Today's Top Windows System Articles for 2026-08-01

Is WinGet Enterprise Ready? A Deep Dive Into the Evidence

A deep-dive look at the Windows Package Manager Community Repository. Its manifests, submission pipeline, validation model, and a clear-eyed comparison against curated enterprise catalogs maintained b...

MSEndpointMgr

Jul 30, 2026 - msendpointmgr.com

AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans

Researchers pitted a person against a Claude agent and found that, after a week of texting, the AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” with others.

WIRED

Jul 30, 2026 - wired.com

Key AI-enabled cyber attack trends to watch out for

TrendAI, a business unit of Trend Micro (with European headquarters in Cork), publishes an in-depth report on the current state of AI-powered cyberattacks hitting financial institutions. Drawing on a ...

Irish Tech News

Jul 30, 2026 - irishtechnews.ie

Enhance macOS Compliance with Custom Security and Compliance Checks to Improve Device Security using Microsoft Intune

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HTMD Community Intune Windows Modern Workplace Device Management

Jul 30, 2026 - anoopcnair.com

How AI can help make busy shipping routes safer for whales

For the last few months, a tablet on the dashboard of a commuter ferry crossing San Francisco Bay has had an unusual job: warning the crew when whales are nearby. Whenever an AI-powered system detects...

Fast Company - technology

Jul 30, 2026 - fastcompany.com

After the Break-In: What Attackers Do Once They're Already Inside

Attackers rarely stop after gaining initial access. Huntress analyzes a real-world intrusion to show how threat actors establish persistence, disable defenses, and reshape compromised systems, and why...

BleepingComputer

Jul 30, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

Why Google Voice is your secret business weapon

All right, quiz time: In a single sentence, can you tell me exactly what Google Voice does? It’s a question even the most giddy Google-appreciating geeks struggle to answer succinctly — and for norm...

Computerworld

Jul 30, 2026 - computerworld.com

Superlogical: Building the Ultimate Multiplexer for Modern Development Work

Introduction The landscape of software development has fundamentally changed. Today's developers work across multiple environments simultaneously: local machines, remote servers, CI/CD pipelines, prod...

TechPlanet

Jul 30, 2026 - techplanet.today

The Problem Is Prompt Debt

The following article was originally published on Drew Breunig’s blog and is being republished here with the author’s permission. Thanks to natural language interfaces, AI applications can be prototyp...

Radar

Jul 30, 2026 - oreilly.com

The great scramble to build AI compute you can actually own

In May 2025, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, opened his laptop in The Hague and found himself locked out of his Microsoft email account. According to The Associated P...

Fast Company - technology

Jul 30, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Microsoft Teams vishing attacks lead to Chaos ransomware attacks

Threat actors are impersonating IT support staff in Microsoft Teams calls to gain remote access to corporate devices and deploy Chaos ransomware in attacks targeting North American organizations. [......

BleepingComputer

Jul 30, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

Russian spies take their half-click email attack from Zimbra to Outlook

Opening a booby-trapped message unleashes a browser implant that can survive password changes and device rebuilds

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 30, 2026 - theregister.com

Google says AI helped Chrome fix 1,072 security bugs in two releases

Google says artificial intelligence is dramatically increasing the number of security vulnerabilities it can find and fix in Chrome, with more than 1,000 security bugs patched across the browser's two...

BleepingComputer

Jul 30, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

Remitly launches Global Card to turn cross-border money transfers into everyday banking

By offering direct deposits, fee-free local spending, and global ATM access, the company is aiming to deepen customer loyalty and eliminate the banking friction faced by many underbanked or immigrant ...

GeekWire

Jul 30, 2026 - geekwire.com

Attackers Use Microsoft Teams Vishing Campaigns to Deploy Chaos Ransomware

Cybercriminals are exploiting Microsoft Teams voice phishing (vishing) campaigns to infiltrate corporate networks and deploy Chaos ransomware. Security researchers warn that the campaign targeted doze...

Petri IT Knowledgebase

Jul 30, 2026 - petri.com

Detect Dark Matter’s Mark From Your Backyard

If you’re wondering what dark matter is, you’re not alone. Astronomers don’t know. But they’ve determined that this invisible material must be far more abundant than the stars and nebulas that they ca...

