Version 2609 is the first Configuration Manager release in Microsoft's yearly cadence, and it adds few new capabilities. The release raises the floor for SQL Server to 2017, ends support for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 as client operating systems, and removes Asset Intelligence reports. Hierarchies with a cloud management gateway (CMG) are migrated automatically to new Azure VM sizes, version 2 of the load balancer NAT rules, and Microsoft Entra authentication for storage. Security-related changes include a prerequisite warning when automatic client approval is enabled and elimination of the TRUSTWORTHY requirement for the site database.

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Outlook.com is rejecting some legitimate emails over sender authentication failures, including messages from small senders and domains that reportedly have valid records. A Microsoft support forum moderator described the problem as a service degradation under investigation, but Microsoft has not confirmed the cause or announced a change to its requirements.

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Google Cloud has added two new eighth-generation TPU systems—not entirely new chip designs, but updated configurations for different AI demands. TPU 8tx adds confidential-computing protections and lower-latency networking to the same chip used in TPU 8t, while TPU 8i Max packs more silicon per package than TPU 8i to increase memory capacity and bandwidth.

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Broadcom’s VM API lets organizations provision and manage virtual machines through Kubernetes, the platform widely used to orchestrate containers. The open-source project has been accepted into the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s Sandbox for early-stage projects. It aims to provide a common way to manage VMs across different infrastructure providers without replacing existing virtualization investments.

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Microsoft has documented hard deletion protection for Entra ID directory objects, adding a seven-day safeguard against permanent removal after an object is soft-deleted. The feature can protect selected users, groups, applications and service principals, but administrators should choose carefully: once enabled on an object, protection cannot be turned off.

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Wirken is an open-source gateway that connects messaging apps to AI agents while limiting what those agents can do. It runs on Linux and macOS, with a separate installation path and feature set for Windows 11. Its safeguards include credential isolation, sandboxed shell commands and signed audit logs, though outbound connections are not fully controlled.

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Linux 7.4-rc2 brings a cautious sign of relief from the growing workload of AI-discovered bugs: fixes for the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) subsystem are reportedly arriving faster than new reports. BPF lets small, verified programs run inside the Linux kernel for tasks such as network monitoring and security analysis. Linus Torvalds says most other kernel areas have probably not reached that point. The release follows Linux 7.4-rc1’s unusually large change set, which included more AI-assisted work during the merge window.

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Microsoft has clarified that its redesigned WinUI 3 Registry Editor is a developer sample, not a preview of a replacement for Windows 11’s existing tool. The sample can edit the real Windows Registry, but several familiar features are unfinished.

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Dutch police detained 150–200 people on suspicion of trespassing after protesters entered a Microsoft AI data center construction site in Amsterdam on November 6. The demonstration is part of a wider campaign against data center expansion and its environmental impact.

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METR estimates that Anthropic’s progress on well-defined research tasks has roughly doubled, with AI assistance potentially responsible for 80% of the acceleration.

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Physicist Brian Greene suspects ChatGPT and Claude aren’t conscious, but the hard problem of consciousness leaves him without a way to prove it.

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A clip of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella imagining millions of AI agents working alongside employees is circulating just after the company offered voluntary exits to about 60,000 staff. Nadella’s June remarks were a thought experiment, not an announced deployment target, and Microsoft says AI is not behind the buyouts.

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A new wave of refrigeration cyberattacks has disrupted European supermarkets, with attackers changing temperature settings and forcing some stores to discard food. The incidents follow similar attacks in France, while US agencies have warned that systems protecting food and medicine are also at risk.

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AMD is testing a fix for a Radeon graphics driver issue that can cause continuous SSD writes on Windows PCs. Users have traced the activity to AMD External Events Utility, a service that handles display-related functions. An AMD representative said a potential fix is undergoing final validation.

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Anthropic’s benchmark gains have accelerated to nearly twice their earlier pace, with the unreleased Model 4 topping the pack, according to an assessment by AI evaluator METR.

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Microsoft is winding down its Oracle AI cloud capacity rental after deciding not to renew the contract, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Microsoft has been switching off the rented capacity in recent months as its computing needs changed. The Oracle hardware used an older generation of Nvidia chips.

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Meta’s Muse is a personal AI agent that can handle tasks such as managing an inbox or making reservations. Meta is rolling out specialized models trained using its more capable Muse Wonder model to Muse and Meta AI users, including those on the free Muse tier. The new models bring Wonder’s Active Memory and Active Focus features to everyday tasks.

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Microsoft is testing a Windows Hello update that lets Windows 11 users enter a PIN while face or fingerprint recognition is still running. Experimental build 26340.9882 also introduces sign-in logs for IT administrators. The changes are rolling out gradually, and Microsoft has not announced a general release date.

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Attackers gained root access to an Alpine Linux honeypot by exploiting SSHole, a flaw in OpenSSH, the software used for secure remote logins. Security firm Previdian observed the first attempt less than nine hours after disclosure of the OpenSSH password bypass, tracked as CVE-2026-123158.

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