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Apple Plans iPhone Clipboard Sharing With Windows PCs in the EU

Apple is working on clipboard sharing between iPhones and Windows PCs under the EU's Digital Markets Act requirements, making cross-device copy and paste possible outside the Apple ecosystem.

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Microsoft Launches MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a Security Model That Beats Mythos and GPT on CyberGym

Microsoft's first security AI scores 96% on CyberGym, beating Mythos and GPT. MAI-Cyber-1-Flash ships inside MDASH at half the cost of prior models.

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Grok for Excel Lands as a Free Microsoft 365 Add-In - Powered by Grok 4.5

xAI launched Grok for Excel on July 20. Free Microsoft 365 add-in powered by Grok 4.5 - writes formulas, runs scenarios, and pulls from SharePoint and email.

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Microsoft Copilot Pricing 2026: Free Chat, 365 Premium, and Business Seats

Copilot is free until it isn't. Microsoft 365 Premium, Business, and Enterprise seat prices, the base-license catch, and every number verified July 10.

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Microsoft MDASH multi-model AI security harness scanning Windows code commits for vulnerabilities in real timeAI

Microsoft's MDASH AI Now Scans Every Windows Commit for Security Vulnerabilities

Windows AI vulnerability management moved into real-time CI/CD scanning on July 9. Microsoft's MDASH now flags security bugs before they reach any test build.

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GPT-5.6 Microsoft 365 Copilot integration announcement showing the OpenAI model as preferred engine across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and ChatAI

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Is Now the Preferred Model in Microsoft 365 Copilot

GPT-5.6 is now the default in Microsoft 365 Copilot - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Chat. The catch: Microsoft is also quietly building its own AI models.

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Microsoft Cuts 4,800 Jobs Today - Xbox Loses 20% of Staff and Four Studios

Microsoft cut 4,800 jobs today. Xbox loses 3,200 positions this fiscal year, with four studios sold or spun off and the sales division rebuilt around engineers.

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Maria Ressa, Yoshua Bengio, and Ambassador Egriselda López pose for a portrait ahead of the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, July 2026AI

UN Convenes 193 Countries in Geneva for First Global AI Governance Dialogue

UN AI governance talks opened July 6 in Geneva. 193 countries. Big Tech CEOs. A scientist warning of catastrophic harm. No binding rules from this week.

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Fewer Than 5% of AI-Found Open Source Vulnerabilities Get Patched. Akrites Is the Industry's Fix.

Linux Foundation launched Project Akrites to coordinate open source vulnerability patching at AI speed. Backed by AWS, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI.

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Microsoft corporate signage on a building exterior representing the launch of Microsoft Frontier Company for enterprise AI deploymentAI

Microsoft Frontier Is a $2.5 Billion Bet on Enterprise AI Deployment With 6,000 Engineers

Microsoft launched Frontier Company today - 6,000 engineers and $2.5 billion focused on getting enterprise AI past the proof-of-concept stage.

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AWS Launches $1 Billion Forward-Deployed Engineers Unit to Embed With Customers

AWS committed $1 billion on June 30 to a new forward-deployed engineering unit that sends engineers to embed inside customer organizations for 45-day periods.

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GitHub Copilot's First Metered Bill Just Landed. Developers Are Furious.

June 30 closes GitHub Copilot's first metered billing cycle. Developers on $39 plans are seeing charges over $750 from agentic sessions costing $30-40 each.

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