IEEE Spectrum

Jul 30, 2026 - spectrum.ieee.org

VMware fixes three critical flaws allowing auth bypass, VM escapes

Broadcom has released security updates to fix five vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter, ESX, Workstation, and Fusion, including three critical flaws that allow attackers to bypass authentication, execut...

BleepingComputer

Jul 30, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

Troubleshooting SQL Authentication Failures on Azure SQL Database Geo-Secondary Replicas

Scenario Background During a recent investigation, a customer reported that SQL Authentication was failing when connecting to an Azure SQL Database geo-secondary replica. The customer confirmed the fo...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 30, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

AI is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them

AI is exposing Microsoft's security problems at an unprecedented pace, but a growing backlog could create a dangerous new challenge. Read more...

Neowin

Jul 30, 2026 - neowin.net

Critical Windows Troubleshooting Tools: Stop Wasting Time on the Wrong Fixes

This guide focuses on when admins should use Windows troubleshooting tools like Event Viewer, Reliability Monitor, System File Checker, SFC/DISM, Windows Update logs, and core network commands. Most W...

Petri IT Knowledgebase

Jul 30, 2026 - petri.com

I've covered hundreds of apps for Windows Central, and I personally recommend these 6 to fix Windows 11 and replace Microsoft's apps

Microsoft’s default Windows 11 apps often fall short. These six apps are what I install to improve Windows 11 and replace Microsoft's default apps.

Latest from Windows Central

Jul 30, 2026 - windowscentral.com

Microsoft makes Copilot harder to miss in Classic Outlook

New button beside the ribbon promises consistency – and more questions for admins

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 30, 2026 - theregister.com

Amazon links four poisoned npm packages to one North Korean crew

Researchers say Sapphire Sleet socially engineered maintainers before publishing malicious updates through trusted accounts

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 30, 2026 - theregister.com

Salesforce hires ex-Microsoft exec to lead Agentforce engineering amid string of departures

After nearly three decades at Microsoft, cybersecurity executive Krishna Kumar Parthasarathy has announced he is joining Salesforce as executive vice… Read More

GeekWire

Jul 30, 2026 - geekwire.com

Quantum computers outperform classical ones, with results you can trust

Three approaches to the issue of quantum results that can't be verified classically.

Ars Technica - All content

Jul 30, 2026 - arstechnica.com

How SCBX built AI literacy at scale and made AI part of daily work

Read how SCBX used a structured skilling plan with Trainocate to strengthen AI literacy, support role-based adoption, and help teams reduce time spent on repetitive work. Founded in 2021, SCB X Public...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 30, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

The AI industry is rallying around open models. Is it more than talk?

Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company, covering emerging tech, AI, and...

Fast Company - technology

Jul 30, 2026 - fastcompany.com

​​​​What’s new in Microsoft Security: July 2026

This month’s updates help security and IT teams secure their AI environments, use AI to defend, and strengthen the foundations that AI-powered operations depend on. The post ​​​​What’s new in Microsof...

Microsoft Security Blog

Jul 30, 2026 - microsoft.com

From individual achievement to partner impact

PARTNER CONTENT: Databricks survey data suggests certified professionals lift partner delivery capacity, customer credibility, and AI readiness well beyond the individuals who earn the credential

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 30, 2026 - theregister.com

Microsoft Security Exposure Management Adds Unified Risk Prioritization Dashboard

Microsoft has introduced a new Exposure Resolution dashboard experience in Microsoft Security Exposure Management. This new feature is designed to help security teams focus on the most important risks...

Petri IT Knowledgebase

Jul 30, 2026 - petri.com

Hush Security says the AI security problem has shifted from protecting models to governing identities as autonomous agents spread

Less than a year after emerging from stealth to tackle non-human identity security, Israeli cybersecurity startup Hush Security believes the enterprise AI security conversation has fundamentally chang...

VentureBeat

Jul 30, 2026 - venturebeat.com

In The Middle Of A War, The Trump Administration Has Cut National Security Staffing In Half

The on-again, off-again, new forever war we’ve been cursed with because Donald Trump felt people just weren’t paying attention to him enough is going to be headache for years to come. Trump assumes th...

