Azure Leads for Microsoft Shops, AWS Widest for Windows Workloads
Cloud infrastructure decisions have fundamentally changed from simply picking the vendor with the largest footprint. Enterprises now face complex choices between AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google...
Microsoft March 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes Over 80 Vulnerabilities Including Critical Zero-Day Exploits
Microsoft's March 2026 Patch Tuesday delivered security updates addressing more than 80 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Edge, SQL Server, and other components. This substantial release...
Microsoft's Media Creation Tool Now Ships Windows 11 ISOs with Latest Patch Tuesday Baseline
Microsoft has fundamentally changed how the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool builds installation media, shifting from outdated baseline images to current Patch Tuesday snapshots. This quiet but...
Glow v26.4 Confirmed as Latest Version: Debunking False Glow 26.5 Release Claims
A false Neowin AMP listing for "Glow 26.5" circulated this week, creating confusion about the diagnostic tool's actual release status. Microsoft's official developer channels confirm Glow v26.4...
Local Linux AI assistants now match Copilot in privacy but lag in polish
A comprehensive evaluation of over twenty Linux desktop AI companions reveals a fragmented but rapidly evolving ecosystem that offers genuine alternatives to cloud-based services like Microsoft...
Met Office's Azure HPC Migration Delivers Unprecedented Weather Forecasting Scale and Resilience
The United Kingdom's Met Office has completed its first year running operational weather and climate workloads on a purpose-built supercomputing cluster hosted by Microsoft Azure, marking a...
Jeff Kaplan's The Legend of California: Ambitious Open World FPS Survival Game Announced
Jeff Kaplan, the veteran game designer behind Overwatch and World of Warcraft, is returning to frontline game development with The Legend of California, an ambitious multiplayer action-survival...
Microsoft Gaming Copilot Coming to Xbox Series X|S in 2026 as AI Gaming Assistant
Microsoft has confirmed its Gaming Copilot AI assistant will launch on Xbox Series X|S consoles in 2026, expanding beyond its current testing in Xbox Game Bar and mobile applications. The...
Mozilla Extends Firefox 115 ESR Security Patches for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 Until Mid-2024
Mozilla will continue shipping security patches for Firefox 115 ESR to machines running Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 through the browser's entire support lifecycle. This decision creates a...
Xbox Ally X to Feature Auto SR AI Upscaling in April 2026, Microsoft Confirms
Microsoft will launch Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR) on the Xbox Ally X handheld in April 2026, marking the first implementation of the company's OS-level AI upscaling technology in a handheld...
Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday Fixes Critical SQL Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2026-21262
Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday security update includes a critical fix for a high-severity elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server, identified as CVE-2026-21262. This security...
Upwind's Runtime-First Cloud Security Platform Now Available in Azure Marketplace
Upwind has officially launched its runtime-first cloud security platform in the Azure Marketplace, bringing a fundamentally different approach to cloud-native application protection. The company's...