Today's Top Windows System Articles for 2026-09-07

'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' PC remote code exploits have been fixed, says Activision

For years, Modern Warfare 2 on Steam was a vector for all sorts of exploits and hacks. With this week's update, it should be solved.

Latest from Windows Central

Sep 5, 2026 - windowscentral.com

'I got this one wrong': As a running watch expert, I thought Garmin's LED flashlight was just a gimmick — but 4 years on, it's proven to be a top-tier smartwatch feature

Almost all smartwatches could use an LED light, in my opinion.

Latest from TechRadar

Sep 5, 2026 - techradar.com

How to automate your Gmail inbox — without AI

Gmail is filled with hidden features and add-on possibilities, but one of the service’s most powerful organizational tools is sitting right in the heart of its regular settings. As you may have gues...

Computerworld

Sep 5, 2026 - computerworld.com

Google Adds Gemini Voice Features to Gmail, Docs, and Keep for Hands-Free Tasks

Google is introducing new voice features powered by Gemini for Gmail, Docs, and Keep, allowing users to carry out tasks by speaking, as stated in a Google annou Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. Th...

gHacks

Sep 5, 2026 - ghacks.net

Critical Chromium Sandbox RCE Vulnerability CVE-2026-85046: What You Need to Know

The Vulnerability A critical type confusion vulnerability has been discovered in V8, Google Chrome's JavaScript engine, affecting all Chromium-based browsers. Identified as CVE-2026-85046, this vulner...

TechPlanet

Sep 5, 2026 - techplanet.today

Elementor Pro WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exploited to Hack Sites

Tracked as CVE-2026-32475 (CVSS score of 9.8), the bug described as an arbitrary file upload issue in the function that handles form submissions. The post Elementor Pro WordPress Plugin Vulnerability ...

SecurityWeek

Sep 5, 2026 - securityweek.com

Apple @ Work: Capping bug bounty submissions is the wrong response in the AI era of security threats

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional grade platform all the solutions necessary t...

9to5Mac

Sep 5, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

PaperCut zero-days now target school networks for credential theft

Attackers are using the PaperCut NG and MF flaws for credential theft against K-12 schools and universities in the U.S. and Europe. The activity expands on the actively exploited PaperCut zero-day wit...

4sysops

Sep 5, 2026 - 4sysops.com

NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix 616.86 fixes RDP black screens and browser flicker

NVIDIA has released optional GeForce Hotfix Driver 616.86 for 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11, targeting three display failures that can disrupt browser use and remote administration. The update rest...

4sysops

Sep 5, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Why is there so much worry about OpenAI Astra, and what issues could ‘recurrent depth’ reasoning cause? The experts weigh in

As OpenAI unveils GPT-6 Astra, cybersecurity experts question whether the model's 'recurrent depth' reasoning was properly tested.

Latest from TechRadar

Sep 5, 2026 - techradar.com

Forget Cosmic Orange — these are the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra colors you can expect this week, according to leaks

Colors for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra have appeared in new leaks —here’s what we know.

Latest from TechRadar

Sep 5, 2026 - techradar.com

Researchers report on a solar storm that caused a GPS glitch serious enough to crash self-driving cars

The solar storm that hit Earth last November was more severe than most, and we need to be prepared for the next one.

Latest from TechRadar

Sep 5, 2026 - techradar.com

Microsoft confirms Registry workaround still keeps uBlock Origin working in Edge

Microsoft has confirmed that a Registry-based workaround can still keep uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions running in Edge, despite the browser’s planned phase-out. The change follows Micr...

4sysops

Sep 5, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Microsoft engineer says “typing code is absolutely over,” and Windows 11 is already being built that way

When a veteran Microsoft engineer says traditional software development is behind us, the industry listens. David Fowler argues that manually typing code line-by-line is fading fast, replaced by AI ag...

Windows Latest

Sep 5, 2026 - windowslatest.com

OpenAI publishes several benchmarks for GPT-6 Astra

OpenAI has published several benchmarks for GPT-6 Astra, highlighting major gains in computer use, software engineering, scientific reasoning, and cybersecurity. The model achieved 98% on FrontierMath...

4sysops

Sep 5, 2026 - 4sysops.com

This Week In Techdirt History: August 30th – September 5th

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Techdirt

Sep 5, 2026 - techdirt.com

Autonomous Mobile Robots in Modern Warehouses: Engineering, Fleet Management, and ROI

This article, "Autonomous Mobile Robots in Modern Warehouses: Engineering, Fleet Management, and ROI," was originally published at https://www.blogthetech.com/autonomous-mobile-robots-warehouse-automa...

Blog The Tech

Sep 6, 2026 - blogthetech.com

WordStar Lives Again (and Again)

Word processors and editors are a funny thing. It doesn’t really matter what’s “best,” whatever that means. If you have finger memory built up for one program, it’s painful to …read more

Blog – Hackaday

Sep 6, 2026 - hackaday.com

Time lords prepare to kick leap seconds into the next millennium

Risk of an unprecedented negative adjustment prompts plan to let UTC drift by as much as an hour

www.theregister.com - Articles

Sep 6, 2026 - theregister.com

Attackers conceal phishing lures using invisible Unicode characters

Threat actors have adopted the ASCII smuggling technique in phishing campaigns, using invisible Unicode characters to evade email security filters. [...]

BleepingComputer

Sep 6, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

‘Resilience comes from designing for disconnection, not assuming more connectivity’: The future of battlefield AI systems lies in both coordination and local capability

I spoke to Andreas Hellander of Scaleout to learn more about how battlefield AI systems and frontline technologies can be made more resilient.

Latest from TechRadar

Sep 6, 2026 - techradar.com

Skin cancer detection tools powered by AI are improving. Not everyone is benefitting

Imagine you’re getting out of the shower one morning and you notice a mole on your thigh that you’ve never seen before. It’s reddish brown, bumpy and surprisingly large. Is it a benign mole, or is it ...

Fast Company - technology

Sep 6, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Printing Micron-Scale Benchies With Resin and Turmeric

Resin 3D printing has opened up a whole new scale of resolution for hackers, but the technology can go still finer; commercial micro-SLA and two-photon polymerization printers can print items …read mo...

Blog – Hackaday

Sep 6, 2026 - hackaday.com

CVE-2026-85046: Critical Chromium Sandbox Escape Actively Exploited in the Wild

A Critical Vulnerability Exposed On September 3, 2026, the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) published details of CVE-2026-85046, a critical type confusion vulnerability in Google Chrome's V8 Java...

TechPlanet

Sep 6, 2026 - techplanet.today

Flock's AI search tool for police officers has been reverse engineered — here's what it shows

Wired has managed to uncover some of the details about how search works for police officers using Flock.

Latest from TechRadar

Sep 6, 2026 - techradar.com

Netflix includes 80+ ad-free iPhone and iPad games, here’s every app

Looking for new iPhone and iPad games to play? The App Store has plenty of games without ads and in-app purchases. Apple Arcade is a great subscription option for families, though it’s not the only ...

9to5Mac

Sep 6, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

garlin's PowerShell scripts for updating Secure Boot CA 2023

Windows 11 Forum

Sep 6, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Trojan quarantine

Malwatebites has quarantined a Trojan. What should I do to keep safe ?

Windows 10 Help Forums

Sep 6, 2026 - tenforums.com

View Effective Permissions of File, Folder, Drive, or Registry Key in Windows 11

Windows 11 Forum

Sep 6, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Hello Pin Stops working, followed by Memory Integrity gets turned off

Windows 11 Forum

Sep 6, 2026 - elevenforum.com