Microsoft has released an out-of-band (OOB) emergency update—KB5086672—to address installation problems introduced by the March 2026 non-security preview update (KB5079391). The optional cumulative preview, which shipped for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, was pulled after users began reporting installation failures with the error code 0x80073712. KB5086672 was published on March 31, 2026 as a replacement that both restores the
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AI for Nuclear Energy — Powering an Intelligent, Resilient Future
The world’s surge in power demand is colliding with an energy infrastructure that was largely designed for an analog age. Meeting that demand with clean, reliable power requires more than ambition; it requires faster, repeatable delivery of complex projects. Nuclear energy is central to that future, but development timelines, fragmented data, and heavy regulatory processes create persistent bottlenecks. Artificial intelligence,
OpenAI Brings Plugins to Codex, Narrowing the Gap with Claude Code
OpenAI has quietly expanded Codex’s capabilities by adding a plugins system — a move that makes the coding assistant feel less like a standalone tool and more like a configurable platform. On the surface, these plugins are collections that can include workflow “skills,” integrations with external applications, and connections to MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers. For users, the most immediate
OpenAI Pulls the Plug on Sora: Why the Video Platform Failed and What Comes Next
OpenAI’s Sora arrived with a burst of excitement: a consumer-facing video generator that turned text prompts into short, striking clips. For a moment, it felt like a clear signal that generative video had arrived. Yet, less than a year after its high-profile debut, OpenAI has decided to wind Sora down—removing the Sora app, shutting the Sora API, and stripping video
Aura Exposed: When 900,000 Marketing Contacts Turned Into a Security Crisis
Aura, the consumer digital safety company known for identity protection and fraud monitoring, recently confirmed a data breach that exposed nearly 900,000 marketing contacts. What seems like a single shocking number actually reveals deeper problems: legacy data inherited through acquisitions, the continued effectiveness of social-engineering attacks, and the tricky line between marketing lists and active customer records. This incident is
Two Words, One Deal: How “Stateful” vs “Stateless” Could Decide a $50 Billion Cloud Dispute
Last week’s reporting brought into sharp relief a narrowly technical — but potentially enormous — dispute between Microsoft, Amazon and OpenAI over a reported $50 billion commercial arrangement. At the center of the controversy are two terms engineers use every day: “stateful” and “stateless.” Depending on how those words are interpreted, Microsoft may have grounds to claim a breach of