Techdirt

Jul 30, 2026 - techdirt.com

How the AI industry forgot two of its best ideas

Technological progress is usually told as a story of accumulation. We imagine each generation inheriting everything the previous one learned and adding something new. Reality is less tidy. Sometim...

Fast Company - technology

Jul 30, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Read This Before You Buy That TV Streaming Stick

Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years about the risks of using generic TV boxes that promise unlimited content streaming for a one-time fee, warning that they secretly rent the user'...

Krebs on Security

Jul 30, 2026 - krebsonsecurity.com

Retail IT infrastructure: how to keep stores and POS systems running

A failed power […]

StarWind Blog

Jul 30, 2026 - starwindsoftware.com

Mastercard spent decades training its fraud system to see bots as thieves. Now bots are the ones doing the buying.

Every time a Mastercard gets tapped, the network has less than a tenth of a second to judge how likely the purchase is to be fraudulent. It made that call across 175 billion transactions last year. No...

VentureBeat

Jul 30, 2026 - venturebeat.com

Chrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug Hunting

The two Chrome updates in June patched more bugs than the 23 updates before them. Now, Google is ramping up its patching schedule thanks to AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.

WIRED

Jul 30, 2026 - wired.com

Which Microsoft businesses are growing and shrinking, according to obscure table in regulatory filing

Overall, for the fiscal year ended June 30, Microsoft's revenue increased 18%, or $50.1 billion, to $331.8 billion. Here is what a table buried in the 10-K shows about the real drivers of the business...

GeekWire

Jul 30, 2026 - geekwire.com

Jailed Flock vandal wipes out three cameras, racks up thousands in damages

A lesson for aspiring vandals: Take out all the cameras, not just the ones that flout your ideals

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 30, 2026 - theregister.com

Azure Front Door edge actions: programmable compute for a secure, resilient, AI-ready edge

The need for secure edge programmability As modern web applications increasingly move decision-making closer to users, programmable compute at the edge is becoming a foundational capability for delive...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 30, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Intune Tips and Tricks – 2026 Edition

Microsoft Intune has come a long way over the past few years. Today, it can manage nearly every aspect of Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Microsoft 365 devices without requiring Configuration Manage...

System Center Dudes

Jul 30, 2026 - systemcenterdudes.com

JetBrains warns of critical TeamCity remote code execution flaw

JetBrains is warning of a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting TeamCity On-Premises that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. [...]

BleepingComputer

Jul 30, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

The Worst Person You Know Just Filed A Good First Amendment Lawsuit Against A Very Badly Drafted Nudify App Ban

There’s been a bunch of news this week regarding Minnesota’s new law that purports to prohibit “nudification” technology, and the fact that xAI has sued to have the law blocked as unconstitutional. A ...

Techdirt

Jul 30, 2026 - techdirt.com

Built to Protect: The Architecture Behind Codename MDASH

Information Table Defender Foundations RegionalOperation AI & DataContainment ResponsibleGovernance Built as a production Microsoft Security service, not an isolated research system. Operates al...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 30, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Building Resilient Power Automate Flows That Stay Running

If you've spent any time working with Power Automate in enterprise environments, you've seen it happen. A business-critical flow fails on a Friday afternoon. The person who built it left the company s...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 30, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Open source project fools AI scrapers with poisoned font

ShieldFont is available today if you've got copy that needs protecting

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 30, 2026 - theregister.com

Chrome may get faster updates with no restart required

The last two versions of Chrome have included more patches than the previous 23 combined.

Ars Technica - All content

Jul 30, 2026 - arstechnica.com

Chrome may get faster updates with no restart required

The last two versions of Chrome have included more patches than the previous 23 combined.

Ars Technica

Jul 30, 2026 - arstechnica.com

AI Harnesses Burst With Potential Exploit Opps

A myriad of software makes up the typical AI harness, and trust issues between the components can create concerning attack vectors.

darkreading

Jul 30, 2026 - darkreading.com

News to Know – Volume 3, Edition 8, late July 2026

Welcome back! This month brings sharper Copilot-powered insights, more polished ways to share results, and a refreshed set of global benchmarks — all aimed at helping you turn employee feedback into m...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 30, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Startup Spotlight: This Seattle-area plumber wants to unclog retail with AI-powered delivery

A Seattle-area plumber and Navy veteran is taking on a new challenge: making local retail as convenient as ordering takeout. Meet Jeremy Bernier, the founder of MODRA, an AI-powered startup aiming to ...

