Today's Top Windows System Articles for 2026-10-21

Microsoft’s second-hand licensing appeal gets the brush-off

Court of Appeal refuses Redmond permission to take ValueLicensing fight to the Supreme Court, with a 'Known Adverse Document' still to come

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 19, 2026 - theregister.com

Windows 11 will now have three ways to view your photos, because apparently one wasn’t enough

Windows 11's Photos app is being renamed Photo Viewer and now only opens and edits single images, while the web-based OneDrive Photos becomes the new Photos app with a Gallery for PC, OneDrive and iCl...

Windows Latest

Oct 19, 2026 - windowslatest.com

Is there any way to get rid of these?

The hard drive on my laptop died recently and I had to get it replaced. Nothing was recoverable so it had to have a new system installed. Since then I've had these irritating things pop up on the logi...

Windows 10 Help Forums

Oct 19, 2026 - tenforums.com

Edge AI for Smart Cities: From Insight to Cognitive Action

This white paper explains how edge AI and physical AI help cities move beyond passive monitoring. It shows how urban infrastructure can sense, reason, and act on real-time conditions across public saf...

IEEE Spectrum

Oct 19, 2026 - content.knowledgehub.wiley.com

Voters think politicians don’t listen. Could AI help?

The student who answers the door looks a little hungover, and she may well be. It’s late August at East Stroudsburg University, a midsize public college in northeast Pennsylvania, and students are soa...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 19, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Microsoft Intune Ends Support for CNAME Auto-Discovery in Windows MDM-Only Enrollment

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HTMD Community Intune Windows Modern Workplace Device Management

Oct 19, 2026 - anoopcnair.com

AI Changed How We Code. It Hasn’t Changed How We Work Together.

This summer, I built a small experiment called ContextCue. The idea came from something I kept seeing during my internship. The engineers around me were using AI everywhere in the software development...

Radar

Oct 19, 2026 - oreilly.com

Why Windows 11 still won’t let you name a file CON, and Microsoft’s explanation goes back to MS-DOS

CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1 and LPT1 are still reserved device names in Windows 11 because batch files and scripts depend on them. Microsoft's docs say NUL.txt and even COM¹ are off-limits, but on Window...

Windows Latest

Oct 19, 2026 - windowslatest.com

In space, 'We've gone from exploration to exploitation,' says original Voyager team member

Voyager imaging team member Dr. Garry Hunt joins The Reg's Kettle podcast to talk about his role in the mission as probe approaches one light day's distance from Earth

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 19, 2026 - theregister.com

Broadcom Wi-Fi bug turns sweet 16, still lets strangers hijack your router

Chip giant knew about the flaw in 2018, researcher claims, but millions of devices may still be vulnerable

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 19, 2026 - theregister.com

4 ways to tame shadow AI (hint: you need them all)

In olden days — last year, say — employees using unsanctioned AI tools might copy-and-paste sensitive data that could end up in the AI company’s training data set. Today, an unsanctioned AI can hack...

Computerworld

Oct 19, 2026 - computerworld.com

Agents are your newest insiders. Security must move at their speed. 

New capabilities in Microsoft 365 E7 and Project Perception help organizations contain agent risk and adapt protection continuously. The post Agents are your newest insiders. Security must move at the...

Microsoft Security Blog

Oct 19, 2026 - microsoft.com

Admin: 'I spent all weekend on my servers' after Microsoft breaks Exchange Server with October updates

OWA borked and lengthy email queues reported on busy servers after Microsoft tweaks a Server default

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 19, 2026 - theregister.com

The Robot I Didn’t Expect to Build

Agility Robotics, the company I cofounded out of my robotics lab at Oregon State University in 2015, has just launched Digit 5. It’s designed to be the first humanoid robot that can safely and economi...

IEEE Spectrum

Oct 19, 2026 - spectrum.ieee.org

Should You Install Certificate Authority on a Domain Controller? PKI Design Best Practices 

One question I still hear regularly from IT pros planning a new rollout is whether it’s acceptable to install a certificate authority (CA) on a domain controller.  The short answer is yes. Microsoft f...

Petri IT Knowledgebase

Oct 19, 2026 - petri.com

Microsoft Restores Extended Support for Legacy Windows Component Through 2029

Many organisations still rely on Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Server to deliver Win32 applications without installing them locally. Microsoft ended support for App-V Server in April 20...

