Articles from July 17, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on July 17, 2026
WhatsApp’s New iPhone Shortcut Puts Noise Control Right in the Call Screen
WhatsApp is rolling out a simple but overdue quality-of-life tweak for iPhone callers: a direct shortcut to Apple’s microphone modes from inside an active voice or video call. The new entry, part...
Google Health v5.04 Fixes Broken Food Logging, Adds One-Tap Macro Entry
Google pushed out version 5.04 of its Health app this week, restoring the ability to log meals with previously saved custom foods and introducing a Quick Logging option for rapid calorie and...
Flight Simulator 2024 Beta Restores Bush Trips: How to Get Them Early
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s Sim Update 6 is shaping up to be one of the most community-driven releases yet, and the latest beta build—1.8.8.0, released July 16—finally brings back the...
Windows 10 Endpoints Now Average 1,903 Security Holes Each, Lansweeper Finds
More than 16% of Windows enterprise PCs still run Windows 10, and each one carries an average of 1,903 actively tracked vulnerabilities, according to new telemetry from asset management firm...
Got Error 0x80070666? Why Your Visual C++ Redist Fix Is Failing and What to Do Next
Windows users facing missing DLL errors often reach for a Visual C++ Redistributable installer, only to be greeted by error 0x80070666. The message suggests the setup failed, but the real story is...
Chrome 150 Patches High-Severity Aura Flaw Before NVD Can Catch Up
Google patched a high-severity memory-safety flaw in Chrome’s Aura UI framework on July 16, shipping version 150.0.7871.128 for Windows and .129 for macOS. The fix arrived before the corresponding...
Google Chrome 150 Update Fixes High-Severity Cast Vulnerability — What Windows Users Need to Know
Google released Chrome 150.0.7871.128 for Windows on July 16, closing a high-severity use-after-free flaw in the Cast component tracked as CVE-2026-15902. The same update patches three critical...
CVE-2026-15901 Shows Up on NVD — But It’s Not a Real Chromium Flaw Yet
Security teams scanning for new vulnerabilities this week encountered a curious entry: CVE-2026-15901, described as a Chromium use-after-free in the Network component, now displays on the National...
Critical Chrome GPU Flaw Fixed in Latest Update — Why Windows Users Can’t Wait for the NVD to Catch Up
Google released Chrome 150.0.7871.128 for Windows and Linux on July 16, 2026, alongside a corresponding macOS build, patching a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the browser’s GPU component....
CVE-2026-15899: Why Chrome’s Latest Security Fix Is Invisible to the NVD — and How to Respond
Google shipped a Chrome security update on Wednesday that fixes a critical camera-related vulnerability, but the U.S. government’s official vulnerability database still doesn’t acknowledge the...
That Alarming New Chromium CVE Is Real, But the Details Are Still a Mystery
A new vulnerability identifier has surfaced this week with a title that would make any system administrator pause: "Chromium: CVE-2026-15903 Out of bounds read and write in V8." The CVE appeared in...
Chromium CVE-2026-15904: Why It’s Missing from the NVD and What to Do About It
A newly disclosed use-after-free vulnerability in the Chromium browser engine’s Ozone component—assigned CVE-2026-15904—presents a puzzle for Windows users and admins. The U.S. National...