen services just got a clearer road map from Microsoft—and a warning. In an interview published July 13, Philippe Rogge, Microsoft’s vice president of...
Why Excel’s PIVOTBY Can’t Keep Your Reports Polished—And What to Use Instead
A quiet formatting flaw has surfaced in one of Excel’s most celebrated new functions, and it’s forcing spreadsheet builders to rethink when they should retire the classic PivotTable. According to...
Microsoft Intune’s Scoped Permissions Are a One-Way Street — Here’s How to Avoid Disaster
Microsoft this month delivered a public preview that can permanently alter how your Intune administrators get their job permissions — but you can’t undo it once it’s on. As of March 2026, the...