Petri IT Knowledgebase

Oct 19, 2026 - petri.com

Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Site

U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI have identified executives at two different ransomware negotiation firms who m...

Krebs on Security

Oct 19, 2026 - krebsonsecurity.com

Jason Sudeikis gives update on Ted Lasso seasons 5 and 6

Ted Lasso season 4 wrapped up earlier this month, and there’s still no official word on the show’s future. But on a recent podcast appearance, Jason Sudeikis shared a new update on Ted Lasso season 5 ...

9to5Mac

Oct 19, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

The Evolving Cybersecurity Lexicon: Vulnerability Discovery to Resilience

An industry-wide laser focus on vulnerabilities has left cybersecurity teams without enough room to strategize for resilience.

darkreading

Oct 19, 2026 - darkreading.com

Windows 11's Hybrid Intelligence features will breathe new life into NPUs

After a period of stagnation, Microsoft is evolving Copilot+ PCs and adding new AI experiences to Windows 11 that will dynamically run on device or in the cloud.

Latest from Windows Central

Oct 19, 2026 - windowscentral.com

OnlyFans Copyright Takedowns Expose Compromised Websites

Copyright takedown requests tied to OnlyFans and other adult content creators are revealing how attackers exploit vulnerable university and government websites to manipulate search results. UpGuard's ...

darkreading

Oct 19, 2026 - darkreading.com

The Republicans worried that AI will bring an “age of darkness”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on June 6, 2023 in Wildwood, Florida. | Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images If President Donald Trump had his way, the Republican...

Technology | Vox

Oct 19, 2026 - vox.com

Microsoft Issues Mitigation for Exchange Server Issues Caused by October Windows Updates

Organizations running on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server encountered unexpected stability issues after installing October 2026 Windows Server updates. Microsoft has acknowledged that the updates co...

Petri IT Knowledgebase

Oct 19, 2026 - petri.com

Uber dodges £340M cabbie lawsuit after drivers miss legal deadline

Black cab drivers accused ride-hailing giant of misleading London's transport regulator, but judge says they left it too late to sue

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 19, 2026 - theregister.com

19th October – Threat Intelligence Report

For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 19th October, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES CenterPoint Energy, a US utility company serving T...

Check Point Research

Oct 19, 2026 - research.checkpoint.com

‘Don’t wait for somebody else to fix it’: T-Mobile exec Deeanne King on cutting CO2 and costs

While many big companies quietly scale back their carbon targets, T-Mobile says its emissions are 50% lower than in 2020. Chief People Officer Deeanne King shares her inspiration for sustainability wo...

GeekWire

Oct 19, 2026 - geekwire.com

We all want to offload our most tedious tasks. But what do we lose in the process?

If there’s one thing a busy person doesn’t need, it’s more information. More emails, more notifications, more infinite feeds — the steady drip of data spells doom for the overstimulated American. And ...

Technology | Vox

Oct 19, 2026 - vox.com

A Buying Guide to Asset Performance Management (APM) for Operations Leaders

Your machines have the data you need, but is your team getting the right message? A machine can generate thousands of readings without answering the most crucial question: should we intervene? It mere...

Ciente

Oct 19, 2026 - ciente.io

Building an AI Analyst, One Football Argument at a Time

One of my biggest pet peeves is the Monday morning quarterback, the person who second-guesses every coaching decision after the fact. In The Monday Morning Agent, we’re building one that actually chec...

Radar

Oct 19, 2026 - oreilly.com

Anthropic’s $48 Billion AI Charity Flex Is Pure PR Theater

Anthropic pledges $48B in shares for the public good ahead of its IPO. But little do these tech bros know that corporate philanthropy cannot fix the risks of runaway AI models. Anthropic just pledged ...

Ciente

Oct 19, 2026 - ciente.io

WhatsApp Help Pages Leaked Hidden Instructions for a Meta Chatbot

Around 80 pages on WhatsApp’s website exposed instructions that were designed for its chatbot, including “WHAT NOT TO SAY.” Meta says a bug caused the issue.

WIRED

Oct 19, 2026 - wired.com

Stop Copilot Summarizing Confidential Files with Purview DLP

Build a Purview DLP policy that stops Microsoft 365 Copilot processing labeled files, then probe the citations and prompt uploads that still leak.

