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Two years after sweeping predictions that generative AI would upend “knowledge work,” a new, rigorously constructed benchmark makes plain what many in law firms, banks, and consultancies already suspected: today’s agentic models are fast learners, but they are not yet reliable coworkers. The APEX-Agents benchmark from training-data and evaluation firm Mercor finds that even the top-performing models complete fewer than one in four complex, multi-step professional tasks on a first try—Gemini...

OLED’s decandde of unchallenged dominance over the high‑end living‑room TV market is giving way to a far broader and more aggressive race centered on RGB control — and that shift is already changing what “best picture” means for buyers, creators and gamers. Background For years, OLED (organic light‑emitting diode) panels — especially LG’s white‑subpixel variants (WOLED/WRGB) — were the shorthand for cinematic contrast, inky blacks and ultra‑thin designs. Those advantages made OLED the...

Microsoft pushed a second emergency out‑of‑band update for Windows 11 on January 24, 2026 — KB5078127 for the 24H2/25H2 servicing branches (with a sibling KB5078132 for 23H2) — explicitly to repair a cluster of regressions introduced by the January 13 Patch Tuesday baseline. The fixes focus on cloud file I/O failures (OneDrive/Dropbox placeholder and sync interactions) and the most visible fallout: the classic Outlook (Win32) client hanging or failing to reopen when PST files live inside a...

I swapped a preinstalled, telemetry-heavy Windows 11 desktop for a clean Linux Mint setup and found seven concrete areas where Mint delivers a noticeably simpler, faster, or more private day‑to‑day experience — but the switch comes with important workflow and compatibility trade‑offs that matter for most power users and creative professionals. Background / Overview Linux Mint is an Ubuntu‑based distribution that intentionally prioritizes familiarity, low friction, and modest system resource...

AI tools are already reshaping what counts as “high-value work” — and the short list in Analytics Insight (ChatGPT Enterprise, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Midjourney, Notion AI, Salesforce Einstein, Tableau GPT, Jasper, Synthesia) maps directly to the platforms hiring managers and clients now reward with higher pay or premium freelance rates. Background / Overview Generative and assistance-focused AI moved from novelty to mainstream in less than three years. Firms that have piloted...

Microsoft pushed a secoand emergency Windows update in seven days on JJanuary 24, deploying KB5078127 (and its 23H2 sibling KB5078132) to stop a fresh wave of productivity‑crippling failures that began with January’s Patch Tuesday rollup. The new out‑of‑band packages target a cluster of file‑I/O and cloud‑storage regressions — most visibly Outlook hangs when PST files live in OneDrive and broader app failures when opening or saving files to cloud‑synced folders — while consolidating earlier...

Modern Windows 10 systems still need careful handling when updating legacy AMD integrated graphics like Radeon R4 (used in A‑series APUs), and the safest, most reliable path is not always the loudest “download now” button on a random site — this comprehensive guide explains exactly which driver to choose, where to get it, and how to install or roll back drivers for Windows 10 with step‑by‑step instructions, verified specifications, and clear security cautions. Background / Overview AMD’s...

Microsoft's unusual instruction to remove a Windows cumulative security update has placed administrators and everyday users in a difficult, high-stakes choice: accept the immediate return of core functionality or keep a patch that protects against security threats. Microsoft identified the January 13, 2026 cumulative update — published as KB5074109 (OS Build 26200.7623 for Windows 11) — as the source of multiple regressions that in some setups make Outlook Classic unusable, break app access...

Brazil’s competition authority has taken the brakes off a change that would have shut rival AI assistants out of WhatsApp, issuing interim measures that suspend Meta’s October 2025 Business Solution Terms and preserve third‑party AI access for Brazilian users while a full inquiry proceeds. The decision — published as an administrative inquiry and immediate interim relief — is the latest front in a transatlantic regulatory push that already forced Italy to block the same policy and prompted...

A new University of Sydney analysis shows Microsoft Copilot’s AI‑generated news summaries systematically under‑represent Australian local and independent media, favoring large national and international outlets instead — a pattern that risks diverting referral traffic, eroding byline visibility, and accelerating the decline of regional journalism. Background The rise of conversational AI as a primary gateway to news has been swift: assistants embedded in operating systems, browsers, and...

