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Microsoft Explains Surface’s 5-Year AMD Chip Gap [2026]

Microsoft has finally put a name and a sentence to something PC buyers had noticed for years: there is no AMD processor anywhere in the current Surface lineup. Surface Corporate Vice President Brett Ostrum told Windows Central that the gap is not a verdict on AMD’s silicon, but a side effect of how few Surface…

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Apps

Google Play Fees Drop to 20%, Fortnite Hits AU [2026]

Fortnite’s six-year exile from Android’s biggest storefront in Australia is ending in pieces, not all at once. On September 2, 2026, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued Final Determination AA1000718, authorizing Google and Epic Games to implement a settlement that unwinds the Google Play ban first imposed in August 2020. The authorization took…

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BMW plans to use AI to cut 20% of management roles by mid-2027

BMW is putting artificial intelligence at the center of a major corporate restructuring that will shrink its management structure by 20% by mid-2027, offering one of the clearest examples yet of AI moving from corporate productivity pitches into the organizational […] The post BMW plans to use AI to cut 20% of management roles by…

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Meta classified Zuckerberg as a researcher to claim $355 million tax break on $4.1 billion pay, NYT reports

Meta turned billions of dollars in Mark Zuckerberg’s stock compensation into a research tax break, arguing that its CEO’s work building Facebook qualified him for a federal government incentive for technological research. The company claimed roughly $355 million in tax […] The post Meta classified Zuckerberg as a researcher to claim $355 million tax break…

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Cyber Security

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog  

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-76504 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Hex Encoding Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and poses significant risks to the federal enterprise.  Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04: Prioritizing Security…

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