GeekWire

Jul 30, 2026 - geekwire.com

Agent governance is organizational readiness

Coauthor -- Co-authored by Charles_Wallace This is the final part of a three-part series on the organizational readiness work between a Copilot proof-of-concept and AI at scale. Part 1 mapped who bloc...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 30, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

AMD releases new Windows 11/10 chipset drivers with a batch of bug fixes for Ryzen PCs

AMD has released a new chipset driver, 8.05.01.516, for supported motherboards. The driver is now available for download on Windows 11 and 10 PCs. See what's included: Read more...

Neowin

Jul 30, 2026 - neowin.net

Axon Insists Its AI Makes Police Reports Easier. Nothing Suggests It Makes Them Any *Better*

It’s not that AI can’t be useful or helpful in certain contexts. And this is certainly not to say AI can’t take over repetitive tasks to allow people to focus on things that need more of human touch. ...

Techdirt

Jul 30, 2026 - techdirt.com

My MVP Story: Curiosity, Community, and Baked Beans - Jeremy Sinclair’s MVP Journey

What Do DOS, ADHD, and Baked Beans Have in Common? What do DOS, PowerToys, ADHD advocacy, community building, and baked beans have in common? They are all part of Jeremy Sinclair’s MVP journey. From a...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 30, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Oracle adds Google Gemini to the agent menu

Chocolate Factory LLMs join Big Red's Fusion automation party

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 30, 2026 - theregister.com

Apple just hit 1.5 billion paid subscriptions from its user base

Apple reported its quarterly earnings today, which set a Q3 record and beat Wall Street expectations. And alongside the earnings report, the company shared that it now has over 1.5 billion paid subscr...

9to5Mac

Jul 30, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackers

Exploits can give persistent server access that survives credential rotation and disk re-imaging.

Ars Technica - All content

Jul 30, 2026 - arstechnica.com

Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackers

Exploits can give persistent server access that survives credential rotation and disk re-imaging.

Ars Technica

Jul 30, 2026 - arstechnica.com

'It’s not red, it’s magenta': How ThinkPad designers gaslit IBM to save the iconic TrackPoint

The great lie that protected the ThinkPad’s signature red dot from IBM’s strict corporate safety guidelines.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 30, 2026 - techradar.com

Building an AI Azure Ops Workbench — Part 3: Reverse engineer Azure Architecture Diagrams

In Part 1 we made the case for an operations copilot that runs inside your own tenant. In Part 2, the Azure Support Agent's war room of specialist agents root-caused a live 5xx in about ninety seconds...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 30, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

I asked Star Trek: Voyager's Jeri Ryan what movie makes the best 'companion piece' for the classic sci-fi franchise — and her answer is a stark warning for AI users

No matter how much you watch, there is never enough Star Trek. So when I asked Jeri Ryan for her movie recommendation to watch alongside the franchise, I was disturbed by her answer.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 30, 2026 - techradar.com

What 20 Million Bans Reveal About The Stress On Wikipedia’s Volunteers

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. This year, Wikipedia is celebrating 25 years as the Internet’s encyclopedia that anyone c...

Techdirt

Jul 30, 2026 - techdirt.com

US Army backs giant surveillance balloons with $447m contract despite growing threat from drones

The US Army awards TCOM $447 million contract despite increasing concerns about surveillance balloon vulnerability against inexpensive battlefield drones.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 30, 2026 - techradar.com

Siri AI may require a paid subscription for heavy users

On Tim Cook’s final earnings call before formally resigning as Apple’s CEO, artificial intelligence was a hot topic of conversation. The investor community is interested in Siri AI’s potential to boos...

9to5Mac

Jul 30, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

Quordle hints and answers for Friday, July 31 (game #1649)

Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 30, 2026 - techradar.com

Satya Nadella confirms Windows 11 needs serious “quality work,” focusing on fundamentals

During Microsoft's FY2026 Q4 earnings call, Nadella singled out Windows quality and fundamentals even as the Windows-containing segment declined. Windows 11 already picked up major fixes in 2026, from...

