Public Cloud Growth Hits 25–35% in Q2, Channel Checks Find, Raising Stakes for Big Tech Earnings
Public-cloud usage accelerated dramatically in the second quarter of 2026, according to a fresh report from alternative-data firm UncoverAlpha. The firm’s channel checks and expert interviews...
Japan’s $6.2 Billion AI Factory Will Run on 27,500 Nvidia Rubin GPUs, Aiming for Autonomous Robots by 2030
On July 16, 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined Japanese government and industry leaders in Tokyo to launch Noetra, a national consortium that will build a $6.2 billion AI factory housing 27,500 of...
NVIDIA’s Cosmos 3 Edge Brings On-Device Robot Intelligence to Windows Workstations and Factory Floors
NVIDIA on July 16 took the next step toward machines that think for themselves, unveiling a compact AI model designed to run entirely on robots and factory equipment rather than in the cloud. The...
AI Is Already Inside 300 Netflix Shows—What Windows Users Need to Know
Netflix disclosed on July 16 that generative artificial intelligence has been used in roughly 300 titles on the platform so far in 2026. The revelation came buried in the company's second-quarter...
Microsoft and Qualcomm tease limited-edition Snapdragon X2 Surface PC — but only for Man Utd fans
On Saturday, when Manchester United runs out for its first pre-season friendly, the back of the players’ shirts will carry a logo that has never appeared on a football kit before: Microsoft...
Microsoft Opens AI-Powered Bug Hunting to All: MDASH Vulnerability Scanner Hits Public Preview
Microsoft has quietly launched a public preview of its MDASH vulnerability-scanning technology, putting AI-powered bug hunting into the hands of security teams via the Defender command-line interface...
Jaro Education Ranks AI Presentation Tools: Gamma Wins, but PowerPoint Export Fidelity Could Cost You
Business pros and educators hunting for a faster way to build slide decks just got an updated buyer’s guide. On July 17, Jaro Education released its 2026 evaluation of AI presentation tools, and...
Unpatched Windows Zero-Day Lets Standard Users Hijack Admin Registry Hives
A newly public zero-day vulnerability in the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) allows a standard user account to load another user’s registry hive—including an administrator’s—without...
AWS Breaks Microsoft's GPT Lock-In: Bedrock Now Offers OpenAI GPT-5.5 and 5.4
Amazon Web Services quietly ended one of the most significant enterprise AI exclusivities on June 1, 2026. That was the day Amazon Bedrock began offering OpenAI's GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, and Codex models...
Claude AI Outsmarts Windows Troubleshooters: A Hands-On Look at Fixing Locked Files, Bluetooth, Update Loops, and More
On July 17, 2026, How-To Geek published a hands-on report by Jorge Aguilar detailing how he used Anthropic’s Claude AI to diagnose and resolve four persistent Windows failures that Microsoft’s...
New Surface Reseller Programme Lets South African IT Shops Sell AI-Powered Copilot+ PCs
South African IT resellers now have a way to add Microsoft Surface devices—including the AI-focused Copilot+ PCs—to their product portfolios without the complexity of a direct Microsoft...
Your Brand’s AI Footprint: Why Windows Users Need to Audit ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini Now
On July 17, 2026, marketing agency VaynerX and AI consultancy Profound dropped a report that should jolt every brand manager awake: AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google...