Today's Top Windows System Articles for 2026-10-04

Microsoft Intune Expands Windows Quality Update Management with New Approval Settings

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HTMD Community Intune Windows Modern Workplace Device Management

Oct 2, 2026 - anoopcnair.com

Pi coding agent pulls a 180 and adds MCP support

To maintain minimalism, a new harness layer has been folded into a separate component

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 2, 2026 - theregister.com

AI Is Making a Mess of Nurses’ Schedules. They Say It’s a Safety Issue

A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.

WIRED

Oct 2, 2026 - wired.com

Warlock Expands SharePoint Exploitation in Critical Infrastructure Attacks

The China-based hacking group has been exploiting SharePoint vulnerabilities since July 2025. The post Warlock Expands SharePoint Exploitation in Critical Infrastructure Attacks appeared first on Secu...

SecurityWeek

Oct 2, 2026 - securityweek.com

A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data

While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target.

WIRED

Oct 2, 2026 - wired.com

Nadella has lost the plot calling Copilot an OS again, it’s a web app on Windows 11

We looked inside Copilot build 154.0.4258.37 and found a 520MB Edge build that even carries Edge Game Assist, a copilotapp_proxy.exe identical to Edge's, no WebView2 calls, and a .NET 10 WinUI host fo...

Windows Latest

Oct 2, 2026 - windowslatest.com

US FTC will investigate Anthropic and OpenAI

The US Federal Trade Commission has warned leading AI players that they will to have tighten up their acts. The agency will soon send formal demands for information to Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI ...

Computerworld

Oct 2, 2026 - computerworld.com

The biotech process development associate in Amgen’s grad programme

Amgen’s Conor Hughes explores Ireland’s biotechnology industry and how an early STEM education can be the gateway to a future career. Read more: The biotech process development associate in Amgen’s g...

Silicon Republic

Oct 2, 2026 - siliconrepublic.com

NEG8 Carbon to Provide Innovative Solution to Data Centre Challenges

Data centres globally face enormous sustainability challenges, and to help address these, the industry has established an innovation hub named the Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centres (NZIH) backe...

Irish Tech News

Oct 2, 2026 - irishtechnews.ie

Coding Agents Love Decision Records

The following article originally appeared on Duncan Davidson’s blog and is being republished here with the author’s permission. Decision records give coding agents durable project context—as long as t...

Radar

Oct 2, 2026 - oreilly.com

Optimistic AT&T tells iPhone 18 Pro Max iOS 27.0.1 update will fix call problems

AT&T has texted customers on iPhone 18 Pro Max, telling them to upgrade to iOS 27.0.1 to fix cellular issues. Users are saying this update doesn't address their problems.AT&T has reportedly told iPhon...

AppleInsider News

Oct 2, 2026 - appleinsider.com

UK spending watchdog opens investigation into Capita's pension fiasco

Outsourcer admits service remains below expectations after missed recovery deadline

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 2, 2026 - theregister.com

GitLab warns of critical RCE vulnerability in AI Gateway service

GitLab warned customers today to immediately patch a critical AI Gateway vulnerability that could let attackers run arbitrary commands on vulnerable instances. [...]

BleepingComputer

Oct 2, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

AT&T claims iOS 27.0.1 fixes iPhone 18 Pro Max cellular issues, but users disagree [U]

Update 1:50 p.m. PT: More details from Apple are available here: Apple confirms iPhone 18 Pro Max AT&T cellular issues, affected devices require hardware replacement Since the iPhone 18 Pro M...

9to5Mac

Oct 2, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

Fortinet sounds the alarm over actively exploited FortiMail zero-day

No login required, exploitation underway, and some admins are still waiting for patches

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 2, 2026 - theregister.com

How to make AI responses faster on Microsoft Foundry: lessons from 2,040 measurements

A faster model does not always make an AI application faster. Latency also comes from output length, repeated prompt content, image and document processing, tool selection, connection setup, serial wa...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 2, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Teen suspected of running KillSec ransomware group as cops seize servers, arrest three

Operation KillSwitch takes over leak site holding at least 110 TB of stolen data

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 2, 2026 - theregister.com

AI features in Azure databases

A support engineer hits a fault. Somebody solved the same fault two years ago, wrote down what fixed it, and closed the ticket. The engineer searches, finds nothing, and works it out from scratch. The...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 2, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Vulnerability Backlogs Are an Ownership Problem

Organizations don't need better vulnerability scanners; they need to know who owns their assets and has the authority and capacity to actually fix them.

darkreading

Oct 2, 2026 - darkreading.com

Dell CSM flaws expose storage arrays and Kubernetes clusters to attackers

Dell says customers should upgrade Container Storage Modules (CSM) to version 1.18.0 or later after fixing six critical vulnerabilities, including two rated CVSS 10. The flaws could let unauthenticate...

