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Iran-Linked Hackers Shut UK Power Plant for 4 Days [2026]

A cyberattack that British officials privately link to Iran forced a small UK power generator offline for four days in July 2026, in what security researchers describe as the first confirmed case of an Iran-linked group successfully knocking a UK energy asset out of service. The incident, first reported by The Telegraph and the Financial…

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RTX 4090 vs RTX 5080: 15% RT Gap, DLSS 5 Snub [2026]

Nvidia dropped a detail at its SIGGRAPH 2026 keynote on July 20 that changes the calculus for anyone still deciding between an RTX 4090 and an RTX 5080: DLSS 5 ships this fall, and it runs exclusively on RTX 50-series hardware. No RTX 40-series support has been announced, which means the 4090, Nvidia’s own flagship…

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Powering America’s Genesis Mission: Microsoft’s commitment to scientific discovery

Today, we’re excited to share a long-term commitment to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission, backed by a $60 million investment designed to accelerate AI for science and the breakthroughs it can deliver for the country. This deepened commitment includes Microsoft’s new Scientific Partnership Advancing Research & Knowledge coordination hub and program office, otherwise……

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Announcing new builds for 21 August 2026

Hello Windows Insiders, Today, we’re releasing new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds to the Beta and Experimental Channels. Experimental Feature Flags We’ve fixed the issue causing the Feature Flags list to show empty for Ins The post Announcing new builds for 21 August 2026 appeared first on Windows Blog.

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Announcing new builds for 17 August 2026

Hello Windows Insiders, Today, we’re releasing new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds to the Beta and Experimental Channels. This post also includes reminders about renewed flight certificates and the current Feature Flags settings issue in the Exp The post Announcing new builds for 17 August 2026 appeared first on Windows Blog.

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Announcing new Release Preview builds for 14 August 2026

Hello Windows Insiders, Today we’re releasing new builds for Release Preview across our supported versions of Windows 11.  Please see the build numbers and links to the release notes below: Windows 11 version 24H2/25H2: <a href="https: The post Announcing new Release Preview builds for 14 August 2026 appeared first on Windows Blog.

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Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holes

Microsoft today released updates to remedy at least 398 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including one weakness that is already being actively exploited and two others that were publicly detailed prior to today.

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Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws

Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number of vulnerabilities the software giant fixed in its record-smashing Patch Tuesday release last month. Microsoft attributed the burgeoning patch counts to vulnerability discoveries aided by artificial intelligence.

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