Today's Top Windows System Articles for 2026-08-23

CISA orders feds to patch actively exploited TrueConf Server flaws

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered U.S. federal agencies to prioritize patching two actively exploited vulnerabilities in the TrueConf Server self-hosted communic...

BleepingComputer

Aug 21, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

Developer given Mission:Impossible - fixing rubbish code that could crash a city - simply chose not to accept it

After imagining explosions, blackouts, and daring escapes, this techie decided the best thing to do was just not doing the job

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 21, 2026 - theregister.com

New innovations in Advanced Liquid Cooling solutions for AI infrastructure

Echelon Data Centres, the Irish-headquartered hyperscale data centre owner, developer and operator, has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Trinovium, a subsidiary of Trinity Biotech...

Irish Tech News

Aug 21, 2026 - irishtechnews.ie

OpenAI adds an AI safety layer to detect misuse without retaining enterprise data

OpenAI is adding a new safety capability that allows enterprises to detect misuse of its AI systems across multiple interactions without retaining prompts or responses, enabling risk monitoring while ...

Computerworld

Aug 21, 2026 - computerworld.com

Audit and Record User and Device Claims Information in Windows Logon Tokens using Intune Policy

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

Aug 21, 2026 - anoopcnair.com

This new social network would be just as happy to stay small

Hello again and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. Countless defunct tech products are cherished icons of nostalgia. Vine may be unique for having become one practically the moment it ceased...

Fast Company - technology

Aug 21, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Rocket Report: SpaceX makes its mark on the Moon; ULA names new boss

Taiwan's effort to develop its own satellite launcher hit a setback this week.

Ars Technica - All content

Aug 21, 2026 - arstechnica.com

The Arrayref Supply Chain Attack: How a Compromised Rust Crate Exposed the Vulnerability of Modern Package Ecosystems

Introduction On August 20, 2026, the Rust community faced one of its most significant security incidents to date. A popular crate called arrayref was compromised, leading to the injection of malicious...

TechPlanet

Aug 21, 2026 - techplanet.today

Wi-Fi 7's WPA3 protections come with a compatibility catch

CableLabs wants hardware makers to embrace a workaround that keeps legacy kit connected

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 21, 2026 - theregister.com

When to reuse, sell or recycle an old iPhone or iPad

An old iPhone or iPad may have years of useful life left, but the wrong second act can turn aging software into a security risk. Here's how to tell when it deserves a new job, a new owner, or a trip t...

AppleInsider News

Aug 21, 2026 - appleinsider.com

Research Spin-Outs Employ Almost 2,500 People

Enterprise Ireland’s Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey 2025 shows rising innovation activity and increased industry collaboration, with €953 million invested in research 13th August – Enterprise Irelan...

Irish Tech News

Aug 21, 2026 - irishtechnews.ie

Microsoft sounds alarm as perfect-10 Entra ID flaw comes under attack

Redmond says the cloud identity bug is already fixed, but isn't saying who exploited it or how widely

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 21, 2026 - theregister.com

Critical Isolated-vm Vulnerability Leads to RCE on Host

The type confusion bug can lead to V8 sandbox escape and control-flow hijacking of the host process. The post Critical Isolated-vm Vulnerability Leads to RCE on Host appeared first on SecurityWeek.

SecurityWeek

Aug 21, 2026 - securityweek.com

Microsoft to End License-Included Azure VMware Solution Sales

Microsoft is preparing to end sales of the license-included version of Azure VMware Solution (AVS), marking a significant change for organizations running VMware workloads in Azure. Starting on Octobe...

Petri IT Knowledgebase

Aug 21, 2026 - petri.com

Microsoft lets you swap New Outlook's looks with the face of Outlook Classic

Functionality not all there yet, but at least Redmond's latest and greatest appears a bit more like its predecessor

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 21, 2026 - theregister.com

New SynkLoader malware pushed in Microsoft Teams phishing campaign

A previously unknown malware family dubbed SynkLoader is being distributed in Microsoft Teams phishing campaigns to steal credentials via a fake lock screen. [...]

BleepingComputer

Aug 21, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

$10K phishing kit claims it can plant rogue passkeys for persistent access to pwned accounts

Seller's demos show a browser-in-the-middle attack adding credentials seconds after authentication

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 21, 2026 - theregister.com

New Phishing Toolkit Uses Passkeys to Maintain Access After Password Resets

Researchers say iAuthFlow V2 can register an attacker-controlled passkey, enabling persistent access even after passwords are changed and active sessions revoked. The post New Phishing Toolkit Uses Pa...