4sysops

Oct 2, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Warlock ransomware breach SharePoint in water, telecom operator attacks

The China-linked ransomware group Warlock targeted a water utility, a telecom provider, a regional government body, and a university by exploiting SharePoint vulnerabilities to gain initial access. [....

BleepingComputer

Oct 2, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

Google Says AI is Accelerating Vulnerability Discovery

A new report from Google Threat Intelligence Group suggests that AI is dramatically accelerating vulnerability discovery, with disclosed vulnerabilities doubling during 2026 and high-risk flaws increa...

Petri IT Knowledgebase

Oct 2, 2026 - petri.com

Frontline Education breach exposes school district employee data

Frontline Education is notifying school districts of a data breach after attackers exploited a vulnerability in third-party software to gain unauthorized access to its systems and steal employee infor...

BleepingComputer

Oct 2, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

Google Wallet not working on your Pixel? 4 ways to fix tap-to-pay

Some Pixel users are having tap-to-pay problems, and there’s no fix from Google yet. But here a few things that helped others.

news – ZDNET

Oct 2, 2026 - zdnet.com

Hacker hijacked Microsoft’s X, promised Clippy back, then apologized on Microsoft’s behalf

The hijacked account followed a Clippy account, promised to bring Clippy back at 500,000 likes, and posted a strange apology about a $Clippy token tied to $MSFT. It happened shortly after Microsoft to...

Windows Latest

Oct 2, 2026 - windowslatest.com

iOS 27.2 gives Apple Podcasts the big fix I’ve wanted for years

Apple Podcasts is my podcast app of choice, but I’ve long had major issues with its central Up Next queue feature. I’m happy to report that iOS 27.2 introduces the solution. more…

9to5Mac

Oct 2, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

Is It Fair to Blame 'Rogue' AI for Security Failures?

"Rogue AI" terminology anthropomorphizes LLMs and shifts risk responsibility from vendors. Defenders should treat agents as untrusted, nondeterministic software systems, not sentient beings with malic...

darkreading

Oct 2, 2026 - darkreading.com

This Week in AI: Agents Are Outrunning the Systems Around Them

On the latest episode of This Week in AI, host Vicki Reyzelman, a senior solutions engineer at Akamai, traced a common problem across cybersecurity, energy, model releases, consumer hardware, and regu...

Radar

Oct 2, 2026 - oreilly.com

How Microsoft Partners Drive Healthcare Transformation Through Collaboration

How Microsoft Partners Drive Healthcare Transformation Through Collaboration   Digital transformation is often measured by technology outcomes: faster systems, better data, and improved efficiency. Bu...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 2, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Azure Bicep: Bulletproof Production Deployment Patterns

Own your Bicep blast radius: pin modules in a private registry, gate pull requests with lint and PSRule, and track production changes with stacks.

ATA Learning

Oct 2, 2026 - adamtheautomator.com

Seattle voice AI startup Ultravox, formerly known as Fixie, acquired by Inworld

Inworld has acquired Seattle-based AI startup Ultravox for an undisclosed sum to enhance its real-time voice technology. Founded in 2022 as Fixie, the startup previously raised $17 million to build sp...

GeekWire

Oct 2, 2026 - geekwire.com

Stop Service Principal Sprawl in Entra ID with PowerShell

Inventory every app registration and service principal, then automate ownership, rotation, and safe disablement with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph.

ATA Learning

Oct 2, 2026 - adamtheautomator.com

Apple plans fix as Microsoft's Exchange shutdown disrupts Mac email

Apple is working on a fix for Exchange access in its Mac apps as Microsoft retires the connection they rely on.Apple plans Mac Mail fix as Microsoft phases out EWSThe disruption concerns work or schoo...

