Articles from July 6, 2026
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Free Guide Shows How to Transform Zorin OS 18.1 Into a Windows 11 Lookalike
Zorin OS 18.1 can now mimic the look and feel of Windows 11 without spending a cent on the Pro edition. A new guide from ZDNET's Jack Wallen details a step-by-step method that relies solely on the...
Microsoft Teams Flooded with Fake IT Calls Spreading EtherRAT — Here’s What Admins Must Do Now
Attackers are exploiting Microsoft Teams' external communication features to pose as IT support, convincing employees to install a remote access trojan called EtherRAT, according to recent security...
Investors Sue Microsoft Over AI Hype: What the Copilot Lawsuit Means for Your Stock and Your Software
A securities class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington accuses Microsoft of painting a deceptively rosy picture of its Copilot AI rollout while...
AGCO’s Governed Agent Blueprint: Scaling Microsoft 365 Copilot with Purpose
Microsoft today published a case study detailing how AGCO, the parent company of iconic tractor brands like Massey Ferguson and Fendt, has deployed governable AI agents across its global workforce...
Mobex Brings WhatsApp, SMS, and VoIP Compliance Recording Inside Microsoft Teams
Mobex has announced a platform that folds WhatsApp, SMS, and VoIP calling compliance into Microsoft Teams, according to a podcast interview published by Technology Reseller News on July 6, 2026. The...
Xbox's July 6 Restructuring Cuts Thousands of Jobs and Spins Off Beloved Studios—Here's What It Means for Your Games
On July 6, Microsoft’s Xbox division executed a sweeping restructuring that eliminated 3,200 positions and detached several first-party studios from the company. Compulsion Games, Double Fine,...
How a Derry School’s Dual AI Strategy Won It the Top ICT Award
Thornhill College in Derry, Northern Ireland, has won the post-primary category at the 2025–26 Northern Ireland Schools ICT Excellence Awards for its innovative use of both Microsoft Copilot 365...
Dataverse Coding Plugin Now Supports Claude, Cursor, and Copilot with MCP Governance Controls
On July 6, 2026, Microsoft announced that Dataverse is breaking out of the Power Platform bubble. The company is bringing its coding-agent plugin to three heavyweights of AI-assisted development:...
How to Tame the Hybrid Cloud Beast in 2026: A Windows Admin’s Guide to Governance and AI Workload Placement
In 2026, hybrid cloud is no longer a transitional phase for enterprise IT; it’s the permanent operating model. For Windows shops, that means managing workloads that now routinely straddle...
Google Snubs Cloudflare's AI Crawler Controls as ChatGPT Begins Testing Automated Ads
On July 6, 2026, a forum recap from Search Engine Roundtable pulled back the curtain on a day of fast-moving search industry developments. Two announcements in particular stand to reshape how Windows...
Walmart Manager's DIY AI App Slashes Empty Miles, Shows Power of Upskilling
A Walmart logistics manager with no formal programming background used company-provided AI training to build an internal app that’s now saving the retailer millions of miles and getting more...
As Copilot Expands in the UK, Partners Become the Gatekeepers of Data Sovereignty
Channel partners across the UK and Ireland have quietly become the critical bridge between Microsoft’s Copilot ambitions and enterprises’ insistence on knowing exactly where their AI-processed...