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The abrupt disappearance of ChatGPT from WhatsApp on January 15, 2026 marks a significant pivot in how conversational AI is distributed — a policy-driven closure of one of the simplest, lowest‑friction ways millions accessed large language model assistants inside a messaging app they already use every day. WhatsApp’s mid‑October 2025 rewrite of its Business Solution (the Business API) added a new “AI Providers” restriction that explicitly bars third‑party, general‑purpose LLM chatbots from...

Microsoft has begun enforcing tighter email access controls that will block Exchange Online sign‑ins from mobile clients and devices that aren’t prepared for the change — a move IT departments must treat as an operational deadline if they want to avoid sudden user outages and helpdesk chaos. Overview Microsoft is rolling out a policy that prevents devices using legacy Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) protocol versions lower than 16.1 from connecting to Exchange Online, with enforcement beginning on...

Microsoft has quietly published a targeted trio of Windows 11 dynamic updates — KB5074108, KB5074208, and KB5073454 — intended to refresh the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) and the Setup toolchain across multiple servicing branches, arriving alongside January’s cumulative rollups and followed by rapid follow‑ups after a narrow set of regressions were reported. Background / Overview Dynamic updates are a specialized servicing mechanism Microsoft uses to surgically refresh only the small...

Microsoft has quietly pushed an emergency fix after a January 13, 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11 caused some systems to restart instead of shutting down or entering hibernation — a regression that hit a narrow but important class of devices and forced administrators to adopt emergency workarounds while a targeted remedial package was issued days later. Background The January 2026 Patch Tuesday rollup for Windows 11 included cumulative updates intended to close security gaps and...

Before the coffee finishes brewing, a growing number of Floridians are already asking an AI to organize their day — and that simple anecdote captures a wider shift from search and spreadsheets to conversational, assistant-style tools that promise speed, personalization, and a lower cognitive load. Background AI has migrated from specialist labs and enterprise pilots into everyday apps and community classrooms. In Southwest Florida, local residents described using generative assistants for...

Seven in ten doctors tell the Royal College of Physicians that the NHS is not digitally fit to deploy AI safely, exposing a dangerous mismatch between clinical enthusiasm and the health service’s broken technical foundations. Background The Royal College of Physicians’ new "RCP view on digital and AI" report draws on a June 2025 snapshot survey of its members and follow-up analysis to conclude that clinicians broadly support the potential of artificial intelligence — but overwhelmingly doubt...

The cloud licensing market in 2026 has morphed from a transactional reseller economy into a strategic services landscape where the right partner can save millions, accelerate AI projects, and reduce vendor lock‑in risk — this feature examines the ten cloud licensing partners that dominate the channel, verifies the key claims about each, and explains what IT teams must validate before signing multi‑year deals. Background The headline: public cloud spending is large and still growing rapidly...

Microsoft’s January servicing cycle stumbled into a high‑profile reliability problem: the Patch Tuesday cumulative rolled out on January 13 introduced a regression that left some Windows 11 machines unable to shut down or hibernate and broke Remote Desktop sign‑in flows. Microsoft acknowledged the regressions and shipped an emergency out‑of‑band (OOB) cumulative update on January 17 — KB5077797 for Windows 11 version 23H2 — to restore normal shutdown behavior and fix Remote Desktop...

Microsoft pushed emergency out‑of‑band Windows fixes on January 17, 2026 after its January Patch Tuesday rollup caused disruptive regressions that left some machines unable to shut down or hibernate and many users unable to sign in to Remote Desktop and Cloud PC sessions. ates — shipped as combined servicing‑stack updates (SSU) plus latest cumulative updates (LCU) and published under KB identifiers such as KB5077744 and KB5077797 — were intended to restore basic power‑state determinism and...

Microsoft pushed an emergency out-of-band Windows update on January 17, 2026 after its January Patch Tuesday rollup introduced two distinct, operationally serious regressions: a set of Remote Desktop / Cloud PC authentication failures and a configuration‑dependent shutdown / hibernate regression affecting devices with System Guard Secure Launch enabled. Microsoft’s official OOB packages (for example, KB5077744 and KB5077797) restore the expected authentication and power‑state behavior for...

