PERSONAL TECH Surface tension rises as Microsoft's latest kit starts at a pricey $1,499 Snapdragon X2 silicon and recycled aluminum are nice, the sticker shock less so
OS PLaTFORMS Windows devs rerolled old code to save precious bytes There really was a time when Microsoft cared about every KB
Public sector UK.gov links up with LinkedIn for jobs market intel from 40M accounts What anonymized data taught me about B2B sales... and reliance on the private sector for statistical info
PERSONAL TECH Windows update leaves third-party Office document launches in limbo Microsoft won the OLE vs OpenDoc wars. Now it's saying OLE dependencies don't matter
SOFTWARE Microsoft faces down sueball, capacity problems in series of challenges Misleading statements about Copilot and AI? Surely not!
Cyber-crime Crooks found a new way to collaborate using Teams – by hiding command-and-control traffic Custom malware routed communications through legitimate Microsoft services, making malicious activity look like routine corporate collaboration
DATABASES SQL Server may be too lucrative for Microsoft to ditch, but too legacy to love Analysts say Redmond still has billions of reasons to keep backing its flagship DBMS, even as Azure, Postgres, and AI hog the spotlight
On-PREM France's digital sovereignty push is struggling to escape the Microsoft gravity well Nextcloud rollout shows locally controlled storage is one thing; getting users off Office is quite another
Security Microsoft site throwing warnings after someone forgot to renew cert Connectivity checker trips browser alarms thanks to lapsed security paperwork
PUBLIC SECTOR UK Treasury hunts CTO on salary that may not compute for top tech talent The pension may be cushy, but the looming headaches for £77K are not
OFFBEAT Munch Museum Windows display gives visitors something to scream about When art reflects modern realities
offbeat XP-era Windows spotted haunting London's driverless railway A blast from the past greets commuters
Software Holy git! Microsoft code-sharing site suffers downtime, despite move to Azure GitHub caught off guard by customers actually using the AI being evangelized
SECURITY Microsoft has mostly repaired flaw in Surface hardware that allowed unprotected devices to be bricked by a single packet And it was Microsoft Copilot that unwittingly revealed the longstanding vulnerability
Security Microsoft's worst 'Nightmare' unleashes BitLocker bypass 0-day Another day, another Windows exploit code
Applications Apple version of Office 2019 becomes useless in a month The only solution is to buy an upgrade (or switch providers)
Security Angry bug hunter with Microsoft beef drops new Windows 0-day Revenge is a dish best served code
PATCHES AI is making Patch Tuesday (kinda) fun again Unless you're an admin or vulnerability manager – then you're totally screwed
Applications LibreOffice brands Euro-Office a 'de facto ally' of Microsoft's lock-in strategy The Document Foundation accuses newly launched Euro-Office of undermining digital sovereignty by defaulting to Microsoft's OOXML document format
AI AND ML NHS prescribes half a million Copilot licenses for its paperwork headache After a trial claimed chatbot saved staff 43 minutes a day, NHS England has decided it's time to supersize the experiment
security GitHub nukes 70+ Microsoft repos, breaks CI/CD pipelines, following suspected worm infections Miasma worm shapeshifts, but cloud secret-scouting remains the goal
databases Microsoft allows BYOL for Amazon RDS. Repeat, Microsoft allows BYOL for Amazon RDS SQL Server licenses can now be consumed in the rival cloud's DBaaS
OS PLATFORMS Grep this: Microsoft grafts (most) Linux commands onto Windows Coreutils serves over 75 Unix commands in Windows and PowerShell command lines
Security Another bug hunter leaks Microsoft exploits in defiance of company’s handling of vulnerability disclosures Researchers follow in Nightmare Eclipse’s footsteps, flipping off Redmond in favor of insta-leaks
OS PLATFORMS Microsoft Build News: Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, Coreutils for Windows, air-gapped GitHub and more Microsoft Build previews Surface RTX Spark dev box and air-gapped on-premises GitHub
Security Microsoft reaches for olive branch after public dustup with 0-day researcher Following days of criticism from the security community, Redmond dials back rhetoric, insists vulnerability hunters not in its legal crosshairs
AI and ML Angry devs vow to flee GitHub Copilot as metered billing takes hold '16% of my monthly Pro+ allowance. Gone. For basically nothing'
os platforms I designed Microsoft's $5B EA channel architecture in 2001. The 2026 transition is missing what made it work The man behind Redmond's direct billing model and its geo rollout explains why the new version forgets the channel to its cost
Security Lone attacker published 14 malicious npm packages mimicking popular OpenSearch, Elasticsearch libraries And then Microsoft busted them all
AI + ML Microsoft slaps new coat of paint on Copilot, buries annoying button Look, says Redmond, usage up 27-43% based on one week of data - admits it 'may not be indicative of long-term usage trends'
Security Disgruntled 0-day hunter 'humiliated' by Microsoft pledges 'bone shattering drop' as Redmond calls cops Six 0-days, three under active exploitation, more to come on July 14?
