Articles from July 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in July 2026
Why Facebook Password Resets Keep Failing on Windows 10 and 11—and How to Fix It
Windows 10 and Windows 11 users locked out of Facebook are discovering that the password reset process has never been more fraught. Instead of a simple email or SMS code, many are met with “account...
The Hidden Deadline for Windows Server: Your Emergency Boot Drives Might Fail After October 2026
On June 24 and 27, 2026, two Secure Boot certificates quietly expired and nothing crashed. Servers kept chugging, workloads didn’t blink, and many IT admins breathed easy. But the real trap is...
Clifford Chance's AI Knowledge Bank Is a Masterclass in Microsoft 365 Governance
On July 20, 2026, Clifford Chance launched a custom AI-powered knowledge-management platform that gives its lawyers secure, natural-language access to more than 400,000 internal documents. Built with...
August 2026 Interpreter for Teams Rooms on Android: Why IT Shouldn't Rush to Upgrade Now
Microsoft has quietly penciled in August 2026 as the launch window for its Interpreter agent on Teams Rooms for Android, the company’s roadmap reveals. That target could reshape how multilingual...
HMRC’s 50,000-Seat Copilot Bet: What IT Leaders Can Learn from the UK Tax Authority’s AI Overhaul
HM Revenue & Customs is scaling Microsoft Copilot to 50,000 employees by the end of 2026, cementing one of the largest internal generative AI deployments in UK government. The expansion, detailed...
Microsoft’s AI Training Is Free—but the Certifications Will Cost You
Microsoft, Google, IBM, and AWS are all offering free AI training courses in 2026, many of which come with digital badges or completion certificates. But for Windows power users and IT admins, the...
How to Safely Run Claude Code on Windows via WSL – Permission Risks and Best Practices
Anthropic’s Claude Code, the command-line AI coding agent that can read, edit, and test code autonomously, now runs on Windows 10 and 11 through Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). First released as...
Anthropic Tells Claude Code Users: Stop Raising Effort, Start Switching Models
On July 20, 2026, Anthropic effectively told Claude Code users to stop reaching for the effort dial first. According to a report from Quasa.io, the company has drawn a sharp line between model...
SIX’s Teams Voice Migration Shows How Regulated Firms Can Ditch PBX and Keep 10-Year Records
SIX, the Swiss financial infrastructure operator, has completed a 12-month migration of 1,700 voice seats to Microsoft Teams, shedding decades-old PBX hardware and a legacy call recording system that...
LibreOffice Warns OOXML Lock-In Spreads to ‘Sovereign’ Euro-Office, Raising Security Flags
The Document Foundation (TDF) fired a warning shot in two directions on July 17, 2026. Its message: Microsoft’s default Office Open XML formats still lock users into the tech giant’s orbit, and a...
Microsoft Publisher Is Shutting Down in 2026: Here’s Your File Migration Roadmap
Come October 2026, Microsoft will pull the plug on Publisher for Microsoft 365 subscribers. That means you won’t be able to open or edit .pub files with the app, potentially locking decades of...
Critical ServiceNow RCE Flaws Under Active Attack: What Users Must Do Now
ServiceNow customers who haven’t yet patched two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities should treat their instances as compromised – not merely exposed – after the Cybersecurity and...