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Microsoft Purview Now Alerts Investigators When AI Analysis Finishes and New Evidence Drops
Microsoft has flipped the switch on two long-awaited workflow improvements for Purview Data Security Investigations, eliminating a tedious ritual for security teams: manually polling cases to see if...
Copilot-Powered Surveys Agent Arrives in Microsoft Forms: Here’s What It Can Do
Microsoft has quietly started enabling a new AI assistant inside Microsoft Forms that can take over the entire lifecycle of a survey project. As of May 2026, users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot...
DoD Cloud Tenants Finally Get Microsoft 365 Copilot Connectors—The Security Risks and Setup Steps
Microsoft has quietly made Copilot connectors generally available for its most restricted cloud environment: the U.S. Department of Defense instance of Microsoft 365. The milestone—logged under...
Microsoft Adds Dedicated Resource Hub and One-Click Setup to SharePoint Home Sites
Microsoft has delivered a set of long-awaited improvements to SharePoint home sites, headlined by a new Resources web part and a simpler way to create home sites directly from the admin center. The...
SharePoint Sites in Government Clouds Can Go Into Cold Storage Starting June 2026
Microsoft will begin offering its SharePoint archiving feature to tenants inside the Government Community Cloud environment beginning in June 2026, giving administrators a long-awaited tool for...
Exchange Online DLP to Get Granular Failure Handling: Preview Starts This Month
Microsoft is gearing up to release a long-awaited refinement to its Data Loss Prevention (DLP) engine in Exchange Online: the ability to craft distinct policies for different types of content-scan...
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery Gains Full-Text Indexing for Loop and Copilot Pages
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a significant eDiscovery enhancement: full-text indexing of Loop components and Copilot Pages within Purview review sets, along with HTML export support. The update,...
Windows Backup Won't Save Your PC in a Crisis: What It Actually Does in Windows 11
If you think Windows Backup is making a safety net for your PC, think again. Microsoft’s built-in tool is designed to ease the switch to a new computer, not to rescue you from a crash or data...
Leaked 800mAh Battery Could Make Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 the New Endurance King
Just over a week before Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event in London on July 22, a fresh leak has laid out the purported specifications for the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and Galaxy Watch 9 series. The...
Why That Folder Icon Appears on Your Samsung Galaxy Screen and How to Make It Vanish
If a small folder icon has appeared on your Samsung Galaxy phone’s status bar or app drawer, don’t reach for malware scanners just yet. As BGR reported on July 13, 2026, that icon is a giveaway...
Samsung Tops Q2 Smartphone Shipments, but an 11% Drop Spells Costlier Phones Ahead
Samsung has snatched back the crown as the world’s top smartphone maker, capturing 24% of global shipments in the second quarter of 2026. But the headline numbers from Counterpoint Research, first...
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Durability Gains, but $1,999 MSRP Is the Real Price
If you’ve been holding off on a foldable phone because of durability fears, Consumer Reports’ latest evaluation of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 might change your mind. Its testers put the device...