Articles from 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2026
Microsoft’s Sparse Azure Red Hat OpenShift Advisory: A Step-by-Step Response Plan for Admins
Microsoft dropped a privilege-escalation advisory for Azure Red Hat OpenShift on July 23, 2026, but the sparse disclosure leaves administrators with more questions than answers. CVE-2026-56160 is...
Microsoft’s Latest Surface RCE Flaw Exposes a Patch Blind Spot: Firmware
On July 23, 2026, Microsoft published CVE-2026-54120, a remote code execution vulnerability affecting its line of Surface devices. The advisory is notably light on details—no list of affected...
CVE-2026-56165: A Microsoft Account RCE with No Details — Here’s What to Do
Microsoft dropped a security advisory on July 23, 2026, for a remote code execution vulnerability in its Microsoft Account platform, and then left almost everything else to the imagination....
Microsoft Flags Azure AI Search Privilege Flaw—Here’s How to Lock Down Your Search Service
Microsoft on July 23, 2026, published CVE-2026-56167, an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Azure AI Search. The advisory confirms the security defect but stops short of disclosing the...
Drafting Meeting Minutes and Sorting Permits: Pittsburgh’s Playbook for AI in Small Government
Allegheny County’s 130 municipalities are being handed a cautious but practical blueprint for folding generative AI into daily operations—starting with the tedious tasks that eat up hours in...
Windows Still Won’t Show Your SSD’s Lifeline; Here’s How to See It Yourself
Microsoft’s latest operating system can tell you your SSD is “healthy” right up until the moment it isn’t. That’s because Windows 11 continues to lean on a deeply reductive health status...
Microsoft Excel’s Big Reboot: A Practical Guide for Windows Users Who’ve Been Away
Microsoft Excel has undergone a quiet revolution, and anyone who hasn’t opened it in a few years may feel like they’re using a completely different application. Formulas can now spill entire...
Halo: Campaign Evolved on RTX 5090: 4K/60 Is Possible, but DLSS Quality Is the Setting to Use
An early benchmark session reveals that NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090 can push Halo: Campaign Evolved past the 60-frames-per-second mark at native 4K resolution with Ultra settings—a feat that...
John C. Dvorak, Tech's Ultimate Contrarian, Dies at 74—Early Reports Got His Age Wrong
John C. Dvorak, the outspoken technology columnist who spent decades challenging conventional wisdom, died this week at age 74. Early reports, including the first to break the news on MacDailyNews,...
Why Your Teams ‘Schedule Meeting’ Button Is Missing—and What to Use Instead
If you’ve opened Teams or Outlook recently and couldn’t find the button to schedule a meeting, you’re not alone. Microsoft’s 2026 retirement wave has killed off classic Teams, live events,...
How AT&T Built a Trillion-Token Telecom AI Using Open Models, AMD GPUs, and Microsoft Foundry
On July 23, AT&T pulled back the curtain on a telecom AI project of extraordinary scale: its OTel 2.0 model family development consumed roughly one trillion tokens, relying on Microsoft Foundry...
Why Microsoft Edge Dark Mode Is Confusing—and How to Get It Right
You tap the dark mode switch in Microsoft Edge and expect everything to turn dim. But the tabs are dark, the websites are still blazing white, and now your eyes are more tired than before. Sound...