Articles from July 17, 2026
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Windows 10 LTSB 2016 Support Ends October 13, 2026: ESU, Migration, and Replacement Options
Machines running Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 or Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB 2016 will stop receiving free security patches on October 13, 2026. That deadline—firm and non-negotiable—forces...
CXMT’s DRAM Surge Could Bring DDR5 Price Relief — But Not Just Yet
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is on track to match industry giant Micron in monthly DRAM wafer starts by the end of 2026, according to fresh forecast models — a development that could...
Valve’s Steam Machine Stumbles at Native 4K: Just 22 FPS in Black Myth: Wukong Benchmarks
Valve’s long-awaited Steam Machine arrived this month as a compact, living-room PC running SteamOS. But if you’re eyeing the $1,049 base model for 4K gaming on your TV, new benchmarks suggest...
Valve’s Steam Machine RAM Upgrade: DDR5 Physics Demand a Full Teardown
Valve’s Steam Machine may ship with socketed memory, but don’t expect a quick RAM swap. Adding a second stick to hit 32GB and unlock dual-channel performance means pulling the cooling fan,...
GPT-5.6 Splits Into Three Models: Here’s What Windows Users Actually Get
OpenAI released GPT-5.6 on July 9, and for the first time, it’s not a single flagship model but a family of three—Sol, Terra, and Luna—each tuned for a different balance of power, speed, and...
Apple’s OpenAI Lawsuit Is a Wake-Up Call for Windows Admins: Secure Your Offboarding Now
Apple filed a trade-secret lawsuit against OpenAI on July 10, 2026, accusing the AI company of a “broad effort to systematically acquire and exploit” confidential hardware information. The...
Microsoft’s $950 Surface Laptop Proves 8GB Is a Dead End for Windows 11
Microsoft’s newest Surface Laptop 13-inch ships with a configuration that amounts to a warning label for Windows 11 buyers: a $949.99 model that pairs a capable Snapdragon X Plus processor with...
Public Cloud Growth Hits 25–35% in Q2, Channel Checks Find, Raising Stakes for Big Tech Earnings
Public-cloud usage accelerated dramatically in the second quarter of 2026, according to a fresh report from alternative-data firm UncoverAlpha. The firm’s channel checks and expert interviews...
Japan’s $6.2 Billion AI Factory Will Run on 27,500 Nvidia Rubin GPUs, Aiming for Autonomous Robots by 2030
On July 16, 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined Japanese government and industry leaders in Tokyo to launch Noetra, a national consortium that will build a $6.2 billion AI factory housing 27,500 of...
NVIDIA’s Cosmos 3 Edge Brings On-Device Robot Intelligence to Windows Workstations and Factory Floors
NVIDIA on July 16 took the next step toward machines that think for themselves, unveiling a compact AI model designed to run entirely on robots and factory equipment rather than in the cloud. The...
AI Is Already Inside 300 Netflix Shows—What Windows Users Need to Know
Netflix disclosed on July 16 that generative artificial intelligence has been used in roughly 300 titles on the platform so far in 2026. The revelation came buried in the company's second-quarter...
Microsoft and Qualcomm tease limited-edition Snapdragon X2 Surface PC — but only for Man Utd fans
On Saturday, when Manchester United runs out for its first pre-season friendly, the back of the players’ shirts will carry a logo that has never appeared on a football kit before: Microsoft...