os platforms Microsoft tests the 15-character limit of Windows Server admins' patience May security update trips over hostnames of a very specific length
Personal Tech Three in ten HP customers still clinging to Windows 10 Refresh cycle sluggishness is a tailwind, insists PC giant's money people
Personal Tech Windows 11 update preview promises faster launches, puts Task Manager on NPU patrol Just mind the known issue that can still send installs rolling back
DevOps Microsoft wants safer C# without turning it into Rust Unsafe bits get a warning label in planned low-level coding shake-up
AI + ML Microsoft lets users exile floating Copilot button after interface rage Listening to your customers? Who are you, and what have you done with Microsoft?
On-Prem Outlook has an image problem Microsoft says classic client may lose embedded pictures thanks to wrapping bug
Security Microsoft storms RAMPART, adds Clarity to agentic AI safety Redmond open sources two tools for building and maintaining safer agents
Off-Prem Open Compute urges local government to bask in the warm glow of excess datacenter heat Org that represents Meta, Google and Microsoft plans more heat reuse guidelines as debate over bit barn social license burns red hot
OSes Fedora: Microsoft is all aboard, but Deepin is dumped Red Hat’s free distro loses a desktop, but makes an important new friend
Security Microsoft shuts down illegal code-signing operation used by ransomware crims to mask their malware 'Thousands' of US victims, including 12+ machines owned and operated by Redmond
Cyber-crime Shai-Hulud keeps burrowing: 314 npm packages infected after another account compromise Popular JavaScript modules including size-sensor and echarts-for-react hit as hijacked account closed GitHub warnings
OSes Windows Firewall stands between you and greasy delight You don't really want that entering your system, do you?
OSes Windows boot partition runs out of space for Microsoft's May security update Testing? We've heard of it
OSes Classic 7 is Windows 10 LTSC cosplaying as Windows 7 Uncanny rebuild resurrects the 2009 desktop, complete with support, updates, and licensing questions
DevOps Git is unprepared for the AI coding tsunami An influx of agents is pushing GitHub to the brink
OSes Microsoft puts stability in the driver's seat with new initiative User interface tweaks are nice, but reliable drivers matter more
On-Prem Exploited Exchange Server flaw turns OWA inboxes into script launchpads Microsoft mitigation may bork inline images, calendar printing while admins wait for a proper patch
OSes UK begins antitrust inquiry into Microsoft's business software ecosystem Brit regulator has 'heard' customers can't always 'effectively combine software from Microsoft with that of other providers'
Security Mystery Microsoft bug leaker keeps the zero-days coming Security pros warn YellowKey claim could make stolen laptops a much bigger problem
OSes Microsoft gives Windows Update a Ctrl-Z for bad drivers Cloud-powered undo will roll back dodgy code without users or hardware partners lifting a finger
OSes Linux gains more critical Windows apps: 3D Movie Maker and Space Cadet Pinball Further demonstrating its role as industry default OS the versatility of modern porting tools
Security Doozy of a Patch Tuesday includes 30 critical Microsoft CVEs The good news: no 0-days. The bad news: busy week ahead for Microsoft admins
Personal tech Microsoft makes Copilot easier to summon, harder to ignore in Office It looks like you're trying to get more Microsoft 365 users to engage with your assistant. Would you like help?
Offbeat Windows update prompt joins the Post Office queue Customers left staring at restart plea with no keyboard, mouse, or hope
aI + ML Microsoft researchers find AI models and agents can't handle long-running tasks An intern who failed this much would be shown the door
Personal Tech Classic Outlook's Quick Steps trip over Microsoft bug Client's handy automations get grayed out unless you know the keyboard shortcut
offbeat Bus station display takes the Windows 10 road to nowhere Spikes deter pigeons, but Microsoft still managed to foul the screen
Offbeat IBM tried to kill Tab navigation. Microsoft told it Bill Gates' mother wasn't interested Big Blue escalated the OS/2 keyboard squabble through seven layers of management. Redmond's answer? Nope
Columnists Microsoft's bad obsession is showing up in shabby services and slipshod software. Here's proof If you can't bother to keep GitHub running, why should we bother with you?
Off-Prem Microsoft to stop taking reservations for 17 Azure VM flavours, kill 13 in 2028 Haswell’s had its day and Skylake and Cascade Lake are draining away
AI + ML Microsoft fixes VS Code after app gives Copilot credit for human's work Devs not thrilled that Git extension added the bot as co-author by default
OSes Microsoft's turned Windows into a cesspool, but it wants to do better Windows is a mess, GitHub keeps wobbling, Copilot draws flak - what’s wrong at Redmond?