AppleInsider News

Oct 2, 2026 - appleinsider.com

SWIFT Banking & Government Middleware Enables RCE

Patch middleware vulnerabilities now to avoid hardware-based MFA exploits in ultra-sensitive environments.

darkreading

Oct 2, 2026 - darkreading.com

Flock Promises Even More Ineffectual Features In Response To Congressional Demands

Flock is in the middle of a long losing streak. It’s one thing to lose hearts and minds via PR work. It’s quite another to lose actual dollars because you’ve lost a ton of hearts and minds by being on...

Techdirt

Oct 2, 2026 - techdirt.com

Apple now sells Aqara Adaptive Temperature thermostat and seven more accessories

This week Apple refreshed its third-party accessories lineup to include eight additional products. This includes the Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 and more. more…

9to5Mac

Oct 2, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

Kiteworks & Citrix Incidents Show Challenges of Zero-Day Response

One company told customers to power down its data-protection platform during a nine-hour window, while the other remained mum on reported attacks prior to releasing a patch for its product.

darkreading

Oct 2, 2026 - darkreading.com

AI pioneer Yann LeCun has ‘zero concerns’ about human extinction, calls Amodei ‘deluded’

AI pioneer Yann LeCun says he has “zero concerns” that AI will wipe out humanity, arguing recent rogue-agent incidents stem from poor system design and oversight. He called Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei ...

4sysops

Oct 2, 2026 - 4sysops.com

This popular AI agent could be hacked by a single email — with potentially disastrous consequences

Researchers found a way around Manus' guardrails and got it to execute a simple email prompt injection attack.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 2, 2026 - techradar.com

AI agents can now erase the evidence of what they’ve done

The scale of unauthorized or previously unknown actions by AI agents keeps getting bigger by the day. More than 100 organizations have now received a metaphorical knock on the door from OpenAI after i...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 2, 2026 - fastcompany.com

My Dell PC refuses to show thumbnails for 99% of videos

I have LOTS of videos and pictures, from previous business ventures. For whatever reason this Dell P5820/32GB RAM/twin Quadro P1000 running 22H2 will not show thumbnails, just icons. I have repeated...

Windows 10 Help Forums

Oct 2, 2026 - tenforums.com

Bricks & Minifigs Really Doesn’t Want You To Know About The BAM Map, Sues To Unmask Whoever Runs It

A few days ago I wrote about the anti-SLAPP motion filed by “Reckless” Ben Schneider against Bricks & Minifigs (BAM Franchising) over the ridiculous RICO suit they filed against him for his efforts to...

Techdirt

Oct 2, 2026 - techdirt.com

Twelve South launches tiny new ‘Airfly Drive’ wireless CarPlay adapter [Updated]

Update, October 2: Many of you have asked for a full vehicle compatibility list for the Twelve South Airfly Drive. Our friends over at 9to5Toys have just published exactly that. Take a look! Comple...

9to5Mac

Oct 2, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

From Classroom to Anywhere: Extending Surface for Learning

During a typical school day, a device rarely stays in one place.  It may start the morning charging, travel across campus in a backpack, connect to a display for a presentation, and finish the day at ...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 2, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Cops have breached one of iOS’s most secure features, report claims

Police agencies have a new tool to get around a vital iOS security feature, a new report claims.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 2, 2026 - techradar.com

17 Trillion Records at Risk: How a 16-Year-Old Exposed Microsoft's Critical JWT Authentication Flaw

Introduction In September 2026, a 16-year-old security researcher named Faav discovered one of the most significant vulnerabilities in recent memory: an unsigned JWT authentication bypass that could h...

TechPlanet

Oct 2, 2026 - techplanet.today

Released: September 2026 V2 Exchange Server Security Updates

Microsoft has released Security Updates (SUs) for vulnerabilities found in: Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) Exchange Server 2019 Exchange Server 2016 SUs are available for the following sp...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 2, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

OpenAI, Blackstone, Softbank form US data center lobbying group —American Infrastructure Alliance's first job is stop states from blocking AI data center

The American Infrastructure Alliance is a collaboration between unions and influential technology and investment companies, and aims to push through data center plans, overcoming local opposition

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 2, 2026 - techradar.com

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Going To The Ballot Bot

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Ca...

