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JPMorgan Chief Sounds ‘Ballistic Missile’ Alarm Over AI Bug-Hunting Model — Windows Defenders Must Act
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon didn’t mince words at a defense and innovation summit on July 15: allowing unrestricted access to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos cybersecurity model, he said, would be...
Microsoft Retires Legacy Keyboard Troubleshooter — Here’s How to Fix Stuck Keys in Windows 10 and 11
Microsoft has started pulling the plug on its aging MSDT-based troubleshooters, and the keyboard diagnostic tool is among the first to go. For Windows users, that means the one-click "Fix it" button...
Azure Functions 1.x Support Ends September 14, 2026 – Your Migration Deadline and Action Plan
Microsoft will end support for Azure Functions runtime version 1.x on September 14, 2026. After that date, any app still pinned to the decade-old runtime will receive no security patches, no bug...
Microsoft Retires Metrics Advisor, Sets 2026 Deadline for Anomaly Detector and Personalizer
Microsoft has officially retired Azure AI Metrics Advisor, while giving users of Anomaly Detector and Personalizer until October 1, 2026, to migrate off those services. The move leaves applications...
Microsoft Sets Sept. 30 Licensing Deadline—But There’s No Single ‘Copilot Deal’
Microsoft has extended a series of commercial licensing promotions for Microsoft 365 E3, E5, and Copilot through September 30, 2026, but the discounts come with sharply different seat thresholds,...
Before You Turn On Windows 11’s New Backup, Exclude These Devices
Microsoft’s next major Windows 11 update—version 26H2—makes settings backup a managed recovery baseline and introduces Cloud rebuild for reinstalling Windows from the internet. But unless...
Microsoft Teams AI Archives Arrive August 2026: Why a Tenant-Wide Governance Review Is Critical
Microsoft will begin rolling out AI-powered meeting archives for Microsoft Teams in August 2026, but the new capability comes with an unusual constraint: it can't be piloted for a handful of users....
Teams Copilot Will Analyze Your Screen During Meetings — Here’s How IT Can Prepare Now
Microsoft has confirmed that Copilot in Teams will soon be able to understand and answer questions about whatever you share on your screen during meetings, with a rollout currently scheduled for...
SPFx 1.24 Preview Turns Web Parts Into Copilot Apps—Here’s Your Governance Checklist
Microsoft released the public preview of SharePoint Framework (SPFx) version 1.24 on July 8, 2026, packing a feature that upends long-held assumptions about SharePoint customizations. Any existing...
WSL 2.7.x Rollouts Require Rigorous Build-Specific Validation: What IT Admins Need to Know About DNS, VPN, and ARM
Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux 2.7.x update family is rolling out with under-the-hood networking improvements and expanded architecture support, but enterprise early adopters are discovering...
Kimi K3's 15-Bug Claim Exposes a Critical Blind Spot in AI Safety Filters
David Sacks, the former White House AI advisor, amplified a developer’s account on July 20 that Chinese model Kimi K3 fixed 15 security bugs in a piece of software after OpenAI’s Codex and...
Why UST Training 20,000 Employees on Claude Is a Signal for Enterprise AI
UST, a global IT services and transformation company, will train 20,000 of its employees on Anthropic’s Claude AI models as part of a sweeping new partnership that embeds the assistant into...