Windows Latest

Jul 30, 2026 - windowslatest.com

Copilot worm can spread through Microsoft Word docs

An “AI worm” can spread through Microsoft Word documents using Copilot as a vector, a prominent Norwegian AI researcher reported on Tuesday. The report from Håkon Måløy, later confirmed by Microsoft...

Computerworld

Jul 31, 2026 - computerworld.com

Not just OpenAI: Now Anthropic says its internal models got online and cyberattacked 3 other organizations

Days after OpenAI disclosed that two frontier AI models escaped containment measures and autonomously cyberattacked the AI code sharing platform Hugging Face, OpenAI's top U.S. rival Anthropic tonight...

VentureBeat

Jul 31, 2026 - venturebeat.com

Microsoft doubles down on multi-model AI as it builds a Copilot super app

All of the major AI providers want you to use, and ideally stay within, their super apps, and now Microsoft is looking to capture that attention, too. During an earnings call this week, CEO Satya Na...

Computerworld

Jul 31, 2026 - computerworld.com

Proactive Reliability Series — Article 2: Regional Distribution Patterns for Azure Workloads

Introduction Public cloud platforms — including Microsoft Azure — are built on three foundational principles that distinguish them from traditional on-premises infrastructure: Elasticity: The platfor...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 31, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Securing Enterprise AI Agents with Microsoft Sentinel

1.     Introduction Enterprise adoption of Generative AI is accelerating rapidly through Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry Agents, Security Copilot, and custom AI agents integrat...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 31, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Anthropic’s Claude escaped test sandbox to attack three organizations

Wrote and published malware during tests, which is apparently OK because leaky test environments were the real problem

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 31, 2026 - theregister.com

Fast NBN, but slow Wi-Fi? It might be time for a mesh system upgrade

Learn how mesh Wi-Fi works, how it connects to different internet services and whether it is the right way to improve coverage in your home.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

Critical Code Execution Vulnerability Patched in TeamCity 

Tracked as CVE-2026-63077, the security defect can be exploited without authentication via the agent polling protocol. The post Critical Code Execution Vulnerability Patched in TeamCity  appeared firs...

SecurityWeek

Jul 31, 2026 - securityweek.com

Is Microsoft 365 Too Complex for Humans to Understand?

A recent Reddit thread asked the very good question whether Microsoft 365 is now so complex that no single person can understand the ecosystem. There’s no doubt that Microsoft 365 is much more challen...

Microsoft 365 for IT Pros

Jul 31, 2026 - office365itpros.com

Inside the diabolical world of very convincing AI thirst traps that are scamming gay men on social media

This story was originally published in The Highlight. To get access to member-exclusive stories like this every month, become a Vox Member today. Derek Lam has more than 31,000 followers on TikTok an...

Technology | Vox

Jul 31, 2026 - vox.com

Can the internet survive rogue AI?

The internet may no longer be solely the domain of humans. Last week, OpenAI disclosed an “unprecedented cyberincident”: An experimental AI agent successfully hacked its way into the open internet. S...

Technology | Vox

Jul 31, 2026 - vox.com

CivicGrant IQ: The Five-Agent AI That Reads Federal Grants So Cities Don't Have To

Guest post by JonEric Eubanks winner of Best use of Microsoft IQ series for Agents League 2026 Hackathon. The meeting that started this Every city has the same meeting. Finance finds a federal grant t...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 31, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Move a live GitLab project between groups without breaking Terraform state or CI/CD

Why this is trickier than it looks  A group transfer in GitLab isn't just a rename. It re-parents the project under a new namespace, which changes every path-based assumption downstream: inherited gro...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 31, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

'The VPN you can simply trust and forget about' — Norton VPN boosts security, speeds, and network in latest round of upgrades

Norton VPN just rolled out a major update featuring post-quantum protection against next-gen cyber threats, alongside rebuilt mobile apps that connect twice as fast. Here's all you need to know.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

Critical Flaw Allowed to Azure Cosmos DB Pwnage

Named CosmosEscape, the vulnerability exposed the primary key for Cosmos DB accounts, granting full read and write access. The post Critical Flaw Allowed to Azure Cosmos DB Pwnage appeared first on Se...

