On 6 November 2026, Microsoft shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 29704.1000 to the Experimental (Future Platforms) channel. The standout change is granular privacy: you can permit or refuse camera, microphone, and location for each desktop application instead of depending on one blanket device setting. The same build resolves Windows Update error 0x80070057 - 0x20003, which halted some upgrades in the SAFE_OS phase, and repairs HDMI and DisplayPort audio on certain AMD graphics hardware. This piece walks through the new permissions model, its fit with enterprise policy, and the practical impact of the fixes.

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Microsoft's November 10, 2026, security releases rework how NTLM message signing is negotiated to close CVE-2026-118737 and limit NTLM relay risk. Windows clients now propose actual NTLM signing on every non-anonymous session, whereas servers still allow unsigned clients through. From May 2027 onward, Windows servers will insist on NTLM signing by default and refuse peers that never offer it. This piece covers what changed, the registry DWORDs ClientAllowUnsignedNtlm and ServerRequireNtlmSign, and how audit events 4022 and 4023 help you locate unsigned NTLM before the server-side requirement kicks in.

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Cloudflare’s developer platform runs applications and services on its global network. Its new Spend Management beta lets pay-as-you-go customers set spending limits and alerts for Workers and Durable Objects, then automatically pause chargeable activity when a limit is reached.

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Google is rolling out Gemini 4 Hydrogen, its cloud-based AI model for everyday coding and multistep tasks, in Search and the Gemini app as a replacement for Gemini 3.8 Flash. The recently launched model is also coming to eligible Google Sheets users. Google says it handles complex Search queries and instructions in the Gemini app more effectively.

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Microsoft plans to retire some legacy Compatibility Mode settings in desktop Word, potentially changing the layout of documents created or last saved in Word 2010 or earlier. The rollout is due to begin on Windows in December 2026 and on Mac in May 2027.

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GitHub was built for people who write code, open pull requests, and review each other's work. As AI agents take over more of that work, rivals are asking whether developers still need GitHub. GitHub isn't obsolete yet, but its role is changing quickly.

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Microsoft reports broader Outlook and Microsoft 365 recovery in North America and sustained improvement across much of Europe after a configuration patch improved stability in parts of Asia Pacific. As of 8 a.m. ET on November 13, some users still faced intermittent access and delayed email, with no estimate for full restoration.

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CNN contributor Jacob Ward and correspondent Gage Golding discuss a global Microsoft 365 outage affecting Outlook and other cloud services. The disruption interrupted email, collaboration and some security services for customers worldwide. Microsoft had reported limited progress restoring service, but the cause and recovery time remained unclear.

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Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr warns that AI could upend jobs faster than workers can adapt, even though widespread losses have yet to materialize.

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Businesses affected by the Microsoft 365 outage may qualify for service credits, but they must request them and meet the terms of their agreement. The claim process comes as Microsoft 365 services begin to stabilize after a prolonged disruption that left Outlook and Exchange Online users unable to access email.

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Microsoft has warned that October’s Windows Server security updates can disrupt SMB shares hosted by Azure NetApp Files and NetApp ONTAP. Affected configurations use Active Directory’s Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) with client session security set to none. Microsoft has a temporary workaround while NetApp works on a resolution.

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Microsoft says its November 2026 Windows security updates can prevent documents from printing when they contain images rendered with zero height or width. The issue affects Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server systems and has been observed with Microsoft Word.

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Anthropic’s online AI assistant Claude suffered a new authentication outage on November 13, preventing some users from signing in to Claude.ai and Claude Code. The disruption followed a separate Microsoft 365 connector failure, but Anthropic had not linked the sign-in problem to Microsoft’s outage.

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Microsoft’s Copilot chief has apologized for the Microsoft 365 outage as services begin to stabilize, although capacity has not returned to normal. The update follows a prolonged disruption affecting Cloud PCs and Microsoft 365 services. Microsoft says it has seen no indication of malicious activity.

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Microsoft has completed recovery work on parts of its Asia Pacific infrastructure as a configuration patch improves server stability during the global Microsoft 365 outage. Traffic is returning gradually, with improvements in mailbox access and delayed email processing, but some users still face intermittent problems. The progress follows more than 12 hours of failed recovery attempts affecting Exchange Online and other services.

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Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-27B is an open-weight AI language model that can be run locally. Nous Research has retrained it as Arete-27B to reduce answers aligned with the Chinese government’s positions. In the lab’s own evaluation, the share of answers it classified as propaganda fell from 22% to 1%.

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Microsoft Edge Dev now displays a startup warning when older Manifest V2 extensions have been turned off and may be removed. The prompt brings the issue to users’ attention without requiring them to first open the extensions page. Manifest V2 is an older format for browser extensions that Microsoft is phasing out in favor of Manifest V3.

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Microsoft’s attempts to restore Microsoft 365 have failed to deliver sustained recovery more than 12 hours into an outage affecting Exchange Online and dependent services. The setback follows an earlier attempt in which recovered servers stopped responding when traffic returned. Microsoft said it was not aware of malicious activity causing the incident as of 05:46 UTC on November 13.

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Agent Substrate is an open-source runtime for hosting AI agents on Kubernetes without keeping dedicated compute running for every session. Google says it has seen a tenfold cost reduction compared with dedicated virtual machines and containers. The claim adds an economic measure to the Agent Substrate approach to suspending idle agents, which preserves their state so they can resume on shared workers.

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