Techdirt

Oct 2, 2026 - techdirt.com

Understanding Azure Container Apps Costs: ACA Compute, Metrics and Cost observability - Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of our three-part Azure Container Apps series. This time, we’ll explore how to monitor resource consumption, detect over-provisioned applications, and right-size ACA workloads for be...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 2, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

How to check if you qualify for Amazon’s $1.5B refund and claim your payout

Amazon has started paying out $200 refunds to Prime customers as part of a $1.5B settlement with the FTC.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 2, 2026 - techradar.com

Windows news you can use: September 2026

With the end of September came a big milestone: Windows 11, version 26H2 is now generally available. If you're ready to get started, explore how to get the update. Then dive into the details regarding...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 2, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Apple moves to protect private Mac data from overreaching AI apps

AI apps can reach far beyond the data Mac users intend to share, which has prompted Apple to take action and require clearer consent before granting access.Apple to tighten Mac Full Disk Access over A...

AppleInsider News

Oct 2, 2026 - appleinsider.com

Apple confirms iPhone 18 Pro Max AT&T cellular issues, affected devices require hardware replacement

Apple has confirmed an issue causing a “small number” of iPhone 18 Pro Max devices on AT&T to lose cellular service. Apple released software and carrier updates to prevent the issue from affecting ...

9to5Mac

Oct 2, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

Exchange throttling and Entra’s shift from AD spotlight Microsoft’s IT changes

Microsoft is tightening email handling for outdated Exchange servers while Entra takes on more of Active Directory’s role. The changes sit alongside Microsoft-AWS multicloud efforts and planned improv...

4sysops

Oct 2, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Sign in to Microsoft apps with passkeys from external identity providers

Microsoft Entra ID can now hand the sign-in step of a federated domain to the system browser on Android, iOS, and managed macOS. This browser authentication for external identity providers lets users ...

4sysops

Oct 2, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Beyond the Trace: The Science of Insight Quality

Co-authors and reviewers: Morteza Ziyadi, Hanchi Wang, Han Che, Billy Hu, Sean Gayler, Nishal Dsilva, Avinav Jami, Ankit Singhal, Augustus Arthur TL;DR. Insights in Foundry turns recurring agent behav...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 2, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Report: AT&T, Apple investigate iPhone 18 Emergency SOS bug

iPhone 18's cellular service is said to be failing randomly. Reports suggest AT&T and Apple are aware of the troubles users are facing and are investigating. An iffy fix is out too. Read more...

Neowin

Oct 2, 2026 - neowin.net

US Human Rights Record Plummets From An Already Dismal Starting Point

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. In the lead-up to the 2026 midterm elections, how is the U.S. government performing in te...

Techdirt

Oct 2, 2026 - techdirt.com

NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, October 3 (game #944)

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 2, 2026 - techradar.com

Donald Trump's surprise "SI" announcement causes domain gold rush as Melania Trump's birth country sees over a 100X increase in interest in Super Intelligence domain names

Slovenia's .si registry just booked nearly four times its August total in a single day, mostly to speculators flipping domain names.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 3, 2026 - techradar.com

Tested: Microsoft cloned Outlook Classic’s look into a New Outlook theme, instead of building a native Windows 11 app

Microsoft has just cloned Outlook Classic's look and turned it into a theme for New Outlook, in the hope that holdouts will finally switch. The post Tested: Microsoft cloned Outlook Classic’s look int...

Windows Latest

Oct 3, 2026 - windowslatest.com

Chromium: CVE-2025-10502 Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE

Information published.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 3, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

Koreans Left With Spoiled Food Due To Borked Samsung Firmware Update For ‘Smart’ Fridges

I must be getting old, because the concept around most IoT injections into otherwise perfectly usable home devices has me wanting to get all these smart-devices off of my lawn. Call me a luddite if yo...

Techdirt

Oct 3, 2026 - techdirt.com

How states’ laws are struggling to keep up with AI election deepfakes

Imagine watching a political campaign video in which a candidate admits to taking a bribe. You recognize the face and voice. But the confession is entirely fabricated, thanks to artificial intelligenc...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 3, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Your iPhone has a Siri AI kill switch. Here’s how to use it

Last month, Apple rolled out its long-awaited AI chatbot, dubbed Siri AI. The launch comes at a time when investors see AI as a must-have offering, while consumers are increasingly cautious about the ...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 3, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Palantir's fondness for French food cooked up tech's latest fad – forward-deployed engineers

Embedded consultants who get you up to speed on new tech in a hurry aren’t new, but they meet the AI moment

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 3, 2026 - theregister.com

Court Blocks Utah's VPN Law: A Landmark Victory for Digital Privacy and Technical Reality

The Technical Impossibility That Courts Finally Recognized In a significant win for digital rights and technical sanity, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Utah's SB 73, the ...

