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Windows 11 24H2 Can Now Create 7z and TAR Archives — And That's Just the Start
When Microsoft added native RAR and 7z extraction to Windows 11 last year, the obvious follow-up question was: When can we create them? With the 24H2 update, the answer is now. File Explorer on a...
Microsoft Confirms: Exchange 2016/2019 Security Updates End Forever in October 2026
Microsoft has confirmed there will be no third Extended Security Update period for Exchange Server 2016 and 2019. The current Period 2 coverage—the final extension—expires when October 2026 ends....
Samsung Enlists Spider-Man to Sell Foldables Ahead of Galaxy Unpacked—Here’s What to Expect
On July 21, Samsung dropped a new cinematic promotional spot for its Galaxy foldables—starring Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds from the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day—directly tying the fictional...
Samsung’s RX Robotics Division: Putting Factory Floors Before Living Rooms
Samsung Electronics has quietly created a dedicated robotics division with a clear mandate: deploy machines in its own factories first, collect the data, and only then sell to external businesses and...
Apple's Next iPhone May Have Two Batteries — Here's What the iOS 27 Code Reveals
Apple’s fourth iOS 27 developer beta, released on July 21, contains newly discovered code strings that explicitly address an iPhone with multiple internal batteries. The pluralized messages in the...
Encforge Ransomware Encrypts AI Models and Datasets—Here’s How to Protect Your ML Pipeline
The threat actor behind the first fully autonomous ransomware operation has resurfaced with a new weapon that locks up model weights, training datasets, embedding indexes, and other machine-learning...
Microsoft Tests Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 Model for Copilot; Azure Launch Plans Revealed
Microsoft has begun internally testing Moonshot AI’s newly released Kimi K3 large language model for possible use in Copilot and plans to host the open-weight system on Azure, according to a July...
Copilot Is Becoming a Gatekeeper for Shopping: New Audits Help Brands Get Recommended
A new Australian consultancy launched this week with a stark warning for retailers: most brands are practically invisible to AI assistants like Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT. Founded by former Yahoo...
Teams Impersonation Scam Costs Pune Firm ₹56 Lakh, Call Saves ₹1.5 Crore
On July 13, a chief financial officer in Pune transferred ₹56 lakh to fraudsters after receiving a Microsoft Teams message that appeared to come from her company’s Italy-based CEO. The scheme...
Forget Flagships: Why the Ryzen 5 9600X and Radeon RX 9070 Are July 2026’s Smartest 1440p Gaming Duo
For months, PC builders chasing the 1440p holy grail found themselves caught between overpriced GPUs and CPUs that demanded more than they offered. That changed in July 2026. According to a new...
A 12x Speed Leap: How Kinaxis Turned a 3-Hour Supply Chain Wait Into a 17-Minute Task
On March 31, 2026, supply chain software maker Kinaxis reported an eye-opening result: a massive semiconductor planning model that once took more than three hours to calculate finished in roughly 17...
NVIDIA's Quiet Fiber Grab Could Build a Private AI Internet—And Change How Windows Shops Use GPUs
NVIDIA is reportedly buying up huge swaths of unlit long-haul fiber across the United States, potentially up to 100 fiber pairs, in a move that could give the company a private national backbone for...