ATA Learning

Oct 19, 2026 - adamtheautomator.com

Application icon changes via NSWorkspace.setIcon no longer being reflected in Notification Center in macOS 26.4+

Bit of a wordy title, but since macOS 26.4 the rebranding options in both Jamf Auto Update and Notifier have stopped working, at least as far as the icons being shown in Notification Center for notifi...

macmule

Oct 19, 2026 - macmule.com

Europe’s cloud sovereignty rules could do more harm than good

Report warns that sovereignty is being used to favor selected national providers and could stifle pan-Europe clouds

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 19, 2026 - theregister.com

Florida DMV hacked after police dept insecurely stored login info

Florida issues alerts after statewide DMV data breach linked to ShinyHunters.

Ars Technica - All content

Oct 19, 2026 - arstechnica.com

Connect Azure Service Bus to other messaging systems with a JMS bridge

A JMS bridge connects existing messaging workloads to Azure Service Bus while their applications continue to use their current broker. In this post, we look at an on-premises IBM MQ application sendin...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 19, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Now in Foundry: Meta Muse Spark Open, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, and Reflection Beam

This week's Model Mondays edition highlights three Hugging Face models newly available in Microsoft Foundry, giving developers more open-weight options for enterprise coding and agentic work: Meta's M...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 19, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

An emergency brake—or the architectural demotion of the AI model?

On June 14, Satya Nadella published an article on X about corporate AI that left me completely impressed: his main point, that the enterprise’s durable asset was not the foundation model but the learn...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 19, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Making ACR Data Transfer Visible: The Storage Activity Platform Behind GetBlob Metrics

Learn More Use Grafana dashboards in Azure Container Registry - Use Grafana dashboards in Azure Container Registry - Azure Container Registry | Microsoft Learn Monitor Azure Container Registry - Moni...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 19, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

‘We Didn’t Do This Perfectly’: American Fork Police Chief’s Understatement Now Anchors A Civil Rights Lawsuit By Reckless Ben’s Helpers

We’ve been covering a bunch of stories related to the saga of “Reckless” Ben Schneider and Bricks & Minifigs (“BAM”), which began with a series of videos Schneider produced about his increasingly more...

Techdirt

Oct 19, 2026 - techdirt.com

Siemens Software Center Vulnerability Exploited in ClickFix Malware Attacks

Attackers paired a genuine, signed copy of Siemens Software Center with malicious DLLs to infect Windows PCs via ClickFix lures. The post Siemens Software Center Vulnerability Exploited in ClickFix Ma...

SecurityWeek

Oct 19, 2026 - securityweek.com

Security patches need patches now that attackers have AI

Terra finds sharp rise in GitHub security fixes reported broken within 90 days

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 19, 2026 - theregister.com

ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install support

ReactOS gains NTFS install support with new driver.

Ars Technica - All content

Oct 19, 2026 - arstechnica.com

Troubleshooting playbook for Auto labelling in SharePoint and OneDrive

Auto-labeling policies are how most organizations label the backlog of files at rest, and with the tenant ceiling now up to 500,000 files a day, more teams run them at scale. When a policy doesn't lab...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 19, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

iOS 27.2 adds new setting to fix common HomePod annoyance

HomePod owners, have you ever wished you could disable touch controls on the top of your device? With iOS 27.2, Apple is finally adding that option. Here are the details. more…

9to5Mac

Oct 19, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

MagSafe Monday: Upgrading to the iPhone Duo? This MagSafe battery was built specifically for it

With the iPhone Duo bringing an entirely different shape to the iPhone lineup, you’ll need accessories built for it as well. BMX built the SolidSafe Duo specifically around the iPhone Duo. It’s design...

9to5Mac

Oct 19, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

Google Managed Play Store Gone

$1 submitted by /u/Davinachi

Reddit : K-12 Systems Administrators

Oct 19, 2026 - reddit.com

Where Does My Microsoft Entra ID Data Reside? Understanding Azure Regions and Data Residency

Hello everyone! Zoheb Shaikh here again. I’m a Senior Cloud Solution Architect with Microsoft, based in Doha, Qatar. It’s been almost three years since my last blog, and I’m happy to be back sharing a...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 19, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

PSA: Patch your Plex media server before someone hacks it

A researcher says attacks chaining 4 vulnerabilities is hacking unpatched boxes.

