Articles from June 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in June 2026
WordArt’s Quiet Comeback: Why Microsoft Office Still Supports the Retro Text Tool
Open Microsoft Word, click the Insert tab, and there it is: WordArt. The feature that once defined 1990s desktop publishing still sits quietly among the modern tools of Office, a ghost of PowerPoint...
Microsoft Office for Mac, iPhone, and iPad Requires Critical License Certificate Update by July 2026 to Avoid Lockout
Microsoft has set a countdown clock for users of its Office apps on Apple platforms: install a licensing-certificate update before July 13, 2026, or risk losing access to core productivity tools. The...
How an AI Coding Assistant Uncovered 143GB of Hidden Bloat Windows Storage Sense Missed
A MakeUseOf writer recently discovered that Windows’ built-in cleanup tool had left 143 gigabytes of unnecessary files languishing on a nearly full C: drive—until Anthropic’s Claude Code...
Microsoft Slashes Windows 365 Business Pricing by 20%, Rebrands Frontline to Flex, and Launches Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid Preview
Microsoft delivered a triple-header of cloud desktop updates on May 4, 2026, cutting Windows 365 Business prices by 20 percent, renaming Windows 365 Frontline to Windows 365 Flex, and opening a...
Microsoft Flips the Switch on Context-Based Redirection for Windows 365 and AVD
Microsoft has put context-based redirection policies for Windows App into public preview, giving IT administrators a powerful new lever to tighten security for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop....
Meredith Whittaker’s Privacy Alarm: Windows Copilot and AI Agents Pose New Risks
Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, delivered a stark privacy warning on June 20, 2026, that resonated deeply across the tech landscape: AI chatbots and agents should never be...
AWS Supercharges Bedrock with xAI’s Grok 4.3 and Mantle Inference Engine for Enterprise Reasoning
Amazon Web Services has made a significant move in the enterprise AI race by integrating xAI’s Grok 4.3 reasoning model into Amazon Bedrock, the company’s managed service for foundation models....
Microsoft Quietly Tests Hiding News Feed in Windows 11 Widgets by Default
Microsoft has begun testing a redesigned Widgets experience for Windows 11 that hides the Microsoft Start news feed by default, a move that addresses long-standing user complaints about forced...
OPPO Reno16 to Debut June 25 With Psychedelic 3D Design, AI Cameras, and K-Pop Collab
OPPO has locked June 25, 2026, as the date the Reno16 series will break cover, with simultaneous launch events in Bangkok and Madrid serving as the opening salvo of a global rollout that the Chinese...
Signal's Meredith Whittaker Warns: AI Chatbots Are Not Your Friends—Agent Access Threatens Privacy
Meredith Whittaker, president of encrypted messaging service Signal, has a blunt message for AI chatbot users: stop treating these tools like friends, confidants, or private diarists. In a June 2026...
Tesla FSD V14.3.3 Debuts in Australia and New Zealand, Expanding Hands-Free Driving Down Under
Tesla has officially launched its highly anticipated Full Self-Driving (Supervised) capability in Australia and New Zealand, starting June 19, 2026. The rollout delivers software version V14.3.3 via...
Sweden Demands Tesla Remove Speed-Limit Override Before EU Clears Full Self-Driving Rollout
Swedish transport authorities have thrown a significant obstacle in the path of Tesla’s European expansion of its controversial Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised system, explicitly demanding that...