Kazakhstan’s Crypto Tax Exemption Is Still a Draft — Here’s What Traders and Miners Need to Know Now
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on July 7, 2026, setting a three-year personal income tax exemption for crypto gains and a legal route for gas-powered Bitcoin mining. But the fine...
Windows 11 Cloud Rebuild Preview: A Media-Free Recovery That Requires a Strict Pre-Flight Test
Microsoft has taken the wraps off a new Windows 11 recovery feature—Cloud Rebuild—that can download and reinstall the entire operating system from Windows Update without a USB drive or custom...
Microsoft PowerToys 0.100.2: Command Palette Memory Leak Fixed, Here’s Why You Should Update
Microsoft has released PowerToys 0.100.2, a targeted patch that fixes a memory leak in Command Palette—just days after the previous update addressed a handful of other bugs in the same tool. For...
Windows 11 24H2's Protected Print Mode: Why Your Printers Might Vanish and How to Prepare
Your office printer could disappear from Windows overnight—and it won’t be a driver glitch. It’s a new security feature Microsoft is testing in Windows 11 version 24H2 that automatically...
Azure AI Document Intelligence Containers Get a Shorter Deadline: What You Must Do Before August 2026
Microsoft has quietly set a hard deadline for organizations running Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.1 containers: August 31, 2026. The twist? The v2.1 cloud REST API gets a stay of execution until...
Office LTSC 2021 Support Ends October 13, 2026—Your Migration Clock Is Now Measured in Months
Microsoft will stop providing security updates, bug fixes, and technical support for Office LTSC 2021 on October 13, 2026. Organizations still running the suite after that date face a predictable...
Millions of VS Code Users Exposed: Code Runner 0.12.2 Flaw Gives Attackers Full Shell Access
A high-severity vulnerability in one of Visual Studio Code’s most popular extensions can let attackers run any command they want on Windows machines simply by tricking a developer into opening a...
ChatGPT Search Is Citing Websites Now — Here’s How to Make Sure Yours Gets Noticed
OpenAI’s ChatGPT search now pulls live information from the web, and your website can appear as a cited source in its answers — but only if you’ve done the work. This isn’t a future scenario;...
Microsoft's Standalone App Changelogs Show Windows 11's Utilities Are Now Independent Software
Microsoft has quietly launched dedicated release note pages for seven core Windows 11 applications on Microsoft Learn, providing the first centralized look at how Calculator, Paint, Photos, Media...
Winget's Hidden Blindspot: Why 'winget list' Can Miss Installed Packages and What It Means for Your Automations
A routine Winget command failed silently last month, and an enterprise deployment team nearly automated a system-blinding mistake. The winget list --id command, designed to confirm whether a specific...
Microsoft Splits Edge Telemetry from Windows 11 in Europe: What You Need to Know
Microsoft has quietly changed how diagnostic data flows from its Edge browser on Windows 11 systems in the European Economic Area, a move that gives users independent control over a major source of...
Secure Boot 2026: Why You Must Check UEFICA2023Status Right Now (and How to Do It)
The June 2026 Secure Boot certificate transition has passed, but the work of verifying that every Windows device trusts the new 2023 certificates is just beginning. Microsoft’s two 2011 Certificate...