Ars Technica - All content

Oct 19, 2026 - arstechnica.com

PSA: Patch your Plex media server before someone hacks it

A researcher says attacks chaining 4 vulnerabilities is hacking unpatched boxes.

Ars Technica

Oct 19, 2026 - arstechnica.com

'AdFection' Turns Ad Impressions Into Zero-Click Spyware Delivery

Spyware vendors are exploiting targeted ad bidding in the digital ecosystem to identify and track individuals and organizations of interest.

darkreading

Oct 19, 2026 - darkreading.com

Maxwell gives sub-optimal code a runtime glow-up

Finally, your hardware has its own agent

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 19, 2026 - theregister.com

Social media bans don’t protect young people’s mental health, early research shows

The year 2026 has been an expensive one for social media platforms. Since March, YouTube and Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, have settled or paid out in multiple lawsuits to the ...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 19, 2026 - fastcompany.com

What's new for MSPs: October 2026

Welcome back. Each month we collect Microsoft product updates, partner news, and MVP guidance that change how you run customer tenants. In this edition, we're highlighting Windows 365. Users can now p...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 19, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize confirms cyberattack forced US and European systems offline

Second security snafu in two years

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 19, 2026 - theregister.com

Microsoft rolls out a big Windows 11 Bluetooth upgrade, and AirPods now pair up to 15 seconds faster

If you've got AirPods, you should consider installing Windows 11's October 2026 Update, as it ships with the Bluetooth upgrade. The post Microsoft rolls out a big Windows 11 Bluetooth upgrade, and Air...

Windows Latest

Oct 19, 2026 - windowslatest.com

Best iPhone 18 Pro accessories: Solid-state power banks, MagSafe, chargers, more

The iPhone 18 Pro has arrived and the 3-in-1 MagSafe charging stations, CarPlay accessories, and wall adapters to max your charging speeds, all of that and more awaits below with more on the way soon,...

9to5Mac

Oct 19, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

Card Reader being treated as Hard Drives

Hello all, This is my first post and I'll try to be as clear as I can. I took many screenshots. But having problems posting more than one. Having an issue, suddenly Windows has started treating ...

Windows 10 Help Forums

Oct 19, 2026 - tenforums.com

The Metric Is Not The Mission: When The Reckoning Reaches The Courts

The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly shaping it around its own metrics, incentives and assumption...

Techdirt

Oct 19, 2026 - techdirt.com

Pennsylvania issues alert on congenital measles—something US hasn't seen for decades

Congenital measles can be fatal, and survivors require monitoring for years.

Ars Technica - All content

Oct 19, 2026 - arstechnica.com

Moving my blog comments from Utterances (GitHub Issues) to Giscus (GitHub Discussions)

How I migrated 119 comment threads and 977 comments from Utterances (GitHub Issues) to Giscus (GitHub Discussions) without losing authors or dates.

LazyWinAdmin

Oct 20, 2026 - lazywinadmin.com

DeepSeek deep-sixed at all US federal civilian agencies

Order disallowing use of Chinese AI service is unhelpfully vague and broad

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

Waffle not showing up/working for some students all a sudden.

$1 submitted by /u/SnoT8282

Reddit : K-12 Systems Administrators

Oct 20, 2026 - reddit.com

ICANN testing tech to let law enforcement access non-public WHOIS info

Single sign-on to help address imminent threats to life, critical infrastructure, or kids

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

Meta’s new commercial terms say if its AI makes a mistake, it will legally be the customer’s fault

In Meta commercial terms changes slated to kick in on October 30, the company will shift the liability for any mistakes made by its AI models to its enterprise customers. The new language also makes t...

Computerworld

Oct 20, 2026 - computerworld.com

US Homeland Security Orders Federal Civilian Agencies to Stop Using and Remove DeepSeek AI Products

The US Department of Homeland Security issued an order on Monday directing federal civilian agencies to stop using technology products from Chinese AI lab DeepS Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. Th...

gHacks

Oct 20, 2026 - ghacks.net

‘David Beckham’ was briefly the world’s second-worst manga pirate

Publishers call for better verification of domain name registrants, and ICANN is on the job with a new policy

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

PRTG at it-sa 2026: From Alert to Resolution - Faster than Ever

We are at it-sa 2026 in Nuremberg from October 27 to 29. Visit us at Hall 7, booth 7-143 to see the future of PRTG, and join our talk on full OT visibility with Siemens.

