Today's Top Windows System Articles for 2026-10-26

BlackX UEFI bootkit exploits Baton Drop flaw to bypass Secure Boot

A new UEFI bootkit named BlackX, deployed in an espionage campaign in early 2026, exploited the old Baton Drop vulnerability to bypass Secure Boot and load a malicious driver designed to interfere wit...

BleepingComputer

Oct 24, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com

Unitree says its 'self-evolving robots' are coming to take on Tesla Optimus

We've got robotics updates from Unitree, Tesla, and Figure, as the companies announce their latest progress.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 24, 2026 - techradar.com

I’m an Outlook Classic holdout, so I used the new Outlook for 3 days before Microsoft’s 2027 switch

Microsoft wants Outlook Classic users on the new Outlook, and Enterprise users get it by default from March 2027. After three days, offline mail and PST archives work with caveats, COM add-ins and VBA...

Windows Latest

Oct 24, 2026 - windowslatest.com

Raspberry Pi Desktop proves old PCs aren't past it

Debian 13-based refresh runs comfortably on veteran ThinkPads, without making installation a hobby

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 24, 2026 - theregister.com

The PHP Meltdown Shows How AI Makes Bugs More Exploitable

Security researchers used AI tools to help uncover years-old vulnerabilities in the PHP web scripting language. Then the AI-assisted attacks began.

WIRED

Oct 24, 2026 - wired.com

ChatGPT's new Locked Chats feature has a major privacy catch

ChatGPT's new Locked Chats feature can stop other people from reading your conversations, but protecting the information inside them requires additional privacy precautions.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 24, 2026 - techradar.com

AI is making cyber attacks too easy. Here's what you can do about it.

This week's PHP crisis should be a wake-up call for anyone thinking AI won't pose unprecedented security risks. I explain in simple terms what happened, why it matters for the future, and what you can...

Latest from Windows Central

Oct 24, 2026 - windowscentral.com

Autonomous attack agent in 'Skynet mode' hijacks other models to carry out its evil deeds

Designed to carry out 100,000 steps without human approval

www.theregister.com - Articles

Oct 24, 2026 - theregister.com

Savvy business leaders should change their systems to accommodate Generation Alpha’s password practices

Guest post by Niresh Swamy, Enterprise Analyst, ManageEngine I know some of you might roll your eyes at someone who grew up in the Gen Z “free internet” era, ranting about the privacy perils Gen Alpha...

Irish Tech News

Oct 24, 2026 - irishtechnews.ie

Unrevoked LiteLLM master key led to stolen GitHub tokens and poisoned release

LiteLLM, an open-source gateway that connects applications to large language models, traced its compromised 1.107.0 release pipeline to a master key exposed in a public repository in May and never rev...

4sysops

Oct 24, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Node2Shell flaw reaches Bun, Python packages and Envoy

The Brotli flaw behind Node2Shell affects more than Node.js: vulnerable copies also ship in Bun, Python packages, Envoy and Istio. Researchers demonstrated code execution on one Node.js build, as cove...

4sysops

Oct 24, 2026 - 4sysops.com

Microsoft Teams adds GitHub Copilot fixes and PRs to its workflow

Microsoft Teams now lets teams use GitHub Copilot to investigate repository issues, implement fixes, and prepare pull requests from a channel. New controls for meeting AI and tenant-wide meeting templ...

4sysops

Oct 24, 2026 - 4sysops.com

iPhone Duo Released by Apple October 23, 2026

The iPhone Duo made its appearance yesterday, Friday, October 23, 2026, running iOS 27.1, also released at the same time for the iPhone Duo only. In this time of rapid release of patches, it’s good to...

AskWoody

Oct 24, 2026 - askwoody.com

PHP2Shell drew millions of exploit attempts within hours

Millions of attempts to exploit PHP2Shell hit within hours of public disclosure, but the PHP Foundation had not seen successful attacks. The flaws had been known for years; AI-assisted research helped...

