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Microsoft’s server-side change to how Windows Update displays titles — dropping the YYYY‑MM date prefix and the word Cumulative from monthly update names — is already live and creating noise across IT teams and enthusiast communities. The company published the change as an update to Windows Update’s presentation on October 29, 2025, replacing verbose, information-rich titles such as “2025‑10 Cumulative Update for Windows 11, version 25H2 … (KB5066835) (26200.6899)” with shorter labels like...

Microsoft and multiple security vendors confirm that a long-known Windows shortcut (.lnk) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-9491 is being actively weaponized in targeted espionage campaigns — and, as of the latest reports, there is no Microsoft patch available to close the hole. Background CVE-2025-9491 is a Windows LNK file UI misrepresentation remote code execution vulnerability first publicly cataloged in late August 2025. The bug allows specially crafted .lnk (shortcut) files to hide...

Fixing Atlanta’s offense begins with one stubborn truth: the Falcons win by converting early downs, and they lose when they don’t. Background / Overview The Falcons’ offensive narrative this season has been written in the margins between first-and-10 and third-and-long. When Atlanta consistently gains yardage on first and second down the offense hums — drives lengthen, playcallers can mix, and explosive opportunities open. When early down efficiency collapses, the playbook tightens, pressure...

OpenAI’s new "agent mode" marks a decisive step toward making ChatGPT not just a conversational assistant but an active, autonomous collaborator that can research, plan, and execute multi-step tasks on behalf of users — a capability now rolling out in stages to paid subscribers and integrated into OpenAI’s new Atlas browser for preview on premium tiers. Background The shift from reactive chatbots to agentic AI — systems that can take actions, call external tools, and carry out workflows...

Rose Damen’s recognition at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show signals a moment of convergence for the superyacht industry: family-led heritage, high-end design, and an increasingly public commitment to sustainability and inclusion are now legitimate yardsticks of leadership as much as technical pedigree and commercial success. Background Damen Shipyards Group is one of the longstanding pillars of European shipbuilding, tracing its roots to 1927 and today operating as a multi‑yard...

PewDiePie’s latest off‑camera project reads like a tech parable for the AI age: Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg quietly built a private, multi‑GPU AI lab in his home and wired it to a custom chat front end he calls ChatOS — running Chinese open‑source models, local web search and retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), audio output, and a crowd‑style voting meta‑layer he nicknamed “The Council” (later “The Swarm”). The result is a playful but instructive demonstration of what’s possible — and...

Fortnum & Mason’s 2025 Christmas windows at Piccadilly promise a theatrical, jewel‑toned reawakening of the retailer’s holiday storytelling — a showpiece described in an exclusive season preview as “Mojo”, populated by hand‑painted creatures, layered scenery and shimmering lighting that invites Londoners to stop, stare and shop for the season. The presentation, presented across six windows, leans into deep purples, blues and greens that echo Fortnum’s festive packaging while leaning heavily...

Two hyperscaler outages within ten days — an October AWS incident traced to DynamoDB/DNS and a late‑October Azure failure tied to an Azure Front Door configuration change — have reopened an old but urgent conversation: the cloud gives scale and speed, but concentrated dependence on a handful of providers creates systemic fragility that can cascade into business, operational and even safety risks. The narrative in the following pages pulls together the CXOToday report and primary...

Hospitals upgrading thousands of Windows endpoints have hit a stubborn final hurdle: a small number of clinical-supplier vendors have not certified their software for Windows 11, forcing trusts to quarantine expensive medical kit, pay retrofitting fees or run unsupported Windows 10 systems that no longer receive security patches. Background / Overview The technical migration from Windows 10 to Windows 11 has been framed by Microsoft as a security-first push: Windows 11 requires a higher...

Anthropic’s announcement that it will tap up to one million Google Cloud TPUs — delivering “well over a gigawatt” of dedicated AI compute capacity — is a watershed moment in cloud-based AI infrastructure that reshapes vendor dynamics, energy demands, and the economics of model development. The deal, announced publicly by Anthropic and reported across major outlets, gives the company priority access to Google’s TPU fleet starting in 2026 and is described by Anthropic as worth tens of billions...