Paessler Blog (English)

Oct 20, 2026 - blog.paessler.com

CVE-2026-96913 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 20, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

CVE-2026-70074 Windows DNS Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 20, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

CVE-2026-83839 Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 20, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

CVE-2026-83782 Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 20, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

CVE-2026-102204 Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Updated CVE to relect that this vulnerability is in the Windows Subsystem for Linux product. Microsoft recommends that customer using this product should install the latest version to be protected.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 20, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

CVE-2026-70337 Microsoft PowerShell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 20, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

CVE-2026-62913 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 20, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

Why the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK has Two Cmdlets to Add Group Members

It's a consequence of how the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK is built that two cmdlets are available to add members to Entra ID groups (the same is true for group owners). The reason why the New-MgGro...

Microsoft 365 for IT Pros

Oct 20, 2026 - office365itpros.com

Microsoft Graph PowerShell: use New-MgGroupMember for simpler group updates

For adding members to Microsoft Entra ID groups, `New-MgGroupMember` does the same job as `New-MgGroupMemberByRef` with less setup. The distinction comes from how Microsoft Graph exposes group members...

4sysops

Oct 20, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Why cyber resilience is now a boardroom priority for UK public services

PARTNER CONTENT: What happens after the inflection point?

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

Windows Server 2025 gets support for quick machine recovery

Microsoft announced that IT administrators can now use quick machine recovery on Windows Server 2025 after installing the October 2026 security update. [...]

BleepingComputer

Oct 20, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

Sovereign Private Cloud: Bringing more choice and control to AI and cloud infrastructure

To identify which sovereign cloud solution may fit your organization’s needs, take the Microsoft Sovereign Cloud assessment Digital sovereignty is essential for organizations as they modernize critica...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 20, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

What is new in Sovereign Public Cloud

To identify which sovereign cloud solution may fit your organization’s needs, take the Microsoft Sovereign Cloud assessment   New and upcoming controls, where they apply, and how they fit into soverei...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 20, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

London’s mobile networks fall to bottom of Europe’s capital league

Rooftop rent cuts, planning refusals and congestion leave Ookla ranking the UK’s capital last for speed and latency

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

Why AI is upending traditional technology pricing

AI is breaking the link between effort, cost and value that technology services have relied on for decades.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

When the model takes away the moat

The ability to train an AI model should be fully democratized.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

NordVPN patches "clumsy" Windows bug that let attackers disable system services

NordVPN has rolled out a fix for a Windows app vulnerability (CVE-2026-106030) that allowed local attackers to interfere with system services. Update to version 8.12 now to stay secure.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

Hacker gets 8 years for stealing $3.3 million from taxpayers

A Nigerian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a series of spearphishing attacks targeting US tax preparation businesses since 2019. [...]

BleepingComputer

Oct 20, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

Revolut and Lloyds Bank are down for many —here's all the latest on the outage

Thousands of Revolut and Lloyds Bank customers are reporting issues with their online banking services —here's all the latest on the outage, which Revolut has now confirmed.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

Google Cloud's London zones takes a nap, multiple services disrupted

Lloyds, HSBC, Royal Mail, Revolut all hit as europe-west2-b falls over. No recovery time in sight, 'no workarounds for now'

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

Google Cloud went down after 'power event' causes major outage across Europe

Google Cloud suffered issues across Europe, affecting multiple other sites.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

Apple @ Work Podcast: A look at recent Apple security updates

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 20, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

AI could make cybersecurity a never-ending process

Over the past few months, it’s become clear that modern AI systems are quite adept at discovering software vulnerabilities and finding ways around cybersecurity defenses. Unintended real-world breac...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 20, 2026 - fastcompany.com

UK schools caught in a 'learning technology balance gap' as kids demand more tech in the classroom

Schools have been investing heavily in digital tools for the classroom – they now have too many screens and not enough use cases.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

Microsoft Entra Security Defaults Adds Individual Controls for MFA and Authentication Protection

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

Oct 20, 2026 - anoopcnair.com

Create Live Interactive Dashboards in SharePoint with Copilot

Turning SharePoint data into a live, interactive dashboard can involve multiple steps. Microsoft 365 Copilot simplifies the process by generating live HTML dashboards directly from SharePoint data. Th...

Office 365 Reports

Oct 20, 2026 - o365reports.com

Microsoft wants Edge to install security updates without restarting

Microsoft is testing a way to update Edge without restarting the browser, keeping compatible tabs open while applying important security fixes.