Microsoft hat in den letzten Wochen mehrere Notfall‑Patches ausgeliefert, nachdem eine Reihe von regulären Sicherheits‑ und Qualitäts‑Updates erhebliche Nebenwirkungen verursacht hatten — von der Unbrauchbarkeit der Windows‑Recovery‑Umgebung (WinRE) bis hin zu einer fehlerhaften Anmeldung für das Windows‑10‑Extended‑Security‑Update‑(ESU)‑Programm. Die Kernel‑ und Safe‑OS‑Regressions zwangen Microsoft zu Out‑of‑Band‑(OOB)‑Releases wie KB5070773 und KB5071959; parallel erschienen Begleitpakete...

Windows Remote Assistance remains one of the simplest built‑in ways for a trusted helper to view or control a PC and fix problems from afar, but its practical usefulness today depends on which tool you pick, which Windows release you run, and — critically — whether you follow strict security hygiene to avoid tech‑support scams and unintended exposure. Microsoft’s support documentation still lists the legacy Remote Assistance workflow and explicitly recommends Quick Assist as the modern...

Microsoft pushed an emergency out‑of‑band (OOB) update on January 17, 2026 after its January Patch Tuesday rollup caused some Windows machines to refuse to power off and others to fail Remote Desktop sign‑ins — the fix (delivered as KB5077744, KB5077797 and companion packages) is rolling out now via Windows Update and the Microsoft Update Catalog. Background / Overview Microsoft’s January cumulative updates (delivered on January 13, 2026) were intended to deliver routine security hardening...

Fast Startup is designed to shave seconds off cold boots by saving a partial OS state to disk, but because it deliberately preserves kernel and driver state between shutdowns it can also hide faults, block other operating systems from safely accessing Windows volumes, and interfere with certain update, encryption and firmware workflows—so the convenience of a slightly faster boot comes with trade-offs that every Windows user should understand. ]) Background / Overview Fast Startup (sometimes...

Microsoft moved quickly after its January Patch Tuesday to publish an emergency out‑of‑band (OOB) Windows update on January 17, 2026 that fixes two high‑impact regressions introduced by the January 13 security rollup: a configuration‑dependent shutdown/hibernation failure on certain Windows 11 23H2 systems with System Guard Secure Launch, and widespread Remote Desktop sign‑in/authentication failures across multiple Windows servicing channels. While the emergency updates restore the most...

The arrival of a compact, practical “LLM Response Toolkit” for girls and women—generated by ChatGPT and published by the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)—is both a timely intervention and a provocation: it promises immediate, low‑risk strategies to recognize and respond to covert non‑sexual harassment while forcing institutions and technologists to ask whether AI-generated guidance can and should be operationalized inside schools and workplaces. Overview The CPPR piece presents a...

Microsoft’s first security rollup of 2026 for Windows landed on January 13, but within days the update produced two separate, high‑impact regressions — one that prevented certain Windows 11 machines from shutting down or hibernating when System Guard Secure Launch was enabled, and another that broke Remote Desktop/Cloud‑PC authentication — forcing Microsoft to push emergency out‑of‑band (OOB) fixes on January 17, 2026. Background The January 13 Patch Tuesday wave included cumulative security...

Microsoft issued an unscheduled, out‑of‑band Windows update after January’s Patch Tuesday created two disruptive regressions—broken Remote Desktop authentication across multiple client and server lines, and a Secure Launch–linked shutdown/hibernate regression on Windows 11 23H2—forcing a rapid rollback and emergency fixes that administrators must prioritize. Background Microsoft’s regular Patch Tuesday cadence aims to deliver predictable, monthly security and quality updates. On January 13...

The latest wave of reporting on AI — from frontline AI raters to corporate leaders and watchdogs — has crystallised a paradox: the people closest to building and policing these systems are often the least likely to trust them, and recent high‑profile failures in health and safety have given their warnings fresh urgency. Background Generative AI now touches millions of users through chatbots, search overviews, and integrated copilots in mainstream software. Its rapid rollout has been...

If you still own a laptop with an AMD Radeon HD 8870M and are running Windows 10, the safest and most practical path to a working, stable display stack is to choose a vendor-approved or Microsoft‑signed driver rather than chasing repackaged archives — in practice that usually means using the AMD archived Adrenalin packages that explicitly list the HD 8870M, an OEM-supplied driver from your laptop maker, or the Microsoft-supplied legacy driver delivered through Windows Update. Background The...