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A Spanish reseller called La Tienda de las Licencias, operated by MYA WIFI S.L.U., is marketing low-cost Windows, Office, server, database, and security software licenses internationally on the legal theory that used software licenses may be resold under European Union law. The pitch, published in a Barchart-distributed press release, is simple: genuine activation without Microsoft Store pricing. The more interesting story is not that cheap keys exist; Windows users have known that for...

Microsoft’s latest peer-comparison snapshot, published July 2026 by Benzinga’s automated content engine and reviewed by an editor, argues that Microsoft looks financially stronger than four software-industry peers because its debt-to-equity ratio is just 0.14 and its operating profit metrics remain unusually large. The more interesting story is not that Microsoft has a tidy balance sheet. It is that the old software-industry comparison table is struggling to describe what Microsoft has...

Acronis on July 7, 2026, introduced Entra ID Backup for managed service providers, extending its Microsoft 365 protection portfolio beyond Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams into Microsoft Entra ID identities, access policies, roles, applications, devices and selected Intune configurations. The launch matters because the Microsoft 365 recovery conversation has outgrown the mailbox. As Acronis framed it in its announcement, the identity layer is now both an attack surface and an...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider preview adds a redesigned Account Control flyout in the Start menu, giving users a clearer view of their Microsoft account, Microsoft 365 subscription status, benefits, storage, and upgrade options before the feature reaches the broader Windows 11 audience. The change, reported by WinCentral and presented as part of Microsoft’s continuing Windows 11 interface cleanup, is small enough to miss and revealing enough to matter. It turns the humble Start menu...

A new EtherRAT campaign reported July 6, 2026 uses phishing email, a fake Microsoft Teams call from an external “system administrator,” legitimate remote-access tools, and a malicious Windows Installer to compromise employees and establish blockchain-backed command-and-control on Windows systems. The campaign, detailed by Unit 42 researchers and reported by BleepingComputer and Cyberpress, is not just another malware delivery story. It is a warning that the modern Windows workplace has...

An independent review matters for evaluating IWIHOST.NET in 2026 because the provider is advertising budget VPS plans with KVM virtualization, NVMe storage, ECC memory, global locations, and bandwidth limits that require verification before buyers commit to production workloads. The headline specs are attractive, especially for Linux users who want inexpensive infrastructure without moving into hyperscaler pricing. But in hosting, the distance between a tariff table and a reliable server can...

La Tienda de las Licencias, a Spain-based reseller operated by MYA WIFI S.L.U., is promoting low-cost Windows, Office, Microsoft 365, Windows Server, SQL Server, and security-software licenses through a July 2026 press campaign that frames its business around Europe’s second-hand software resale rules. The pitch is simple enough to set off every Windows user’s scam radar: genuine Microsoft activation for a fraction of the usual sticker price. The reality is more interesting, because the...

A Tesla driver was reportedly filmed on Sunday, July 5, 2026, apparently asleep while a Tesla travelled at roughly 100 km/h on British Columbia’s Highway 1 between Golden and Revelstoke, with two children also appearing to be asleep in the vehicle. Electrek, citing local reporting from Castanet and follow-up coverage by KelownaNow, framed the incident around the obvious engineering question: why did the car’s driver-monitoring system not force a meaningful intervention? The answer is less...

BYD’s Seal 08 flagship sedan went on sale in China on July 2, 2026, and reportedly gathered about 65,000 locked-in orders within just over 30 hours, combining earlier blind bookings with post-launch orders. The number, first circulated through China-focused EV reporting and amplified by Electrek, is less a victory lap than a warning flare. BYD is no longer merely flooding the low end of the EV market; it is compressing premium hardware, fast charging, and advanced driver-assistance...

Microsoft still serves direct Windows 10 ISO downloads in 2026 from its official software-download page, but Windows visitors are steered toward the Media Creation Tool unless the browser identifies itself as a non-Windows device. That small bit of browser theater is the difference between a wizard Microsoft prefers and the raw installation image many power users actually want. The trick is not piracy, not a cracked mirror, and not some back-alley archive; it is Microsoft’s own page changing...