TechPlanet

Oct 3, 2026 - techplanet.today

MC1485116: Exchange Online enforces EWSAllowedAppIDs requirement on October 10

Microsoft ends fallback support for EWSEnabled=True, forcing administrators to explicitly whitelist required application IDs or risk sudden service outages. Read more...

Neowin

Oct 3, 2026 - neowin.net

Nvidia-backed Neocloud Nscale faces years of delay because UK's 'largest AI supercomputer' can't get enough power from the grid to feed its data centers

The UK’s largest AI data center has had its 2027 launch date postponed, and is unlikely to come online until at least 2030, thanks to power supply issues

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 3, 2026 - techradar.com

Fortra Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in BoKS

The bugs could lead to authentication bypass, shell command execution, and memory corruption. The post Fortra Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in BoKS appeared first on SecurityWeek.

SecurityWeek

Oct 3, 2026 - securityweek.com

On-premises Exchange administrators must install V2 security updates to fix elevation flaws

Administrators running Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 require Period 2 ESU enrollment to access the V2 security patches addressing weak authorization vulnerabilities. Read more...

Neowin

Oct 3, 2026 - neowin.net

Voice Dictation Not Working Anymore

Anybody notice that for the last mouth or 2 the built-in voice dictation feature that you activate with pressing start + H, doesn't work anymore?

Windows 10 Help Forums

Oct 3, 2026 - tenforums.com

US lawmakers introduce the Ban Flock Act to block surveillance camera use

More moves in the US government to get Flock run out of (every) town, but the legislation has long odds of passing.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 3, 2026 - techradar.com

Apple @ Work: The numbers on AI trust for IT are not great, and one company is trying to fix it

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

Oct 3, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

RemoveWindowsAI update script breaks Windows 11 File Explorer UI

Old persistent cleanup tasks on Windows 11 trigger package removal after OS updates, forcing File Explorer back to classic Windows 10 layouts unless registry overrides are applied. Read more...

Neowin

Oct 3, 2026 - neowin.net

Fixing a Power Grid That Loses Over Half Its Power to Inefficiency and Theft

[Mini Shaji Thomas] has a deeply interesting article on IEEE Spectrum detailing how the power distribution system for a city of over twenty million people went from failing to first-class. …read more

Blog – Hackaday

Oct 3, 2026 - hackaday.com

KB5124010 breaks legacy AC-3 apps across Windows 11 versions

Windows update KB5124010 can crash or prevent the launch of legacy apps that depend on Windows’ built-in AC-3 audio decoder. The issue affects Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2, and 26H2; Microsoft has y...

4sysops

Oct 3, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Warlock ransomware uses SharePoint flaws and disables defenses on 40 hosts

Warlock ransomware attackers disabled security tools on at least 40 hosts in about two hours, then deployed ransomware to at least 33 systems. The July attack highlights the speed with which the group...

4sysops

Oct 3, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Google Family Link helped me lock down 99% of my child's phone with ease — here's how

I tested Google Family Link, which enables parents to control their child's phone experience to keep them safe while online.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 3, 2026 - techradar.com

OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’

By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning while resigning from their job.

TechCrunch

Oct 3, 2026 - techcrunch.com

Multiple language versions of Microsoft 365 & Onenote have suddenly appeared in installed apps

Windows 11 Forum

Oct 3, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Persistent Access Violations, BSODs and Possible Hardware Instability on AORUS 16X ASG

Windows 11 Forum

Oct 3, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Anthropic's super bug-hunting model Mythos is hardcore good at math, as latest vuln under attack shows

Exploitation attempts came from China-hosted IP, VulnCheck researcher says

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 3, 2026 - theregister.com

A hyperscaler wants to buy a site almost 3X bigger than Central Park in Osceola County, Florida — as its residents worry about a future surrounded by data centers

Residents in Florida’s Osceola County are concerned about plans for a huge 2,000-plus acre data center.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 3, 2026 - techradar.com

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 26H2 is crashing some games and apps, promises to fix it in the next update

It’s October 2026, and Microsoft is still finding bugs in Windows 11’s September updates, and it's affecting version 26H2. The post Microsoft confirms Windows 11 26H2 is crashing some games and apps, ...

Windows Latest

Oct 3, 2026 - windowslatest.com

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Windows 11 Forum

Oct 3, 2026 - elevenforum.com