Articles from July 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in July 2026
Second iOS 27 Public Beta Delivers Siri AI Overhaul and Customizable Liquid Glass
Apple seeded the second public beta of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 on July 22, 2026, offering early testers a significantly more intelligent Siri assistant, a new dedicated Siri app, and expanded controls...
Your Minecraft Won’t Log In? Here’s Why It’s Likely Not Your Password
You click the familiar grass block, the launcher springs to life, and then — nothing. A demo prompt, a licensing error, or that maddening “Can’t connect to Minecraft services” banner. Before...
Windows IT Alert: Multi-Platform AI Is Now the Norm, and Microsoft 365 Won’t Be Enough
Anthropic recorded the fastest enterprise AI growth among knowledge-worker tools over a four-year period ending June 2026, according to new Okta data. But the real headline isn’t just who’s...
Samsung Eyes €1B Mistral Investment: What It Means for Windows, Copilot, and European AI Independence
Samsung is in talks to invest up to €1 billion in French AI company Mistral, a move that could reshape the European artificial intelligence market and ripple through the Windows enterprise...
Windows 11's Smart App Control Lockout Isn't a Bug—It's a Design Choice. Here's What to Do About It.
When a Windows 11 security switch suddenly goes grey, most people assume something is broken. With Smart App Control, a feature designed to block untrusted software before it runs, the opposite is...
Why TSMC’s Arizona Chip Fabs Could Consume 17 Million Gallons of Water a Day — and What That Means for Your Tech
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s expanding campus in North Phoenix could eventually pull up to 17.29 million gallons of water a day from the city’s supply, according to planning...
Memory Exports Soar 279% on AI Demand—Why Windows Users Should Pay Attention
South Chungcheong Province in South Korea just posted a staggering $97.8 billion in exports for the first half of 2026—already beating its entire 2025 total—driven almost entirely by memory...
How a 33% ECC Overhead Cut Could Make Your Next AI PC Faster and More Reliable
A South Korean research team just won one of the most coveted awards in computer architecture for a design that could give your future AI workloads more usable high-bandwidth memory—without...
Stop Switching Apps to Find Documents: OpenText's AI Bridges Content to Microsoft 365 Copilot
OpenText announced Content Aviator on July 22, 2026, a content-aware AI layer that feeds governed enterprise documents into the AI assistants where work already happens—Microsoft 365 Copilot,...
Why You Need to Revisit Windows 11’s Copilot Settings Right Now
Microsoft’s Copilot has quietly transformed from a sidebar chatbot into a full-blown AI platform that can watch your screen, edit your documents, and remember your personal preferences. A new...
Univerus Acquires TrellisPoint to Expand Microsoft Consulting Capabilities
On July 22, Univerus—a global software company built through acquisitions—added a Microsoft-focused consultancy to its portfolio. TrellisPoint, a Cleveland-based Microsoft Solutions Partner...
Google’s Built-In Malware Shield Blocked 266 Million Sideloads in 2025. Here’s Why You Should Leave It On.
Google disclosed this week that its Play Protect service blocked 266 million sideloading attempts of risky apps in 2025, while detecting over 27 million entirely new malicious applications. The...