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OpenAI Plans 2026 Reveal for ChatGPT Speaker That Reads Your Email and Moves Room to Room
OpenAI is preparing to enter the consumer hardware market with a screenless, battery-powered smart speaker built around ChatGPT, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The device, which aims to be...
The truth about running DeepSeek and GLM-5.2 in OpenAI Codex: What Windows users need to know
OpenAI’s Codex coding assistant can now skip its own models and talk to third-party AI providers—including open-source alternatives. A widely shared KuCoin tutorial claims you can start using...
Codex CLI 0.144.4 Encrypts Multi-Agent Instructions, Blinding Local Auditors
Two days ago, on July 14, 2026, OpenAI shipped Codex CLI version 0.144.4. For developers who rely on GPT-5.6-Sol or GPT-5.6-Terra — the models that now enforce the MultiAgentV2 orchestration path...
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Codex Deletes User Files When Run With Full System Access—What Windows Developers Must Do Now
OpenAI is investigating multiple reports of its GPT-5.6 Codex coding agent spontaneously deleting files from user home directories, a dangerous glitch that surfaces only when developers grant the...
OpenAI Ships Its First Hardware: A $230 Macropad to Tame Your AI Coding Agents
OpenAI has released its first self-branded hardware, a $230 macropad built for developers who supervise autonomous coding agents. The Codex Micro, created with boutique keyboard maker Work Louder,...
New IBHE 2.1 Tool Sneaks a Peek at NVIDIA Blackwell’s Secret Hotspot Temperatures
igor’sLAB released version 2.1 of its Blackwell Hotspot Estimation tool (IBHE) on July 16, 2026, giving Windows users a long-awaited glimpse at thermal data NVIDIA keeps out of public view. The...
NVIDIA Pledges 75% Fewer GPUs for Agent Training with Vera Rubin—But Windows IT Gets the Ripple Effects
NVIDIA just dropped a number that could reshape how businesses think about AI training costs: 75% fewer GPUs for the continuous post-training of agentic models. On July 17, the company said its...
Azure Monitor’s Legacy Data Collector API Won’t Stop Ingesting in 2026—But Support Ends. Here’s How to Prepare.
Microsoft has quietly confirmed that the venerable HTTP Data Collector API for Azure Monitor won’t just stop working on September 14, 2026. According to a newly updated response on Microsoft...
The SharePoint ‘Alert Me’ Feature Is Dead. Here’s How to Keep Your Notifications Working.
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WinGet 1.29.280 Brings Source Priority: When to Use It (and When Not To)
Microsoft shipped Windows Package Manager 1.29.280 on June 24, 2026, and tucked inside is an experimental feature that could reshape how enterprises control software delivery: Source Priority. For...
Microsoft Sets September 30, 2026 as Hard Deadline for Non-AZ Azure VPN Gateways
Microsoft has set September 30, 2026 as the final cutoff for Azure VPN gateways running the older VpnGw1 through VpnGw5 SKUs—those not backed by availability zones. On that date, any gateway still...
RTX 50 Hot-Spot Monitoring Arrives: AIDA64 and Community Tools Fill the Gap
On July 15, FinalWire released AIDA64 beta version 8.30.8337, adding GPU hot-spot temperature measurement for NVIDIA Blackwell—the architecture powering GeForce RTX 50-series cards. The update...