Articles from July 18, 2026
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Azure Monitor’s Legacy Data Collector API Won’t Stop Ingesting in 2026—But Support Ends. Here’s How to Prepare.
Microsoft has quietly confirmed that the venerable HTTP Data Collector API for Azure Monitor won’t just stop working on September 14, 2026. According to a newly updated response on Microsoft...
The SharePoint ‘Alert Me’ Feature Is Dead. Here’s How to Keep Your Notifications Working.
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WinGet 1.29.280 Brings Source Priority: When to Use It (and When Not To)
Microsoft shipped Windows Package Manager 1.29.280 on June 24, 2026, and tucked inside is an experimental feature that could reshape how enterprises control software delivery: Source Priority. For...
Microsoft Sets September 30, 2026 as Hard Deadline for Non-AZ Azure VPN Gateways
Microsoft has set September 30, 2026 as the final cutoff for Azure VPN gateways running the older VpnGw1 through VpnGw5 SKUs—those not backed by availability zones. On that date, any gateway still...
RTX 50 Hot-Spot Monitoring Arrives: AIDA64 and Community Tools Fill the Gap
On July 15, FinalWire released AIDA64 beta version 8.30.8337, adding GPU hot-spot temperature measurement for NVIDIA Blackwell—the architecture powering GeForce RTX 50-series cards. The update...
Real AI ROI Is Saved Engineering Hours, Not Token Counts, Says Anthropic's Boris Cherny
In mid-July 2026, Anthropic’s Claude Code lead Boris Cherny told enterprises to stop fixating on AI token consumption as a primary success metric. The better measure, he argued, is the engineering...
New Kimi K3 AI Coding Model Threatens Anthropic’s Premium Pricing as IPO Looms
A Beijing startup dropped a new AI coding model on Thursday that claims to match or beat Anthropic’s Claude on key benchmarks—at a fraction of the cost. The release landed in the middle of...
Survey: ChatGPT Wins with Beginners, But Experienced Developers Choose Claude
A comprehensive survey of over 2,700 AI builders across 55 countries has found that while OpenAI’s ChatGPT remains marginally more popular than Anthropic’s Claude, the real dividing line is...
Anthropic Spills the Secret to AI Agents That Don't Go Rogue: It's All in the Harness
Anthropic has laid bare the engineering reality behind dependable AI agents: the secret isn't a larger model, but the scaffolding that surrounds it. In a detailed set of recommendations, the company...
Anthropic Turns to Meta for $10B AI Compute Lease as Claude Demand Surges
Anthropic has entered early-stage negotiations to lease up to $10 billion worth of AI computing capacity from Meta, CNBC reported on Thursday. If finalized, the two-year deal would give the Claude...
1Password for Claude Brings Passwordless AI Logins to Mac — Here’s How It Keeps Secrets Safe
1Password launched a new integration for Anthropic’s Claude on July 16, 2026 that lets the AI assistant sign into websites without ever seeing, storing, or transmitting the user’s passwords,...
Claude in Chrome Flaw: ‘Act Without Asking’ Mode Can Be Exploited by Rogue Extensions to Read Your Email
On Wednesday, security researchers at Manifold Security disclosed a high-severity vulnerability in the Claude in Chrome extension that could allow a malicious browser add-on to silently read your...