SecurityWeek

Jul 31, 2026 - securityweek.com

AI-powered scams now the biggest fraud threat facing Irish consumers

7 in 10 compliance professionals in Irish financial organisations, rank AI-enabled impersonation scams, including voice cloning, deepfake video, and fake identity use, as the single biggest scam threa...

Irish Tech News

Jul 31, 2026 - irishtechnews.ie

Google Chrome to start getting security updates twice a week

Google will make it so that browser restarts become a thing of the past with dynamic patching that it's currently working on. Read more...

Neowin

Jul 31, 2026 - neowin.net

The UK wants to lead on AI, but who is going to build it?

The UK’s AI future depends on building the workforce behind its data centers.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

ESET tracks rise in malicious AI skills and adaptable malware

Attackers are adapting established techniques to AI platforms, emerging technologies, and changing user behavior. ESET's new threat report examines the rise of malicious AI skills, AI-assisted malware...

BleepingComputer

Jul 31, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

I told Mark Cuban he was wrong about AI. Here’s what founders can learn from my mistake

In 2013, I stood across from Mark Cuban on Shark Tank. He wanted to invest, with one condition. He told me AI was about to make most of the human expertise my business ran on either free or irreleva...

Fast Company - technology

Jul 31, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Why the UK’s quantum procurement strategy matters more than the £2bn headline

The UK’s quantum procurement strategy could prove far more significant than the £2 billion investment itself.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

Airport sign fails to boot, officers already on the scene

Bork! Bork! That's the sound of the police

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 31, 2026 - theregister.com

Beyond Tokenmaxxing: the rising token tax on enterprise AI

For years, LLM providers have spent billions of dollars building and training increasingly powerful models.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

Simplify Windows Devices to Run Only the Required Applications using Intune

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/AnoopCNairSCCM?sub_confirmation=1 and LinkedIn page for latest updates htt...

HTMD Community Intune Windows Modern Workplace Device Management

Jul 31, 2026 - anoopcnair.com

12 top productivity tips for Microsoft Edge

We live and work in browsers. It’s where we spend most of our time — and it’s where we waste most of our time as well. Web browsing is slow, inefficient, and full of time-sapping annoyances. But it ...

Computerworld

Jul 31, 2026 - computerworld.com

Google Chrome's AI Revolution: How Gemini is Transforming Browser Security with Automated Vulnerability Detection and Fixing

The AI-Powered Security Transformation Google has announced a groundbreaking shift in how it approaches browser security, leveraging artificial intelligence to dramatically accelerate the discovery, t...

TechPlanet

Jul 31, 2026 - techplanet.today

'It can be a win-win situation': Xero explains why giving businesses more control over their finances might actually be the key to AI success

As AI plays an increasingly vital role in business, Xero wants to help add control and peace of mind for workers everywhere.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

UK wants datacenters to pay a fee for grid connection requests

Refundable charge intended to discourage time wasters from filing applications that will never be realized

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 31, 2026 - theregister.com

Leaked Amazon Documents Detail $1.8 Million Overrun on a Single Claude AI Task Missed for Five Months

Internal Amazon documents released this week reveal several AI cost overruns. Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. The post Leaked Amazon Documents Detail $1.8 Million Overrun on a Single Claude AI Ta...

gHacks

Jul 31, 2026 - ghacks.net

Governing Log Analytics retention at scale

A Log Analytics workspace stores its data in tables, and data retention can be configured at two levels: Workspace level: a default interactive (Analytics) retention that applies to the whole workspa...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 31, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Brian McDermott the Chief Information Officer at Calor Ireland on how implemented tech innovations and new approaches to drive sustainable growth

Calor Ireland has been supplying homes, businesses and farms with energy solutions for almost 90 years, and they have implemented tech innovations and new approaches to drive sustainable growth ensuri...

Irish Tech News

Jul 31, 2026 - irishtechnews.ie

Scotland's university procurement center confirms cybercrooks broke in

APUC investigating after criminals claim historical data theft

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 31, 2026 - theregister.com

New map traces Washington state’s tech ‘universe’ to a few key hubs, and shows what’s at risk

The Washington Technology Industry Association's new "Tech Universe Map" charts the founder lineage of 625 companies, showing that Microsoft and the University of Washington account for the largest sh...