Latest from Windows Central

Oct 20, 2026 - windowscentral.com

Whitehall shuts the front door on digital ID but leaves the back open

Ministers may have scrapped the national scheme, but One Login, digital wallets and 80-plus planned credentials are still very much alive

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

CES Picks 2027 Awards - entries open now!

Enter now for early bird pricing for the 2027 CES Picks Awards.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

Why Windows 11 keeps 64-bit files in System32 and 32-bit files in SysWOW64, according to Microsoft

A 32-bit app that asks for System32 on Windows 11 ends up in SysWOW64 without knowing it. I tested the WOW64 redirector on a 26H2 PC, went through Raymond Chen's take on the backward names, and found ...

Windows Latest

Oct 20, 2026 - windowslatest.com

Google outage hitting EU, UK hard

If you're in the EU or UK, the internet may not be working right this morning. Across the board, Google services including DNS, cloud, and ad serving are struggling. The US is not impacted.https://sta...

AppleInsider News

Oct 20, 2026 - appleinsider.com

Here is how you can automate Plex Server updates in Docker

Last weekend, many users started reporting that their systems had been compromised by a crypto-miner due to a vulnerability in PMS. Here's how to keep your PMS updated. Read more...

Neowin

Oct 20, 2026 - neowin.net

Microsoft admits that Always On VPN problems were not fixed in the October Security Update

Let they who are without sin throw a stone and miss the greenhouse entirely

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

Advancing sovereign AI with Foundry Local and Azure Local

The next chapter of AI is about more than powerful models. It’s about bringing AI closer to the data, applications, and systems that organizations depend on every day. For governments, regulated indus...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 20, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Microsoft confirms Edge 155 can fail to launch for some enterprise users

Edge 155 has a nasty issue for some managed PCs, and Microsoft has already rolled back the change behind it while it works on a proper fix. Read more...

Neowin

Oct 20, 2026 - neowin.net

Breaking down the Surface Laptop Ultra support schedule for drivers and firmware

Microsoft has updated its Surface lifecycle documentation, confirming six years of driver and firmware support for the new PC.

Latest from Windows Central

Oct 20, 2026 - windowscentral.com

Microsoft admits 'frontier models can't be trusted', unveils new security tools to treat AI agents as insider threats

Say hi to your new Guardian Agent, keeping you safe from Agentic Insiders.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

Gen Alpha has a surprisingly optimistic outlook on dating

Gen Z is just about ready to give up on dating. They’re over dating apps. They’re dealing with burnout. They’re not hooking up. Now, the oldest members of Gen Alpha, born between 2010 and 2024, are in...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 20, 2026 - fastcompany.com

“Nothing has to be”: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani tells citizens to fight back against the AI doom and gloom

AI is being pushed into products, schools, and the military without enough consideration of the consequences.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

Bullhorn sees red after cyberattack knocks recruitment platform offline

Staffing software giant calls in CrowdStrike as customers face login headaches and questions remain over possible data theft

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

How to clone your own voice to use for text to speech with Gemini on Google AI Studio

Generating almost lifelike audio from plain text is possible with Gemini text to speech models like the Gemini 3.8 TTS model. Instead of relying on robotic, monotonous voices for your applications or ...

Geshan's Blog

Oct 20, 2026 - geshan.com.np

Apple says American suppliers make almost 100 parts for iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo

Apple says that American companies are supplying “critical materials and components” for both the iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone Duo. In all, it says that nearly 100 components across the two phones are...

9to5Mac

Oct 20, 2026 - 9to5mac.com

Microsoft Sovereign Cloud adds local AI and disconnected operations

Microsoft is expanding Sovereign Cloud with new tools for monitoring controls, managing encryption keys, and keeping critical services running offline. The update also brings more data, development, a...

4sysops

Oct 20, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Google Cloud London outage disrupts Revolut and other services

A disruption in Google Cloud’s London region, europe-west2, is affecting multiple cloud services and causing outages at businesses including Revolut. The incident is also disrupting other UK websites ...

4sysops

Oct 20, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Google Cloud says a 'power event' caused today's outage

Fells London zone, taking banks, parcel firm and property sites with it – and recovery is 'tentatively' due by 1300 UTC

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

New in Microsoft Marketplace: Offers published September 8-10, 2026

Learn about 228 new offers that went live in Microsoft Marketplace, a single destination to find, try, and buy cloud solutions, AI apps, and agents to meet your business needs. Get it now in our mark...

