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Leaked Windows 11 Build 26300.8687 Tests Unified Reboot: .NET, Drivers, and Firmware Apply with a Single Restart
A new Windows 11 test build circulating in insider circles suggests Microsoft is taking a major step toward a single-restart update model—one that could finally combine .NET patching, driver...
Microsoft Will Turn On Hotpatch by Default in Windows Autopatch Next Year — Are Your Devices Ready?
Microsoft will begin enabling hotpatch updates by default for all eligible Windows endpoints managed by its Autopatch service starting in May 2026, according to a new advisory. The shift means that...
After 3,200 Xbox Layoffs, CEO Asha Sharma Joins Federal Reserve Task Force
Microsoft’s Xbox division laid off 3,200 workers this week in a sweeping “business reset,” yet the company insists artificial intelligence wasn’t the cause. Days after the announcement, Xbox...
Microsoft Research Finds Training AI on Glitchy Streams Makes Them 90% Accurate in Noisy Games
Microsoft Research has demonstrated that training AI agents on deliberately degraded video game streams—complete with pixelation, blur, ghosting, and compression artifacts—can make them nearly...
Memory Prices Could Spike by 2027 as SK hynix Warns of Historic Supply Shortage — What Windows Users Need to Know
SK hynix, one of the world’s largest memory chip manufacturers, has warned that 2027 will mark the tightest supply-demand balance in the industry’s history, with customer demand potentially...
Microsoft Cancels Surface Go and Laptop Go, Goes All-In on Snapdragon X2 for Flagship Devices
A bombshell report dropped on July 9, 2026: Microsoft is killing off its budget-friendly Surface Go and Surface Laptop Go lines while prepping next-generation Surface Laptop 8 and Pro 12 devices...
Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday: 57 Actively Exploited Flaws Demand Immediate Patching
Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday delivers a stark wake-up call for Windows users and IT administrators: among the 60 newly disclosed vulnerabilities, 57 are already being actively exploited in...
Windows Update KB5094126 Cripples Office OLE for Third-Party Software—Microsoft Pauses Rollout
Microsoft's latest June 2026 security update, KB5094126, is breaking OLE automation scenarios where third-party applications launch or control Microsoft Office. The company has placed targeted...
NVIDIA’s Fold-CP Enables 32,000-Token Protein Folding — Here’s How Windows Developers Benefit
NVIDIA has unveiled Fold-CP, a parallel computing framework that allows the Boltz-2 protein-folding model to process 32,000 tokens at once across 64 of its next-generation B300 GPUs, the company...
NVIDIA's Drug-Discovery AI Slashes Assays by 90%—and It Runs on Windows
Astellas Pharma used NVIDIA’s Boltz-2 NIM to accelerate membrane-protein drug discovery, cutting physical assays by 90% and research time by 70%, the company reported this week. The AI-guided...
Microsoft Advisory: Claude Fable 5’s 30-Day Data Retention Puts Enterprise Rollouts on Ice
Microsoft has issued a blunt advisory to customers of its Azure AI Foundry platform: the newly available Claude Fable 5 model logs and retains all prompts and completions for at least 30 days,...
OPPO Reno16 Series Lands in Malaysia: Why the RM1,999 Reno16 F Is the Smart Buy
OPPO has officially unveiled its Reno16 series in Malaysia, bringing three new smartphones—the Reno16, Reno16 Pro, and Reno16 F—alongside the Enco Air5 and Enco Air5s wireless earbuds. Among the...