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Microsoft has warned Azure customers they may see higher‑than‑normal latency and intermittent service degradation after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours while carriers and cloud operators reroute and prepare for repairs. Background: why the Red Sea matters to the cloud and the internet The global internet runs on a dense web of submarine fiber cables that carry the vast majority of intercontinental traffic. A disproportionately...

Microsoft warned Azure customers that parts of its global cloud network are seeing higher-than-normal latency after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours while engineers reroute and rebalance capacity. Background The Red Sea is a strategic subsea corridor connecting Europe, the Middle East and Asia. A cluster of fiber systems — including major east‑west trunks used for Europe–Asia transit — crosses this narrow maritime choke point...

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Microsoft's Azure cloud is reporting elevated latency and intermittent service slowdowns after a cluster of undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer, higher-latency routes while repairs and rerouting continue. Background The global internet runs on a web of submarine fiber-optic cables that carry the bulk of intercontinental data. When key segments of those cables are damaged, the effects are immediate and measurable: capacity shrinks, routing changes...

Microsoft confirmed that parts of its Azure cloud network are seeing higher-than-normal latency after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours while carriers and cloud operators reroute and prepare repair operations. Background The global internet depends on an interwoven web of submarine cables that carry the vast majority of cross‑continent traffic. A concentrated corridor through the Red Sea connects Asia, the Middle East and...

Microsoft confirmed that parts of its Azure cloud experienced increased latency and routing disruption after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were damaged, forcing traffic to be rerouted through longer, less direct paths and raising fresh questions about the fragility of global cloud connectivity. The outage advisory — posted as a service-health update — warned customers that traffic between the Middle East and both Asia and Europe may be degraded while repairs, rerouting...

Microsoft has warned that users of its Azure cloud may see higher-than-normal latency and intermittent disruptions after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer alternate routes while repair work and global rerouting continue. Background The Red Sea is a critical chokepoint for submarine communications: multiple major fiber systems transit the corridor between Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and damage there quickly ripples into higher...

Microsoft has quietly closed another chapter of Windows history by retiring a clutch of familiar apps — Internet Explorer, Paint 3D, Movies & TV (storefront), Groove Music’s streaming service, and the legacy Mail app — each disappearance reflecting a larger strategy to consolidate services, cut maintenance overhead, and push users toward fewer, more unified experiences. Background Microsoft’s pattern of retiring apps is both deliberate and pragmatic. Over the past decade the company has...

Intel’s Application Optimization (APO) has received another round of support updates, expanding the number of game profiles and refining how hybrid Intel CPUs are used while gaming — a move that promises small-to-noticeable frame-rate and frame‑time improvements for certain titles, but that also reinforces the reality that APO’s benefits are highly situational and dependent on processor, BIOS/driver state, and the GPU in use. Background Intel introduced Application Optimization (commonly...

File Pilot arrived as one of those rare Windows utilities that makes you rethink a core desktop habit — opening and navigating folders — and after testing a half-dozen modern alternatives and a couple of legacy power-user tools, it’s the one that kept my attention. A hands-on review that compared eight File Explorer replacements singled File Pilot out for its speed, modern visuals, and productivity-first features, all delivered from a tiny, fast binary in public beta. Background Windows’...

Google’s decision to replace the long-serving Google Assistant on Nest and Google Home devices with a Gemini-powered assistant — branded Gemini for Home and launching into early access on October 1, 2025 — is one of the most consequential shifts in the smart‑home assistant market in years. (blog.google, macrumors.com) Background / Overview Google Assistant has been the company’s consumer-facing voice platform for nearly a decade, bundled into phones, speakers, displays, TVs and third‑party...

Microsoft has confirmed what many in the PC world have been preparing for: Windows 10 reaches end of support on October 14, 2025, and that date changes the security calculus for hundreds of millions of devices worldwide. Microsoft will stop shipping routine security and quality updates for consumer editions after that date, but it has also opened a temporary consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) pathway — a time‑boxed safety net that can deliver critical and important security fixes...

Përdorimi i ngadalshëm, eksperimentet e shumta dhe pasojat e mundshme në tregun e punës tregojnë se generative AI po transformon mënyrën se si bizneset funksionojnë, por përfitimet e mëdha ekonomike ende mbeten kryesisht premtuese, jo të realizuara. Overview Në vitet e fundit, interesimi për modelët gjenerues të Inteligjencës Artificiale (si GPT-4 dhe rivalët) është rritur fuqishëm, duke tërhequr investime masive dhe duke rritur vlerën e tregut të kompanive teknologjike. Megjithatë, adoptimi...

Microsoft is giving eligible U.S. college students a free, full 12‑month subscription to Microsoft 365 Personal with Copilot built in — a time‑limited offer that bundles Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, 1 TB of OneDrive storage and Microsoft’s generative AI assistant into students’ personal Microsoft accounts when they verify school enrollment by October 31, 2025. Background / Overview Microsoft announced the student promotion as part of a broader education and workforce push...

Microsoft’s long-running flirtation with theme options in Windows has taken a decisive, system-wide turn: Windows 10’s Light Mode moves beyond the piecemeal light accents of earlier releases and applies a unified, pale palette across the system shell — including the Start menu, taskbar, Action Center, flyouts and more. The change swaps many of the black and dark-gray borders users have become used to for white and soft gray surfaces, and it arrives as a first-class option alongside the...

Steven Spielberg nearly directed a Call of Duty movie — and the story of how that almost-happened illuminates a larger, unavoidable tension at the intersection of blockbuster Hollywood and corporate-owned videogame IP: creative auteurs want the freedom to shape tone and audience, while publishers increasingly insist on retaining control over their most valuable brands. According to multiple industry reports, Spielberg and his Amblin team pitched a Call of Duty film to Activision (in...

A cluster of community test benches and vendors dug into one of this summer’s more alarming update chases: after Microsoft’s August 12, 2025 cumulative for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878) some users reported NVMe drives disappearing mid‑write and, in a minority of cases, returning corrupted or unreadable — but the official industry response so far points to a more complicated, and possibly non‑software, explanation. Multiple outlets and vendors say Microsoft’s telemetry and Phison’s lab...

The Dell 14 Plus arrives not as a headline-stealer but as a steady, unimaginative workhorse: modestly priced, competent where it needs to be, and unapologetically conservative in every visible choice. For buyers whose priority is reliability over razzle-dazzle—IT fleets, students, knowledge workers who treat a laptop as a tool rather than a badge—this is precisely the kind of product that makes sense. The machine’s strengths are plain and measurable: modern AMD Ryzen AI silicon in some SKUs...

Microsoft has quietly opened the gates: Windows 11 version 25H2 is now available to testers in the Windows Insider Release Preview channel as a small, fast enablement package that flips features already staged in the 24H2 servicing branch — which means you can install the 2025 annual update on eligible PCs today, test it in your environment, and then opt out of Insider previewing while keeping the new version once the public rollout begins. Background Microsoft’s recent servicing model for...

If your Windows 11 PC feels sluggish online, the problem is rarely magical — it’s usually fixable with a targeted combination of settings, driver updates, and simple network housekeeping. This guide pulls together the most reliable, up‑to‑date ways to speed up internet on Windows 11, explains why each change helps, and highlights the trade‑offs and risks before you press Apply. Read this if you want a practical checklist to increase internet speed on Windows 11, whether you’re chasing faster...