New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub

Oct 20, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com

Chrome will now show a warning before you visit ‘suspicious’ sites

If you know for sure that a website flagged as suspicious is actually safe, you can mark it as such. | Image: Google Google is launching a new browser safety feature for Chrome that aims to keep you...

The Verge

Oct 20, 2026 - theverge.com

Amazon's Bee AI wants to listen to your life, and then sell you things based on what you say

Amazon's new Bee AI wearables and their shopping integrations may be more alienating than appealing

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

Microsoft says October update did not fix the Always On VPN bug

Microsoft has reversed its claim that the October 13 update fixed Always On VPN failures, saying the issue remains mitigated rather than resolved. The bug appeared after September updates, and Microso...

4sysops

Oct 20, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Edge 155 fails to launch on some managed PCs; Microsoft offers a workaround

Microsoft has rolled back a service-side change that stopped Edge 155 from launching on some managed enterprise PCs, but that does not repair devices already affected. Administrators can use a workaro...

4sysops

Oct 20, 2026 - 4sysops.com

'Password1' and a forgotten test account land Welsh outfits in hot water

ICO reprimands Ogi Networks and Data Cymru after ransomware breach exposes info of 3,300 people, mostly children

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

HTMD Intune Expert Training Coaching Mentoring Program | 30% Diwali Special OFF

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

Oct 20, 2026 - anoopcnair.com

Microsoft Outlines a Hybrid Intelligence Strategy for Windows AI

Microsoft is repositioning Windows as a platform for “hybrid intelligence,” where AI workloads can move between local hardware and cloud services depending on the task. The company argues that the nex...

Petri IT Knowledgebase

Oct 20, 2026 - petri.com

HPE to launch AI straight to the Moon

Mystery silicon and mirrored SSDs set to touch down before year's end

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

The Risk of AI-Powered Antidetect Browsers in Online Fraud and Influence Operations

Key Findings Introduction Antidetect browsers conceal their users’ digital identities, enabling a single operator or small team to simultaneously run thousands of isolated accounts across multiple pla...

Check Point Research

Oct 20, 2026 - research.checkpoint.com

Latest Windows update disables key security setting – but there’s a workaround

A bug in Microsoft’s October Windows update prevents you from turning on a security setting that blocks malicious or suspicious apps. A Registry hack fixes the glitch.

news – ZDNET

Oct 20, 2026 - zdnet.com

New details emerge on former OpenAI engineer accused of bugging a conference room

A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly installing a recording device in a conference room to glean company details had been “mere days” away from absconding to Saudi Arabia before his arrest l...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 20, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Revolut suffers massive outage affecting banking services worldwide

Fintech firm Revolut has suffered a massive outage that has been causing problems for its customers around the world. The company assures those using its banking services that their money is safe but ...

BetaNews

Oct 20, 2026 - betanews.com

How going dual-native means VM/container co-existence and sovereign security in the AI era

SPONSORED FEATURE: Nutanix says running VMs and containers within the same operating environment shouldn’t be a brake on AI ambitions

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

Elon Musk's stock grants and Anthropic's public fund are band-aids on an open sore and do not address AI's most fundamental and pressing problems

AI companies don't know how to fix the problems they're creating so they're throwing money at kids — which still won't fix the problem.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

U.S. bans AI startup DeepSeek because of ‘threat vectors’ and China responds

China hit back Tuesday at a U.S. ban on Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek’s products for federal civilian agencies, highlighting friction in the two AI powers’ heated technology race.Th...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 20, 2026 - fastcompany.com

openEuler brings China's enterprise Linux ambitions to the desktop

CentOS roots give way to homegrown containers, AI tools, and a workstation edition we took for a spin

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

Microsoft Adds Quick Machine Recovery Support to Windows Server 2025

When a faulty update, driver, or configuration change causes large numbers of servers to fail during startup, IT teams often face a time-consuming recovery process. Administrators may need to manually...

Petri IT Knowledgebase

Oct 20, 2026 - petri.com

Fix Purview DLP Paste to Browser Blocks on AI Sites

Purview DLP paste blocks fall back to an allow rule. Fix the domain group, rule condition, and browser coverage, then prove it in Activity Explorer.

