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Artificial Intelligence

Automate Your Claude Code Workflow: A Practical Guide to Scheduled Tasks

A little automation goes a long way. If you spend any time monitoring deployments, babysitting long-running builds, checking back on pull requests, or simply reminding yourself to follow up on something later, Claude Code’s scheduled tasks give you a lightweight, session-scoped way to run prompts on a cadence. They let Claude re-run prompts automatically while your session is open, turning repetitive checks into background chores so you can focus on…

Saugata DattaMar 21, 20266 min read638

Automation

Microsoft Plans to Disable Hands‑Free Automated Installation for Windows 11 and Server 2025 After Critical RCE Flaw

Microsoft has announced a hardening plan for Windows Deployment Services (WDS) after the discovery of a critical remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2026-0386, that compromises hands‑free automated installations. The vulnerability exposes Unattend.xml answer files over an unauthenticated channel, allowing an attacker on the same network segment to intercept or tamper with deployment configurations. For organizations that depend on network-based provisioning to deploy Windows at scale, this presents a significant operational and…

Saugata DattaMar 16, 20264 min read551

AI Agents and Frameworks

Claude’s New Release — Supercharged Multi‑Agent Code Review for Every PR

Good code review is getting harder as teams ship more code. Claude’s new release brings a deeper, multi-agent review system to Claude Code so every pull request can get a careful read. The goal is simple: surface the bugs and edge cases that quick skims miss, while leaving the final approval to human reviewers. What this release is This new release introduces Code Review in research preview for Team and…

Saugata DattaMar 13, 20263 min read729

Artificial Intelligence

Claude Makes Projects and Artifacts Free — What Changed and How to Use Them

Anthropic has moved two previously paid capabilities of its Claude AI assistant — Projects and Artifacts — into the free tier. Combined with earlier changes (Memory made free) and other expanded allowances, the update gives non-paying users access to a more workspace-like experience inside Claude. This post summarizes what changed, explains how Projects and Artifacts work, and offers practical, fact-based ways to use them. What changed Projects and Artifacts, formerly…

Saugata DattaMar 13, 20264 min read730

AI Agents and Frameworks

Microsoft Copilot Cowork: Automating Multi-Step Workflows Inside Microsoft 365

Microsoft announced Copilot Cowork as a new Copilot capability for Microsoft 365 that moves beyond single-response assistance to plan-and-execute workflows across Microsoft 365 apps and files. Cowork converts a user’s intent into a structured plan, runs the plan across supported apps and data sources, and surfaces checkpoints that require user confirmation before applying changes. The feature is positioned to operate within existing Microsoft 365 security and governance controls and is…

Saugata DattaMar 10, 20263 min read631

Artificial Intelligence

Introducing the Azure Skills Plugin: Practical Azure Workflows for Coding Agents

The Azure Skills Plugin brings curated Azure expertise and an execution layer together so coding agents can do more than offer generic guidance. Rather than just suggesting commands or linking to documentation, the plugin packages decision logic (skills) and structured tools (MCP servers) so agents can reason about workflows and, when appropriate, run actions against real Azure resources. What the plugin is The plugin is a single install that combines…

Saugata DattaMar 10, 20264 min read699

Automation

From Tunnel to Cloud: The 2026 Strategy Guide to Self‑Hosting vs Third‑Party VPN

In 2026 the boundary between "VPN" and "personal cloud" is fuzzier than ever. A third‑party VPN still sells one‑click privacy and wide geo-hopping, but for many users that convenience now trades away transparency, extensibility, and long‑term value. Renting a small VPS and running WireGuard, AdGuard Home, Vaultwarden, and automation tools like n8n converts a disposable privacy tool into a persistent private cloud you control. This guide helps you decide which…

Saugata DattaMar 6, 20265 min read758

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic’s Claude Plugins: Turning AI into Departmental Power Tools

Anthropic’s latest update to Claude is less about a single chatbot and more about turning generative AI into a set of specialized assistants that live inside everyday enterprise workflows. The company has released a suite of job-specific plugins and a management layer that lets organizations tailor Claude into role-focused agents for HR, finance, research and other functions. Coupled with deeper integrations into common enterprise tools and a new remote-access feature…

Saugata DattaFeb 28, 20265 min read821

Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI’s Next Frontier: Smart Speakers, Glasses, and the Hardware Bet on Everyday AI

The idea that artificial intelligence lives only in the cloud or behind a chat window is changing. OpenAI—best known for conversational models that scale across apps and businesses—is reportedly building a family of physical devices, starting with a smart speaker and potentially expanding into smart glasses and even a smart lamp. This move represents a pivotal moment in how AI companies think about integrating their models into daily life: not…

Saugata DattaFeb 22, 20265 min read668

AI Agents and Frameworks

Claude Cowork finally lands on Windows

Anthropic’s Claude Cowork has arrived on Windows, closing a major platform gap and bringing its AI-powered desktop agent to a much larger share of enterprise users. The Windows release delivers local file access, multi-step automation, plugin integrations, and Model Context Protocol connectors, matching the macOS version and positioning Cowork as a mainstream productivity agent for knowledge work. What Cowork brings to the desktop Claude Cowork is designed to move beyond…

Saugata DattaFeb 13, 20264 min read949

Automation

From The Blinking Cursor to The Thinking Machine: A Memoir of Automation

There is a specific kind of silence that only exists in a server room late at night. It isn’t actually quiet—the fans are screaming, the air conditioning is humming like a jet engine, and the hard drives are clicking in a chaotic rhythm. But for those of us who have spent the last two decades in IT, it feels silent because we are alone with the machine. For people like…

Saugata DattaFeb 11, 202610 min read948

Artificial Intelligence

When Plugins Move Markets: Lessons from a Single-Day “SaaSpocalypse”

Anthropic’s rapid rollout of open‑source plugins for Claude Cowork—especially a legal workflow plugin—triggered a market shock that erased roughly $285 billion in software, legal‑tech, and related stocks in a single day. The episode is less about one technical breakthrough and more about a strategic shift: model providers are moving from offering raw capability to delivering vertical workflows. That marginal step changes how value is captured across the enterprise software stack…

Saugata DattaFeb 6, 20264 min read746

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