GoKawiil - Tech News

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New Microsoft Defender 'ShieldBreak' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: microsoft defender, shieldbreak, rogueplanet

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Microsoft Edge tests Apple Account sign-in support (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-12 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: microsoft edge, apple account, edge canary

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Agentic profiles for effective AI governance (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-12 | by Kasirzadeh | tags: artificial intelligence, agentforce, microsoft

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Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Deluge Continues With August Updates (darkreading.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: microsoft, patch tuesday, cve

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Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holes (krebsonsecurity.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: microsoft, windows, cve-2026-68820

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Why software factories are back - and how they work in the age of AI (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Joe Mckendrick | tags: software factories, microsoft, devops

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Xbox Elite 3 prototype pad leaks with tiny built-in screen (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Sean Hollister | tags: xbox elite series 3, microsoft, xbox cloud gaming

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Windows 11's latest update quietly ends support for picture passwords (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: windows 11, microsoft, picture password

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A developer got Word 1.1a from 1990 to run on Windows 11 - try it yourself (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Lance Whitney | tags: microsoft word, windows 11, github

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Microsoft almost made a Surface phone we actually wanted (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: surface phone, microsoft, surface duo

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Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5120249 extended security update (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: windows 10, microsoft update, secure boot

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Microsoft August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 400 flaws, 3 zero-days (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: microsoft, patch tuesday, zero-day

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AI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More Emissions (wired.com)

2026-08-11 | by Molly Taft | tags: microsoft, artificial intelligence, fossil fuels

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Windows 11 KB5121003 & KB5120240 cumulative updates released (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: windows 11, microsoft update catalog, patch tuesday

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Microsoft raises Windows OEM fees for PC makers by 7% to 10% (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: microsoft, windows, pc makers

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CISA: Microsoft SharePoint flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: sharepoint, cve-2026-45659, microsoft

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Meta’s latest AI model wants to live on your PC (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: meta, muse glimmer, hugging face

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Microsoft's Weather app can eat up to 1.2GB of RAM just sitting open (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: microsoft, windows 11, msn weather

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Developer ports Word for Windows 1.1a to modern x64 systems using original source code (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: word for windows, microsoft, open source

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Microsoft Word circa 1990 can now run on modern Windows, thanks to a new native port (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: microsoft word, windows 1990, open source

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New StormEncryptor ransomware used by former Medusa affiliate (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: stormencryptor, medusa, cve-2026-18577

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Microsoft confirms OneDrive Photos app was rolled out to millions of Windows 11 PCs by mistake, fix incoming (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: one drive, windows 11, jeff teper

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Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quietly Installing Beta 'Photos' App on Enterprise Machines (slashdot.org)

2026-08-10 | by Posted | tags: microsoft, onedrive, photos app

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Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: claude, amazon bedrock, google cloud

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Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: built, memory, microsoft

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x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a arrives — you can now run this seminal 1990 word processor natively in Windows 11 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Mark Tyson | tags: code, github, microsoft

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Windows 11 26H2 is a small update with big quality-of-life improvements, expected around October 2026 (techspot.com)

2026-08-08 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: cloud, copilot, microsoft

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I read Microsoft's Windows 11 'quality' progress report - and the subtext says it all (zdnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Ed Bott | tags: file, just, microsoft

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Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results (wired.com)

2026-08-06 | by Isabella Ward | tags: alam, majorana, microsoft

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VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft's hidden GDID tracking on Windows — Windscribe's "deGDID" erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from being created (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: degdid, gdid, keys