ATA Learning

Oct 20, 2026 - adamtheautomator.com

OneDrive loses bunch of Copilot shortcuts in File Explorer clear-out

Microsoft keeps 'Ask Copilot' as dedicated actions disappear between mid-November and early December

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

Your outdated Plex server has a serious vulnerability that could mine crypto for hackers

Your home media library might be working normally, but it is giving hackers more access than you'd expect.

How-To Geek

Oct 20, 2026 - howtogeek.com

Swamped curl maintainers take low-level flaws public to survive vulnerability 'avalanche'

From October 26, only high and critical cases stay private as project seeks help sharing the workload

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

Critical Security Alert: eMudhra Intermediate CA Compromise Exposes Global HTTPS Infrastructure

In what may be one of the most serious certificate authority breaches in recent history, the private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate CA certificates have been compromised, potentially exposing the ...

TechPlanet

Oct 20, 2026 - techplanet.today

Apple's iPadOS 27 Breaks Critical Presentation Features: A Case Study in Software Regression

In a troubling development that highlights growing concerns about Apple's software quality, iPadOS 27 has introduced a devastating regression that breaks a critical workflow for educators, presenters,...

TechPlanet

Oct 20, 2026 - techplanet.today

AI didn’t create your IT data problem, it just exposed it

When an AI pilot in IT operations underdelivers, the first instinct is to question the technology. Was the model wrong? Did the tool overpromise? Did the team pick the wrong use case? Those are fair...

Computerworld

Oct 20, 2026 - computerworld.com

Figma Backs MCP, But Dylan Field Is Right to Push Back

Figma expands its MCP support despite Dylan Field’s warnings. Figma just announced 20 new partners for Anthropic’s MCP at Config India, including Notion, Linear, and Mistral. Yet co-founder Dylan Fiel...

Ciente

Oct 20, 2026 - ciente.io

How to Find Every Unsigned PowerShell Script on a File Share

Use Get-AuthenticodeSignature to find unsigned or edited PowerShell scripts on a file share, then export every failed check to a CSV.

ATA Learning

Oct 20, 2026 - adamtheautomator.com

Microsoft OneDrive & SharePoint get biggest link sharing upgrade in "over a decade"

OneDrive and SharePoint have just received their biggest link-sharing upgrade in "over a decade", says Microsoft. Read more...

Neowin

Oct 20, 2026 - neowin.net

Palo Alto's firewall OS has been under attack from multiple ransomware groups since June

Unit 42 investigates network compromises across numerous industries

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 20, 2026 - theregister.com

Microsoft gives OneDrive admins a new command-line tool

OneDrive admins are getting a new CLI tool that should make monitoring and automation easier. Read more...

Neowin

Oct 20, 2026 - neowin.net

Microsoft shuts the door on The Garage, the central program behind its hackathon and maker spaces

Microsoft is winding down The Garage, the 17-year-old program behind its Global Hackathon and employee maker spaces, according to an internal FAQ. Some Garage spaces could be restricted to employees a...

GeekWire

Oct 20, 2026 - geekwire.com

Daily Deal: Nibble All-Around Knowledge App

We’d all like to learn something new, but long courses or heavy reading can feel too time consuming. Nibble transforms your screen time into short, interactive learning experiences designed to fit you...

Techdirt

Oct 20, 2026 - techdirt.com

Accident Or Not, The No Kings Takedown Is Why You Shouldn’t Rent Your Megaphone From Zuck

This past weekend was the latest in an ongoing series of (massive) “No Kings” protests held around the country (and in some cases around the globe). The latest one was part of a “get out the (early) v...

Techdirt

Oct 20, 2026 - techdirt.com

Recent Windows restart

Windows 11 Forum

Oct 20, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Voxtral 3 brings real-time voice agents and tool use to Mistral’s speech stack

Mistral has launched Voxtral 3, a speech-model family and SDK for voice agents that can listen, reason, call tools, and speak in a live conversation. The stack combines transcription, speech generatio...

4sysops

Oct 20, 2026 - 4sysops.com

DeepSeek AI tools banned from US government agency systems as rift with China grows

DeepSeek was labeled as carrying "multiple threat vectors".

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 20, 2026 - techradar.com

Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft

Windows 11 Forum

Oct 20, 2026 - elevenforum.com