4sysops

Oct 24, 2026 - 4sysops.com

PHP-ocalypse: How two critical web bugs almost broke the internet

Two critical bugs in the PHP web programming language, used by the majority of the internet, threatened to upend the internet — and it's unlikely to be the last major software scare.

TechCrunch

Oct 24, 2026 - techcrunch.com

Exit interview: Microsoft’s comms chief on CEOs, reporters, what he got wrong, and stories that stuck

Microsoft communications chief Frank X. Shaw, who is leaving the company at the end of the year, reflects on nearly three decades of shaping its public image. He talks about working for Bill Gates, St...

GeekWire

Oct 24, 2026 - geekwire.com

Latest Microsoft Edge released for Windows

Windows 10 Forums

Oct 24, 2026 - tenforums.com

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says a forgotten 1950s European alliance secretly secured Taiwan’s chip empire — decades later, an island hardly bigger than Maryland dominates 90% of the advanced chip market

Jensen Huang traces Taiwan’s semiconductor rise to foreign partnerships, industrial planning, opportunities in computer manufacturing, and decades of investment and engineering.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 24, 2026 - techradar.com

Samsung's archrival wants to spread 100 special CPUs in every SSD controller ahead of PCIe 8.0, High Bandwidth Flash onslaught

SK Hynix plans to deploy over 100 specialized processors in SSD controllers, reducing power consumption and chip area.

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 24, 2026 - techradar.com

Question bitrot in hdds 2.5"

Windows 10 Forums

Oct 24, 2026 - tenforums.com

Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, October 25 (game #1735)

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

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 24, 2026 - techradar.com

Remembering the Weirdest Nintendo DSi Accessory

The Nintendo DSi was released in November 2008, and boasted a new feature not formerly seen on the brand’s handhelds—it had two cameras, inside and outside. It let the console …read more

Blog – Hackaday

Oct 25, 2026 - hackaday.com

How To Free Up A Drive Letter That Windows Assigned But Won't Release

Windows 10 Forums

Oct 25, 2026 - tenforums.com

Nyko Zoom Case Added an 8x Optical Lens to Nintendo DSi Handhelds

Released in November 2008, Nintendo’s DSi arrived with a pair of cameras that no previous handheld in the line had offered, one facing outward and one facing the user. Those sensors recorded images at...

TechEBlog

Oct 25, 2026 - techeblog.com

Can machines be war criminals?

An AI-enabled software platform developed by Palantir Technologies allows the military to aggregate, organize, and process battlefield data. | SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg/Getty Images On the first day o...

Technology | Vox

Oct 25, 2026 - vox.com

CVE-2026-70197 .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Updated product information in the Software Update table. This is an informational change only.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 25, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

CVE-2026-102870 ASP.NET Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Updated product information in the Software Update table. This is an informational change only.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 25, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

CVE-2026-114148 ASP.NET Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Incorrect default permissions in ASP.NET Core allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 25, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

CVE-2026-111497 Google: CVE-2026-111497 Buffer overflow vulnerability in the Brotli decoder

Out-of-bounds write in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

MSRC Security Update Guide

Oct 25, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com

When AI agents run your life

An advertisement for Meta's personal AI agent app Muse at a BART station in San Francisco on October 15, 2026. | Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images There are some days when there’s so much that need...

Technology | Vox

Oct 25, 2026 - vox.com

41 things about how software engineering has changed in 2026 because of AI, LLMs, and coding agents

November is a special month in the AI space: ChatGPT was released on 30-Nov-2022 (roughly 4 years ago), and Claude Opus 4.5 was released on 24-Nov-2025 (about a year ago). Software engineering has tra...

