Microsoft released the January 13, 2026 security baseline today — published as KB5074109 — and enterprise administrators should treat this as both a mandatory security checkpoint and a practical reminder about the new Hotpatch servicing cadence for Windows 11 Enterprise (24H2 and 25H2). The...
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Microsoft’s Windows ecosystem is busy this week: Microsoft pushed a small but meaningful Canary‑channel maintenance build that smooths a handful of daily friction points, the first cumulative for January 2026 remedies an odd battery regression tied to Neural Processing Units (NPUs) and prepares...