SecurityWeek

Aug 21, 2026 - securityweek.com

Azure Managed Redis Deployment Automation

Sometimes we may see some temporary capacity restrictions on some Azure Regions, while deploying Azure Managed Redis (AMR), and when that happen, the recommendation is usually retrying using a differe...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Aug 21, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Stop Hunting, Start Solving: Accelerating Root Cause Analysis with Agentic AI

About this WebinarTurn Yield Excursions into Faster, More Confident Root Cause AnalysisWhen a yield issue emerges, the answer rarely lives in a single system. Critical clues are spread across metrolog...

IEEE Spectrum

Aug 21, 2026 - event.on24.com

Anduril exits Seattle shipyard following canceled Navy program and omission from new warship list

After the U.S. Navy abruptly canceled a key unmanned warship program, defense giant Anduril quietly vacated its shipyard site on Seattle's Lake Washington Ship Canal—even as its broader regional footp...

GeekWire

Aug 21, 2026 - geekwire.com

Apple paid Ireland a staggering $17 billion in taxes in 2025

Apple's Irish tax arrangements were scrutinized for more than a decade, and has now, finally, culminated in one of the largest corporate tax recoveries ever ordered by the European Union.Apple's facil...

AppleInsider News

Aug 21, 2026 - appleinsider.com

'We let you down': GitHub pledges to scale up before developers give up

CTO promises architectural overhaul following second outage of the month

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 21, 2026 - theregister.com

Stop restricting the agent. Start restricting its environment.

Thanks to visagarwal​ for co-authoring this post. Cross-posted from: https://commandline.microsoft.com/azure-sre-agent-restricting-environment-ai-safety/   Azure SRE Agent gives an LLM tools, a code ...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Aug 21, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Tech Moves: AWS data leader jumps to Oracle; Seattle Children’s names new CIO; Zillow’s new legal chief

An AWS director who ran the launch of Oracle Database@AWS has joined Oracle. Also in this edition: Seattle Children's names a Stanford informatics leader as CIO, Zillow fills a newly created chief leg...

GeekWire

Aug 21, 2026 - geekwire.com

Apple TV has three big new releases coming very soon

Apple TV has the long-awaited Ted Lasso season 4 airing now and it’s proven a huge hit, but there are three more big new releases coming very soon.

9to5Mac

Aug 21, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

The Agent-Era Career

The following article originally appeared on Addy Osmani’s blog site and is being republished here with the author’s permission. If the AI layer gets good at anything, it will be anything that has an ...

Radar

Aug 21, 2026 - oreilly.com

RunLayer and Rippling Drop Their Lawsuits, But AI Founders Should Take Notes

RunLayer and Rippling mutually dropped their high-stakes legal battle over AI trade secrets. RunLayer and Rippling mutually dropped their messy legal war this week, ending a brief but intense battle o...

Ciente

Aug 21, 2026 - ciente.io

A new Gemini for Home update is rolling out, but users are slamming Google for not fixing ‘missing and broken features’ despite the voice upgrades

Gemini for Home is getting some new upgrades, but users are still waiting for Google to fix the real problems.

Latest from TechRadar

Aug 21, 2026 - techradar.com

CBP Officers And Contractors Abused Government Databases To Stalk Their Exes

This news will come as no surprise to anyone. Those who have been following police misconduct revelations for years have seen this happen time and time and time and time again. Those who are in the bu...

Techdirt

Aug 21, 2026 - techdirt.com

Nvidia finds that simple linear math can replace costly AI model handoffs

When an agentic AI system hands a task from a small model to a larger one — or back down again — it pays a steep tax: the receiving model has to recompute the entire conversation from scratch, driving...

VentureBeat

Aug 21, 2026 - venturebeat.com

The bots already won the front door

The bots are winning. That’s my clearest takeaway after reading the first section of the latest State of the Bots report from TollBit, which builds payment rails between publishers and AI crawlers. ...

Fast Company - technology

Aug 21, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Hackers poison popular Rust crates to steal developers' credentials

Malicious updates turned routine builds into a delivery system for infostealer malware

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 21, 2026 - theregister.com

SickKids children’s hospital bandages up careers website after intruder breaks in

Toronto org says it wasn’t the only one to be affected by the third-party software vulnerability

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 21, 2026 - theregister.com

Chinese regulators tell Tesla to fix nearly 3 million cars

Chinese safety regulators have cracked down on doors that don't open in a crash.