Microsoft’s commercial chief is urging organisations to “demand more of AI” — not as a marketing slogan but as a call to reshape how companies build products, run factories and design customer experiences. In a wide‑ranging message that frames Microsoft’s cloud and AI stack as the backbone for an “AI‑first” industrial shift, Judson Althoff sets out a vision that blends practical ROI, industry playbooks and a renewed insistence on security and governance. The argument is simple and...

The ThinkPad Twist 12.5 arrived as an unapologetically business‑focused answer to the then‑new demand for touchscreen, convertible laptops: a 12.5‑inch Ultrabook with a unique twisting hinge that let the display rotate and flip into multiple modes while retaining the full ThinkPad keyboard and ports of a classic laptop. Announced alongside Lenovo’s 2012 Windows 8 convertible push, the Twist aimed to blend productivity, durability, and pen/touch interaction without forcing users to give up...

Microsoft has quietly expanded its Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) to include MSI’s Claw family of Windows handhelds, and owners can enable a console‑style, controller‑first launcher by running the right Windows 11 Insider Preview build and updating the Xbox PC app. Background / Overview The Xbox Full Screen Experience is not a new operating system or a locked OEM skin — it’s a layered, controller‑first shell hosted by the Xbox PC app and enhanced Game Bar features that sits on top of...

The International Criminal Court has quietly begun replacing Microsoft Office with openDesk, a European open‑source office and collaboration stack, in a move that crystallises a broader political and technical push across Europe to reduce dependence on U.S. cloud and productivity vendors. The decision — confirmed to a press outlet by court representatives but not fully detailed by the ICC — comes amid heightened fear in Brussels that U.S. executive orders and sanctions can be used to...

MTN’s migration of its Enterprise Value Analytics platform to Microsoft Azure — rolled out as EVA 3.0 — marks one of the most ambitious telco cloud modernisations in Africa, promising faster analytics, tighter security, and a reusable blueprint for data-led operations across the MTN Group. Background / Overview MTN and Microsoft have been publicly aligned on a wide-ranging cloud partnership for several years, positioning Azure as a primary cloud target for both core network proofs of concept...

Microsoft and Alphabet’s latest quarters make plain that AI is no longer a boutique project — it is the operating principle reshaping product road maps, capital budgets, and competitive strategy across the biggest technology platforms. Background / Overview The story this quarter is scale: record revenues, enormous capital expenditures to build GPU‑dense datacenters, and new AI features that push agents from experimental tools into everyday workflows. Microsoft reported $77.67 billion in Q1...

The University of Cincinnati is moving from AI curiosity to campus-wide capability with a coordinated program of initiatives branded Bearcat AI Ready!, a set of academic, research and operational efforts designed to make students, faculty and staff confident users, builders and governors of artificial intelligence across the institution. Background / Overview The Bearcat AI Ready! campaign is the latest, institution-level push from UC’s Digital Technology Solutions (DTS) to accelerate...

Samsung has pushed its long-running mobile browser onto Windows PCs with a region‑gated beta that brings cross‑device sync, built‑in Galaxy AI helpers such as Browsing Assist, and Samsung Pass credential integration to Windows 11 and Windows 10 machines in an initial rollout limited to the United States and South Korea. Background Samsung Internet began life as the default browser on Galaxy phones more than a decade ago and matured into a Chromium‑based alternative on Android and Tizen...

Microsoft has quietly started to push a major change to the Windows 11 taskbar: an opt‑in “Ask Copilot” search pill that blends the long‑standing Windows Search index with Copilot’s conversational, voice, and vision capabilities, arriving first to Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta channels via Preview Build 26220.7051 (KB5067115). Background Windows Search began life as a lightweight indexer that let users find apps, files and settings quickly. Over the years Microsoft layered web...

Samsung’s long‑running mobile browser has finally stepped onto the desktop: Samsung has launched a region‑gated beta of Samsung Internet for PC, bringing cross‑device sync, Galaxy AI helpers (branded as Browsing Assist), and the company’s Smart Anti‑Tracking and Privacy Dashboard to Windows 10 (version 1809+) and Windows 11 machines in an initial rollout limited to the United States and South Korea. The beta — announced on October 30, 2025 — ships with builds for both x86/x64 and ARM Windows...