enterprise security

ASUS’s new ExpertBook Ultra family promises to bring on-device AI, enterprise-grade security, and premium hardware into reach for small and medium-sized businesses — and the move could meaningfully change how SMBs equip hybrid teams for collaboration and productivity. Background / Overview ASUS...

I swapped a polished Windows 11 desktop for Linux Mint and, after several weeks of hands‑on use and verification against project documentation and community reporting, found seven clear areas where Mint delivers a simpler, faster, or more private everyday experience — and a set of trade‑offs...

The vulnerability landscape just jumped into overdrive: 2025 closed with more than 48,000 CVEs, attackers weaponized a growing share of those flaws within hours, and this week’s must‑patch list includes critical, actively exploited defects in n8n, Fortinet FortiCloud SSO, WinRAR and GNU...

I Am Worried About the New Batch of 2026 Windows PCs — a deep-dive (WindowsForum feature) By [YourName], Senior Features Editor, WindowsForum Published January 29, 2026 Lead: You watched the clip — a creator laying out why the 2026 batch of Windows PCs, shipped with Windows 11 and Microsoft’s...

Windows 11 Pro arrives at the center of modern IT conversations not as a cosmetic refresh but as a deliberate recalibration of how organisations secure, manage, and measure work in hybrid, cloud-first environments. Background Windows 11 Pro is the edition Microsoft positions for professionals...

WindWindows 11 Pro has been positioned by vendors and some outlets as the professional operating system for modern workflows — a platform that blends a refreshed user experience, enterprise-grade security, and management features designed for hybrid and distributed teams — but the true value for...

Windows 11 Pro arrives in the office not as a visual refresh but as a deliberately engineered toolkit for modern professional workflows — one that bundles beefed-up security, centralized management, and productivity features aimed at reducing friction across hybrid teams and developer...

GWI has launched Agent Spark, an “always‑on” insights agent that embeds the company’s proprietary audience data directly into major conversational AI platforms — including ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and Microsoft Copilot — promising marketer‑grade audience analysis in seconds by querying what...

Microsoft Edge’s latest Stable update finally hands users a simple, supported way to remove the Copilot toolbar icon — but that small win sits inside a much larger, messy landscape of WebGL backend changes, new enterprise controls, and ongoing questions about how Microsoft is reshaping Edge...

If you’re standing at a Windows 11 setup screen and wondering whether upgrading to Pro is worth the outlay, the hard truth is simple: for day‑to‑day use the desktop, gaming features, and core security look and behave the same — but if you need centralized management, enterprise‑grade encryption...

Microsoft has begun shipping Copilot Actions to Windows users as part of the broader Copilot rollout, bringing experimental agentic automation—agents that can click, type, open files and chain multi‑step workflows—to Windows in a permissioned, visible Agent Workspace designed for auditability...

In a pair of linked developments that underline how organizations large and small are wrestling with Windows 10’s lifecycle, two stories stand out: a long‑running, large‑scale DoD deployment of Windows 10 that put millions of defense endpoints onto Microsoft’s modern desktop, and a new wave of...

A single click on a Copilot deep link exposed a new class of prompt‑injection exfiltration, security telemetry shows ChatGPT remains the dominant pathway for enterprise generative‑AI data exposure, and Alibaba’s Qwen is pushing conversational commerce from chat into payments — three developments...

A new, deceptively simple attack named “Reprompt” has exposed a critical weakness in Microsoft Copilot Personal: with a single click on a legitimate Copilot deep link an attacker could, under the right conditions, mount a multistage, stealthy data‑exfiltration chain that pulls names, locations...

Microsoft has quietly shipped KB4052623 — an official platform update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus — that closes a widely reported scan‑skip bug while also adding a set of consequential platform changes administrators must understand before deploying it broadly. Background Shortly before...

Microsoft has recorded CVE-2026-20866 as an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Windows Management Services (WMS) and delivered the fix as part of the January 2026 security roll‑up; the vendor advisory confirms the existence and impact class but publishes minimal low‑level exploit...

Microsoft is now testing a permissioned ability to share your entire desktop with Copilot Vision on Windows 11, letting the AI “see” everything visible on your screen during a session and respond in real time — a change Microsoft says is opt‑in, visible while active, and stoppable at any time...

HP’s EliteBoard G1a compresses a full Windows PC into a slim membrane keyboard, bringing AMD’s Ryzen AI 300-series silicon, a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) rated at over 50 TOPS, and Copilot+ PC capabilities to a 12 mm, 750 g chassis that’s designed to be carried between desks and...

AI mood boards are the new sketchbook for many designers — a fast, conversational way to go from a brief to several distinct visual directions without leaving PowerPoint, Word, or Microsoft Designer. Background / Overview Microsoft positions Copilot as an assistant embedded across Microsoft 365...

ServiceNow’s hire of Hossein Nowbar as president and chief legal officer on January 5, 2026, crystallizes a broader strategic pivot: the workflow giant is stacking senior legal firepower as it accelerates an aggressive M&A program to build an AI‑native, data‑driven security and governance stack...