Microsoft Confirms July Windows Update Is Causing Some Dell Laptops to Shut Down and Overheat

Microsoft Confirms July Windows Update Is Causing Some Dell Laptops to Shut Down and Overheat

Microsoft has acknowledged that a recent Windows 11 preview update has caused a limited number of Dell laptops to experience unexpected shutdowns, higher operating temperatures, rapid battery drain, and reduced performance. The issue was first flagged during Dell’s internal testing and later confirmed by Microsoft on July 14, 2026. A specific Intel driver interacting with a newly introduced Windows USB-C

Microsoft Extends Windows 10 Extended Security Updates Through October 2027

Microsoft Extends Windows 10 Extended Security Updates Through October 2027

Microsoft has quietly extended its consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10, pushing the cutoff for critical security patches out another year to October 12, 2027. The move gives millions of users who have not yet migrated to Windows 11 additional time to receive important and critical security fixes, while Microsoft continues to encourage upgrades to the newer

Breaking the code: how a multi-stage “code of conduct” phishing campaign led to AiTM token compromise

Breaking the code: how a multi-stage “code of conduct” phishing campaign led to AiTM token compromise

Phishing has evolved from crude scams to carefully engineered deceptions that mimic trusted internal processes. In mid‑April 2026, Microsoft Defender Research observed a large, multi‑stage campaign that did exactly that: it masqueraded as internal “code of conduct” notifications, used polished templates and legitimate delivery services, and funneled victims through a sequence of CAPTCHA and staging pages that ultimately proxied real

Critical Microsoft 365 Copilot Flaws: What Organizations Need to Know

Critical Microsoft 365 Copilot Flaws: What Organizations Need to Know

Microsoft has disclosed and silently remediated three critical information-disclosure vulnerabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat in Microsoft Edge. The flaws—CVE-2026-26129, CVE-2026-26164, and CVE-2026-33111—were published on May 7, 2026, and Microsoft reports that mitigations were deployed on the cloud side so that no customer action or patch installation is required. While that immediate remediation reduces near-term risk, the underlying

The Credential-Free Watchdog: Mastering Event-Driven App Automation

The Credential-Free Watchdog: Mastering Event-Driven App Automation

We have all been there. You are an automation lover. You have built a masterpiece — a Scheduled Task, perfectly configured, credentials entered, running like clockwork. You walk away like a hero. Then Monday morning hits. Your account is locked. Your coffee tastes like failure. I once left a mapped network drive in an SOE test build and completely forgot

Accenture’s Big Bet: Rolling Copilot Out to 743,000 Employees and What It Means for Enterprise AI

Accenture’s Big Bet: Rolling Copilot Out to 743,000 Employees and What It Means for Enterprise AI

Accenture is expanding its use of Microsoft’s Copilot 365 AI assistant across its entire global workforce—about 743,000 people—a move that marks one of the largest enterprise deployments of the tool to date. The companies did not disclose financial terms, but the scale of the rollout sends a clear signal: major consultancies are moving from pilot projects to firmwide adoption, betting