Geshan's Blog

Oct 25, 2026 - geshan.com.np

Anthropic was beaten to the punch by a salad dressing company

What do you do when you think your company’s technology may fundamentally alter the fabric of the economy—or rend it apart entirely? Anthropic, which is widely rumored to be approaching a record-set...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 25, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Town CEO Jean-Denis Greze on why most people still don’t know what to ask AI

AI agents are powerful, but most ordinary people don’t yet use them. Town wants to change that. Led by CEO Jean-Denis Greze, playfully referred to as Town’s mayor, the company announced a $108 million...

Fast Company - technology

Oct 25, 2026 - fastcompany.com

Microsoft Mahjong

Windows 10 Forums

Oct 25, 2026 - tenforums.com

Meshtastic Pet Tracking

Most commercial pet trackers require a subscription or network connection to function. [Jon G Aguado] wanted a better way and designed LIA, a Meshtastic collar tracker. LIA uses a custom …read more

Blog – Hackaday

Oct 25, 2026 - hackaday.com

Microsoft confirms Teams will let third-party tools scan your meetings for deepfakes from November

Certified third-party bots will scan Teams meeting audio and video for deepfakes and flag participants to everyone in the call. Microsoft's Graph docs show confidence scores and admin permissions, but...

Windows Latest

Oct 25, 2026 - windowslatest.com

How to turn your Canon camera's images into 3D objects and videos with Canon's free DP3D software

Canon has released Dual Pixel 3D software, which leverages 'depth and phase-detection data captured in a single shot via Dual Pixel CMOS AF' for a 3D imaging experience

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 25, 2026 - techradar.com

Latest Google Chrome released for Windows

Windows 10 Forums

Oct 25, 2026 - tenforums.com

Card Reader being treated as Hard Drives

Windows 10 Forums

Oct 25, 2026 - tenforums.com

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 18, 2026

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 18, 2026. Read More

GeekWire

Oct 25, 2026 - geekwire.com

Windows Print Drivers (Type 3?) Stopped Working After Windows Update KB5126657

Windows 10 Forums

Oct 25, 2026 - tenforums.com

I found 5 new ways PowerToys can make Windows 11 easier to use with version 0.102

Discover five PowerToys 0.102 features that make Windows 11 easier to use, from easier mouse controls and quick commands to screenshot dictation.

Latest from Windows Central

Oct 25, 2026 - windowscentral.com

Microsoft fixes 6 frustrating Windows 11 problems in October update

The October update KB5127648 for Windows 11 fixes six problems you might have overlooked, including Bluetooth issues, gaming mouse stuttering, fingerprint sign-in, printing, and VPN errors.

Latest from Windows Central

Oct 25, 2026 - windowscentral.com

Microsoft Pluton 2026 silicon no longer serves as TPM on AMD and Qualcomm platforms

Windows 11 Forum

Oct 25, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft

Windows 11 Forum

Oct 25, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Recent Windows restart

Windows 11 Forum

Oct 25, 2026 - elevenforum.com

i9 with a asrock z790 pro rs

Windows 11 Forum

Oct 25, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Always late for meetings or failing at life goals? This affordable planning app was made for you

Homescreen Heroes: Ultimate Planner is the most customizable digital planner app I’ve ever seen

Latest from TechRadar

Oct 25, 2026 - techradar.com

Windows 11 26H2 and Language Pack 24H2 and 25H2

Windows 11 Forum

Oct 25, 2026 - elevenforum.com

Microsoft explains why deleting Prefetch can slow down Windows 11, as it’s “designed to speed up” app launches

Deleting C:\Windows\Prefetch was a classic Windows XP speed-up trick, but Microsoft's Ryan Myers said it only dented performance while Windows rebuilt the files. Windows 11 still keeps up to 1,024 of ...

Windows Latest

Oct 25, 2026 - windowslatest.com

Patch Tuesday update problem

Windows 11 Forum

Oct 25, 2026 - elevenforum.com

NTFS formatted USB Disk Drive becomes unformatted after ejecting

Windows 11 Forum

Oct 25, 2026 - elevenforum.com