Microsoft’s newest Paint and Notepad updates for Windows 11 fold a surprising amount of modern AI capability into two of the OS’s most humble, long‑running apps — and the results are more useful, and more consequential, than you might expect. The headline: Paint now includes a generative Colouring Book mode that turns simple text prompts into clean, printable line art, while Notepad gains richer Markdown support and streaming AI text tools; both features are rolling out to Windows Insiders...

Microsoft's emergency fixes for January's Patch Tuesday patch have not closed the loop: a second round of out‑of‑band updates rolled out on January 24, 2026 — KB5078127 for Windows 11 25H2/24H2 and KB5078132 for Windows 11 23H2 — after users and IT administrators reported new and lingering breakages ranging from cloud‑file access errors to Outlook hangs and shutdown failures. The rapid succession of emergency patches has fixed some problems but introduced new uncertainty about update...

OLED’s long run as the undisputed premium-TV champion is being challenged not by a single rival but by a multi-front RGB arms race that stretches from micro‑LED and Micro RGB backlights to new RGB‑stripe OLED panels for gaming monitors — and that contest is rewriting what “best” means for buyers, creators and gamers. Background: how we got here — OLED’s strengths and the pressure points For more than a decade, OLED (organic light‑emitting diode) TVs — particularly LG’s WRGB or WOLED...

Microsoft and Mercedes‑AMG PETRONAS have converted a paddock sponsorship into a strategic, multi‑year technology alliance that places Microsoft Azure, GitHub and Microsoft 365 at the center of Mercedes’ engineering, simulation and trackside decision systems as Formula 1 enters its 2026 technical reset. Background: why this partnership matters now The 2026 F1 regulations represent a structural shift toward greater electrification, energy recovery, and tighter efficiency constraints — a change...

A massive, unprotected trove of stolen credentials believed to contain roughly 149.4 million unique username–password pairs — including tens of millions tied to major email and social platforms — was discovered by security researcher Jeremiah Fowler and remained publicly accessible for weeks before a hosting provider suspended the repository. Background The dataset was first disclosed in a report published by ExpressVPN, authored by Fowler, who says the repository contained 149,404,754...

Almost every second Windows PC in Germany still runs Windows 10, even though Microsoft formally ended mainstream support for the platform on October 14, 2025 — a reality that has shifted the migration conversation from “if” to when and raised urgent security and policy questions for consumers, businesses and public institutions alike. The vendor’s one‑year consumer bridge — the Windows 10 Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme — offers a temporary safety valve through October 13...

Microsoft has done something it rarely does: told affected Windows 11 users to uninstall its January 13, 2026 security update (KB5074109) while engineers investigate widespread system and application breakages that followed the patch's rollout. The guidance comes after reports of severe disruption — most notably the classic desktop version of Outlook becoming unresponsive for users who keep POP accounts or PST files inside cloud‑synced folders such as OneDrive — and represents a high‑stakes...

Microsoft's own guidance for some Windows 11 users is now blunt: if the January 13, 2026 cumulative update (published as KB5074109) has left your system unstable or Outlook unusable, remove it — temporarily — while Microsoft investigates and prepares a true fix. This is an uncommon public rollback recommendation from the vendor and it reflects the scale and severity of the post‑patch regressions reported across consumer and enterprise environments. Background: what shipped and why this...

Microsoft is preparing a pair of substantial, free Windows 11 updates this year — an early, device‑specific spring release and a broader autumn rollout — and those releases will push Copilot deeper into the operating system, restore long‑missed interface conveniences, add gaming‑oriented full‑screen behavior, and even revive dynamic desktop backgrounds. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Windows strategy has shifted decisively: with mainstream support for Windows 10 having ended on October...

SteamOS has done something the wider Linux-desktop conversation has long debated: it showed that Linux doesn't have to dress like Windows to attract users — it needs a clear, purpose-led identity, sensible defaultslts, and compatibility scaffolding that removes friction from everyday tasks. Background: why this matters now For years the dominant strategy in desktop Linux was familiarity-first: mimic Windows' taskbar, menu, and layout to reduce the perceived cost of switching. That approach...