Articles from July 14, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on July 14, 2026
Android Auto Gets a Huge Navigation Upgrade: Google Maps’ Immersive View Is Finally Here
Android Auto just got its most significant navigation improvement in years. Google Maps’ new Immersive Navigation view, which overlays detailed 3D buildings, lane markings, and terrain onto your...
Google Strips Android’s Search Choice in Switzerland, Prompting Antitrust Probe
Switzerland’s competition authority has opened a preliminary investigation into Google’s unexpected removal of the Android search-engine choice screen, a setup prompt that let new device owners...
Pixel 11 Leak on Amazon Reveals 256GB Base Storage, $899 Price, and an Unexpected Tracker
Amazon accidentally published placeholder product pages for Google’s upcoming Pixel 11 smartphone on July 13, 2026, exposing a $899 price tag for a model with 256GB of storage and 12GB of RAM—a...
Australian AI survey reveals Copilot’s workforce skew — and a stark gender gap
New research from Roy Morgan shows that while AI adoption in Australia is evenly split between men and women overall, Microsoft Copilot’s user base tells a different story: 2.3 million men versus...
How to Make Sense of Microsoft's Data & AI Partner Badge After Synoverge's New Credential
Synoverge Technologies, an Ahmedabad-based IT services firm, announced in July 2026 that it has earned the Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data & AI (Azure) designation. It's a meaningful...
Office 2019 for Mac Permanently Loses Editing as Microsoft Certificate Expires
On July 13, 2026, Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac slipped into a perpetual read-only state. Users who launch Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, or OneNote can open and view documents, but the core act...
Samsung Opens One UI 9 Beta for Galaxy S26, Teases Android 17 Security Features Ahead of July 22 Unpacked
Samsung has opened the beta program for One UI 9, its Android 17-based software, exclusively for the Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra as of May 12. The public test rollout comes just weeks before the...
Oliver, B.C. Greenlights Laserfiche AI for Staff Records, Adding Second Approved AI Tool
On July 13, 2026, the Town of Oliver council in British Columbia quietly amended its artificial intelligence policy—without any discussion—to permit Laserfiche’s AI functions for internal staff...
OpenAI’s Outcome-First Prompting Slashes API Costs by 67%: What Windows Developers Need to Know
OpenAI’s new GPT-5.6 model family, released July 9, 2026, brings a counterintuitive prompting method that can reduce API token usage by up to 66% and cut costs by up to 67%. The technique—called...
OpenAI Launches GPT-Live: Hands-Free Voice Search Comes to ChatGPT — But Skips the Desktop App
OpenAI started rolling out a new voice mode for ChatGPT on July 8, 2026 that fundamentally alters how users interact with the AI assistant. Called GPT-Live, it allows ChatGPT to listen and speak at...
OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Model Solves 50-Year-Old Math Puzzle – and It’s Coming to Your Microsoft 365 Apps
OpenAI launched its GPT-5.6 model family on July 9, and within the first week the company says its top-tier Sol Ultra configuration produced a proof for the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture – a graph...
Microsoft Experiments with Ad-Free Windows Search and a Kill Switch for Web Results
Microsoft has started testing a dramatically cleaner Windows Search experience, stripping out promotional content from web results and—for the first time—giving users a straightforward toggle to...