Catch up with this week's Microsoft Weekly news recap about a shakeup at the company's gaming division, some changes to the Windows 11 Canary channel, and more.

The first is a Surface Go 2, a six-year-old machine that just barely squeaked in under the Windows 11 compatibility wire with ...

Microsoft has announced that the classic .NET Framework version 3.5 will no longer be part of the operating system setup in Windows 11 starting in 2026. Previously, .NET Framework 3.5 was an optional ...

After decades on life support, Microsoft is finally flipping the kill switch for NTLM (New Technology LAN Manager), a built-in authentication system. Hackers favor NTLM for its weak security and ...

Microsoft announced that it will disable the 30-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in upcoming Windows releases due to security vulnerabilities that expose organizations to cyberattacks.

Microsoft released KB5077793 to fix Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 authentication failures. January 2026 security update KB5073379 caused credential prompt failures across multiple Windows ...

Mandiant, the Google-owned cybersecurity firm, has publicly released a comprehensive dataset of Net-NTLMv1 rainbow tables, dramatically highlighting the dangers of relying on outdated Windows ...

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As organizations face an evolving threat landscape, strengthening Windows authentication is more critical than ever. The deprecation of RC4 (Rivest Cipher 4) encryption in Kerberos is a shift toward ...

Keeping your PC cool is essential for maintaining performance and preventing hardware damage. If you want to see how hot your CPU runs in real time, the Core Temp application is one of the easiest ...

CVE-2025-55315 is an HTTP request smuggling bug leading to information leaks, file content tampering, and server crashes. Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday updates addressed a critical-severity ...

Capabilities for post-quantum cryptography and ASP.NET Core Identity metrics highlight latest update to Microsoft’s app dev platform. Microsoft’s planned .NET 10 software development platform has ...