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LG Monitors Silently Install McAfee Adware via Windows 11 — How to Stop It
Connecting a new LG UltraGear monitor to a Windows 11 PC can trigger a silent installation of LG’s Monitor App Installer, which then pushes unsolicited McAfee promotions to your desktop. The app...
Microsoft and Mistral’s New Partnership Lets European Enterprises Run AI on Local Servers—No Internet Required
On July 21, 2026, Microsoft and French AI upstart Mistral announced a multibillion-dollar expansion of their strategic partnership. The headline grabber isn’t just new models or more GPU...
Power Automate in 2026: Cloud-Only Work Accounts, Desktop Still Free, and New AI Tools
Microsoft drew a hard line in July 2025: personal Microsoft accounts can no longer sign into the Power Automate cloud service. The rule only applies to the web portal and mobile apps—the desktop...
No, You Don’t Need 16GB RAM or an RTX 3060 to Run Qwen3.5-0.8B on Windows 10
A widely shared guide claims that running Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen3.5-0.8B AI model on Windows 10 requires 16GB of RAM, 80GB of free storage, and an RTX 3060 graphics card. That’s not just...
A Desktop RTX 4060 Just Ran DirectX 12 Games on Windows 11 Arm, But It Took a Firmware Hack
For years, Windows on Arm PCs have been locked out of high-end desktop graphics because Nvidia never shipped a public GeForce driver compiled for Arm processors. That barrier cracked this week when a...
Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro Users Have Until October 13, 2026 to Upgrade—Here’s How to Stay Protected
Microsoft will end security updates for Windows 11 version 24H2 on Home and Pro editions on October 13, 2026, leaving less than three months for users to move to a supported release. The same date...
Microsoft to Halt New Restricted SharePoint Search Setups Starting July 31, 2026
Microsoft has told administrators that it will stop allowing organizations to turn on Restricted SharePoint Search for the first time after July 31, 2026. The move pushes companies to adopt more...
What the Tesla Autopilot Wall Crash Really Tells Us About Driver Assistance Safety
On March 16, 2025, former NASA engineer Mark Rober published a YouTube video showing his Tesla Model Y—with Autopilot engaged—driving through a wall painted to look like a continuation of the...
Tesla Grok Now Understands Where You Want to Eat, Not Just What You Say
Tesla began pushing an over-the-air software update to compatible vehicles in Japan on July 21, 2026, that fundamentally changes how drivers and passengers interact with their cars. The...
Tesla’s FSD v14 ‘Lite’ Update Arrives on Older Hardware—Here’s What Owners Need to Know
Tesla has shipped software version 2026.20.6.10 to a tiny fraction of its fleet, delivering what the company calls Full Self-Driving (Supervised) v14 Lite specifically for vehicles equipped with...
Dental Practices on Windows: The New AI Search Playbook for Copilot and Bing
An Irish dental marketing agency issued a warning on July 21, 2026, that dental clinics risk losing patient inquiries if they fail to appear in AI-powered search results—including those generated...
YouTube's AI Crackdown: Mass-Produced Slop Loses Monetization, But Human-Led AI Still Pays
YouTube this month started stripping ad revenue from channels that flood the platform with mass-produced, template-driven AI videos. The enforcement push, which targets what the company calls...