Articles from 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2026
Cashonize v0.9.0 Ships Nostr-Powered Wallet Connections and Transaction Exports for Windows
Cashonize released version 0.9.0 of its Bitcoin Cash wallet on July 25, bringing a Nostr-based overhaul to its CashConnect protocol, a new WizardConnect option for dApps, and long-requested...
Marvel Tōkon’s Beta Is Unplayable on Steam Deck – Here’s Why and What It Means for the Full Game
The open beta for Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls launched today with a glaring omission: it’s completely inaccessible on Steam Deck and other Linux-based systems. Instead of throwing punches,...
Crown Castle Bets $8.4 Billion That Cell Towers Will Win the 5G Future
Crown Castle closed the $8.4 billion sale of its fiber and small-cell businesses on May 1, 2026, and on July 22 it delivered a blunt message: direct-to-device satellite services won’t replace the...
Oakville Kids Use Copilot to Build Games—and Learn AI’s Limits
At a community centre in Oakville, Ontario, children aged 8 to 14 sat in front of laptops and asked Microsoft Copilot to help them create games and 3D prototypes. The fully booked Youth AI & 3D...
Windows’ Best-Kept Secret: Virtual Drives Offer Encryption, Storage Limits, and Native Boot
Microsoft’s Windows operating system ships with a feature so quietly powerful that even seasoned users often overlook it: virtual hard disk (VHDX) support. It is not a new app, a monthly update, or...
Age of Empires 3’s Cancelled DLC Returns: Baltic Powers Beta Live, Sept 10 Launch
Microsoft and World’s Edge are bringing a once-cancelled expansion back from the dead for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. The Baltic Powers DLC launches September 10, 2026, and a Steam open...
ChatGPT’s Market Share Falls 19 Points in a Year as Multi-Model AI Workflows Become the Norm
ChatGPT’s dominant share of generative AI chatbot web traffic slid from about 87% in January 2025 to roughly 64.5% in January 2026, according to data from Kavout. That’s a drop of more than 19...
SAP Survey: AI Delivers Business Insights, Not Cost Savings—How to Adjust Your Strategy
Enterprise AI deployments are yielding sharper business insights and stronger customer engagement, but the anticipated cost reductions remain stubbornly out of reach. That’s the central finding...
Stop the Silent SAML Killer: A Practical Guide to Federation Resilience for Windows Admins
On a quiet morning, your help desk phones explode. Users can’t sign into any cloud app—not Outlook, not Salesforce, not Jira. Servers are up, networks are healthy, and the Azure dashboard glows...
Reddit's Favorite Windows 11 Features: The Built-In Tools That Replace Extra Software
A recent Reddit thread asking users to name the Windows 11 features that truly changed their computing lives has surfaced a goldmine of under-the-radar tools. What’s striking is that almost none of...
watchOS 27 Brings a Dynamic Home Screen to Apple Watch—But Many Models Are Left Out
Apple has quietly fixed one of its longest-standing design irritations. In the latest watchOS 27 developer beta, the Apple Watch’s home screen gets a complete overhaul—moving from a sprawling...
Apple CarPlay Ultra Debuts in Aston Martin Vantage: What You Need to Know
A year after Apple's grand promise of a dashboard-wide CarPlay experience, it's finally real — but only if you're behind the wheel of an Aston Martin. As of July 2026, the luxury automaker has...