Articles from July 19, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on July 19, 2026
Android 17 Slashes Unlock Attempts to 20 — Why Your Windows Logins Just Got Safer
Google has gutted the number of times anyone can guess a lock screen credential on Android, reducing the lifetime maximum from 1,800 tries to a hard cap of 20. The change, rolling out now to...
PowerToys 0.100.0 Adds Independent Per-Monitor Docks, But a Key Multi-Display Bug Still Looms
Microsoft shipped PowerToys 0.100.0 on June 10, 2026, officially graduating the Command Palette Dock from its March preview and giving every connected display its own customizable toolbar instance....
NVIDIA App 11.0.8 Adds 240 FPS ShadowPlay — Only Dual NVENC GPUs Get 4K
NVIDIA has pushed out version 11.0.8 of its desktop companion app, and the headliner is a feature competitive gamers have been requesting for years: ShadowPlay recording at 240 frames per second....
Voice Commands Are Changing: What the Azure Custom Commands Retirement Means for Windows Automation
Microsoft has set a retirement date for Azure Custom Commands: September 19, 2026. That gives teams who rely on voice-driven Windows automation roughly two months to find every dependency, pick a...
Microsoft’s SharePoint Agent Sharing Controls Don’t Revoke Existing Access – Admins Must Audit Now
Microsoft has quietly confirmed that administrative changes to who can share SharePoint agents only affect new sharing actions. Existing shared agents continue to work, even after IT locks down the...
Microsoft’s Project Silica Achieves 10,000-Year Data Storage on Everyday Glass
Microsoft researchers have pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction: they’ve stored data in ordinary borosilicate glass—the same material used in Pyrex kitchenware—and they project it...
Valve’s Steam Frame Hits a Tipping Point: 19-Ton VR Shipment Points to Summer 2026 Release
Valve took delivery of three enormous shipments of “Virtual Reality Devices” on July 15, adding 19,304 kilograms — roughly 21.3 US tons — of hardware to the inventory tied to its upcoming...
AlmaLinux 10’s New VFX Edition Packs 30+ Apps, But the Wayland Shift Demands a Studio Audit
AlmaLinux used its July 18 AlmaLinux Day: Los Angeles event to ship a Media & Entertainment (M&E) edition of its enterprise Linux distribution, bundling over 30 creative applications into a...