Ars Technica - All content

Aug 21, 2026 - arstechnica.com

Move Hyper-V Guest to New drive.

Hey everyone, my first post here so forgive me if in the wrong arena. Windws Server 2019 Datacenter. Lots or ram. This is our problem: We have two RAID drives on a Dell R720 server (Raid0 = D...

Windows 10 Help Forums

Aug 21, 2026 - tenforums.com

Zero Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets

Age verification (laws and regulations requiring platforms and websites to assure or estimate that a user seeking to use an online service is of a certain age) is everywhere. At the time of writing, a...

Techdirt

Aug 21, 2026 - techdirt.com

Musk fumbles the timetable for first Starship catch

Billionaire walks back earnings call optimism as orbital test approaches

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 21, 2026 - theregister.com

Homeland security cybercops say patch TrueConf (Russia's Zoom) if you're using it

Ukrainian hacktivists exploiting the bugs, but TrueConf's reach stretches well beyond home turf

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 21, 2026 - theregister.com

SynkLoader turns Microsoft Teams chats into a fake Windows lock-screen trap

A newly identified malware family called SynkLoader is being delivered through Microsoft Teams phishing messages that impersonate corporate IT staff. Its most deceptive component displays a fake Windo...

4sysops

Aug 21, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Microsoft Defender’s signed BTR.sys driver can erase security tools at boot

A Microsoft-signed driver built into Defender can be repurposed to remove antivirus and EDR components before they start, giving attackers with administrator-level privileges a powerful boot-time evas...

4sysops

Aug 21, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Why social media algorithms feed you posts you dislike

Do your social media accounts feed you content that reflects your core beliefs and guiding principles? Our new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that the ...

Fast Company - technology

Aug 21, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Starbucks cuts another 224 Seattle jobs, including tech roles, as restructuring winds down

A new state filing shows Starbucks is cutting 224 more jobs tied to its Seattle headquarters, including technology positions and roles in the group that designs and builds its coffeehouses. The compan...

GeekWire

Aug 21, 2026 - geekwire.com

No driver, no problem — devs use Claude AI to craft native macOS tool for an 'obscure' Windows-only printer

Developer uses Claude Code to create driver for the HP Laser 1008a, a 2023 printer that has Windows and Linux drivers, but no macOS driver – until now.

Latest from TechRadar

Aug 21, 2026 - techradar.com

Claude Mythos 5 reaches Enterprise scans, with $35M for open source

Anthropic is expanding Claude Mythos 5 beyond its limited defender program: Claude Enterprise customers can now use it through Claude Security to scan codebases, identify vulnerabilities, and propose ...

4sysops

Aug 21, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Microsoft 365 Business: Exchange Online mailbox quota rises to 100 GB

Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business Standard, and Business Premium now include an extra 50 GB of primary Exchange Online mailbox storage, raising the supported limit from 50 GB to 100 GB. The prima...

4sysops

Aug 21, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Experts warn expired credit cards can be brought back from the dead to make contactless payments

That expired card in your drawer might not be nearly as dead as you think: researchers made one pay $100 for a grocery run.

Latest from TechRadar

Aug 21, 2026 - techradar.com

Support tip: Restore the Managed Home Screen Exit PIN

We identified and resolved a recent issue (IT1450132) that could cause the configured Managed Home Screen exit PIN to be removed from some existing Android Enterprise when updating older device config...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Aug 21, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

$16,000 Quad AI Geekom mini PC cluster gets DeepSeek V4 Flash treatment with 512GB RAM — reaches 14.61 tokens per second

GEEKOM links four A9 Mega mini PCs via USB4 to run DeepSeek V4 Flash locally, targeting enterprise AI without cloud reliance.

Latest from TechRadar

Aug 21, 2026 - techradar.com

Ubiquiti UniFi Network 10.6, Released: A Minor Update that Improves Managing a Large Network Majorly

Ubiquiti today released UniFi Network 10.6, an incremental version for the app that turns a UniFi Cloud Gateway into a router. This release is quite small in terms of improvements and fixes, but it ha...

Dong Knows Tech

Aug 21, 2026 - dongknows.com

Tesla’s Door Handles Lead to Its Biggest Recall Yet

A Chinese agency says the two recalls affecting some 3 million vehicles can mostly be fixed by over-the-air updates—but they will also require physical warning stickers and camera-related updates.