GeekWire

Jul 31, 2026 - geekwire.com

BLUETTI Elite 300 Portable Power Station Review

Compact 3kWh Backup Power for the Home and Road We have been taking a look at the BLUETTI Elite 300 for the last few weeks. The Elite 300 is a feature-packed and power-packed portable power station su...

Irish Tech News

Jul 31, 2026 - irishtechnews.ie

Device code phishing hits industrial scale with 25+ active kits

Device code phishing has moved from a niche technique to an industrialized threat, with more than 25 active kits and new campaigns appearing rapidly. The OAuth 2.0 attack can bypass MFA and passkeys b...

4sysops

Jul 31, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Hermes, powered by DeepSeek, launched autonomous cyberattacks

A threat actor used DeepSeek inside the open-source Hermes Agent framework to autonomously discover and attack internet-facing systems through Telegram commands. The operation was ultimately exposed w...

4sysops

Jul 31, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Google says AI helped Chrome fix 1,072 bugs

Google says AI-assisted security tools helped Chrome 149 and Chrome 150 fix 1,072 vulnerabilities—more than the 1,036 fixed across the previous 23 stable releases combined. The company is now using AI...

4sysops

Jul 31, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Russian state hackers deploy persistent Exchange backdoor that survives disk reimaging

Security researchers at Proofpoint published new findings on July 29, 2026, detailing a fresh campaign by TA488, a Russian hacking group also known as Void Blizzard and Laundry Bear. The report credit...

BetaNews

Jul 31, 2026 - betanews.com

Why traditional security checks are failing in the age of AI-driven fraud

As AI supercharges fraud with deepfakes and synthetic identities, continuous, layered defenses are now essential.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

Lioness season 3 is Taylor Sheridan's most scathing, brutal, and AI-wary outing yet — but the new Paramount+ series is still making sure that the Yellowstone creator is the action hero of the hour

Lioness season 3 is pushing Joe to more vulnerable and brutal limits than she's ever had to endure — but somehow, Taylor Sheridan himself feels like the biggest star of the bunch.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

This Week in Security: What’s in a name, the AI Bugpocalypse Hits Everyone, OpenWRT flaws, and Duress Passwords

The great thing about standards is there’s so many to pick from, right?. (Insert obligatory XKCD #927 here.) Several companies have developed naming schemes to refer to groups of attacks, …read more

Blog – Hackaday

Jul 31, 2026 - hackaday.com

AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust

The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.

Ars Technica - All content

Jul 31, 2026 - arstechnica.com

'C-suite executives need to upskill themselves to really understand the threats': AI is becoming a tool for attackers and defenders, but true resilience requires a constantly changing strategy, says former GCHQ intelligence expert

The only choice for businesses it to adapt and respond, and that means using an evolving resilience strategy.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

Why AI Projects Fail: Start with the Business Problem, Not the Technology

Many organizations are rushing to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), but according to Troy Norcross, AI Governance Advisor and Founder of SERTeam, they are approaching the challenge from the wrong di...

Petri IT Knowledgebase

Jul 31, 2026 - petri.com

'8K Blu-ray would be a technical feat in search of a problem to solve’: I talked to the Blu-ray Disc Association, player manufacturers and TV makers about what comes after 4K Blu-ray, and the future of physical media

I dug into the future of physical movie collecting with the people behind the technology.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | July 2026

I hope everyone is having a great summer - July has flown by. As we head into the second half of the year, we're continuing to innovate in Teams to help people collaborate with people and AI to get wo...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Jul 31, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

First your age, next your identity: Inside the 'hack' that broke the EU age verification app's privacy promises

The security expert who 'hacked' the EU age verification continues to say that the "concept cannot work" — no matter the tech. If lawmakers keep going through, he fears that "the next step will be pro...

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

YouTube and Substack are targeting AI slop 

It’s official: no one likes AI slop. The Reuters Institute’s 2026 Digital News Report, out last month, found that trust in the answers AI assistants give for news has sunk to just 20% worldwide, again...

