Microsoft is preparing fixes for the calendar problems making the move from Classic Outlook to New Outlook disruptive. Automapped calendars will follow users between the two Windows clients, while Exchange Online shared calendars will move to a faster REST-based synchronization model without administrator intervention.

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Cisco plans to make Cloud Control available to US customers by the end of August, bringing its deep networking AI models into an agentic operations platform. The models will also be offered for on-premises deployment, while Cisco works out token-based pricing and wider regional availability.

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Windows 11 26H1 preview build 28000.2608 addresses a failure that could stop File History from backing up to SMB network shares while falsely reporting invalid credentials. KB5101681 also adds a calendar-based Windows Update pause control and makes Widgets less disruptive.

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The MCP 2026-07-28 specification is now live, replacing session-based protocol behavior with a stateless request/response core. Claude is beginning support across its products, while developers gain standardized extensions, stronger OAuth/OIDC integration, and a simpler path to scaling MCP servers on ordinary HTTP infrastructure.

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Satya Nadella is urging companies to keep their prompts, usage data, memory, and AI coding workflows under their own control instead of handing them to one proprietary AI provider. His proposed defense is an AI gateway that lets businesses switch models, reduce lock-in, and eventually train their own or open-weight models.

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Microsoft Teams can continue showing Out of Office after you return because the presence state is synchronized with Outlook’s automatic-reply settings. Turning it off in Teams may not be enough: clear the setting in Outlook as well to remove the stale status and automatic replies.

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Claude Mythos Preview has moved beyond finding implementation bugs: Anthropic says it discovered mathematical weaknesses in cryptographic designs themselves. The findings affect a post-quantum signature candidate and a reduced-round AES variant, but do not currently require changes to production systems.

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MCP 2026-07-28 turns the Model Context Protocol into a stateless request/response system by removing its initialization handshake and session ID. The change lets administrators run MCP servers behind ordinary round-robin load balancers without sticky sessions or shared session storage, while new authorization and deprecation rules add migration work.

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The Microsoft 365 Admin agent is now generally available for all Microsoft 365 administrators. This AI-powered tool lets you manage Microsoft 365 services using natural language prompts instead of navigating complex menus. It provides a unified experience across the Microsoft 365 admin center and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. The agent respects your existing permissions and requires explicit approval before making any changes. This article explores the features, security controls, and configuration options for the Microsoft 365 Admin agent.

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Snowflake has introduced Cortex AI Gateway, a centralized control layer for governing enterprise AI agents across models, tools, MCP servers, and internal systems. The gateway combines access policies, activity monitoring, and token-cost tracking for Snowflake agents and third-party tools such as Claude Code and Cursor.

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1Password has launched Privileged Access, a just-in-time access control feature that gives engineers and AI agents only the permissions required for a specific task. Access is automatically removed when the session ends, reducing the risk of forgotten privileges and exposed credentials.

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Microsoft’s August 2026 Windows 11 update is expected to add TPM-backed verification for KMS hosts, making it harder for unauthorized or cloned activation servers to pass as legitimate. The release also gives users more control over AI components and expands Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security to external fingerprint readers.

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the company does not support a blanket ban on open-weights models, despite recent criticism and an industry pushback against tighter restrictions. He instead wants policymakers to target powerful AI chips, industrial-scale model distillation, and safety risks across both open and closed models.

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Apple briefly became a $5 trillion company after its stock rose above $340 in intraday trading on July 28, 2026. The surge also returned Apple to the position of the world’s most valuable public company, ahead of Nvidia.

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The CEO of OpenAI describes AI authoritarianism as a future where one model, organization, or government becomes the primary gatekeeper of intelligence. It remains uncertain whether he refers to the US or China when discussing authoritarian control.

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Windows’ built-in clipboard history is convenient, but its limited history and basic organization leave room for more capable tools. Six alternatives stand out by adding unlimited storage, search, automation, synchronization, or data cleanup for users who copy text, images, files, and code regularly.

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Microsoft has put its dynamic WinRT projection for Node.js and Electron into public preview, giving JavaScript and TypeScript applications a simpler way to call Windows APIs without custom native addons. The Windows App Development CLI v0.5.0 also adds local AI access, broader desktop UI automation, and improved WinUI crash diagnostics.

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Microsoft is pairing Project Perception’s autonomous cyberdefense with Microsoft Defender protections that can detect and block risky AI agent behavior at runtime. Project Perception enters public preview August 3, while local agent runtime protection on Windows is already available in public preview.

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Microsoft 365 Data Lifecycle Management is adding retention policies for Planner tasks, including deletion or retention based on creation and last-modified dates. The rollout is scheduled to reach general availability worldwide by mid-August 2026, but the last-modified value is not exposed through the Planner Graph API.

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