Articles from May 2026
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Digitate's ignio AI Earns Microsoft Azure Certified Status, Hits Marketplace
Digitate’s flagship AI platform, ignio, has been awarded certified software designations for Microsoft Azure, the company announced on May 19, 2026. The certification places ignio on the Azure...
AMD Ryzen Chipset Driver Update Boosts Modern Standby with S0i3 Support
AMD has released version 8.02.18.557 of its Ryzen Chipset Driver for 64-bit editions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. The update introduces AMS Mailbox and S0i3 filter driver support for a range of AMD...
0x80010002 bug locks Windows 11 out of March–May 2026 updates after February install
Microsoft has confirmed a new known issue in Windows 11 where the Settings app fails to download updates released after February 2026, throwing error code 0x80010002. The bug, added to the...
Microsoft's AI Gamble: Relying on OpenAI Stalls Copilot Growth
Mat Velloso, a former high-ranking Microsoft executive, dropped a bomb on the company’s AI ambitions in an April 2026 social media thread. “Microsoft missed the AI wave,” he wrote, pointing to...
WinWire’s Agentic AI @ Scale: How NTT DATA’s Acquisition Turns Azure Agents into Governed Business Operations
NTT DATA will acquire WinWire Technologies in a deal expected to close in May 2026, a move that reshapes the enterprise agentic AI landscape by blending WinWire’s proprietary Agentic AI @ Scale...
Azure Linux 4.0 Launches with Hardened OS for AI at Hyperscale
Microsoft officially launched Azure Linux 4.0 for virtual machines and declared Azure Container Linux generally available at Open Source Summit North America 2026. The twin announcement, delivered on...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Update Weaves AI Into Office as New Workflow Layer
Microsoft has begun rolling out a significant update to its Microsoft 365 Copilot, one that fundamentally changes how artificial intelligence integrates with everyday productivity tools. Rather than...
Black Duck Polaris May 2026 ships CI evidence, faster Bridge CLI scans
Black Duck shipped its May 2026 update for the Polaris application security platform, packing the release with new CI evidence capabilities, AI-driven scanning improvements, expanded license...
eSusFarm’s Azure AI Boosts Smallholder Farm Credit and Insurance
A smallholder farmer in sub-Saharan Africa watches the sky. A few weeks of drought, and the season’s harvest—along with any chance of repaying a loan—withers. For decades, this risk has kept...
Azure Linux 4.0 Public Preview Hits Azure VMs with LTS Kernel Refresh
Microsoft on May 18, 2026 opened the public preview of Azure Linux 4.0 for Azure Virtual Machines, while simultaneously marking the general availability of Azure Container Linux, an immutable...
Windows 11 Driver Quality Initiative Adds Power, Thermal Scoring and Cloud Rollback
Microsoft used the WinHEC 2026 conference in mid-May to unveil an ambitious Windows Driver Quality Initiative for Windows 11 that fundamentally reshapes how the operating system evaluates and manages...
Google’s 2026 Workspace plan makes Gemini an always-on AI that won't stop suggesting
Google is preparing to embed its Gemini AI so deeply into Workspace that by 2026, the assistant will shift from a side-panel curiosity to an omnipresent interface layer across Gmail, Drive, Docs,...