Fast Company - technology

Jul 31, 2026 - fastcompany.com

I'm incredibly excited for The Witcher 4 - but CD Projekt Red needs to avoid the same performance issues The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 once had

The Witcher 4 is my most anticipated RPG, but I hope CDPR has learned its lesson from Cyberpunk 2077's launch and prioritizes optimization over a massive world.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

Azure makes CIS auditing native for Linux VMs

Microsoft has made native CIS Benchmark auditing generally available for Linux virtual machines, eliminating the need for separate compliance tools. Azure Machine Configuration now continuously checks...

4sysops

Jul 31, 2026 - 4sysops.com

First Apple Silicon-native CrossOver build in testing as Rosetta's end nears

The writing is on the wall, so CodeWeavers is removing its reliance on Rosetta 2. A very early test version of Apple Silicon-native Crossover is now available for testing.CrossOver is finally ready fo...

AppleInsider News

Jul 31, 2026 - appleinsider.com

Apple and Google are hosting hundreds of dangerous VPN links — here is why your device is at risk

TechRadar data has uncovered how VPN listings on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store are, in some cases, hiding links that could put users at risk.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

Charities remain locked out of CAF Bank online accounts

A week into shutdown, 14,000 customers still have no restoration date and some are struggling to pay staff

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 31, 2026 - theregister.com

Grand Jury Witness: Reflecting Pool Was Already Damaged Before Arrested Man Touched It

Donald Trump swore he could turn the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool into something he could use to bask in his own reflected glory. Instead, it turned out to be everything we expect from Trump: brag...

Techdirt

Jul 31, 2026 - techdirt.com

The EU is cracking down on hacking and AI deepfakes with this new team in Brussels

The European Union rolled out a new team on Friday to rein in AI companies across the world, in one of the most aggressive regulations the high-tech sector has so far faced as fears rise over the risk...

Fast Company - technology

Jul 31, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Anthropic and OpenAI are competing to see whose agents can go rogue harder

Whoever wins, we lose

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 31, 2026 - theregister.com

Ted Lasso returns next week with two major changes in season 4

Ted Lasso is almost back (watch on Apple TV), with season 4 premiering this Tuesday, August 4 at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT. Here are two major changes to expect from the new season of Ted Lasso.

9to5Mac

Jul 31, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

US bank places trust in ransomware crew that promised to delete its data

History suggests this was not wise

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 31, 2026 - theregister.com

Seattle Tech Week notebook: AI, startups, and the best insights and takeaways we heard

GeekWire's Todd Bishop reports from Seattle Tech Week 2026, where more than 250 events made artificial intelligence the dominant topic. Insights and quotes from executives at OpenAI, Mistral AI, Pitch...

GeekWire

Jul 31, 2026 - geekwire.com

Miss your CD collection? This wall-mounted display for Spotify and Apple Music promises to bring back its ‘feeling of connection’ — but its maker insists he doesn’t want to kill off physical media

Spine Music founder Ricardo Amorim is putting his love for albums and CD collecting into a new digital music display.

Latest from TechRadar

Jul 31, 2026 - techradar.com

Google has used AI to patch 1,072 vulnerabilities in Chrome

Google has used AI tools to detect and patch 1,072 vulnerabilities in versions 149 and 150 of its Chrome browser, the company announced in a blog post. That’s more vulnerabilities patched than in th...

Computerworld

Jul 31, 2026 - computerworld.com

garlin's PowerShell scripts for updating Secure Boot CA 2023

Windows 11 Forum

Jul 31, 2026 - elevenforum.com

The most famous brand in physical security got pwned by ShinyHunters

Hopefully the company secures houses better than it locks down SaaS systems

www.theregister.com - Articles

Jul 31, 2026 - theregister.com

Remove the OneDrive Photos App using Intune

If you manage Windows 11 devices with Intune, you may have recently noticed a new app appearing called OneDrive Photos. It looks like Microsoft has silently installed a new application. It appears in ...

System Center Dudes

Jul 31, 2026 - systemcenterdudes.com

Batch files Not Working

Windows 11 Forum

Jul 31, 2026 - elevenforum.com

KB5101677 Windows 11 Insider Beta (26H1) build 28020.2623 - July 31

Windows 11 Forum

Jul 31, 2026 - elevenforum.com

D drive has a LOT of errors

Windows 11 Forum

Jul 31, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Secure Boot Certificate Upgrade Paused.

Windows 11 Forum

Jul 31, 2026 - elevenforum.com