WIRED

Aug 21, 2026 - wired.com

ChatGPT’s iPhone app gets a handy shortcut to attach recent photos more quickly

Users who rely on ChatGPT for quick visual searches can now add photos to a conversation more quickly with a new gesture. Here’s how.

9to5Mac

Aug 21, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

350-Ton Longking ZL230E electric mining rig packs colossal 1,400 kWh battery, claims 10-90% charge in just 25 minutes

Zijin Longking launches ZL230E, a 350-ton electric mining truck with a 1,400-kWh battery and 25-minute fast charging.

Latest from TechRadar

Aug 22, 2026 - techradar.com

AWS Security makes an inscrutable choice

Quarantining leaked credentials is not good enough

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 22, 2026 - theregister.com

The essential air quality apps to help you navigate wildfire season

’Tis the season for breathing—and, in many parts of the world, wondering if the air you’re inhaling is going to cause problems. With my family approaching our one-year anniversary of living in Calif...

Fast Company - technology

Aug 22, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Apple and Amazon users: Beware this new ‘unauthorized charge’ scam

It seems like hardly a month goes by without some new or increasingly frequent online scam trying to separate us from our money or data. In June, it was the so-called Apple High Alert scam. Now it’s a...

Fast Company - technology

Aug 22, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Microsoft explains why Pinball vanished from Windows: “We couldn’t afford to spend days studying the code”

3D Pinball disappeared after Windows XP, and Raymond Chen explains why. A 64-bit porting bug sent the ball falling straight through the table, and with an outside company's uncommented code and a dead...

Windows Latest

Aug 22, 2026 - windowslatest.com

‘Location is the obvious way to connect data’: I spoke to Ordnance Survey CEO Nick Bolton on the challenges of turning a 225-year-old institution into an AI powerhouse

As it celebrates its 225th birthday, the Ordnance Survey is becoming an AI superpower.

Latest from TechRadar

Aug 22, 2026 - techradar.com

Z.ai holds back GLM 5.3 weights after strong hacking scores

Z.ai's GLM 5.3 can automate vulnerability scanning near the level of OpenAI and Anthropic's top models — at a fraction of the cost.

BetaNews

Aug 22, 2026 - betanews.com

Experts warn 2,000 hacked WordPress sites were secretly running a global crime ring

Compromised WordPress sites have been used by a global operation, using trusted websites to deliver malware, instruct infected devices, and even store stolen documents.

Latest from TechRadar

Aug 22, 2026 - techradar.com

Tweak Windows 11 to Speed up NVMe SSD Performance

Windows 11 Forum

Aug 22, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Google's $10 million bid to buy old business data from Spirit Airlines so it can use it to train AI has hit turbulence

One corporation's old business data could be another's AI treasure

Latest from TechRadar

Aug 22, 2026 - techradar.com

Amazon drones go national, inside Anduril’s Seattle buildup, and AirTag leads to secret book-scanning site

Amazon's Prime Air drones are set to reach nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns this year, 13 years after Jeff Bezos unveiled the idea on 60 Minutes. Also on this week's episode: John Cook's visit inside ...

GeekWire

Aug 22, 2026 - geekwire.com

If you're not using AI to attack your own systems, your adversaries will

Agents are also the new attack surface - cue defenders' existential angst

www.theregister.com - Articles

Aug 22, 2026 - theregister.com

Windows 11 Home Version: Google scrolling glitch in Firefox

Windows 11 Forum

Aug 22, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Before you go back to school, set up these 5 ChatGPT tools — your future self will thank you

These five practical ChatGPT tricks can help students organize a semester, understand difficult subjects and study more effectively.

Latest from TechRadar

Aug 22, 2026 - techradar.com

garlin's PowerShell scripts for updating Secure Boot CA 2023

Windows 11 Forum

Aug 22, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Looking at a new Laptop, can I just install my current SSD and it will work?

Windows 11 Forum

Aug 22, 2026 - elevenforum.com

South Korean city bets on the ocean to solve its AI data center crisis — but this is only the beginning

Ulsan and KIOST are testing a $37 million underwater data center cooled by cold seawater instead of electricity.

Latest from TechRadar

Aug 22, 2026 - techradar.com

"Turn on Virus Protection" Notification pops up after reboot

Windows 11 Forum

Aug 22, 2026 - elevenforum.com