Vanessa Gordon, a mother of two, is trying to manage her 8- and 12-year-old children’s use of Snapchat on her own phone after a Christmas filter game turned into a recurring after-school demand for access. The story, reported by NewsAnyway, is small in scale but large in implication: this is what platform policy looks like when it lands in a kitchen, a hallway, and a parent’s unlocked handset. Gordon is not debating whether her children should own phones. She is confronting the more awkward...

Microsoft said on July 6, 2026, that it would eliminate about 4,800 jobs worldwide, roughly 2.1 percent of its global workforce, with cuts hitting commercial teams and Xbox as the company redirects spending toward artificial intelligence infrastructure. The move is not merely another entry in Big Tech’s layoff ledger. It is a signal that the AI boom is becoming a balance-sheet problem, not just a product strategy. Microsoft is telling investors it can fund the most capital-intensive platform...

Microsoft Office users can enable trusted macros in 2026 by using the yellow Enable Content bar for ordinary trusted documents, removing Windows’ internet “Mark of the Web” block for downloaded files, or changing Trust Center settings when a broader per-app policy change is appropriate. The trick is knowing which security system is actually stopping the code. As Technobezz’s walkthrough makes clear, Microsoft no longer treats every macro warning as the same problem. That is the right...

Microsoft Edge for Business now lets Microsoft 365 administrators control which websites Copilot may browse for employees, using allow and block lists in the Edge management service after Microsoft promoted the feature through its Edge Dev account on July 6, 2026. The change sounds small, almost bureaucratic, but it marks a more important turn in Microsoft’s enterprise AI strategy. Copilot is no longer being treated merely as a chat box bolted onto the browser; it is becoming an agent that...

Samsung’s Galaxy Wearable app is reportedly getting a major redesign in July 2026, with leaked screenshots showing a cleaner One UI-style home screen, larger Galaxy Watch previews, Gemini wrist activation, AI-generated watch tiles, and hooks for Samsung’s next wave of health features. The leak, first surfaced by SammyGuru and amplified by Android Central, 9to5Google, Android Authority, and SamMobile, is not just another cosmetic refresh. It suggests Samsung is preparing its watch software...

Samsung phones are not MagSafe-compatible in the Apple sense, but many Galaxy models can use MagSafe-style cases, mounts, wallets, batteries, and wireless chargers, with charging speeds depending heavily on Qi, Qi2, Samsung wireless-charging support, the case, and the charger. That distinction is the whole story. As BGR usefully summarized this week, a magnetic ring on the back of a Galaxy phone does not magically turn it into an iPhone. It turns Samsung’s wireless-charging story into a...

Redington Limited said on July 6, 2026, that it has earned Microsoft’s Frontier Distributor designation within the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, expanding its recognized role in helping channel partners across India, the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa deploy cloud, AI, security, and business applications. The announcement, reported by CXO DX and framed for investors by Trade Brains, is more than another partner-badge press release. It shows how Microsoft is trying to industrialize AI...

Valve’s new Steam Machine, now shipping in 2026 from $1,049, is a compact SteamOS gaming PC that often performs near a base PlayStation 5 but costs far more and depends heavily on per-game PC tuning. That is the uncomfortable center of the comparison. IGN’s Jackie Thomas framed the machine as surprisingly capable for its size, but still hard to recommend over a PS5 or Xbox Series X for anyone who mainly wants a living-room game box. The Steam Machine is not failing because it is weak; it is...

Katsuhiro Harada said on July 5, 2026, that Hidetaka Miyazaki’s FromSoftware career is “remarkable” not because Dark Souls and Elden Ring became famous, but because Miyazaki and his team built that success through years of overlooked work. As reported by PC Gamer, Harada’s comments are less a celebrity compliment than a rebuke to the way the games business remembers success only after it becomes commercially undeniable. The former Tekken boss is arguing for a slower, less spreadsheet-driven...