OSes Microsoft releases first big update after Nadella's vow to 'win back fans' Lots of fixes, some performance tweaks. Fingers crossed there's no out-of-band patch to follow
SaaS Survey says no, American workers are not keen on Microsoft's AI Lock-in worries threaten to dampen the E7 launch party
OSes Microsoft boss tells investors the company is working to 'win back fans' But why did those fans go away in the first place, Satya?
On-Prem Microsoft levels up Azure Local to make it fit for large-scale sovereign clouds Can now use SANs for storage, and adds a local control plane and key management
Off-Prem Microsoft lifts 2026 AI spend by $25 billion to cover component price rises Will write checks for $190 billion and even those megabucks may not satisfy demand
Patches Microsoft's patch for a 0-day exploited by Russian spies fell short. Another Windows flaw is under attack Second try's a charm?
Security Legacy TLS tour continues with Exchange Online blocking old versions from July 2026 Microsoft readies the axe once again for yesterday's security
OSes Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00 Back to a time when source repositories were printouts and commits were hand-written notes
Software Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto says GitHub ‘no longer a place for serious work’ Bemoans frequent outages that mean he’ll move Ghostty elsewhere
Public Sector UK.gov's DCMS to new CDIO: Migrate from Google to Microsoft, overhaul ERP, build a team £125k and a pension await whoever can herd 6 departments onto single platform without losing will to live
AI + ML Microsoft's GitHub shifts to metered AI billing amid cost crisis The all-you-can-eat AI buffet is coming to an end
OSes Microsoft updates the Windows Update Experience: You can hit pause now Keep the patches away for as long as you like
Software Microsoft tackles quality control issues. Just kidding, it's encouraging experienced workers to leave Windows giant offers buyouts to eligible staffers willing to walk
Applications Microsoft beefs up Remote Desktop security with ... hard-to-read messages Ailing scaling blamed by Windows-maker for unreadable missives
Applications Microsoft gives your Word documents an AI co-author you didn’t ask for Also rolls out agentic Copilot in Excel and PowerPoint, letting 21st century Clippy lend a... hand
PaaS + IaaS UK tribunal sends £2B claim accusing Microsoft of overcharging for licensing to trial Legal action claims tech giant charges more for Windows Server when it's not on Azure
OSes Task Manager's CPU meter is an obituary for the recent past, says the engineer who built it Spoiler: There's no magic value. Just a timer, some kernel calls, and too much coffee
Devops Microsoft's GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch Remember what we promised when you subscribed for a year? Well, we've got a new deal that's better for us.
OSes Microsoft releases Windows Server update fix to fix its April update fixes Out-of-band or out of control?
PaaS + IaaS Users complain that UK Azure is having capacity problems We hear Sweden is lovely place for workloads to visit
Cyber-crime North Korea targets macOS users in latest heist Social engineering: 'low-cost, hard to patch, and scales well'
Software Visual Studio 18.5 lands with AI debugging at a price, devs still feeling blue Latest version points to a shift in how Microsoft thinks about IDEs
Security Microsoft announces product it doesn't want anyone to buy Just migrate already, would you? But if you can't, Redmond will take your cash
Patches Microsoft's massive Patch Tuesday: It's raining bugs One CVE under attack, one already disclosed by angry bug hunter, and 163 more
Personal Tech Microsoft raises UK Surface prices as RAM crisis reaches the checkout Entry-level models jump by up to £220, mirroring steeper hikes in US
Software Microsoft sends Outlook Lite to the great inbox in the sky as memory costs skyrocket Mailbox access in stripped-down Android app ends on May 25
OSes Windows Update is a torture chamber for seldom-used PCs Microsoft punishes you for updating infrequently
Applications Artemis II astronaut: 'I have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working'
On-Prem Microsoft takes up residence next to OpenAI, Oracle at Crusoe's 900 MW Texas datacenter expansion
OSes Microsoft tells crusty old kernel drivers to get with the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program
Security Gartner suggests Friday afternoon Copilot ban because tired users may be too lazy to check its mistakes
AI + ML Microsoft ships VS Code weekly, adds Autopilot mode so AI can wreak havoc without bothering you
Security Critical Microsoft Excel bug weaponizes Copilot Agent for zero-click information disclosure attack
AI + ML Microsoft reportedly eyes E7 tier to make AI agents pay their way – like the humans they'll replace
Storage Microsoft boffins cook up archival storage using Pyrex glass they say can last over 10,000 years
Cyber-crime Someone's attacking SolarWinds WHD to steal high‑privilege credentials - but we don't know who or how
