Articles from May 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in May 2026
NTT DATA Buys WinWire, Adds 1,000+ Azure AI Engineers to Scale Agentic AI
NTT DATA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WinWire Technologies, a move that will add more than 1,000 Microsoft Azure engineers to its ranks and significantly bolster its ability to...
June 2026 Secure Boot Certificate Deadline: What Windows Admins Must Do Now to Avoid Boot Failures
Microsoft’s 2011 Secure Boot certificates expire in June 2026. If your organization hasn’t installed specific Windows updates that add the new certificates, Secure Boot‑enabled devices will...
Windows 11 SE and Publisher Retire Oct 2026: Migration Plan
Microsoft has set October 13, 2026, as the end-of-support date for Windows 11 SE, the locked-down education edition that shipped on low-cost laptops, and for Microsoft Publisher, the desktop...
Gallup Poll: 71% of Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Backyard amid Growing Infrastructure Pushback
Seventy-one percent of U.S. adults would oppose the construction of an AI-focused data center in their local community, according to a Gallup poll released on May 13, 2026. The survey, which marks...
Sparkle 2.19.0 Update: What’s New in the Open-Source Windows Debloater
The development team behind Sparkle, the open-source Windows optimization utility, has rolled out version 2.19.0. The release aims to refine several core areas of the application that users of...
Windows 11 Testing Per-Monitor Taskbar, Drag-and-Drop & New Privacy Controls
Microsoft is currently experimenting with a suite of long-requested taskbar and Start menu enhancements that could finally address the most persistent complaints from Windows 11 users. According to a...
TMC Acquires PowerApps911 to Unite AI Training with Enterprise Governance
Technology Management Concepts (TMC) has acquired PowerApps911, the well-known Microsoft Power Platform training and consulting firm, the companies announced in May 2026. The acquisition folds...
Incognito vs VPN on Windows: Which Privacy Layer You Actually Need
Many Windows users assume that opening an incognito window shields them from prying eyes on the internet. The truth is more nuanced. Incognito mode and a virtual private network serve completely...
Apple iOS 27 Siri Chat UI Offers 30-Day or 1-Year Auto-Delete for Histories
Apple's rumored overhaul of Siri for iOS 27 will introduce a dedicated chat interface with granular controls over how long conversation histories are stored, according to sources familiar with the...
Sohaib Akhter Convicted: Offboarding Gaps, Plaintext Passwords, and AI Prompt Risks Exposed
A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia convicted former federal contractor Sohaib Akhter on May 7, 2026 for his role in deleting roughly 96 U.S. government records. Prosecutors said Sohaib and his...
Ex-Microsoft Exec: Copilot Stumbles Show Microsoft Missed the AI Wave
Former Microsoft executive Mat Velloso has sent shockwaves through the tech industry by reportedly declaring that Microsoft has "missed the AI wave." In a statement attributed to May 17, 2026,...
Windows 11 Education, LTSC & IoT Editions Give You Back Full Privacy Control
Microsoft released Windows 11 with a clear consumer focus, but by May 2026 the operating system’s true breadth is visible only when you look past the familiar Home and Pro SKUs. Alongside those...