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What Windows Users Need to Know About the 2026 USB-C Hi-Fi and Physical Media Revival
Gear Patrol’s Tucker Bowe has refreshed the publication’s rolling gadget guide for mid‑2026, and two trends jump off the page: USB‑C is now the default connection for serious audio, and...
Free ChatGPT in PowerPoint Has an Expiration Date: August 6, 2026
Business and Enterprise teams now have a firm deadline for evaluating ChatGPT inside PowerPoint without financial commitment: August 6, 2026. After that date, every AI-generated slide, draft, or...
Identity Safety Net: Microsoft Entra’s Built-In Backup Tool Reaches GA with 7-Day Restore Window
Microsoft has officially released its Entra Backup and Recovery tool to general availability, giving identity administrators a native, cloud-based way to protect user accounts, groups, and other...
Chatto 0.4 Delivers Native Windows Builds for Its Open-Source, Self-Hosted Chat Platform
Chatto, a privacy-first team chat platform, has released version 0.4 as open-source software, delivering a self-hosted solution that runs on Windows as a single executable. This release, unveiled...
Prepare Now: Microsoft Permanently Removes Kerberos RC4 Rollback on July 14
Microsoft’s July 14, 2026 cumulative updates will strip out the long‑standing Kerberos RC4 rollback control from all supported Windows Server domain controllers. At the same time, administrators...
Google’s ChromeOS 141 Now Shows Battery Health and Can Cap Charging — a Feature Windows Still Lacks
Google has begun rolling out ChromeOS 141, and with it comes a pair of long-awaited features: a built-in battery health check and an option to limit charging to 80%. For Chromebook owners, this means...
Blackmagic Releases Free Fairlight Live Mixer for Windows — But ASIO Hardware and ATEM 10.3 Are Mandatory
Blackmagic Design has shipped the final version of Fairlight Live, a free, standalone audio mixing application for Windows that brings professional broadcast mixing capabilities to anyone with...
Microsoft's First AI Datacenter Goes Live in Wisconsin, Bringing New Compute Power to Azure
Microsoft's first purpose-built AI datacenter in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, entered full operation on June 23, 2026, after months of startup work that began in April. The Fairwater facility—part of...
Silence the Noise: 5 Windows 11 Notification Types You Should Disable Today
Windows 11’s notification system, while intended to keep you informed, often buries useful alerts under a pile of low-value interruptions. After examining the most common sources of distraction,...
Teams on Mac? Update Now to Avoid Black Screen Sharing, Microsoft Warns
Microsoft has issued an advisory for Teams users on Mac: if you're running a version of macOS older than Tahoe 26.4, your screen sharing may suddenly go black, fail entirely, or sputter with...
Refurbished Tech Sales Soar: Back Market Sees 62% MacBook Jump, but Windows Buyers Have Even More Options
Back Market, one of the largest refurbished electronics marketplaces, just reported a 62% year-over-year surge in MacBook sales during the first quarter of 2025. The spike follows a series of Apple...
PC Shipments Slide 4.9% in Q2 2026, Ending Two-Year Growth Streak as Memory Prices Soar
Worldwide PC shipments fell 4.9% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, snapping a two-year streak of growth and marking the first annual decline since early 2024. The culprit, according to...